• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.684-690
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• 2013

The antioxidant and photoprotective effects of various extracts from the roots of Rumex crispus L. were evaluated. The concentrations ($IC_{50}$) of various extracts required to exert a 50% reducing effect on a DPPH radical were found to be 0.005~0.093 mg/mL. The ethyl acetate extract showed a more remarkable effect than the positive control ascorbic acid. The concentrations ($QC_{50}$) of the butanol and ethyl acetate extracts required to exert a 50% reducing effect on the singlet oxygen $^1O_2$ were found to be 0.464 and 0.365 mg/mL, respectively. Both extracts were also found to protect the in vitro biological system from the detrimental effect of a singlet oxygen $^1O_2$ on type II photosensitization in E. coli and genomic DNA. Among all the tested extracts, the ethyl acetate and butanol extracts contained higher amounts of total phenolic contents. The results suggest that our study may contribute to the development of new bioactive products with potential applications to the reduction of photo-produced oxidative stress involving reactive oxygen species in living organisms.

• The Journal of Dong Guk Oriental Medicine
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.87-98
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• 1998

This study was undertaken to determine whether Bombycis Corpus extract (Bom) has antioxidant action. Kidney tissues were exposed to t-butylhydroperoxide (t-BHP) to induce oxidative stress. Lipid peroxidation was estimated by measuring malondialdehyde, a product of lipid peroxidation, and cell injury was estimated by measuring lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release in rabbit renal cortical slices. t-BHP increased lipid peroxidation and LDH release in a dose-dependent manner over the concentration range of 0.1-1 mM. Such effects of t-BHP on lipid peroxidase and LDH release were prevented by 0.5% Bom. When tissues were treated with t-BHP in the presence of various concentrations of Bom, lipid peroxidation and LDH release were dose-dependently inhibited by Bom. Bom at 1 and 2% concentrations inhibited lipid peroxidation and LDH release in normal tissues. Bom at 2% concentration increased glutathione peroxidase activity in tissues treated or untreated with 1.0 mM t-BHP. However, catalase activity was not altered by addition of Bom. Bom inhibited generation of reactive oxygen species. These results indicate that Bom inhibits lipid peroxidation and cell injury in tissues treated with or without oxidant and this effect is, at least in part, attributed to increased activity of glutathione peroxidase and a direct sacvenging action.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.362-366
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• 2007

This study was conducted to examine the effects of Asterias amurensis prethanol extract on growth performance, serum traits, and superoxide production of phagocytes in Sebastes schlegeli. The effects of Asterias amurensis extract on growth performance, specific growth rate (SGR), feed concentration ratio (FCR), coefficient of fatness (CF), and survival rate (SR) of fish fed diets containing various concentrations of Asterias amurensis extract were measured. There were no significant differences in SGR, FCR, CF, and SR among the experimental groups. This result was produced because experimental diets were coated to prevent repellent action of fish. To investigate the effects of Asterias amurensis extract on the metabolism, the contents of glucose, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), and total cholesterol in serum were measured. The contents of glucose and total cholesterol in serum increased dose-dependently and serum GOT content showed no significant difference among the experimental groups, suggesting that Asterias amurensis extract was non-toxic material. To confirm the effects of Asterias amurensis extract on the immune system of fish, superoxide production of phagocytes was measured. Asterias amurensis extract caused a dose-dependent increase of superoxide production of phagocytes. When considering these results, Asterias amurensis extract could be utilized as an additive to augment immune function in diets.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.245-252
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• 1993

To investigate a simple and rapid screening method for photosynthetic inhibitory herbicides, responses of tobacco(Nicotiana tabacum L.) and liverwort(Marchantia polymorpha L.) PA(photoautotrophic) cells to various commercial herbicides with different modes of action and leaf extracts of four weed species were compared. PET (photosynthetic electron transport) inhibitory type of herbicides has greater inhibitory effect in liverwort photoautotrophic cells than the photomixotrophic and heterotrophic cultured cells. Similary, PET inhibitory type of herbicides inhibited the oxygen evolution more in liverwort PA cells than the other type of herbicides. Based on oxygen evolution, 60% inhibition was observed by the 10% aqueous extracts of Polygonum hydropiper, while there was 100% inhibition by the 10% methanol extracts of Polygonum hydropiper. This assay gave well correlated results to the Hill reaction data using isolated thylakoids. Thus liverwort photoautotrophic cells might be suitable materials for rapid screening method for photosynthetic inhibitory herbicides.

• Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.573-579
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• 1999

본 논문은 2채널 센서를 이용한 펄스 옥시메터의 산소포화도 계산 모델의 설계 및 분석에 관한 것이었다. 또한 Beer Lambert 법칙에 의거하여 기존 알고리즘 및 새로운 알고리즘들을 이론적으로 분석하였다. 제안된 알고리즘은 손가락을 투과한 2개의 채널에서 나온 광신호를 각각 직류성분 Adc 와 맥동성문 Aasin wt. 잡음성분 Ahnoise , ALnoise 등으로 모델링한다. 모델링 되어진 광신호를 맥동성분이 적분비를 사용하여 고주파 동잡음인 AHnoise 를 제거한 후 각각 산소포화도 계산을 위한 상관계수 그래프를 구한다. 또한 2개의 채널에서 적분비를 사용하여 구해진 상관계수 그래프를 사용하여 산소농도를 추출하는 방법에 관하여 기술하였다. 맥동성분비와 관혈적인 측정에 의한 혈중 산소포화도와의 상관관계 그래프의 선형성을 확보하기 위하여 펄스 옥시메터 시뮬레이터 오차범위를 고려해 75~100%상이의 산소포화도를 중점적으로 관측하였고, 4주기로 면적계산주기를 결정하여 실험하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 알고리즘의 성능평가는 맥동성분의 적분비를 이용한 방법과 비교하였다. 비교결과는 4주기의 면적계산 주기를 가졌을 때 기존의 방식보다 평균오차가 0.7%정도 향상되었으며, 회귀적선의 신뢰도를 보여주는 결정계수 ${\gamma}$$^2$도 0.995로 기존의 방식에서 나온 0.979보다 더 좋은 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 따라서 2채널을 이용한 방법이 A Lnoise 제거와 성능면에서 우수하다는 결론을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.46 no.5
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• pp.616-621
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• 2014

This study was conducted to investigate the detoxification effect of extract from soy-sprout grown using high concentrated oxygen water extract (SE) against alcohol-induced hangover in male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. The rats were orally administered with different concentrations of SE beverage [26, 260 and 2,000 mg/kg body weight (b.w.)] and, after 30 min, with alcohol at a dose of 3 g/kg b.w. After 1 and 3 h of alcohol administration, blood was collected from the retro-orbital plexus, while after 5 h, blood was collected from the heart. In the 2,000 mg/kg b.w. SE group, the concentration of blood alcohol was significantly reduced after 1-5 h of alcohol loading as compared with that in the other groups. In addition, the blood acetaldehyde concentration was reduced by SE (2,000 mg/kg b.w.). These results suggest that SE beverage can alleviate alcohol hangover symptoms by stimulating the activities related to hepatic alcohol-metabolizing enzymes.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.18 no.12
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• pp.1631-1636
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• 2008

Rhei Rhizoma (RR; 大黃) consists of the underground parts (rhizome and root) of Rheum officinale Baill. and Rheum palmatum L. (Polygonaceae), and is widely used in Southeast Asian folk medicine to alleviate liver and kidney damages. In this study, we investigated into the efficacy and mechanism of RR water extract in supporting neuronal survival in a hypoxia model of cultured rat hippocampal neurons. RR exhibited no cytotoxicity up to 10 ${\mu}g$/ml and exhibited neurosupportive effects at 2.5 ${\mu}g$/ml in normoxia. When RR was added to the culture media on 10 days in vitro (DIV10) and given a hypoxic shock (2% $O_2$/5% $CO_2$, 3 hr, $37^{\circ}C$) on DIV13, RR exhibited neuroprotective effects on 5 days post-shock. $H_2DCF$ stainings indicated that RR effectively prevents ROS production in both normoxia and hypoxia. JC-1 stainings showed that RR prevents dissipation of MMP in hypoxia. These results indicate that RR protects neurons by suppressing ROS production and MMP loss.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.37 no.9
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• pp.1120-1125
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• 2008

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of Sophorae fructus extracts on antioxidative potential, free radical generation and the lipid levels in rats. Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were divided into 2 groups of either AIN-76 diet (control group) or modified AIN-76 diet with 0.5% Sophorae fructus extracts for 4 weeks. The result were as follows: body weight gain and feed efficiency ratios were not significantly different in both groups. Antioxidative potentials were significantly increased in the group fed Sophorae fructus extracts compared to control group; however, there was no difference in free radical generation. Organ (heart, kidney, liver, spleen) weights in rats were not different in both groups. Total cholesterol level in Sophorae fructus group was significantly decreased compared to control group. Serum HDL-cholesterol level in Sophorae fructus group was significantly higher than control group. Serum phospholipid and triglyceride contents in Sophorae fructus group were no different from control group. These results suggest that supplementation of Sophorae fructus extracts may beneficially contribute to the effects of antioxidative potential and lipid levels in rats.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.31-37
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• 2013

The present study aimed to investigate effects of ethanol extracts from Hydropsyche kozhantschikovi on cell and DNA damage caused by oxidative stress. In a radical scavenging assay, compared with ascorbic acid used as a control, the level of DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) and that of hydroxyl radicals in H. kozhantschikovi extracts were 60.0% and 43.7%, respectively. The ferrous iron chelating level was 37.5% compared to the chelating value of EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) as a positive control at the same concentration. To verify inhibitory effects of oxidative cell damage induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS), the relative level of lipid peroxidation and the expression level of the p21 protein were compared in extracts-treated and untreated groups. Lipid peroxidation was completely inhibited in the extracts-treated group compared with the radical-only treated group. The level of p21 protein expression was restored to 92.2% of p21 protein expression in the control sample. In addition, DNA cleavage inhibition in the H. kozhantschikovi extracts was 74.1% compared with that of the control group, suggesting that H. kozhantschikovi extracts repress DNA cleavage induced by ROS. Moreover, the phosphorylation ratio of the H2AX protein was 16.7% in the radical-treated group, indicating that the ethanol extracts inhibited 83.3% of DNA damage. Our findings suggest that ethanol extracts from H. kozhantschikovi are effective not only in repressing the oxidation of free radicals and highly toxic hydroxyl radicals, but also in decreasing cell and DNA damage caused by oxidative stress.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.94-97
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• 2020

코로나 시대에 도래하며 비접촉 방식의 생체 징후에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 본 연구는 비접촉식 측정 방식으로써 모바일 전면 카메라를 이용하여 심장박동, 심장 박동 변이율, 산소포화도, 호흡도, 스트레스 수치를 측정할 수 있는 효과적인 방법론을 제시하는 것이 목적이다. 모바일 전면부 카메라에서 실시간으로 안면 영상을 추출하기 위하여 Blaze Face를 이용하였으며, 안면 영상의 특징점인 눈, 코, 입, 귀의 위치를 이용하여 이마 부분의 관심 영역을 지정하였다. 관심 영역에서 색상 성분을 R, G, B로 분리하여 시간 축으로 정렬 후 fourier transform을 진행한 후 각각의 성분들을 측정하고자 하는 생체 징후에 맞게 Filter 처리함으로써 생체 징후를 측정하였다. 안면 영상을 이용한 생체 징후 측정 결과를 검증에 활용하기 위하여 실측 기기인 mCube-Healthcare device를 이용하였으며, 분석 결과 모바일에서 안면 영상을 통해 심장박동, 삼장 박동 변이율, 산소포화도, 호흡도, 스트레스 수치의 다섯 가지 생체 징후를 추출할 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.