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The Development of Whitening Cosmetic Ingredient Having Activity of Melanin Degradation (멜라닌 분해능을 지닌 미백용 기능성 화장품원료의 개발)

  • Kang, Whan-Koo;Hwang, Sun-Duk;Kim, Hyoung-Sik;Jeung, Jong-Sik;Lee, Bheong-Uk
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.7-15
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    • 2007
  • Extensive research was carried out for inhibition of melanin formation as development of whitening cosmetic ingredients. But degradation of melanin itself was not intensively pursued as development of cosmetics. In this study, novel melanin degradation enzyme was developed and characterized. Also this enzyme production process was optimized and formulation was tried using micro encapsulation technique.

In vitro Fermentation of Rumen Microorganisms Cultured in Medium Supplemented with Bacterio-mineral Water (BMW) Produced from Bio-reacted Swine Manure

  • Kim, Chang-Hyun;Park, Joong Kook;Lee, Gi Yeong;Seo, In Joon
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.18 no.10
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    • pp.1435-1439
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    • 2005
  • Bacterio-mineral water (BMW) produced from manure has been known to exert a number of positive effects on animal production and odor control. An experiment was conducted to examine the effects of BMW produced from bio-reacted swine manure on in vitro gas production, cellulose degradation, microbial growth and fibrolytic enzyme activities of mixed rumen microorganisms. The five levels of 0, 0.001, 0.005, 0.01 and 1.0% BMW were supplemented into serum vials containing mixed rumen microorganisms. Incubations were carried out anaerobically at $39^{\circ}C$ without shaking for 0, 12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 h. There were no significant (p>0.05) differences among the treatments for the initial rate of gas production. At 72 h incubation, the gas production tended (p<0.1) to be increased by the 0.01 and 1.0% BMW treatments compared with control and the 0.001% BMW treatment. At the end of incubation (96 h), the sample supplemented with 0.01% BMW was higher (p<0.05) than control (0% BMW) in the gas production. The microbial growth rate was increased by all the BMW treatments, while 0.01% BMW was most effective in stimulating the growth rate. Although the addition of BMW on the filter paper DM degradation was not significantly influenced throughout the incubation period except the 48 h incubation, DM degradation tended to be increased by all BMW treatments compared with control. The addition of both 0.005 and 0.01% BMW highly increased (p<0.05) CMCase activity compared with control after 24 h and 48 h incubation, while at the 72 h incubation the 0.01% BMW addition only significantly increased (p<0.05). After 72 h incubation, the xylanase activity was significantly (p<0.05) increased with the addition of 1.0% BMW compared with the addition of 0.001 and 0.005% BMW, while at the other incubation times, the xylanase activity was not different among the treatments. In conclusion, the 0.01% BMW of supplementation level would be the suitable addition level to stimulate rumen fermentation increasing microbial growth and cellulose degradation.

Antioxidant and Hyaluronidase Inhibition Activities of Prunus persica Batsch var. davidiana Maximowicz

  • Cha, Bae-Cheon;Lee, Eun-Hee
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.10b
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    • pp.200.3-200.3
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    • 2003
  • Reactive oxygen species(ROS) are produced at a high rate continuously as a by-product of aerobic metabolism. Several lines of evidence provided that ROS appears to cause to develop aging and various diseases. High level of hyaluronic acid with decreased molecular weight has been detected in patients with inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis. Hyaluronidase is an endohexosaminidase that initiates the degradation of hyaluronic acid with high molecular weight. Prunus persica Batsch var. davidiana Maximowicz has been known as a korean folk medicine for treatment of neuritis and rheumatism. (omitted)

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Bio-Piezoelectric Generator with Silk Fibroin Films Prepared by Dip-Coating Method (딥코팅에 의한 실크 피브로인막으로 제조한 바이오 압전발전기)

  • Kim, Min-Soo;Park, Sang-Shik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.487-494
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    • 2021
  • Piezoelectric generators use direct piezoelectric effects that convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. Many studies were attempted to fabricate piezoelectric generators using piezoelectrics such as ZnO, PZT, PVDF. However, these various inorganic/organic piezoelectric materials are not suitable for bio-implantable devices due to problems such as brittleness, toxicity, bio-incompatibility, bio-degradation. Thus, in this paper, piezoelectric generators were prepared using a silk fibroin film which is bio-compatible by dip-coating method. The silk fibroin films are a mixed state of silk I and silk II having stable β-sheet type structures and shows the d33 value of 8~10 pC/N. There was a difference in output voltages according to the thickness. The silk fibroin generators, coated 10 times and 20 times, revealed the power density of 16.07 μW/cm2 and 35.31 μW/cm2 using pushing tester, respectively. The silk fibroin generators are sensitive to various pressure levels, which may arise from body motions such as finger tapping, foot pressing, wrist shaking, etc. The silk fibroin piezoelectric generators with bio-compatibility shows the applicability as a low-power implantable piezoelectric generator, healthcare monitoring service, and biotherapy devices.

Evaluation of the Impact on Manufacturing Temperature and Time in the Production Process of Bio-composites (바이오복합재료 제조 공정시 제조온도 및 시간에 의한 영향 평가)

  • Park, Sang-Yong;Han, Gyu-Seong;Kim, Hee-Soo;Yang, Han-Seung;Kim, Hyun-Joong
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.33 no.1 s.129
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    • pp.29-37
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    • 2005
  • The main objective of this research was conducted to evaluate the impacts on the thermoplastic polymer which is a matrix polymer and the rice husk flour (RHF) which is a reinforcing filler relative to the manufacturing temperature and time when bio-composites were manufactured. In order to evaluate the impacts on the rice husk flour relative to the manufacturing temperature, the rice husk flour was persevered for 10 minutes to 2 hours period at $220^{\circ}C$ temperature which was then added with the polypropylene (PP) and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) to complete the manufacturing process of the bio-composites and measure the corresponding mechanical properties. As preserving time increased at $220^{\circ}C$, the tensile and impact strength were decreased due to the thermal degradation of the main components within the rice husk flour. The thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was used to measure weight loss caused by the actual manufacturing temperature and the result was that the thermoplastic polymer had not scarcely occurred weight change, but there had been increasing rate of weight loss relative to time for the rice husk flour and the bio-composites under the consistent temperature of $220^{\circ}C$ for 2 hour time period. Therefore, the proper manufacturing temperature and time settings are significantly important features in order to prevent the reduction of mechanical properties which were induced throughout the manufacturing process under the high manufacturing temperature.

Characterization of Hyaluronic Acid Membrane Cross-linked with Lactide (락타이드로 가교시킨 히아루론산 막의 특성)

  • Kwon, Ji-Young;Cheong, Seong-Ihl
    • Polymer(Korea)
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.599-604
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    • 2005
  • The hyaluronic acid (HA) with excellent biocompatibility has been combined with lactide, the ester dimer of polylactide, with good biodegradability to produce biocompatible materials which can control the period of degradation in a human body. By freeze frying method, HA and lactide were crosslinked with crosslinking agent, 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethyl aminopropyl) carbodiimide (EDC). Degree of lactide and EDC reaction was determined by the analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Both lactyl group and EDC conversion increased as the mole ratio of lactide to HA increased from 5 to 13. The membrane swelled less and became more brittle with the more addition of lactyl group resulting from the higher mole ratio of lactide to HA. Swelling ratio decreased and tensile modulus increased due to the more addition of lactyl group as the EDC concentration increased or reaction temperature decreased. Drug release experiment from various membranes with different degree of crosslinking showed that permeability decreased with increasing degree of crosslinking. The degradation became slower with the more addition of lactyl group. Mechanical property and degradation rate of the synthesized membrane were shown to be controlled through adjusting operation parameters such as mole ratio, temperature, and crosslinking agent concentration.

Study on the degradation rate and pH change of PLGA membrane with a biodegradation (생분해에 따른 PLGA 멤브레인의 분해속도 및 pH 변화에 대한 연구)

  • Xie, Yuying;Park, Jong-Soon;Kang, Soon-Kook
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.9
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    • pp.6403-6410
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    • 2015
  • Medical polymer PLGA is biocompatible, biodegradation, mechanical characteristic and biostability, and the degradation time can be adjust by controlling the number of monomer. In this paper, PLGA membranes have different composition ratio by L/D type was prepared by phase transition method. And the PLGA membrane in phosphate buffered saline(PBS) at the different test temperatures for different periods of time to examined for change in mass and measured the pH of degradation media. Measurement of Tg and surface structure was performed using a DSC and Stereoscopic microscope. As the molecular weighter increase, hydrolysis rate was decrease in geometrical progression. According to the composition ratio by L/D type, degradation rate and the change of pH are large.

Decomposition Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Compounds in the Landfill Leachate by Ozone Oxidation (오존산화에 의한 매립지 침출수내 용존성 유기화합물의 분해 특성)

  • 정승현;이헌모;정병곤
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.23-29
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    • 2003
  • The effect of ozone oxidation on bio-degradability of leachate was studied. Ozone oxidation process was used as pre-treatment process to enhance performance of biological process in treating landfill leachate. Optimum ozone injection rate and contact time in this experiment was $160{\;}mg{\;}O_/{\ell}{\cdot}hr$ and 45 minutes, respectively. Bio-degradability was enhanced 5.08% by ozone oxidation. The ratio of ozone demand/DOC concentration was $0.049~0.091{\;}mg{\;}O_3/mg{\;}DOC$. The increase of bio-degradability depending on ozone injection rate(D) and contact time(T) can be expressed as follows ; The rate of bio-degradation of DOC was increased proportionally with the increase of ozone injection rate and contact time irrespective of landfill site age. The increase of bio-degradability by ozone addition was not satisfactory. It is hard to expect significant increase in bio-degradability by ozone treatment only. Thus, it is evaluated that ozone oxidation can not increase biodegradability significantly in concentrated wastewater composed of complex organic compound such as leachate.

Structural Basis of the Disease-related Proteins: Target Oriented Structural Proteomics

  • Jinho Moon;Heo, Yong-Suk;Kim, Young-Kwan;Kim, Hye-Yeon;Park, Min-Hye;Hwang, Kwang-Yeon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Crystallographic Association Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.15-15
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    • 2003
  • To discover new drugs more quickly and more efficiently, pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology firms are increasingly turning to the genomics and the structural proteomics technologies. Structural-proteomics can provide a foundation for this through the determination and analysis for protein structure on a genomics scale. Among many structures determined by CGI, we will present with the representative examples drawn from our work on novel structures or complex structures of the disease-related proteins. The alpha subunit of Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is targeted for degradation under normoxic conditions by an ubiquitin-ligase complex that recognizes a hydroxylated proline residue in HIF. Hydroxylation is catalysed by HIF prolyl 4-hydroxylases (HIFPH) which are fe(II) and 2-oxoglutarate (2-OG) dependent oxygenases. Here, we discuss the first crystal structure of the catalytic domain of HIFPH in complexes, with the Fe(II)/2-OG at 1.8Å. These structures suggest that the Ll region (residues 236-253), which is also conserved in mammals, form a 'lid' that closes over the active site. The structural and mutagenesis analyses allow us to provide a focus for understanding cellular responses to hypoxia and a target for the therapeutic manipulation.

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Structural Basis of the Disease-related Proteins: Target Oriented Structural Proteomics

  • Hwang, Kwang-Yeon;Lee, Tae-Gyu;Kim, Jin-Hwan;Jeon, Young-Ho;Seonggu Ro;Cho, Joong-Myung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Biophysical Society Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.28-28
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    • 2003
  • To discover new drugs more quickly and more efficiently, pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology firms are increasingly turning to the genomics and the structural proteomics technologies. Structural-proteomics can provide a foundation for this through the determination and analysis for protein structure on a genomics scale. Among many structures determined by CGI, we will present with the representative examples drawn from our work on novel structures or complex structures of the disease-related proteins. The alpha subunit of Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) is targeted for degradation under normoxic conditions by an ubiquitin-ligase complex that recognizes a hydroxylated proline residue in HIF, Hydroxylation is catalysed by HIF prolyl 4-hydroxylases (HIFPH) which are Fe(II) and 2-oxoglutarate (2-OG) dependent oxygenases. Here, we discuss the first crystal structure of the catalytic domain of HIFPH in complexes, with the Fe(II)/2-OG at 1.8 ${\AA}$. These structures suggest that the L1 region (residues 236-253), which is also conserved in mammals, form a ‘lid’ that closes over the active site. The structural and mutagenesis analyses allow us to provide a focus for understanding cellular responses to hypoxia and a target for the therapeutic manipulation.

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