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Factors Affecting True Metabolizable Energy Determination of Poultry Feedingstuffs I. Comparative study on the measuring methods or AME, AME$_{F}$ and TME value of feedingstuffs. (양계사료의 TME측정에 영향하는 요인에 관한 시험 I. AME, AME$_{F}$ 및 TME 측정법 비교시험)

  • 이영철;강도환
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.35-45
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    • 1983
  • This experiment was performed to compare the techniques of the metabolizable energy determination and to, examine the problems associated with metabolizable energy determination of poultry feedingstuffs. The feedingstuffs evaluated herein, were corn, sorghum, barley. fish meal and soybean meal The results obtained were as followings : 1. When comparing AME and AMEn values of five feedingstuffs(measured) by Total Collection ana Index Methods there was no significant difference (P>.05) between two methods except fish meal. 2. The AME$_{F}$ values of feedingstuffs were not different (P>.05) from AME values. which implied that bioassay of AME$_{F}$ be applicable to rapid measure AME value of feedingstuffs for poultry and the problems connecting to AME$_{F}$ determination were discussed. 3. The AME$_{FC}$ and TME values of corn, sorghum and barley were significantly higher (P<.05) than AME and AME$_{F}$ values but those of fish meal and soybean meal were similar or lower than AME and AME$_{F}$ values. This fact was indicative that the techniques measuring AME$_{FC}$ and TME has some depressing factors when fish meal and soybean meal were determined. 4. Comparing of TME, AME$_{FC}$ and T-AME values tile TME values of corn sorghum and barley were significantly higher(P<.05) than AME$_{FC}$ and T- AME values. But that of fish meal and soybean meal was much lower(P< .05)comparing with AME$_{FC}$ and T-AME values. According]y, it night be concluded that the relationship among the values of TME. AME$_{FC}$ and T-AME was shown great variation according to the feedingstuffs, especially in the protein diets.

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Anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous methanolic extract of Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq. (Meliaceae) leaves

  • Roy, S;Besra, SE;Banerjee, B;Mukherjee, J;Vedasiromoni, JR
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.74-82
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    • 2009
  • Pharmacological investigations were carried out with aqueous methanolic extract (AME) of Swietenia mahagoni (L.) Jacq. (Meliaceae) leaves. Acute toxicity studies revealed that the $LD_{50}$ dose of AME was 600 mg/kg, i.p. AME was found to possess significant anti-inflammatory activity in acute, sub-chronic and chronic models of inflammation. AME selectively inhibited cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 activity, which is involved in arachidonic acid metabolism and biosynthesis of prostaglandins under inflammatory conditions. Treatment with AME significantly enhanced total peritoneal cell count and the number of macrophages in normal mice, which revealed that AME may also alter the immune response along with its anti-inflammatory effect. The saponins or the alkaloids present in AME may be responsible for the anti-inflammatory activity.

Hepatoprotective Effects of Allium monanthum MAX. Extract on Ethanol-Induced Liver Damage in Rat

  • Choi, Byun-Suk;Lee, Myung-Yul;Jeong, Yoonhwa;Shin, Gil-Man
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.245-252
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    • 2004
  • This study investigated the effects of an ethanol extract of Allium monanthum MAX. (AME) on ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity in rat liver. Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 100~150 g, were divided into 5 groups; normal group (NOR), AME 200 mg/kg treated group (S1), ethanol (35%, 10 mL/kg) treated group (S2), AME 200 mg/kg and ethanol (35%, 10 mL/kg) treated group (S3) and AME 400 mg/kg and alcohol (35%, 10 mL/kg) treated group (S4). AME was fractionated by the following solvents: n-hexane, chloroform, EtOAC and n-BuOH. Antioxidant index of the n-BuOH fraction was 600 ppm, highest among fractions. The growth rate and feed efficiency ratio were decreased by ethanol, but gradually increased to the corresponding level of the normal group by administering AME. The serum ALT activities that were elevated by ethanol were significantly decreased by AME administration. It was also observed that the hepatic activities of SOD, catalase, xanthine oxidase and GSH-Px that were increased by ethanol were also markedly decreased in the AME treated group with compared to ETB. These results suggest that ethanol extracts of Allium monanthum MAX. may have a protective effect on ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity in rat liver.

US FAA Physical Examination Standards and Amendment of AME Conservation Education: Comparison with Korea (미국 FAA 신체검사 기준 및 AME 보수교육 변화동향: 한국과의 비교)

  • Kim, Young Hyo
    • Korean journal of aerospace and environmental medicine
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.52-55
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of the aviation physical examination guideline is not only to determine the physical fitness of the aviation workers but also to treat the underlying diseases of the aviation employees effectively and to carry out the optimal aviation duties. As medical science advances, treatment guidelines for various diseases are rapidly changing, and aviation physical examination guidelines need to be revised accordingly. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the change trends of the AME guideline around the world and appropriately reflect it according to the situation of Korea. It is also necessary to continue the training of AME who are required to carry out examinations and certificates by these revision guidelines. Therefore, it would be desirable to analyze the education system of the advanced countries including the US and introduce the advantages of these systems into Korean AME education curriculum. Primarily, with the development of the Internet, various online lectures have been developed recently. Therefore, we first aimed to look at the changes in the current AME guideline of the Federal Aviation Administration. Next, we aimed to discuss changes in the course of the AME refresher course. Finally, we would like to suggest some points to be improved by comparing these AME guidelines and educational programs with those of Korea.

Fermentation Characteristics of Set-Type Yoghurt from Milk Added with Mugwort Extract (쑥 추출물이 첨가된 Set-Type Yoghurt의 발효 특성)

  • 배인휴;홍기룡;오동환;박정로;최성희
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.21-29
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    • 2000
  • This study was carried out to investigate the fermentation characteristics and storage of set-type yoghurt added mugwort extracts(AME) such as pH, growth of lactic acid bacteria, number of viable cells, viscosity, and sensory characteristics during 24 hours fermentation and 15 days storage. Addition of mugwort extracts was grown rapidly of lactic acid bacteria rather than that of control and also 4 or 8% AME groups were grown similar to control. The drop of AME pH of broth was less compared with control during incubation of lactic acid bacteria. The growth of lactic acid bacteria during incubation of AME yoghurt was not different of viable cell count between AME group and control in beginning time, but the viable cell count of AME groups were increased depended opon addition quantity of AME in ending time. Addition of mugwort extracts was not affect on pH change during yoghurt fermentation and increased a lactic acid bacteria number as well as no effect of yoghurt fermentation in ending time. The viscosity of yoghurt was almost not changed 3 hours after yoghurt mix and increased rapidly 6 hours after yoghurt mix. Although control and 0.5% AME group showed maximum viscosity at 18 hours of fermentation, 1 and 2% AME group showed linear increase until 24 hours of fermentation. Mugwort did not affect pH and viable cel number of lactic acid bacteria during 15 days storage 24 hours after fermentation. Sensory evaluation of the AME yoghurt showed that flavour, texture and acid taste were not affected by addition of mugwort. However, the appearance and taste were dropped by addition of mugwort.

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Factors Affecting True Metabolizable Energy Determination of Poultry Feedingstuffs IV. The Effect of Protein Levels of Basal Diets on the Corrected Apparent Metabolizable Energy of Farrell and True Metabolizable Energy Values of Corn and Soybean Meal (양계사료의 True Metabolizable Energy 측정에 영향하는 요인에 관한 시험 IV. 기초사료의 단백수준이 옥수수와 대두백의 Corrected Apparent Metabalizable Energy of Farrell 및 True Metabolizable Energy 가에 미치는 영향)

  • 이영철
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.99-108
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    • 1984
  • The experiment was performed with the aim to study not only the effect of protein levels of basal diets on apparent and true metabolizable energy (AME and THM), AME of Farrell(AME$\_$F/), and corrected AME$\_$FC/ values of corn and soybean meal but also the effect of collection time of excreta on AME and TME values of corn and soybean meal. The AME$\_$F/ and AME$\_$FC/ values of test materials were determined through rapid AME bioassay, and AME and TME by the TME bioassay. The protein levels of basal diets had range from 10% crude protein(CP) to 30% CP. The results obtained were as follows; 1. The AME$\_$F/ values of basal diets showed much difference among treatments (P<0.05) but those of corn and soybean meal had no significant differences (P>0.05)and the AHE$\_$FC/ values of basal diets were proved to be variable according to level of protein of the diets. the AME$\_$FC/ values of com were not different while those of soybean meal in 20% and 30% were reduced significantly(P<0.05). 2. The protein intake/bird/day did not differ significantly due to variation of feed intake using rapid AME bioassay. 3. The protein levels of basal diets did not influence upon the AME value of basal diets, corn and soybean meal (P>0.05), and no clear trend was found in the TME values of corn and soybean meal because of the variation of metabolic fecal energy plus endogenous urinary energy (FEm+UEe) losses fed different diets. 4. Collection time of excreta affected the AME and TME values of basal diets in 10, 15, 20% CP treatments, but the AME and TME of corn and soybean meal were not affected by collection time; Thus, a time of 24 hours was mough for 24 hr to clean the digestive tract when fed corn and soybean meal substituted diets regardless of protein levels.

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Variation in Nutritive Value of Commercial Broiler Diets

  • Ru, Y.J.;Hughes, R.J.;Choct, M.;Kruk, J.A.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.830-836
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    • 2003
  • The classical energy balance method was used to measure the apparent metabolisable energy (AME) of four batches of broiler starter and finisher diets produced by two commercial feed companies. The results showed there was little variation in protein content between batches, but NDF content varied from 13.3% to 15.5% between batches of diet. The batch variation in chemical composition differed between feed manufacturers. While there was no difference in AME and feed conversion ration (FCR) between batches of starter diets produced by company A, FCR and AME ranged from 1.76-1.94 (p<0.001) and 11.38-11.90 MJ/kg air dry (p<0.05), respectively, for diets produced by company B. Similar results were found in a second experiment. There was no difference in AME, dry matter digestibility (DMD) and FCR between batches for finishing diet produced by company B, but a large variation occurred for the finisher diets from company A (p<0.01), where the ranges of FCR, AME and DMD were 1.95-2.30, 10.5-12.3 (MJ/kg air dry) and 58-68%, respectively. FCR was correlated with AME. AME was negatively related to the content of fibre in the diet, but positively related to DMD. The preliminary results based on 24 samples showed that near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) has the potential to predict FCR, intake, AME and DMD of commercial broiler diets, with $R^2$ being 0.93, 0.89, 0.95 and 0.98, respectively. The standard error of cross validation was below 0.2 for AME and only 0.06 for FCR.

Effects of Armillaria mellea Extract on Macrophage and NK Cell Activity

  • Park Byoung-Wook;Shin Jang-Woo;Cho Jung-Hyo;Son Chang-Gue;Lee Yeon-Weol;Yoo Hwa-Seung;Lee Nam-Heon;Yun Dam-Hee;Cho Chong-Kwan
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.161-170
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    • 2004
  • Objective : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of Armillaria mellea extract (AME) on immune modulation focused on anti-cancer activity. Methods : To prove the effects of AME, we performed NO assay, NK cytotoxicity assay and RT-PCR of cytokine related with macrophage and NK cell activity. Results : AME increased NO production produced by macrophages in part. AME also enhanced the NK cell activities in destroying target cells (YAC-1 cells). AME up-regulated gene expression of IL-l, iNOS, TNF-a in RAW 264.7 cells and IL-l, IL-2, IFN-(equation omitted), TNF-a in splenocytes, respectively. Conclusion : From the above results, we assumed that AME is a potential drug for anti-cancer by activation of the macrophages and NK cells.

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Potent Selective Inhibition of Monoamine Oxidase A by Alternariol Monomethyl Ether Isolated from Alternaria brassicae

  • Lee, Hyun Woo;Kim, Yeon Ji;Nam, Sang-Jip;Kim, Hoon
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.316-320
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    • 2017
  • Alternariol monomethyl ether (AME), a dibenzopyrone derivative, was isolated from Alternaria brassicae along with altertoxin II (ATX-II). The compounds were tested for the inhibitory activity of monoamine oxidase (MAO), which catalyzes neurotransmitting monoamines. AME was found to be a highly potent and selective inhibitor of human MAO-A with an $IC_{50}$ value of $1.71{\mu}M$; however, it was found to be ineffective for MAO-B inhibition. ATX-II was not effective for the inhibition of either MAO-A or MAO-B. The inhibition of MAO-A using AME was apparently instantaneous. MAO-A activity was almost completely recovered after the dilution of the inhibited enzyme with an excess amount of AME, suggesting AME is a reversible inhibitor. AME showed mixed inhibition for MAO-A in Lineweaver-Burk plots with a $K_i$ value of $0.34{\mu}M$. The findings of this study suggest that microbial metabolites and dibenzopyrone could be potent MAO inhibitors. In addition, AME could be a useful lead compound for developing reversible MAO-A inhibitors to treat depression, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease.

Design of a robot learning controller using associative mapping memory (연관사상 메모리를 이용한 로봇 머니퓰레이터의 학습제어기 설계)

  • 정재욱;국태용;이택종
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1996.10b
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    • pp.936-939
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    • 1996
  • In this paper, two specially designed associative mapping memories, called Associative Mapping Elements(AME) and Multiple-Digit Overlapping AME(MDO-AME), are presented for learning of nonlinear functions including kinematics and dynamics of robot manipulators. The proposed associative mapping memories consist of associative mapping rules(AMR) and weight update rules(WUR) which guarantee generalization and specialization of input-output relationship of learned nonlinear functions. Two simulation results, one for supervised learning and the other for unsupervised learning, are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed associative mapping memories.

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