• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.43-52
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• 1989

We modified polymer surfaces, polyethylene, polystyrene and polyester, to improve cellcompatibility. For surface modification of the polymers, we used various surface treatment methods; physicochemical oxidation methods such as plasma discharge, corona discharge, sulfuric acid and chloric acid treatments, and biological methods such as adsorption of plasma protein and fibronectin onto the polymer surfaces. The treated polymer surfaces were characterized by electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis ( ESCA ). The physicochemically treated polymers showed different surface chemical structures depending on the treated methods. The sulfuric acid-treated surfaces showed greater carboxyl groups than those of plasma- or corona- treated surfaces, while the chloric acid-treated one showed high density of hydroxyl group on the surface. By the biological treatments, the surfaces were uniformly coated with proteins. The fibronectin adsorbed on the surface seems to have unique properties for cell binding.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.66-70
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• 1996

Aliphatic esters of protocatechuic acid (PA, 1), vanillic acid (VA, 9) and gallic acid (GA, 18) were prepared and their anti-thrombotic effects were evaluated in the mouse model of thrombosis. The aliphatic groups included methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-butyl, i-butyl, n-amyl and cyclohexyl. n-Amyl ester of PA (7), i-propyl and cyclohexyl esters of VA (13 and 17 respectively) and ethyl ester of GA (20) treatment significantly lowered the death rate and increased the recovery from paralysis due to the thrombotic challenge. From the limited analogs available, it was tentatively concluded that the structural conformation, where carboxy oxygen (=O or -O) of the carboxyl group (COOH) at $C_1$ and the oxygen function at $C_3(either\; OH\; or\; OCH_3)$ are closely situated, is favorable for the esters of PA, VA and GA to be more antithrombotic.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.105-113
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• 1984

This study was conducted to investigate chemical and physical characteristics of pectin in Korean ginseng plant. The results obtained are as follows: 1, The molecular weight of the pectin in ginseng plant was in the range of 1.1-2.4x 104 and athydrouronic acid content in the pectin was 97.98%. 2. The intrinsic viscosity of pectin as well as apparent visosity of the pectin in the roots were increased with cultural period. 3. The IR spectra of ginseng pectin showed the OH stretch, C-H bending vibration and the vibration of ester group carboxyl. 4. Sugars present in galacturonic acid, glucose, arbinose, xylose, galactose and rhamnose.

• 약학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.87-100
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• 1989

Salicylic acids as anti-inflammatory agents were analyzed by ab initio, quantum chemical methods to study the possible modes of binding to the receptor. As the result of multiple regression analysis of reactivity indices and interpretation of normalized frontier orbital charges of drugs, potency seems to be related to energy of HOMO and LUMO at the 5 position of benzene ring, and in the 5-phenyl substituted case, the para position of substituting ring is important. The binding occurs first at the positive site of its receptor. The charge density exhibited by the frontier orbitals suggests that charge moves from receptor site to carboxyl group. The electrostatic orientation effect makes an important contribution to the binding of the active molecules to their receptors. Also the electrostatic potential model may be able to rationalize the source of activity or inactivity of the drugs under investigation.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.129-133
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• 1999

Microperoxidase 8 (MP8) has been prepared by sequential hydrolysis of cytochrome C by pepsin and trypsin. This five-coordinated heme-octapetide fragment provides a uniques structure to evaluate the electronic coupling efficiency to the iron through axial position and porphyrin edge. At alkali pH, Ru(bpy)2(im)22+ is completely quenched in AcMP8Ru complex . Transient kinetics measurement showed the decay rate to be ~1 $\times$1012S-1. Ruthenium bipyridine complex with a carboxyl group substituted bipyridine has been prepared adn reacted with MR 8 to yield N-terminus bound RuMP8 complex. The luminescence decay rate has been measured as 1 $\times$109S-1. By using semiclassical electron transfer theory, we found the electron transfer efficiency through axial positioin of iron prophyrin is as good through prophyrin edge.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.75-79
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• 1991

A series of compounds, N-(2-substituted-1-carboxy)vinylazetidinones were successfully synthesized in order to test the hypothesis that biological activities of ${\beta}$-lactam antibiotics could be attributed to the smooth flow of electrons after a nucleophilic attack at the carbonyl carbon in the ${\beta}$-lactam ring. After introduction of aminothiazolylacetamido group at 3-position of the azetidinones, their biological activities were evaluated. Their low activities led to the conclusion that the smooth electron flow in ${\beta}$-lactams in not the sufficient source for the biological activities.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.379-382
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• 2000

The temperature dependence of the kinetic parameters of the aspartase-catalyzed reaction has been examined in the direction of deamination. The pK1values at 37$^{\circ}C$, 25$^{\circ}C$, 16$^{\circ}C$ and 7$^{\circ}C$ were 6.2 $\pm$ 0.1, 6.3 $\pm$ 0.1, $6.7{\pm}0.3$ and 6.9 $\pm$ 0.3, respectively. On the other hand, the pK2 values at 37$^{\circ}C$,25$^{\circ}C$, 16$^{\circ}C$ and 7$^{\circ}C$ were 8.1 $\pm0.2$, 8.3 $\pm$ 0.2, 8.2 $\pm$ 0.3 and 8.0 $\pm$ 0.2,respectively. The enthalpy of ionization, DHion, calculated from the slope of pK1, are 6.0 $\pm$ 0.3 kcal/mol. These results validate the prediction that aspartase requires a histidine residue for a general base, and a cysteine (or having a carboxyl functional group) for a general acid.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.591-594
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• 1995

The influence of protecting groups on the β-sheet-structure-stability of protected peptides was studied in organic solvents. α-amino groups, carboxyl groups and side chain functional groups of model peptides were protected by suitable groups commonly used in peptide synthesis. The difference of the solubilities of model peptides was investigated by the solvent-titration method by using IR absorption spectra. The β-sheet structure of model peptide in CH2Cl2 was easily disrupted by increasing the amounts of DMSO. The β-sheet-structure-stabilizing potentials of each protecting group showed similar behaviors except Npys, Mts and Z2. The result exhibits that the < SPβ > values of protected peptides are almost independent of the kinds of their protecting groups.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.254-263
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• 2021

In this study, chitosan obtained after varying extents of deacetylation (i.e., 10%, 30%, and 47%) was employed to introduce antibacterial properties to chitin. The deacetylation reaction completion, wherein the amino group content of chitin was reduced, was ascertained from the FT-IR and NMR analyses. The 47%-deacetylated chitosan exhibited superior antibacterial properties against Bacillus in a disk diffusion test. To further improve these properties, chitosan derivatives were grafted by acrylic acid and acrylamide. The varying concentrations of carboxyl groups, primary amines, and -CH₂-CH₂- with increasing acrylic acid and acrylamide contents were determined by FT-IR and NMR analyses. The enhanced antibacterial properties of the chitosan derivatives, owing to the increased acrylic acid and acrylamide contents, were revealed by the disk diffusion test. In particular, the derivatives with 1.3% acrylic acid and acrylamide showed the highest antibacterial activity, the bacterial reduction rate against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli being 99.9%, as observed through the ASTM E2149 standard test.

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2002년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.408.1-408.1
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• 2002

A interpolymer complexes composed of poly(acrylic acid)(PAA) and po!y(vinyl alcohol)(PVA) were prepared by template polymerization of acrylic acid in the presence of PVA for mucoadhesive drug delivery. FT -IR results showed that the PAA/PVA interpolymer complex was formed by hydrogen bonding between the carboxyl groups of PAA and the hydroxyl group of PVA. The dissolution rate or the swelling ratio of the PAA/PVA interpolymer complexes was dependent on the pH and molecular weight of PVA that was used as a template. (omitted)