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Radioprotective Effect of Extracts from Plants Indigenous to Korea

  • Kang Kyoung-Ah;Zhang Rui;Chae Sung-Wook;Piao Mei Jing;Shin Tae-Kyun;Lee Nam-Ho;Park Jae-Woo;Hyun Jin-Won
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.115-122
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    • 2006
  • We have screened the cytoprotective effect on $\gamma$-ray radiation induced oxidative stress from eighteen Korean plant extracts. Querus salicina, Clerodendron trichotomum, Lamium amplexicaule, Lozoste lancifolia and Malus baccata were found to scavenge 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). As a result, extracts of these plants reduced cell death of Chinese hamster lung fibroblast (V79-4) cells induced by $H_2O_2$ treatment. In addition, these extracts protected cell death of V79-4 cells damaged by $\gamma$-ray radiation. In addition, these extracts scavenged ROS generated by radiation. Taken together, the results suggest that Quercus salicina, Clerodendron trichotomum, Lamium amplexicaule, Lozoste lancifolia and Malus baccata protect V79-4 cells against oxidative damage by radiation through scavenging ROS.

Water masses and circulation around Cheju-Do in summer (하계 제주도 주변의 해역 및 해수순환)

  • Kim, Kuh;Rho, Hong-Kil;Lee, Sang-Ho
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.262-277
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    • 1991
  • Hydrographic data taken at stations spaced 8-16 nautical miles in the Cheju Strait and the southeastern part of the Yellow Sea in June 1980 and August 1981 show for the first time that oceanic water of high temperature and high salinity exists within 20 km from the northern and western coast of Cheju-Do. It is confirmed that the low salinity trough in the sea around Cheju-Do originates from the river plume on the Yantze Bank. The salinity trough separates the high temperature and high salinity water around Cheju-Do from the surface water of the Yellow Sea and below the seasonal thermocline this distance water meets the Yellow Sea Cold Water forming a thermal front. The Yellow Sea Cold Water seems to spread southward along the Yantze Bank centered at the isobath of 70 m. Its characteristics also appear in the northern part of the Cheju Strait. these complex structures contradict the yellow Sea Warm current suggested by Uda 1934), which is supposed to flow northward into the Yellow Sea along the western coast of Korea. Our data show that dense hydrographic surveys in space and time are prerequisite to understand the circulation around Cheju-Do.

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Inhibition of Apoptosis by Elaeocarpus sylvestris in Mice Following Whole-body Exposure to Ionizing Radiation: Implications for Radioprotectors

  • Park, Eun-Jin;Lee, Nam-Ho;Ahn, Gin-Nae;Baik, Jong-Seok;Lee, Je-Hee;Hwang, Kyu-Kye;Park, Jae-Woo;Jee, Young-Heun
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.718-722
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    • 2008
  • Elaeocarpus sylvestris var. ellipticus (E.S.), which contains 1, 2, 3, 4, 6-penta-O-galloyl-beta-D-glucose (PGG), is reported to have the ability to scavenge oxygen radicals, thereby protecting rat neuronal cells from oxidative damage. The potential of an E.S. extract, which contains a rich PGG, to protect radiosensitive lymphocytes and intestinal crypt cells from radiation injury induced by a single whole-body irradiation (WBI) in vivo was investigated. Our results demonstrated that in immune cells, E.S. treatment decreased the percent of tail DNA, a parameter of DNA damage, compared with levels in untreated, irradiated controls. Furthermore, apoptosis was significantly decreased in lymphocytes and intestinal crypt cells of E.S.-treated mice compared with irradiated controls. These results suggest that the E.S. extract can strengthen the radioresistance of radiosensitive lymphocytes and crypt cells by preventing apoptosis. Therefore, it was concluded that E.S. extract has the radioprotective effects in vivo through an inhibition of apoptosis.

Bilateral Chylothorax Due to Blunt Spine Hyperextension Injury: A Case Report

  • Lee, Hohyoung;Han, Sung Ho;Lee, Min Koo;Kwon, Oh Sang;Kim, Kyoung Hwan;Kim, Jung Suk;Chon, Soon-Ho;Shinn, Sung Ho
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.107-110
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    • 2019
  • Bilateral chylothorax due to blunt trauma is extremely rare. We report a 74-year-old patient that developed delayed bilateral chylothorax after falling off a ladder. The patient had a simple 12th rib fracture and T12 lamina fracture. All other findings seemed normal. He was sent home and on the 5th day visited our emergency center at Halla Hospital with symptoms of dyspnea and lower back pain. Computer tomography of his chest presented massive fluid collection in his right pleural cavity and moderate amounts in his left pleural cavity with 12th rib fracture and T11-12 intervertebral space widening with bilateral facet fractures. Chest tubes were placed bilaterally and chylothorax through both chest tubes was discovered. Conservative treatment for 2 weeks failed, and thus, thoracic duct ligation was done by video assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Thoracic duct embolization was not an option. Postoperatively, the patient is now doing well and happy with the results. Early surgical treatment must be considered in the old patient, whom large amounts of chylothorax are present.