• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.233-238
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• 2008

The aerial parts of Epimedium koreanum Nakai have been used to stimulate hormone secretion in treating impotence. Ten flavonol glycosides, 3,4,5-trihydroxy-8-prenylflavone 7-O-[${\beta}$-D-glucopyranosyl($1{\rightarrow}2$)-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside] (1), hyperoside (2), icarisid II (3), 2"-O-Rhamnosylicarisid II (4), epimedin A (5), epimedin B (6), epimedin C (7), icariin (8), hexandraside E (9), and epimedoside A (10) were isolated from the an ethylacetate soluble extracts of the aerial parts of Epimedium koreanum Nakai through activity-monitord fractionation and isolation method. The structures of compounds 1 - 10 were elucidated by high resolution fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and two dimentional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis. Compounds 1 and 4 showed potent antioxidant activity, with $IC_{50}$ values of 19.7 and 11.5 ${\mu}g$/mL and 88.2 and 90.5 ${\mu}M$, respectively.

• Composites Research
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2018

화학기상증착 탄화규소(CVD-SiC)의 높은 증착율과 우수한 굽힘강도 특성을 얻기 위해 증착온도에 대한 영향을 연구하였다. Hot-wall CVD 방법으로 메틸트리클로로실란(MTS : $CH_3SiCl_3$)을 이용하여 $1250{\sim}1400^{\circ}C$ 조건에서 제조된 탄화규소는 $95.7{\sim}117.2{\mu}m/hr$ 정도의 증착율을 보였다. 율속반응은 $1300^{\circ}C$ 미만에서는 표면반응, 그 이상의 온도에서는 물질전달 지배영역 특성을 나타내었다. Arrhenius plot을 통해 계산한 활성화 에너지는 각각 11.26 kcal/mole과 4.47 kcal/mole이였다. 증착온도별 표면 형상은 $1250^{\circ}C$ pebble에서 $1300^{\circ}C$ facet 구조로 변하였고, $1350^{\circ}C$ 이상에서는 multi-facet 구조를 나타내었다. 단면 형상은 $1300^{\circ}C$ 이하에서 columnar, $1350^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 isometric 구조를 보였다. 결정상은 모두 ${\beta}$-SiC로 확인되었지만 결정성장 방향은 $1250^{\circ}C$ (111)에서 $1300^{\circ}C$ 이상부터 (220) peak가 관찰되었으며, $1400^{\circ}C$에서는 (220)으로 완전히 변함을 알 수 있었다. 굽힘강도 특성은 증착온도가 증가할수록 치밀화되고, columnar에서 isometric 조직으로 변화되면서 $1350^{\circ}C$에서 최대값을 나타내었으며, $1400^{\circ}C$에서는 grain size 증가와 결정성장 방향이 최밀충진면인 (111)에서 (220)으로 완전히 변하면서 감소된 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2016

Background: Ginsenoside F1, a pharmaceutical component of ginseng, is known to have antiaging, antioxidant, anticancer, and keratinocyte protective effects. However, the usage of ginsenoside F1 is restricted owing to the small amount found in Korean ginseng. Methods: To enhance the production of ginsenoside F1 as a 10 g unit with high specificity, yield, and purity, an enzymatic bioconversion method was developed to adopt the commercial enzyme Cellulase KN from Aspergillus niger with food grade, which has ginsenoside-transforming ability. The proposed optimum reaction conditions of Cellulase KN were pH 5.0 and $50^{\circ}C$. Results: Cellulase KN could effectively transform the ginsenosides Re and Rg1 into F1. A scaled-up biotransformation reaction was performed in a 10 L jar fermenter at pH 5.0 and $50^{\circ}C$ for 48 h with protopanaxatriol-type ginsenoside mixture (at a concentration of 10 mg/mL) from ginseng roots. Finally, 13.0 g of F1 was produced from 50 g of protopanaxatriol-type ginsenoside mixture with $91.5{\pm}1.1%$ chromatographic purity. Conclusion: The results suggest that this enzymatic method could be exploited usefully for the preparation of ginsenoside F1 to be used in cosmetic, functional food, and pharmaceutical industries.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제59권4호
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• pp.289-298
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• 2016

FK506 hyper-yielding mutant, called the TCM8594 strain, was made from Streptomyces tsukubaensis NRRL 18488 by mutagenesis using N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine, ultraviolet irradiation, and FK506 sequential resistance selection. FK506 production by the TCM8594 strain improved 45.1-fold ($505.4{\mu}g/mL$) compared to that of S. tsukubaensis NRRL 18488 ($11.2{\mu}g/mL$). Among the five substrates, wheat bran was selected as the best solid substrate to produce optimum quantities of FK506 ($382.7{\mu}g/g$ substrate) under solid-state fermentation, and the process parameters affecting FK506 production were optimized. Maximum FK506 yield ($897.4{\mu}g/g$ substrate) was achieved by optimizing process parameters, such as wheat bran with 5 % (w/w) dextrin and yeast extract as additional nutrients, 70 % (v/w) initial solid substrate moisture content, initial medium pH of 7.2, $30^{\circ}C$ incubation temperature, inoculum level that was 10 % (v/w) of the cell mass equivalent, and a 10 day incubation. The results showed an overall 234 % increase in FK506 production after optimizing the process parameters.

• 천문학회보
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.69.3-69.3
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• 2019

The CHIMPS2 survey is to extend the JCMT HARP $^{13}CO/C^{18}O$ J=3-2 Inner Milky-Way Plane Survey (CHIMPS) and the ${12}^CO$ J=3-2 survey (COHRS) into the inner Galactic Plane, the Central Molecular Zone (CMZ), and a section of the Outer Plane. When combined with the complementary $^{12}CO/^{13}CO/C^{18}O$ J=1-0 survey at the Nobeyama 45m (FUGIN) at matching 15" resolution and sensitivity, and other current CO surveys, the results will provide a complete set of transition data with which to calculate accurate column densities, gas temperatures and turbulent Mach numbers. These will be used to: analyze molecular cloud properties across a range of Galactic environments; map the star-formation efficiency (SFE) and dense-gas mass fraction (DGMF) in molecular gas as a function of position in the Galaxy and its relation to the nature of the turbulence within molecular clouds; determine Galactic structure as traced by molecular gas and star formation; constrain cloud-formation models; study the relationship of filaments to star formation; test current models of the gas kinematics and stability in the Galactic center region and the flow of gas from the disc. It will also provide an invaluable legacy data set for JCMT that will not be superseded for several decades. In this poster, we will present the current status of the CHIMPS2.

• 천문학회지
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.9-26
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• 2020

At q = 1.81 ± 0.20 × 10^-5, KMT-2018-BLG-0029Lb has the lowest planet-host mass ratio q of any microlensing planet to date by more than a factor of two. Hence, it is the first planet that probes below the apparent "pile-up" at q = 5-10 ×10^-5. The event was observed by Spitzer, yielding a microlens-parallax π_E measurement. Combined with a measurement of the Einstein radius θ_E from finite-source effects during the caustic crossings, these measurements imply masses of the host M_host = 1.14^+0.10_-0.12 M_⊙ and planet M_planet = 7.59^+0.75_-0.69 M_⊕, system distance D_L = 3.38^+0.22_-0.26 kpc and projected separation a_⊥ = 4.27^+0.21_-0.23 AU. The blended light, which is substantially brighter than the microlensed source, is plausibly due to the lens and could be observed at high resolution immediately.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.50-58
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• 2014

A novel fullerene derivative with photoresponsive azobenzene group was designed and synthesized, and its photoresponsive properties were reported. Starting from 4-nitrophenol, compound 1, which is containing fullerene moiety connected to azobenzene group through covalent linkage was synthesized by 5 steps. All the intermediates and the final compound were characterized by $^1H$, $^{13}C$-NMR, FAB-Mass or elemental analysis. Compound 1 exhibited the expected photoresponsive behavior. Chloroform solution($10^{-5}M$) of it served to maximize the absorption at 351 nm corresponding to the trans-azobenzene chromophore. Irradiation of this solution with 365 nm light resulted in photoisomerization to cis-azobenzene, as evidenced by decrease in the absorbance at 351 nm and an increase in absorbance at 450nm. A photostationary state was reached within about 150 s. Thermal reversion to the original spectrum was observed over the course of about 6 h at room temperature in the dark. However, exposure to bright sun light for about 5 s also effect almost complete reversion to the trans-isomer. This indicates that there is no strong steric influence on the trans-cis reversible isomerization of compound 1.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.1460-1468
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• 2007

In this study, an approx. 2.5-kb gene fragment including the catalase gene from Rhodospirillum rubrum S1 was cloned and characterized. The determination of the complete nucleotide sequence revealed that the cloned DNA fragment was organized into three open reading frames, designated as ORF1, catalase, and ORF3 in that order. The catalase gene consisted of 1,455 nucleotides and 484 amino acids, including the initiation and stop codons, and was located 326 bp upstream in the opposite direction of ORF1. The catalase was overproduced in Escherichia coli UM255, a catalase-deficient mutant, and then purified for the biochemical characterization of the enzyme. The purified catalase had an estimated molecular mass of 189 kDa, consisting of four identical subunits of 61 kDa. The enzyme exhibited activity over a broad pH range from pH 5.0 to pH 11.0 and temperature range from $20^{\circ}C$ to $60^{\circ}C$C. The catalase activity was inhibited by 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole, cyanide, azide, and hydroxylamine. The enzyme's $K_m$ value and $V_{max}$ of the catalase for $H_2O_2$ were 21.8 mM and 39,960 U/mg, respectively. Spectrophotometric analysis revealed that the ratio of $A_{406}$ to $A_{280}$ for the catalase was 0.97, indicating the presence of a ferric component. The absorption spectrum of catalase-4 exhibited a Soret band at 406 nm, which is typical of a heme-containing catalase. Treatment of the enzyme with dithionite did not alter the spectral shape and revealed no peroxidase activity. The combined results of the gene sequence and biochemical characterization proved that the catalase cloned from strain S1 in this study was a typical monofunctional catalase, which differed from the other types of catalases found in strain S1.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2013

We report a method for optical monitoring of tumors in an animal model using optical coherence tomography (OCT). In a spectral domain OCT system, a superluminescent diode light source with a full width of 66 nm at half maximum and peak wavelength of 950 nm was used to take images having an axial resolution of 6.8 ${\mu}m$. Cancer cells of PC-3 were cultured and inoculated into the hypodermis of auricle tissues in BALB/c nude mice. We observed tumor formation and growth at the injection region of cancer cells in vivo and obtained the images of tumor mass center and sparse circumferences. On the $5^{th}$ day from an inoculation of cancer cells, histological images of the tumor region using cross-sectional slicing and dye staining of specimens were taken in order to confirm the correlation with the high resolution OCT images. The OCT image of tumor mass compared with normal tissues was analyzed using its A-scan data so as to obtain a tissue attenuation rate which increases according to tumor growth.

• 분석과학
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.259-271
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• 2008

혈액 내에 축적되어 있는 유기염소계 농약을 분석하기 위한 방법으로 기존에는 액체-액체 추출법과 고체상 추출법을 많이 사용하였으나 정제 및 많은 양의 시료 처리에 한계가 있다. 이를 극복하기 위한 방법으로 시료양이 적으며 간편한 고체상미량추출법을 사용하여 혈액 중 18종의 유기염소계 농약의 최적 추출법을 연구하였다. 흡착조건(fiber type, 흡착시간, 흡착온도, 염석효과)과 탈착조건(탈착시간, 탈착온도) 등 최적의 추출을 위해 여러 가지의 실험조건 등을 검토한 결과, fiber는 polyacrylate $85{\mu}m$, 흡착시간은 50분, 흡착온도는 $80^{\circ}C$, 염석효과는 NaCl 0.1 g, 탈착시간은 5분, 탈착온도는 $280^{\circ}C$에서 최적임을 확인하였다. 정확도, 정밀도 및 검출한계에 대한 타당성을 최적 실험조건에서 조사한 결과, 검출한계는 0.05~0.20 ng/mL, 정밀도는 5.59~13.39%, 정확도는 -0.5%~24.5%의 범위인 것으로 확인되었다.