• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.54-58
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• 2014

The liver is vulnerable to alcohol-related injury because it is the primary site of alcohol metabolism. Additionally, a number of potentially dangerous by-products are generated as alcohol is broken down in the liver. However, dietary supplements may prevent or relieve some of alcohol's deleterious effects. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the prophylactic effect of aqueous extract of Sesamum indicum (SI) on ethanol induced toxicity in rats. Male Wistar albino rats were divided into control, ethanol, pre-treatment, simultaneous and post-treatment groups. In the prophylactic experiment, Sesamum indicum, (200 mg/kg body weight) was administered by oral gavage for 28 days; two hours before, simultaneously with or two hours after ethanol exposure. Toxicity was induced by administering 45% ethanol (4.8 g/kg bw) by oral gavage. Lipid peroxidation (TBARS) and reduced glutathione (GSH) levels and catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and gluthathione-S-transferase (GST) activities were then determined in the liver, serum triglyceride (TG) levels, alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activities were monitored and histological examination was carried out. The results revealed that ethanol administration led to significant elevation of TBARS level while depleting in the level of GSH as well as CAT, GPx, SOD and GST activities. Similarly, TG level and ALT and AST activities were elevated. The SI pre-treated group significantly inhibited TBARS, restored GSH level, enhanced CAT, GPx, SOD and GST activities and significantly decreased the elevated level of serum TG, ALT and AST activities. SI treatment (simultaneously with ethanol) exhibited similar effects to those of the SI pre-treated groups, while the SI post-treated group did not show the same protection as the Pre-treated group. S. indicum possesses antioxidant and hepatoprotective properties, that eliminate the deleterious effects of toxic metabolites of ethanol.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.265-274
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• 2019

Background: Methyl alcohol poisoning in mobile phone-manufacturing factories during 2015-2016 was caused by methyl alcohol use for cleaning in computerized numerical control (CNC) processes. To determine whether there were health complications in other workers involved in similar processes, the Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute conducted a survey. Methods: We established a national active surveillance system by collaborating with the Ministry of Employment and Labor and National Health Insurance Service. Employment and national health insurance data were used. Overall, 12,048 employees of major domestic mobile phone companies and CNC process dispatch workers were surveyed from 2016 to 2017. We investigated methyl alcohol poisoning by using the national health insurance data. Questionnaires were used to investigate diseases due to methyl alcohol poisoning. Results: Overall, 24.9% of dispatched workers were employed in at least five companies, and 23.9% of dispatched workers had missing employment insurance history data. The prevalence of blindness including visual impairment, optic neuritis, visual disturbances, and alcohol toxicity in the study participants was higher than that reported in the national health insurance database (0.02%, 0.07%, 0.23%, and 0.03% versus 0.01%, 0.07%, 0.13%, and 0.01%, respectively, in 2015). Moreover, 430 suspicious workers were identified; 415 of these provided an address and phone number, of whom 48 responded (response rate, 11.6%). Among the 48 workers, 10 had diseases at the time of the survey, of whom 3 workers were believed to have diseases related to methyl alcohol exposure. Conclusion: This study revealed that active surveillance data can be used to assess health problems related to methyl alcohol poisoning in CNC processes and dispatch workers.

• Anatomy and Cell Biology
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.236-251
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• 2023

Alcohol consumption alongside combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has attracted research interest, especially because of increasing male infertility. This study investigated the combined effects of alcohol and cART on testicular morphology, biomarkers of oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis. Rats, weighing 330-370 g, were divided into four groups of six animals each; control, alcohol treated (A), cART, and alcohol plus cART treated (A+cART). Following 90 days treatment period, animals were euthanized, testis extracted, and routinely processed for histology and immunohistochemical analysis. Significantly decreased epithelial area fraction, increased luminal and connective tissue area fractions, and reduction of epithelial height and spermatocyte number, were recorded in the treated groups compared to control. Extensive seminiferous epithelial lesions including widened intercellular space, karyolysis, and sloughing of germinal epithelium were recorded in all the treated groups. Furthermore, upregulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase and 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine, interleukin-6, and caspase 3 recorded in treated animals, was more significant in A+cART group. Also, the levels of interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α were more elevated in A and cART treated groups than in A+cART, while MDA was significantly elevated in cART and A+cART treated groups compared to control group. Altogether, the results indicate testicular toxicity of the treatments. It is concluded that consuming alcohol or cART induces oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in testis of rats, which lead to testicular structural and functional derangements, which are exacerbated when alcohol and cART are consumed concurrently. The result will invaluably assist clinicians in management of reproductive dysfunctions in male HIV/AIDS-alcoholic patients on cART.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.157-164
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• 2022

Disulfiram (DSF) is an aldehyde dehydrogenase inhibitor. DSF has potent anti-cancer activity for solid and hematological malignancies. Although the effects on cancer cells have been proven, there have been few studies on DSF toxicity in bone marrow cells (BMs). DSF reduces the metabolic activity and the mitochondrial membrane potential of BMs. In subset analyses, we confirmed that DSF does not affect the proportion of BMs. In addition, DSF significantly impaired the metabolic activity and differentiation of BMs treated with granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor, an essential growth and differentiation factor for BMs. To measure DSF toxicity in BMs in vivo, mice were injected with 50 mg/kg, a dose used for anti-cancer effects. DSF did not significantly induce BM toxicity in mice and may be tolerated by antioxidant defense mechanisms. This is the first study on the effects of DSF on BMs in vitro and in vivo. DSF has been widely studied as an anti-cancer drug candidate, and many anti-cancer drugs lead to myelosuppression. In this regard, this study can provide useful information to basic science and clinical researchers.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.245-251
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• 2000

Cyclohexane에 의한 생체장기의 독성을 검토할 목적으로 흰쥐에 체중 kg당 1.56 g의 cyclohexane을 복강으로 1일 1회 2일 간격으로 4회 투여한 다음 24시간 후에 처치하여 각 장기 (간, 신장, 비장, 심장, 소장, 위 및 폐)의 체중 당 장기무게 (%)와 조직세포중 glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase) 활성변동을 측정한 결과, 실험군의 체중 당 폐무게가 대조군에 비하여 현저하게 증가 (p<0.001)하였고 이와는 반대로 G6Pase 활성은 유의한 (p<0.001) 감소를 나타내었다. 그러나 폐를 제외한 장기에서는 별다른 차이를 볼 수 없었다. 이러한 결과는 cyclohexane이 주로 폐조직에 독작용을 야기시킨다는 것을 시사해 주고 있으며, 폐조직에서 malondialdehyde 함량이 대조군에 비하여 유의하게 (p<0.05) 증가된 것이 이를 뒷받침 해 주고 있다. 한편, cytochrome P450에 의해 나타나는 aniline hydroxylase 활성은 폐조직이 간조직에 비하여 대단히 낮았으며, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) 활성 역시 간조직 보다 현저하게 낮게 나타났다. 그리고 cyclohexane 투여로 인하여 ADH 활성은 간 및 폐조직 모두에서 증가하였으나 간조직에서 더욱 민감한 반응을 나타내었다. 이상 실험결과를 종합해 볼 때, cyclohexane은 폐조직에 주로 독성을 나타내며 이는 간조직에서 대사된 cyclohexane의 독성 중간대사산물인 cyclohexanone이 혈류를 통해 폐조직에 분포되어 나타난 결과로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1310-1316
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• 2005

To evaluate the toxicological properties of human cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) induced by ethanol and possible protective effects of various green tea catechins on alcohol-induced toxicity, transfected HepG2 cells that stably and constitutively express human CYP2E1 were established using the recombinant retroviral expression vector. Exposure of the CYP2E1-expressing HepG2 cells to high concentration of ethanol (200 mM) for 5 days resulted in a more than $50\%$ increase of cytotoxicity, assessed by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) reduction, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and loss of normal morphology, in comparison with HepG2 cells containing control vector. Treatment of the cells with various catechins increased cell viability by more than 2-fold. (-)-Epicatechin gallate and(-)-catechin gallate at the lowest concentration ($5\;{\mu}M$) attenuated cell death induced CYP2E1 by $60-65\%$. Therefore, the results showed that the catechins, including epimerized catechins, have strong protective effects against alcohol-induced CYP2E1 toxicity, and it is correlated with antioxidant effect.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제40권8호
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• pp.1107-1112
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• 2011

본 연구는 기존에 알코올 해독 기능이 우수한 것으로 알려진 헛개나무 열매 추출물과 헛개나무 열매 추출물을 주성분으로 하여 매실 및 댕댕이나무 열매 추출물이 혼합되어진 새로운 식품 조성물의 항알코올 기능에 대한 효능을 비교 분석함으로써 새로운 알코올 독성 경감 소재를 개발하고자 하였다. 새로운 식품 조성물인 SAC-1을 흰쥐에게 투여한 후 알코올을 섭취시켰을 때 혈중 알코올 농노의 저하가 헛개나무 추출물에 비하여 매우 우수한 효능이 있는 것으로 나타났으며, 간손상의 지표인 GOT, GPT에 있어서 대조군에 비하여 낮은 값을 나타내어 알코올에 의한 간손상을 경감시킬 수 있는 것으로 생각된다. 또한, 조직에서 산화적 손상으로 효능을 살펴본 결과는 지질과산화물의 생성을 혈장과 간 조직에서 모두 억제하는 것으로 나타났으며, total glutathione의 감소를 억제하는 것으로 나타나 SAC-1은 알코올성 조직 손상에서 충분한 보호 작용을 나타낼 수 있었던 것으로 생각된다. 특히 SAC-1은 헛개나무 열매 추출물 단독 사용에 비해서 더 높은 활성을 나타낸 것으로 나타났으며, 이것은 SAC-1이 알코올 해독에 좋은 천연 성분을 함유하고 있는 결과로 추측된다. 이상의 결과에서 SAC-1은 알코올로 인해 유도되어지는 조직 손상 및 숙취 증상으로부터 조직을 보호할 수 있는 능력이 있는 것으로 생각된다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.446-452
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• 2009

본 연구에선 바이오부탄올 생산을 위한 추출발효에 적용하고자 부탄올 추출에 효율적이고 미생물에 독성을 주지 않는 적합한 추출용매를 선정하고자 하였다. 추출 용매를 선정하기 위하여 부틸 부틸레이트, oleyl alcohol, 친환경 용매인 소수성 이온성 액체 2 종류를 이용하여 분배계수를 구한 결과, 부틸 부틸레이트와 oleyl alcohol이 높은 부탄올 분배계수를 나타내었고 부탄올 농도 1-20 g/L와 pH 4-5.5 범위에서 80% 이상의 우수하고 안정적인 추출효율을 나타내었다. 미생물에 독성이 없는 oleyl alcohol를 사용한 회분식 추출발효에서는 추출을 하지 않은 회분식 배양보다 11% 향상된 부탄올 생산을 보였다 (11.2 g/L vs. 12.4 g/L). 이는 배양액 내의 부탄올이 추출되어 배양액내의 부탄올 농도가 낮게 유지됨으로써 부탄올 독성 영향이 감소되었고, 이로 인해 향상된 부탄올 생산이 이루어진 것으로 판단된다. Oleyl alcohol：부틸부티레이트 부피비를 9：1로 혼합한 용매를 사용했을 경우는 미생물 생장에는 저해 영향이 미미했으나 부탄올 생산은 추출발효를 하지 않은 회분식 배양에 비해 60%에 그쳤다. 부틸부티레이트를 20% 이상 미생물 생장에 심각한 저해를 주는 것으로 관찰되어졌다. 본 연구를 통해, 실험에 사용된 4가지 추출 용매 중에서 oleyl alcohol이 미생물에게 독성영향을 끼치지 않으면서 부탄올 추출을 효율적으로 할 수 있음을 알 수 있었고, oleyl alcohol을 바이오 부탄올 연속 추출발효에 적용한다면 향상된 부탄올 생산성을 얻을 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.121-133
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• 2009

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to find out the clinical possibility of Bufonis Venenum used without toxicity and side effect. Methods : We investigated the pharmacological effects, toxicity and processing of Bufonis Venenum through the literatures and studies. Results : Bufonis Venenum is made by parotid gland of dermato gland of Bufo bufo gargarizns or B. melanostictus Schneider, and it is dried for using. The medical ation of Bufonis Venenum are cardiotonic, respiration stimulation, anticancer, topical anesthesia. The toxic symptoms of Bufonis Venenum are relative with digestive, circulatory, nervous system similared with digitalis toxicity. It is important to take 0.015-0.03g by mouth, external use about 1-4% 0.5-3ml and 2-8ml injections by 20ml mix to 5% dextrose fluid. Bufonis Venenum is processed to prevent toxicity and evaluate efficacy by alcohol and milk. There are 68 prescription consisted by Bufonis Venenum in KTKP(Korean Traditional Knowledge Portal). They usually use for antiabcess, anticancer with Moschus moschiferus(麝香), Cinnabar(朱砂). Conclusions : The results from above literary studies show that internal, external medicine and Aqua-acupuncture of Bufonis Venenum could be clinically used to sedative, antiinflammatory, anticancer and topical ataralgesia without toxity through optimum dose and processing.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2002

To evaluate the skin toxicity of topical cyclohexane application (25mg/$\textrm{cm}^2$) was sequentially applied to the rat skin for four days. On the histopathological findings in the light micrographs, neutrophils and engulfed neutrophils are seen, and many cytoplasmic processes were appeared in proliferated layer whereas in the dermis area, increased numbers of fibroblast, accumulation of neutrophil and lipid droplets are demonstrated. On the other hand, applying the cyclohexane to the rat skin led to the remarkable rise of cutaneous xanthine oxidase activity and similar activities of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase and glutathione content and declined activity of glutathione S-transferase compared with control group. Especially the remarkably decreased activity of aniline hydroxylase (AH) was appeared in skin as little as scarcely determined. Furthermore, the applying the cyclohexane to skin led to the significantly increased activity of hepatic AH and alcohol dehydrogenase. These results indicate that oxygen free radical and intermediate metabolite of cyclohexane may be responsible for structural changes in skin by cyclohexane application to rat skin.