• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제9권
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• pp.1-7
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• 1968

뉴우질랜드 시금치(Tetragonia expansa)잎의 절편(切片)을 $2.0{\times}10^{15}$ quanta $cm^{-2}$ $sec.^{-1}$의 일정 레벌의 에너지를 가지는 각파장(各波長)의 광선(光線)을 쪼였을때 일어나는 violaxanthin의 de-epoxidation과 zeaxanthin의 epoxidationq 반응(反應)의 action spectrum을 측정(測定)하였다. De-epoxidation의 action spectrum에서는 480nm와 648nm에 두 개의 주 피이크를 나타내었고 청색광선(靑色光線)은 적색광선(赤色光線)보다 더 유효(有效)하였으며, 700nm 이상의 파장(波長)에서는 효과(?果)가 없었다. 한편 expoxidation의 spectrum은 440과 670nm 근처(近處)에 피이크를 나타내었고 이것 또한 청색광(靑色光)이 적색광(赤色光)보다 유효(有效)하였으나 700nm 이상의 파장(波長)에 있어서 확실(確實)히 효과(?果)를 나타내었다. Epoxidation과 de-epoxidation의 상반(相反)되는 두 반응(反應)의 정(正)의 결과(結果)는 하나의 cycle scheme 즉 산소(酸素)와 광반응생성물(光反應生性物)을 소비(消費)하는 "violaxanthin cycle"로 보아진다. Action spectra가 지시하는바와 같이 청색광(靑色光)이 적색광(赤色光)보다 더 유효(有效)하다는 것은 청색광(靑色光)에 의한 자극(刺戟)으로 진행(進行)되는 $O_2-uptake$로 간주(看做)된다. 두 action spectrum간(間)의 차이점(差異點)들은 다분히 두 개의 광합성기구(光合成機構)가 동시(同時)에 관련(關聯)되고 있다는 것을 시사한다. 그러므로 violaxanthin cycle은 청색광(靑色光)에 위해서 발생(發生)하는 과잉(過剩)한 광합성생성물(光合成生性物)의 소비경로(消費經路)로서, 또는 그들 생성물(生性物)을 어떤 다른 형태(形態)의 에너지로 전환(轉換)하는 역할(役割)을 하는것이라 보아진다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1998년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.199-200
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• 1998

The mucociliary system is one of the most important airway defense mechanisms, and knowledge of the ciliary beat frequency(CBF) is important in the understanding of this system. Using a laser light scattering method and fiber optic probe, we developed a simple and practical instrument for real-time in vivo measurements of CBF of cells in human nasal cavity. From the ciliated epithelium cells in an anterior end of middle terminator in nasal cavity, the signals of ciliary movement are transferred into a PC and analyzed by a autoregressive(AR) power spectrum. The mean CBF of 8 normal subjects was $7.1{\pm}1.1$(Hz). This instrument provided a convenient and reliable method of studying the mucociliary activity in the respiratory tract.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.142-146
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• 1977

인삼지상부(人蔘地上部)에서 saponin을 추출(抽出) 분리(分離)하여 Dam marane glycoside들간(間)의 함유비(含有比) 및 그 aglycone을 검토(檢討)하는 동시에 근부(根部) saponin과 비교 조사하여 인삼지상부(人蔘地上部) saponin에 관한 기초연구를 실시하고 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 인삼지상부(人蔘地上部)의 saponin함량(含量)은, 엽(葉)이 12.8%로 가장 높았고, 화부(花部)에 6.9%, 경(莖)이 1.6%의 순서(順序)로 많았다. 지상부중(地上部中) 인삼엽(人蔘葉)은 일부(一部)를 제외한 대부분의 saponin fraction이 근부(根部)의 그것과 거의 같은 pattern을 나타냈다. 경(莖)과 화부(花部)의 saponin은 이들과 다른 pattern을 보였다. 2. 인삼엽(人蔘葉) saponin의 IR-spectrum은 근부(根部) saponin의 그것과 동일(同一)한 것이었다.

• 한국광학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국광학회 2006년도 동계학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.359-360
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• 2006

Functional photoacoustic tomography is a new non-invasive imaging modality, and it is emerging as a very practical method for imaging biological tissue structures by means of laser-induced ultrasound. Structures with high optical absorption, such as blood vessels, can be imaged with the spatial resolution of ultrasound, which is not limited by the strong light scattering in biological tissues. By varying wavelengths of the laser light and acquiring photoacoustic images, optical absorption spectrum of each image pixel is found. Since the biochemical constituents of tissues determine the spectrum, useful functional information like oxygen saturation ($SO_2$) and total haemoglobin concentration (HbT) can be extracted. In this study, as a proof-of-principle experiment, hypoxic brain tumor vasculature and traumatic brain injury (TBI) of small animal brain are imaged with functional photoacoustic tomography. High resolution brain vasculature images of oxygen saturation and total hemoglobin concentration are provided to visualize hypoxic tumor vasculature, and hemorrhage on the cortex surface by the TBI.

• 생물정신의학
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2009

Objectives : The serotonin transporter gene(SLC6A4) is one of the most widely studied candidate genes in autism spectrum disorder(ASD), but there have been conflicting results from studies into the association between SLC6A4 and ASD. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between single nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs) in the SLC6A4 gene and ASD in the Korean population. Methods : We selected 12 SNPs in SLC6A4 and observed the genotype of 151 Korean ASD trios. We tested the family-based association for each individual polymorphism and haplotype by using the standard TDT method in Haploview(http://www.broad.mit.edu/mpg/haploview/). Results : Through transmission-disequilibrium testing and haplotype analysis, we could not find any statistically significant transmitted allele or haplotype. In addition, a case-control association test with Korean HapMap data did not reveal any statistical significance. Conclusion : Although serotonin-related genes must be considered candidate genes for ASD, we suggest that common SNPs of SLC6A4 are not important markers for associations with Korean ASD.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권9호
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• pp.1170-1176
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• 2013

에센셜오일은 신경생리학적 장애의 치료에 오랜동안 사용되었지만 아직까지 그 효능이 과학적으로 구명되지 않았다. 저자들은 한의학에서 산조인으로 알려져 있는 Zizyphus jujuba 종자의 에센션오일이 인간의 뇌파에 미치는 영향을 연구하였다. 초임계이산화탄소추출법을 이용하여 산조인으로부터 에센셜오일을 얻고, 20명의 피험자를 대상으로 EEG 파워 스펙트럼을 측정하였다. 산조인 에센셜오일 흡입 전과 흡입 중 다른 부위와 비교하여 theta파가 좌측 두정엽 부위($17.277{\rightarrow}13.854{\mu}V$)와 우측 두정엽 부위($15.324{\rightarrow}13.020{\mu}V$)에서 통계학적으로 차이를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 산조인 정유 흡입으로 fast alpha 파, relative gamma 파, spectral edge frequency 50% 지수가 증가하였는데, 이들 지수 중 fast alpha 파는 좌측 전전두엽 부위($0.063{\rightarrow}0.08{\mu}V$), 우측 전전두엽 부위($0.064{\rightarrow}0.085{\mu}V$), 그리고 좌측 두정엽 부위($0.073{\rightarrow}0.100{\mu}V$)에서 통계학적으로 차이를 나타내었다. 본 연구의 결과는 산조인 에센셜오일 흡입에 의한 EEG 변화는 두뇌기능 중 각성과 진정상태를 증가시켜 인간의 심리학적인 조건을 향상시킨다는 것을 추론하게 한다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.421-427
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• 2016

Nanosized hollow silica was prepared by $St{\ddot{o}}ber$ method in the presence of aluminum isopropoxide. The mixture of polyelectrolytes such as poly(sodium 4-styrene sulfonate)(PSS) and polyacrylic acid(PAA) were used as templates. Tetraethylorthosilicate(TEOS) and aluminum isopropoxide were used as precursors for silica and alumina, respectively. The function of aluminum isopropoxide is to increase the porosity of silica shell. The characterizations of hollow silica were examined by TEM(transmission electron microscopy), TGA(thermogravimetric analysis), BET(Brunauer Emmett Teller), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDS), and FT-IR spectrum. It was found that the shell thickness of hollow silica was around 8 nm and the core diameter was around 20 nm by TEM.

• 셀메드
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.22.1-22.19
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• 2016

The biologically active compounds derived from different natural organisms such as animals, plants, and microorganisms like algae, fungi, bacteria and merine organisms. These natural compounds possess diverse biological activities like anthelmintic, antibacterial, antifungal, antimalarial, antiprotozoal, antituberculosis, and antiviral activities. These biological active compounds were acted by variety of molecular targets and thus may potentially contribute to several pharmacological classes. The synthesis of natural products and their analogues provides effect of structural modifications on the parent compounds which may be useful in the discovery of potential new drug molecules with different biological activities. Natural organisms have developed complex chemical defense systems by repelling or killing predators, such as insects, microorganisms, animals etc. These defense systems have the ability to produce large numbers of diverse compounds which can be used as new drugs. Thus, research on natural products for novel therapeutic agents with broad spectrum activities and will continue to provide important new drug molecules.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.396-402
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• 1997

Biocontrol of plant pathogens provides an alternative means of reducing the incidence of plant diseases without the negative aspects of chemical pesticides. Nowdays, as the resistant fungi about the chemical fungicides have revealed and the concern of environment has increased, the biological control of phytopathogenic fungi by the antagonistic microorganisms is very much indispensable. For the selection of strong antagonistic bacterium for biological control agent of rice leafblast and cucumber gray mold rot, the antifungal strain KL-3 strain was selected among 120 strains isolated from the rhizosphere soils. And the strain was identified to be a species of Bacillus subtilis or closely related strain. In several biochemical and in vitro antibiosis tests, antifungal substances of Bacillus sp. KL-3 were presumed heat stable, micromolecular antibiotic substances. In vivo test and vinyl house field test, the antifungal substances of Bacillus sp. KL-3 represented excellent biocontrol ability aganist Alternaria mali, Phyricularia oryzae, and Alternaria kikuchiana as well as broad spectrum of other fungi. In particular, Bacillus sp. KL-3 strain showed more predominant activity than some chemical fungicides against fungi shown to resist chemcal fungicides.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.349-353
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• 1994

An isolate 90-GT-302, identified as Kitasatosporia kimorexae, was found to produce antibiotics that induce mycelial swelling in Magnaporthe grisea, and Fusarium solani. The strain produced at least 5 antibiotics. Among them, the main active compound designated as kimorexin A was isolated and its physico-chemical properties and biological activities were examined, and as a result was found to be of the thiopeptide antibiotic. A comparison between the properties of kimorexin A and those of the known thiopeptide antibiotics led us to conclude that kimorexin A was a new thiopeptide polythiazolyl antibiotic. Kimorexin A showed a narrow antimicrobial spectrum against very limited genus of phytopathogenic fungi. It prevented host plants from infections of Rhizoctonia solani and absolute parasitic fungi, such as Sphaerotheca fuliginea and Puccinia recondita, almost completely at the treatment concentration of approximately 20 ppm.