• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.77-83
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• 1993

Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) has been known to have peripheral actions as well as central actions. Recently physiological roles of 5-HT as a central neurotransmitter have been studied in detail and this is a subject of the present study. Plausible central actions mediated by 5-HT receptor seem to be a control of appetite, bring about psychiatric disorders such as anxiety or dementia, and migraine headache. In this study, thirty-five medicinal plants were tested for their antagonistic activities to 5-HT mediated actions. Through the preliminary screening, methanol extracts of three medicinal plants (Saussureae Radix, Sanguisorbae Radix and Xanthii Fructus) were shown to possess relatively specific antagonistic activities to 5-HT mediated ileal contraction over acetylcholine. To luther investigate the central antagonistic activities of the selected plant in vivo, m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP) which is known to be a 5-H $T_{1c}$ receptor agonist was injected to mouse to induce an anxious and/or hypolocomotion states, and also social interaction test, which was based on the method described by File (S.E. File, 1980), was performed to see whether ethylacetate fraction of Sanguisorbae Radix methanol extract possessed a specific anxiolytic activity.y.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.58-64
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• 1990

최근 국내에서 연구가 시작되고 있는 신규 식물생장조정제인 brassinolide류와 기존의 auxin류를 혼용하였을 경우 상호작용성을 구명하여 농업적 이용의 기초자료를 얻고자 몇가지 생물검정법을 이용하여 상호작용의 결과를 분석해 본 결과를 요약하면 다음과 간다. 1. 벼 엽신기부굴절검정에서는 두 화합물의 저농도 혼용조합에서 길항적인 반응을 보였으나, 대부분의 조합에서는 상가 또는 상승작용을 하였으며, 고농도의 혼용일수록 상승효과가 높았고, IAA가 2, 4-D에 비해 다소 혼용효과가 높았다. 2. 귀리 자엽소신장검정에서는 HBR의 농도에 관계없이 IAA 0.1ppm 이하에서는 상승작용을 하였으나 0.3ppm 이상의 혼용에서는 상가적인 반응을 나타내었다. 3. 무 하배축신장검정에서는 자엽의 유무에 의해 반응이 다르게 나타났는데, 자엽을 제거한 절편에서는 IAA 3ppm과 HBR과의 혼용조합을 제외하고는 대부분의 혼용조합이 길항적인 반응을 보였다. 4. 이상에서와 같이 검정방법간 혼용효과가 뚜렷한 차이가 있었으며, 공시재료에 따라 상호작용의 효과가 다르게 나타났는데 auxin의 함량이 비교적 높은 생장점을 가진 절편에서는 대체로 길항작용을 보인 반면, 선단부를 제거하여 내생호르몬이 불안정한 절편에서는 상가 또는 상승작용을 보였다.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.581-598
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• 2006

In many epidemiological and medical studies, a number of cancer mortalities in categorical classification may be considered as having Poisson distribution with person-years at risk depending upon time. The cancer mortalities have been evaluated by additive or multiplicative models with regard to background and excess risks based on several covariances such as sex, age at the time of bombings, time at exposure, or ionizing radiation, cigarette smoking habits, duration of smoking habits, etc. An interest herein is to examine an additive, synergistic, or antagonistic relationship between radiation exposures and cigarette smoking habits for cancer mortalities. The results revealed a highly significant antagonistic in uence for cancer mortalities from all non-hematologic findings, lung and respiratory system with negative interaction between radiation exposures and cigarette smoking amounts.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.175-190
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• 1991

The purpose of this study is to investigate communication styles in married couples. The subjects are a total of 301 couples living in Seoul. The main results are summarized as follows: 1. The styles of marital communication are consisted of 5 factors which are reproachful attitude, rational attitude, concessive attitude, unilateral attitude, and unconcerned attitude. 2. The styles of marital communication are classified into 5 styles in husbands which are arbitrary style, obeident style, authoritarian style, unconcerned style, and respectful style, and in wives, 4 styles which are arbitrary style, obeident style, unconcerned style, and respectful style. 3. The husband's arbitrary style and wives' unconcerned style are differently perceived by husbands and wives. 4. The relations of marital communication styles are classified into 3 relations which are supplementary relation, antagonistic relation, and equal relation. 5. In the case of equal relation and supplementary relation in comparison with antagonistic relation, husbands satisfy more with their wives' communication. And in the case of antagonistic relation in comparison with supplementary relation, husbands and wives want more to change of spouses' communication. 5. The relations of marital communication styles are affected in husbans by education, in wives by age, and family life cycle.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.277-284
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• 1990

2,4-D 제초제(除草劑)의 상호작용(相互作用)을 조사(調査)키 위하여 2,4-D와 제초제(除草劑의 혼합처리(混合處理)가 수도(水稻)의 초기생육(初期生育)에 미치는 영향(影響)을 조사(調査)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 2,4-D 처리(處理)에 의한 신초생육(新鞘生育)이 더욱 억제(抑制)된 반면에 thiobencarb, butachlor 및 glyphosate 처리(處理)에 의한 IR28의 신초생육(新鞘生育) 억제(抑制)는 Taipei 309 보다 더욱 크게 나타났다. 2,4-D와 thiobencarb 혼합처리시(混合處理時)에 상호작용(相互作用)은 thiobencarb 농(濃度)가 낮은 처리구(處理區)의 신초(新鞘)길이에 대하여 두 품종(品種) 공(共)히 길항작용(拮抗作用)을 나타내었고 thiobencarb 고농도(高濃度)에서는 상승작용(相乘作用)을 보였다. 신초((新鞘)의 생체중(生體重)에 대한 2,4-D와 thiobencarb의 상호작용(相互作用)은 IR28의 경우 모든 처리구(處理區)에서 상승작용(相乘作用)을 나타낸 반면에 Taipei 309의 경우에는 2,4-D의 농도(濃度)가 낮을 때만 상승작용(相乘作用)이 나타났다. 2,4-D와 butachlor 혼합처리(混合處理)에 의해서는 IR28의 신초길이와 생체중(生體重)이 Taiperi 309보다 더욱 높은 억제현상(抑制現象)을 보여 상승작용(相乘作用)을 나타내었다. 2,4-D와 glyphosate 혼합시(混合時)에는 신초(新鞘)의 길이에서는 두 품종(品種) 공히 길항작용(拮抗作用)을 보였으나, 2,4-D와 glyphosate의 최고농도(最高濃度) 혼합시(混合時)에는 신초(新鞘)의 생체중(生體重)에 대해서 IR28은 상승작용(相乘作用)을 보인 반면에 Taipei의 309는 길항작용(拮抗作用)을 나타내었다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.241-246
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• 2016

BACKGROUND: Recently, the widespread distribution of pesticides in the hive has been of concern about pesticide exposure on honeybee (Apis mellifera L.) health. Larval toxicity was adapted to assess the synergistic and antagonistic interaction of cumulative mortality to the honeybee larvae of the four most common pesticides detected in pollen. METHODS AND RESULTS: Acetamiprid($3.0{\mu}l/L$), chlorothalonil ($803.0{\mu}l/L$), coumaphos ($128.0{\mu}l/L$), and tau-fluvalinate ($123.0{\mu}l/L$) were tested in combination; binary, ternary and four component mixture. Larvae were exposed to four pesticides mixed in diet at the average levels detected in pollen. As a result, synthetic toxicity was observed in the binary mixture of acetamiprid with coumaphos. The binary and ternary component mixtures of tested pesticides have mostly demonstrated additive effect in larval bees. The significant antagonistic effects were found in four parings of mixtures including chlorothalonil added to acetamiprid/tau-fluvalinate or acetamiprid/coumaphos/tau-fluvalinate, and tau-fluvalinate added to acetamiprid/chlorothalonil or acetamiprid/coumaphos/chlorothalonil. CONCLUSION: Interactions between combinations of four pesticides showed mostly additive or antagonistic effects in larval bees. Therefore, predicting the larval mortality of pesticides mixtures on the basis of the results of single pesticide may actually overestimate the risk. We suggest that pesticide mixture in pollen be evaluated by adding their toxicity together for complete data on interactions.

• Mycobiology
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.410-417
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• 2020

Fungal ecological interactions play a key role in structuring community assemblages. These associations may involve both antagonistic and synergistic relationships, which are commonly influenced by abiotic factors such as nutrient conditions. However, information for extreme, oligotrophic systems remain poor. Herein, interactions among key members of the aquatic transient fungal community (Aspergillus niger, Cladosporium sp., and Coprinellus micaceus) of a low-nutrient freshwater system in the Cuatro Ci enegas Basin, Mexico were studied. Pairwise interaction bioassays were explored in vitro under different nutrient conditions, including carbohydrates-rich, carbohydrates and amino peptides-rich, and low nutrients. Our results indicated that antagonistic patterns prevail among the studied taxa. However, nutrient-dependent changes were observed in Cladosporium sp. shifting to synergy under carbohydrates-rich conditions, suggesting changes in the fungal community composition as a result of nutrient enrichment. Remarkably, our findings contrast with previous work demonstrating mainly synergistic interactions between our tested fungal isolates and co-occurring autochthonous bacteria (Aeromonas spp. and Vibrio sp.) under low-nutrient conditions. This observation may indicate that bacteria and fungi exhibit distinct community-level responses, driven by nutrient conditions. This contributes to the knowledge of fungal community dynamics and interspecific interactions in an oligotrophic ecosystem, highlighting the relevance of nutrient-based shifts and antagonistic interactions in ecosystem dynamics.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.147-152
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• 2016

형상기억합금은 가열되거나 냉각될 때 모양과 강도가 변화하면서 큰 힘을 발생한다. 와이어 형태의 형상기억합금은 열을 가하면 길이가 축소되면서 상당히 큰 힘을 발휘하며, 소음없는 운동을 발생시킬 수 있으므로 모터를 대체할 수 있는 구동기로 활용가능하다. 이런 형상기억합금 구동기는 전기로 직접 가열할 수 있으며, 큰 범위의 운동을 만들어내는데 사용될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 형상기억합금 구동기를 이용하여 3 개의 손가락을 가진 6 자유도의 로봇 손을 개발하고 제어하는 것에 대해 기술한다. 각 손가락은 2 개의 관절을 가지고 있으며, 각 관절은 길항(拮抗) 운동을 위해 서로 반대로 동작하는 두 개의 힘줄에 의해 구동된다. 부드러운 운동을 위한 충분한 힘을 만들어 내기 위해 각 힘줄은 2 개의 형상기억합금 구동기가 병렬로 구성된다. 형상기억합금 구동기를 가열하기 위한 전류를 제어하기 위해 PWM 드라이버를 채용하였으며, 실험을 통해 손가락의 길항 작용을 평가한다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.107-114
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• 2015

Endophytes provide multifarious benefits such as promotion of plant growth and yield, suppression of phyto-pathogens, phosphate solubilising and fixation nitrogen. A study has been carried out to explore growth promotion and antifungal activities of endophytes of mulberry (Morus spp.). Endophytic bacteria were isolated from mulberry plants and studied their cultural, morphological characters, growth promotion as well as their antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia bataticola and Fusarium oxysporum , two mulberry root rot associated pathogens. Except two isolates, all bacteria were colourless and the colony size of eight isolates was small. The margin of five isolates was irregular and the consistency of three isolates was creamy, six isolates was slimy and one was mucoid. Texture of seven isolates was convex and others were flat. Eight isolates were gram positive and the rest Gram negative, five were cocci and others were bacilli (rod shaped). Four isolates were motile and all were catalase positive and only three isolates were oxidase positive. Spore staining was positive only for two isolates. The growth promotion study showed that there was significant difference in root length and seedling length. The antagonistic effect of the bacterial isolates was tested against R. bataticola showed significant (p <0.05) influence of the bacteria, days after inoculation and their interaction on the inhibition of fungal growth. The isolate En-7 completely inhibited the fungus followed by En-5 (66.67%). The bacterial isolates significantly (p <0.05) inhibited growth of F. oxysporum in PDA. The mean inhibition was higher (70.45%) in case of En-7 followed by En-8 (68.65%) and En-10 (66.44%). The study reveals that some endophytic bacteria associated with mulberry have growth promotion and antifungal activity and could be explored for promotion of mulberry growth and managing root rot disease.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.858-864
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• 2007

This study investigated the antibacterial activities of sophoraflavanone G from Sophora flavescens in combination with two antimicrobial agents against oral bacteria. The combined effect of sophoraflavanone G and the antimicrobial agents was evaluated using the checkerboard method to obtain a fractional inhibitory concentration(FIC) index. The sophoraflavanone G+ampicillin(AM) combination was found to have a synergistic effect against S. mutans, S. sanguinis, S. sobrinus, S. gordonii, A. actinomycetemcomitans, F nucleatum, P. intermedia, and P. gingivalis, whereas the sophoraflavanone G+gentamicin(GM) combination had a synergistic effect against S. sanguinis, S. criceti, S. anginosus, A. actinomycetemcomitans, F nucleatum, P. intermedia, and P. gingivalis. Neither combination exhibited any antagonistic interactions(FIC index>4). In particular, the MICs/MBCs for all the bacteria were reduced to one-half$\sim$one-sixteenth as a result of the drug combinations. A synergistic interaction was also confirmed by time-kill studies for nine bacteria where the checkerboard suggested synergy. Thus, a strong bactericidal effect was exerted through the drug combinations, plus in vitro data suggested that sophoraflavanone G combined with other antibiotics may be microbiologically beneficial rather than antagonistic.