• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제24권10호
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• pp.1337-1345
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• 2014

A novel antifungal protein produced by the fungal strain Penicillium citrinum W1, which was isolated from a Southwest Indian Ocean sediment sample, was purified and characterized. The culture supernatant of P. citrinum W1 inhibited the mycelial growth of some plant pathogenic fungi. After saturation of P. citrinum W1 culture supernatants with ammonium sulfate and ion-exchange chromatography, an antifungal protein (PcPAF) was purified. The N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis showed that PcPAF might be an unknown antifungal protein. PcPAF displayed antifungal activity against Trichoderma viride, Fusarium oxysporum, Paecilomyces variotii, and Alternaria longipes at minimum inhibitory concentrations of 1.52, 6.08, 3.04, and $6.08{\mu}g/disc$, respectively. PcPAF possessed high thermostability and had a certain extent of protease and metal ion resistance. The results suggested that PcPAF may represent a novel antifungal protein with potential application in controlling plant pathogenic fungal infection.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1998년도 Proceedings of UNESCO-internetwork Cooperative Regional Seminar and Workshop on Bioassay Guided Isolation of Bioactive Substances from Natural Products and Microbial Products
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• pp.177-177
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• 1998

In the previous report, tetrandrine (TET) and fangchinoline (FAN) showed antithrombotic and antiplatelet aggregation activities. The present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of tetrandrine and fangchinoline on human platelet aggregation, formation of thromboxane B$_2$ and coagulation of platelet poor plasma. TET and FAN inhibited platelet activating factor (PAF) induced human platelet aggregation, but didn't inhibit the specific binding of PAF to its receptor. Meanwhile, TET and FAN also inhibited PAF, thrombin and arachidonic acid induced thromboxane B$_2$ formation in human washed platelets. In addition, neither TET nor FAN showed any anticoagulation activities in the measurement of the activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), prothrombin time (PT) and thrombin time (TT) using human platelet poor plasma. These results suggest that antithrombotic effects of TET and FAN in mice may be mainly related to the antiplatelet aggregation activities, and the antiplatelet aggregation effects may be related to the intracellular messenger system such as TXA$_2$ formation etc., but not to the binding of PAF to PAF-receptor on the platelet membrane directly.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
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• 제67권
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• pp.373-379
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• 2018

A transparent, freestanding Porous Aromatic Framework-97 (PAF-97) membrane was successfully synthesized via a one-step acid-catalyzed reaction. Due to the introduction of ether groups, the obtained PAF-97 membrane possesses enhanced structural flexibility, thus increasing the flexibility of the resulting membrane. This is proofed by the fact that the feeding pressure of the membrane reaches as high as 5.5 bar during the separation of gas mixtures. The Young's moduli of the membrane were 6.615 GPa and 11.11 GPa, either in a dry or hydrated state respectively. To be highlighted, under a feeding pressure of 3.6 bar, the PAF-97 membrane rendered the permeance values of $2.90{\times}10^{-7}$, $1.29{\times}10^{-8}mol\;m^{-2}s^{-1}Pa^{-1}$ for $CO_2$ and $CH_4$, respectively, with a $CO_2/CH_4$ permselectivity of 22.48.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.69-79
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• 2018

The present study proposes an algorithm that can discriminate between normal subjects and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) patients, which is conducted using electrocardiogram (ECG) without PAF events. For this, time-domain features and random forest classifier are used. Time-domain features are obtained from Poincare plot, Lorenz plot of ${\delta}RR$ interval, and morphology analysis. Afterward, three features are selected in total through feature selection. PAF patients and normal subjects are classified using random forest. The classification result showed that sensitivity and specificity were 81.82% and 95.24% respectively, the positive predictive value and negative predictive value were 96.43% and 76.92% respectively, and accuracy was 87.04%. The proposed algorithm had an advantage in terms of the computation requirement compared to existing algorithm, so it has suggested applicability in the more efficient prediction of PAF.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.80-84
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• 1997

Substituted cinnamoyl-tyramine derivatives were synthesized by DCC-coupling of substituted cinnamic acid with tyramine or tyramine methyl-1-ether to evaluate PAF-receptor binding antagonistic activities and inhibitory activities on PAF-induced platelet aggregation with interest on structure-activity relations. The results show that 3,4-dimethoxy-cinnamoyl tyramine-amide or its methyl ether have significant PAF-receptor binding antagonistic activity and platelet anti-aggregatory activities.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.218-224
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• 1997

Platelet-activating factor (PAF) acetylhydrolase, which removes the acetyl moiety at the sn-2 position, has been found in human amniotic fluid. We purified this enzyme by ammonium sulfate precipitation, and sequential use of DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B, hydroxyapatite, chelating-Sepharose, and Mono Q column chromatographies. This enzyme exhibited broad pH optima and was unaffected by EDTA. Partially purified enzyme had a molecular weight of approximately 34 kDa on SDS-PAGE. In addition, the enzyme activity was inhibited by either diisopropylfluorophosphate(DFP) or p-bromophenacylbromide (p-BPB), suggesting that this enzyme possesses active serine and histidine residues. The enzyme showed similar activity towards PAF and oxidatively modified phosphatidylcholine, but didn't hydrolyze phosphatidylcholine or phosphatidylethanolamine with a long chain fatty acyl group at sn-2 position.

• 약학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.1-5
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• 1995

As a continuation of the previous study, a second group of sixty two aqueous extracts(freeze dried) from natural products was screened for the inhibitory effect of platelet activating factor(PAF) binding to rabbit platelet using 0.6 nM [$^{3}$H]PAF as a radioligand. The results demonstrated that three medicinal plants inhibited 40~50% of [$^{3}$H]PAF equilibrium binding at the concentration of 200 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml.

• 약학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2003

Arachidonic acid (AA), which is stored in membrane glycerophospholipids, is liberated by phospholipase $A_2$ (PLA$_2$) enzymes and is sequentially converted to cyclooxygenases (COXs) and lipoxygenases (LOXs) then to various bioactive PGs, and LTs. In order to find the specific inhibitors of AA metabolism especially PLA$_2$, COX-2, 5-LO and lyso PAF acetyltransferase, 120 Korean residential plants extracts were evaluated for their inhibitory activity on PGD$_2$, LTC$_4$ production from cytokine-induced mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMC) and arachidonic acid released from phospholipid and PAF production from lyso PAF. From this screening procedure, methanol extract of ten indigenous plant such as Salix gracilistyla, Sedum kamtschaticum, Cirsium chanroenicum, Hypericum ascyron, Astilbe chinensis, Agrimonia pilosa, Aristolochia manshuriensis, Vodia daniellii, Pyrola japonica, Styrax obassia were found to inhibit production of inflammatory mediators in vitro assay system.

• 공업화학
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.424-432
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• 1996

열가소성 고분자 복합재료 개발을 위하여 매트릭스수지로는 폴리프로필렌(PPF) 섬유를 사용하고 유기계 강화섬유로 비닐론(VF), 아라미드(KF) 및 나일론(PAF) 섬유 등을 사용하여 복합매트를 얻은다음 압축 성형하여 고분자 복합재료를 제조하였다. 제조한 고분자 복합재료의 충격 특성 및 형태학적 특성 등을 측정하였다. 아이조드충격강도는 VF/PP가 크며, 고속충격특성은 KF/PP계가 약간 크게 나타났다. Ductility Index(Dl)는 VF/PP>KF/PP>PAF/PP 순으로 나타났으며 VF/PP의 최대 DI값은 섬유중량분율이 20%일 때 2.43이었다. 유기섬유 충전률은 20~30%가 최적값이었으며 SEM 관찰로 섬유분산상태 및 배향성은 양호함을 확인하였다. 결론적으로 VF/PP 복합재료가 KF/PP 및 PAF/PP 복합재료에 비해 계면접착력이 가장 우수하였다.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제6권8호
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• pp.786-795
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• 1996

열가소성 고분자 복합재료 개발을 위하여 매트릭스 수지로는 폴리프로필렌섬유(PP)를 사용하고 유기계 강화소재로 폴리비닐알코올(비닐론, VF), 아라미드(케블라-49, KF) 및 폴리아미드섬유(PAF)등을 사용하였다. 복합매트제조장치로서 복합매트를 제조하고 가열.압축하여 고분자 복합재료를 성형하였다. 제조한 고분자 복합재료의 형태학, 유변학적 및 기계적특성 등을 측정하였다. 형태학에서 미트릭스와 강화섬유 간의 젖음성은 강화섬유의 함량이 증가함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 보였다. PAF/PP와 VF/PP 복합재료에 대한 점성도는 낮은 주파수 영역에서 강화섬유의 함량이 증가됨에 따라 증가하였으나, 높은 주파주 영역에서 5-20wt%로 강화된 복합재료는 매트릭스인 PP에 근접하게 감소된 점성도를 나타냈다. 기계적 특성은 강화 섬유의 함량에 따라 변하였으며, VF/PP 및 KF/PP 복합재료가 PAF/PP 계에 비해 우수한 현상을 보였다.