• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.307-314
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• 2002

Effects of ($\pm$)-camphor on liver cytochrome P450 enzymes were investigated in male ICR mice. Mice were treated intraperitoneally with 0, 200, 400 and 800 mg/kg of ($\pm$)-camphor in corn oil for 3 consecutive days. Twenty four hr after the final treatment, the animals were subjected to necropsy. The activities of serum aspartate aminotransferase and serum alanine aminotransferase were slightly changed by the treatment with ($\pm$)-camphor at the doses used. Administration of ($\pm$)-camphor to mice significantly induced the hepatic activities of pentoxyresorufin O-depentylase and benzyloxyresorufin O-debenzylase and weakly induced ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase in dose-dependent manners. The present results suggested that ($\pm$)-camphor might act as a relatively specific inducer of hepatic cytochrome P450 2B in male ICR mice.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제30권11호
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• pp.973-982
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• 2020

본 연구는 지방구세포 감소를 위한 소재개발로 감국 추출물의 대표물질인 camphor가 갖는 지방구세포 분화억제효과를 관찰하였다. camphor의 세포독성을 확인하기 위해 3T3-L1 세포주를 이용하여 세포독성 측정을 1 day에서 10 day까지 확인하였고, 세포독성은 모두 없었다. PTCH siRNA를 처리 시 PTCH가 비활성되어 분화가 억제되었고, SMO siRNA 처리시 SMO가 비활성화되어 분화가 유도되었다. PTCH 억제는 SMO를 활성화시키는 기전으로HH 신호의 활성화가 지방구세포 분화를 억제시키는 것을 보여준다. FACS를 이용한 Gli1 발현은 KCTC 3237은 62.7±1.5%, camphor는 60.4±2.2% 로 분화된 세포 24.9±3.1% 보다 높은 것을 확인하였다. GC-MS에서 발효된 camphor의 구조변화는 없는 것으로 확인되었으나, KCTC 3237에서 15.41% 양적 증가를 확인했다. 또한camphor가 SMO를 과발현시키고, Gli1의 변화를 조절하였다. 따라서 감국 발효물의 생리활성 물질 중 향후 매커니즘 분석을 위한 활성물질인 camphor를 이용해 동물모델에서 비만억제 효과에 대한 자료가 더 필요할 것으로 여겨지며, 감국 추출물 및 발효물의 HH신호조절이 새로운 비만치료제로 개발될 수 있는 가능성을 제시하고자 한다.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제29권
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• pp.8.1-8.8
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• 2014

Objectives An ecofriendly alternative to chemical pesticides is bio-pesticides, which are derived from natural sources. The interest in bio-pesticides is based on the disadvantages associated with chemical pesticides. Methods We conducted acute toxicity assessments of camphor, a major component of bio-pesticides, by using Daphnia magna (D. magna) as well as assessed the morphological abnormalities that occurred in Danio rerio (D. rerio) embryos. Results The median effective concentration of camphor on D. magna after 48 hours was $395.0{\mu}M$, and the median lethal concentration on D. rerio embryos after 96 hours was $838.6{\mu}M$. The no observed effect concentration and predicted no effect concentration of camphor on D. magna, which was more sensitive than D. rerio, were calculated as $55.2{\mu}M$ and $3.95{\mu}M$, respectively. Morphological abnormalities in D. rerio embryos exposed to camphor increased over time. Coagulation, delayed hatching, yolk sac edema, pericardial edema, and pigmentation of embryos mainly appeared between 24 and 48 hours. Further, symptoms of scoliosis and head edema occurred after 72 hours. In addition, bent tails, ocular defects and collapsed symptoms of fertilized embryonic tissue were observed after 96 hours. Conclusions The camphor toxicity results suggest that continuous observations on the ecosystem are necessary to monitor toxicity in areas where biological pesticides containing camphor are sprayed.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.438-442
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• 2015

Porous thick film of alumina which is fabricated by freeze tape casting using a camphene-camphor-acrylate vehicle. Alumina slurry is mixed above the melting point of the camphene-camphor solvent. Upon cooling, the camphene-camphor crystallizes from the solution as particle-free dendrites, with the $Al_2O_3$ powder and acrylate liquid in the interdendritic spaces. Subsequently, the acrylate liquid is solidified by photopolymerization to offer mechanical properties for handling. The microstructure of the porous alumina film is characterized for systems with different cooling rate around the melting temperature of camphor-camphene. The structure of the dendritic porosity is compared as a function of ratio of camphene-camphor solvent and acrylate content, and $Al_2O_3$ powder volume fraction in acrylate in terms of the dendrite arm width.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.239-243
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• 2018

쌀바구미 및 어리쌀바구미에 대한 고수 종자에서 추출한 정유의 살충활성을 비교하기 위하여 3가지 추출법(수증기증류, 용매 및 초임계 추출법)을 통해 정유를 추출하였다. 용매 및 초임계 추출법으로 추출한 정유는 쌀바구미 및 어리쌀바구미에 대해 살충효과를 나타내지 않은 반면에 수증기증류 추출법으로 추출한 정유는 쌀바구미 및 어리쌀바구미에 대하여 살충효과를 나타내었다. 고수종자의 수증기증류 추출법으로 추출한 정유를 GC-MS를 통해 분석한 결과 linalool (59.92%)이 가장 많은 함량을 나타내었으며, 그 다음으로 camphor (7.94%), linalool oxide (7.70%), p-cymene (7.44%), ${\alpha}-pinene$ (6.44%), limonene (3.29%), geranyl acetate (3.19%)의 순으로 함량 차이를 나타내었다. 이들 중 camphor와 linalool은 쌀바구미 및 어리쌀바구미에 대해 가장 우수한 살충활성을 나타내었으며, 나머지 성분들은 살충활성을 나타내지 않았다. 본 연구결과는 고수종자의 수증기증류 추출법에 의한 정유와 구성성분인 camphor 및 linalool이 저곡해충에 대한 살충제로서의 잠재력을 지니고 있는 것을 보여준다.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.362-366
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• 2015

The effect of sublimable vehicle composition in the camphor-naphthalene system on the pore structure of porous Cu-Ni alloy is investigated. The CuO-NiO mixed slurries with hypoeutectic, eutectic and hypereutectic compositions are frozen into a mold at $-25^{\circ}C$. Pores are generated by sublimation of the vehicles at room temperature. After hydrogen reduction at $300^{\circ}C$ and sintering at $850^{\circ}C$ for 1 h, the green body of CuO-NiO is completely converted to porous Cu-Ni alloy with various pore structures. The sintered samples show large pores which are aligned parallel to the sublimable vehicle growth direction. The pore size and porosity decrease with increase in powder content due to the degree of powder rearrangement in slurry. In the hypoeutectic composition slurry, small pores with dendritic morphology are observed in the sintered Cu-Ni, whereas the specimen of hypereutectic composition shows pore structure of plate shape. The change of pore structure is explained by growth behavior of primary camphor and naphthalene crystals during solidification of camphor-naphthalene alloys.

• 약학회지
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.355-360
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• 2007

The essential oil fraction from the aerial parts of A. annua was analyzed by GC-MS. As the results, caryophyllene oxide (11.7%), caryophyllene (7.54%), camphor (7.32%), 1,8-cineol (4.98%), and borneol (3.99%) were confirmed as the main components of the oil fraction. The effects of this oil and its main components on antibiotic-susceptible and -resistant strains of Salmonella enteritidis and S. typhimurium were assessed. A. annua oil fraction significantly inhibited all strains of the two Salmonella species examined, with minimum inhibiting concentrations (MICs) ranging from 2.0 mg/ml to 8.0 mg/ml. Among the main components of the oil, borneol and camphor showed relatively strong inhibiting activity with MICs between 1.0 mg/ml and 4.0 mg/ml. The MICs of caryophyllene and caryophyllene oxide were higher than 16 mg/ml. The combination effects of the oils with kanamycin were evaluated using a checkerboard microtiter assay. Against S. typhimurium KCCM11862 and CCARM8009 strains, the oil fraction of A. annua, camphor, and 1,8-cineol exhibited significant synergistic with kanamycin with fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) indices in the range of 0.085 to 0.375. In conclusion, a combination of kanamycin and A. annua oil or its main component, camphor, and cineol, may be useful for reducing the minimum effective dose of antibiotic required for the treatment of resistant S. typhimurium infections.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.336-339
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• 2018

A unique porous material with controlled pore characteristics can be fabricated by the freeze-drying process, which uses the slurry of organic material as the sublimable vehicle mixed with powders. The essential feature in this process is that during the solidification of the slurry, the dendrites of the organic material should repel the dispersed particles into the interdendritic region. In the present work, a model experiment is attempted using some transparent organic materials mixed with glass powders, which enable in-situ observation. The organic materials used are camphor-naphthalene mixture (hypo- and hypereutectic composition), salol, camphene, and pivalic acid. Among these materials, the constituent phases in camphor-naphthalene system, i.e. naphthalene plate, camphor dendrite, and camphor-naphthalene eutectic exclusively repel the glass powders. This result suggests that the control of organic material composition in the binary system is useful for producing a porous body with the required pore structure.

• 생약학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.71-74
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• 1973

The contents of volatile oil and camphor in the oil of Artemisia messer-schmidtiana $B_{ESSER}$ var. viridis $B_{ESSER}$ f. typica $N_{AKAI}$ and Artemisia asiatica $N_{AKAI}$ which were known to be effective as antibacterial, antifungal and antineoplastic agents by screening experimentation, were determined quantatively by gas chromatography. The volatile oil contents of Artemisia messer-schmidtiana $B_{ESSER}$ var. viridis $B_{ESSER}$ f. typica $N_{AKAI}$ and Artemisia asiatica $N_{AKAI}$ are 0.17% and 0.19%, and the camphor contents are 8.51% and 1.46%, respectively.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.236-239
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• 2005

Ethyl acetate extracts of traditional medicinal herbs were screened for their antifungal activity against Malassezia furfur through the liquid growth inhibition method with 96 well plate and the paper disk agar diffusion assay. Among the 91 kinds of herbal solvent extracts, borneolum (borneo-camphor, No. 56) was finally selected as the best antifungal effective medicinal herb. The MIC value of No. 56 against M. furfur was 0.3 mg/ml ($8.2{\times}10^6$ CFU/ml) and it was three times more efficient than midazole which is the known antifungal agent in clinical medicines.