• Journal of Korean Dental Science
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.60-67
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• 2012

Purpose: To test the apical leakage prevention performance of three different materials through protein leakage procedures using bovine serum albumin (BSA) and Bradford protein reagent. Materials and Methods: A total of 60 human single-rooted teeth were divided into 4 groups, and conventional root canal filling was done. The root was cut 3 mm from the apex, and a cavity was formed. Proroot MTA (MTA), Fuji II LC (GI), Fuji II LC with XP bond (GIA), and Caviton (CA) were used as experimental materials to fill the cavity in a retrograde filling manner. The extent of BSA leakage was then measured with a ultraviolet visible spectrophotometer 24, 48, and 72 hours after filling. Result: After 24 hours, among the 15 teeth of each group, 2 in MTA, 4 in GI, 3 in GIA, and 7 in CA showed leakage. After 48 hours, 3 in MTA, 5 in GI, 5 in GIA, and 10 in CA had leakage and discoloration. After 72 hours, among the 15 teeth of each group, 3 in MTA, 6 in GI, 5 in GIA, and 10 in CA showed leakage. The leakage in the CA group was greater than that in the MTA group at 48 and 72 hours based on Fisher's exact test (P=0.025), and the difference was statistically significant. Similarly, the leakage in the CA group was greater than that in the MTA group over time based on the Kaplan-Meier survival estimate (P=0.011), and the difference was statistically significant. Conclusion: Glass ionomer, glass ionomer after adhesive application, and MTA all showed leakage. Caviton showed greater leakage compared to MTA 48 and 72 hours after filling, and the difference was statistically significant; thus suggesting that Caviton is not appropriate as retrograde filling material considering its sealing ability.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.665-671
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• 1992

To investigate the effects of immunization against somatostatin (SRIF) on growth rate, feed efficiency and carcass quality; forth-eight Yorkshire gilts ($age=37.5{\pm}4.3d,\;wt=8.2{\pm}1.6kg$) were randomly assigned to one of the following three treatments (1) control, (2) bovine serum albumin (BSA) and (3) SRIF. Cyclic SRIF was conjugated to BSA as the antigen containing 1 mg of SRIF diluted in 3 ml of saline. The conjugate was injected subsutaneously together with bacterial cell protein (BP) adjuvant on both sides of the neck of each gilt as the initial injection with three subsequent booster injections. Throughout the experiment all pigs were fed ad libitum a corn-soy diet containing 20% protein. Body weight and feed intake were measured on a weekly basis. All pigs in the experiment were slaughtered when they approached 101 kg body weight on the weekly weigh day. After slaughter, carcass parameters were analyzed to assess carcass quality. Results revealed that there were no differences among SRIF, BSA and control treatments for average daily gain, feed efficiency and feed intake during the first 5 wk of the experiment and from 6 wk to slaughter. The results for carcass analysis indicated that active immunization against SRIF had no effect on fat content, lean yield, water content and Canadian carcass index These data, collectively, suggest that the protocol employed in the present investigation for active immunization against SRIF is not an effective method for the enhancement of pig growth and improvement of feed efficiency and carcass quality.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.1442-1448
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• 2015

The objectives of this study were to determine the molecular weight of condensed tannins (CT) extracted from mangosteen (Garcinia mangostana L) peel, its protein binding affinity and effects on fermentation parameters including total gas, methane ($CH_4$) and volatile fatty acids (VFA) production. The average molecular weight ($M_w$) of the purified CT was 2,081 Da with a protein binding affinity of 0.69 (the amount needed to bind half the maximum bovine serum albumin). In vitro gas production declined by 0.409, 0.121, and 0.311, respectively, while CH4 production decreased by 0.211, 0.353, and 0.549, respectively, with addition of 10, 20, and 30 mg CT/500 mg dry matter (DM) compared to the control (p<0.05). The effects of CT from mangosteen-peel on in vitro DM degradability (IVDMD) and in vitro N degradability was negative and linear (p<0.01). Total VFA, concentrations of acetic, propionic, butyric and isovaleric acids decreased linearly with increasing amount of CT. The aforementioned results show that protein binding affinity of CT from mangosteen-peel is lower than those reported for Leucaena forages, however, the former has stronger negative effect on IVDMD. Therefore, the use of mangosteen-peel as protein source and $CH_4$ mitigating agent in ruminant feed requires further investigations.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.460-465
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• 1990

Asp.wentii와 Asp.nidulans의 원형질체 재생은 2-DG가 30$\mu g$/ml 첨가된 포자현탁액을 4시간 전배양 할 때 적당하였고 ergosterol, myoniositol, casamino acid, BSA가 함유된 CBE 재생용 배지에서 효과적이었으며, 30 이상 재생률을 나타내었다. 원형질체 융합은 10mM $CaCl_2$가 함유된 pH7.5의 30PEG 4000으로$37^{\circ}C$ 에서 10분간 처리했을 때 가장 양호하였으며, 융합빈도는 $8.2\times 10^{-4}$을 나타내었다. 가장 우수한 융합주인 FWN-56은 CMCase, avicelase, $\beta$-glucosidase 및 xylanase를 동시에 분비하였으며 친주에 비하여 활성이 2.3배, 1.5배, 1.8배, 2.5배 각각 증가하였고, 또한 MM에 4중 이상 보관 후의 segregant율이 1 이내였으므로 유전적 안정성은 높았으며, 분생포자 DNA함량은 1.4-1.6배였다. 또한 핵의 크기도 친주에 비하여 큰 것으로 보아 융합주임을 확인하였다.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.273-281
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• 2007

Ceramide is involved in cell death as a lipid mediator of stress responses. In this study, we developed an improved method of ceramide quantification based on added synthetic ceramide and thin layer chromatography (TLC) separation, and applied to biological samples. Lipids were extracted from samples spiked with N-oleoyl-D-erythro-sphingosine ($C_{17}$ ceramide) as an internal standard. Ceramide was resolved by TLC, complexed with fatty-acidfree bovine serum albumin (BSA), and deacylated by ceramidase (CDase). The released sphingosine was derivatized with o-phthalaldehyde (OPA) and measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The limit of detection for ceramide was about 1-2 pmol and the lower limit of quantification was 5 pmol. Ceramide recovery was approximately 86-93%. Ceramide concentrations were determined in biological samples including cultured cells, mouse tissues, and mouse and human plasma. TLC separation of ceramide provides HPLC chromatogram with a clean background without any interfering peaks and the enhanced solubility of ceramide by BSAceramide complex leads to the increased deacylation of ceramide. The use of an internal standard for the determination of ceramide concentration in these samples provides an accurate and reproducible analytical method, and this method can be applicable to diverse biological samples.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.225-237
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• 1996

고정화된 단세포군 항체와 항원인 알부민과의 결 합시 결합속도기작을 조사하였다. 항체의 고정화에 는 극소의 폴리스타이렌(37^{\circ}C)을 담체로 사용하여 결합속도 측정시 물질저항의 영향을 최소화하였다. 이론적 해석과 실험 결과는 결합반응이 속도론으로 제어됨을 보였는데 결합속도는 2차이고 분리속도는 1차임을 보인다. 고정화 항체와 항원의 평형실험으 로부터의 평형상수는 결합속도상수와 분리속도상수 의 측정치로부터 계산한 값들과 잘 일치한다. 속도 상수들을 $^{\circ}C~37^{\circ}C$에서 측정하였는데 결합속도상 수의 활성화에너지는 9kcal/mole이고 분리속도상수 의 활성화에너지는 2kcal/mole이다. 위의 연구 결과 들은 작은 담체의 사용이 결합속도 기작을 연구하는 데 물질전탈 저항의 영향을 제거할 수 있음을 보이 고 위의 실험 방법들은 고정화 항체의 고유 결합속 도의 측정에 유용할 것이다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.259-265
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• 1991

The purpose of this study is to investigate the ability of I-131 labeled polyclonal human immunoglobulin to localize an infection. In our country, indium-111 labeled leukocyte or Tc-99m labeled IgG are not readily available because of compex, time-consuming procedure and cost. So we tried to localize infection with I-131 labeled IgG which could be easily prepared. Six rats, infected with staphylococcus aureus in a thigh muscle, received I-131 labeled IgG intravenously and I-131 labeled bovine serum albumin (BSA) were injected to other 5 infected rats. Scintigrams were made at 1, 4, 24, 48, 72 hour later. The radiopharmaceutical demonstrated significant accumulation at the site of infection. The accumulation of I-131 labeled IgG at the site of infection was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that of I-131 labeled BSA at 48, 72 hour. Similar finding could be found at 24 hour imaging, but it was not significant statistically. Therefore it was found that vascular permeability alone could not account for the mode of action of I-131 labeled IgG and it was considered that specific binding played a role. In conclusion, focal sites of inflammation can be detected with I-131 labeled nonspecific human polyclonal IgG and it seems that this method can also be applied to localization of human infection.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.262-270
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• 1994

Endosulfan의 잔류분석(殘留分析)을 위한 RIA(radioimmuno assay)는 endosulfan alcohol(EA)-BSA conjugate를 항원(抗原)으로 하여 집토끼에서 면역항체(免疫抗體)를 생산(生産)하였다. 생산(生産)된 면역항체(免疫抗體)의 역가(力價)는 1 : 32,000 으로 endosulfan과 EA 이외(以外)의 유사화합물(類似化合物)에서는 거의 반응성(反應性)을 나타내지 않았으며 RIA를 위한 최적(最適) 희석배수(稀釋倍數)는 1 : 2,000 으로 나타났다. RIA의 최적(最適) 배양온도(培養溫度)는 $4\;^{\circ}C$ 이었으며 endosulfan의 검출범위(檢出範圍)는 $1\;ng-20\;{\mu}g$ 이었고 최소검출량(最小檢出量)은 1 ng 이었다. RIA 기법(技法)을 이용(利用)하여 잉어의 각(各) 조직(組織)과 공시수(供試水)에서 실시한 회수율(回收率) 시험(試驗) 결과(結果)는 GLC/ECD나 ELISA를 이용(利用)한 회수율(回收率)보다 우수하게 나타났다. 시료(試料)에서 RIA에 의한 endosulfan의 검출한계(檢出限界)는 0.1 ppb 였다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.888-896
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• 2012

Considering the dearth of information regarding the medicinal properties of Luffa cylindrica, we assessed the antioxidative, antimutagenic and hyperplasia inhibitory activity of cancer cells from Luffa cylindrica extracts by employing biological and biochemical assays. Ethanol extracts of Luffa cylindrica inhibited MDA-BSA (malondialdehyde-bovine serum albumin) conjugation reaction ($66.38{\pm}2.65$), DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl) radical production ($60.13{\pm}0.42$) and lipid peroxidation ($56.04{\pm}3.24$). In this study, Luffa cylindrica is believed to exert possible antioxidative effects. The direct and indirect antimutagenic effects of the ethanol extracts of Luffa cylindrica were examined by the Ames test using Salmonella typimurium TA98 and TA100. The inhibitory effects on indirect and direct mutagenicity shows an weak tendency, particularly in direct mutagenicity mediated by 2-nitrofluorene in Salmonella typimurium TA98 ($5.82{\pm}5.74$) and in indirect mutagenicity mediated by 2-anthramine in Salmonella typimurium TA100 ($5.76{\pm}2.15$). The ethanol extracts of Luffa cylindrica on cancer cell hyperplasia inhibitory activity via MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide) assay exerted cytotoxic effects on Hela cells ($55.83{\pm}3.83$) and MCF-7 cells ($33.03{\pm}2.09$), which were used in this study. Based on these results, it believed that the ethanol extracts of Luffa cylindrica have antioxidative capacities as well as hyperplasia inhibitory activity of cancer cells. Furthemore, Luffa cylindrica is a candidate for the prevention and dietetic treatment of chronic diseases and for the development of functional food.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.195-200
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• 2004

Trypsin can be immobilized on silk fibroin fiber (SFF) by introducing several spacer arms, such as ethylene diamine (ED), bovine serum albumin (BSA) and silk sericin (SS). Direct immobilization on silk fiber (SFFGA) has low activity because of the steric hindrance between the trypsin and substrate. The introduction of spacer arms onto SFF-GA can enhance the activity of trypsin by reducing the steric hindrance. When ED is used as a spacer arm, the activity of trypsin has increased but its stability decreased due to the increased hydrophobicity of SFF. BSA and SS, as a spacer arm, have better results in both activity and stability. SFF-BSA shows some decrease in the specific activity due to improper immobilizatin. SFF-SS maintained 90% of its initial activity even after 12 hrs incubation at $50^{\circ}C$. In the case of repeated hydrolysis of silk sericin with immobilized trypsin, SFF-GA and SFF-ED lost 50% of their initial activity right after first run, whereas SFF-BSA and SFF-SS maintained 80% of their initial activities even after 5 runs. Higher operational stability is due to increased hydrophilicity of SFF by introducing hydrophilic spacer arms such as BSA and SS. The high content of serine in SS increases the hydrophilicity of SFF resulting the best results among other spacer arms.