• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.463-468
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• 2017

Background: Both Panax ginseng Meyer and Panax quinquefolius are obligate shade-loving plants whose natural habitats are broadleaved forests of Eastern Asia and North America. Panax species are easily damaged by photoinhibition when they are exposed to high temperatures or insufficient shade. In this study, a cytohistological study of the leaf structures of two of the most well-known Panax species was performed to better understand the physiological processes that limit photosynthesis. Methods: Leaves of ginseng plants grown in soil and hydroponic culture were sectioned for analysis. Leaf structures of both Panax species were observed using a light microscope, scanning electron microscope, and transmission electron microscope. Results: The mesostructure of both P. ginseng and P. quinquefolius frequently had one layer of non-cylindrical palisade cells and three or four layers of spongy parenchymal cells. P. quinquefolius contained a similar number of stomata in the abaxial leaf surface but more tightly appressed enlarged grana stacks than P. ginseng contained. The adaxial surface of the epidermis in P. quinquefolius showed cuticle ridges with a pattern similar to that of P. ginseng. Conclusion: The anatomical leaf structure of both P. ginseng and P. quinquefolius shows that they are typical shade-loving sciophytes. Slight differences in chloroplast structure suggests that the two different species can be authenticated using transmission electron microscopy images, and light-resistant cultivar breeding can be performed via controlling photosynthesis efficiency.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.167-172
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• 1990

This study was carried out to clarify the effects of various kinds of cryoprotectants which were frequently used in freezing embryos of domestic animals on the survival of frozen-thawed mouse embryos. Mouse embryos were collected by hyperstimulation induction of ICR mouse. The samples were slowly cooled ($l^{\circ}C/min$) to temperatures between $-7^{\circ}C$ and $-30^{circ}C$ before direct transfer to liquid nitrogen ($-196^{\circ}C$) and thawed rapidly ($-500^{\circ}C$/min). As cryoprotectants, Glycerol, DMSO, Ethylene glycol and Propylene glycol were used and applied each 2 cell, 8 cell, morula in embryo stage. After normal mouse embryos developed to blastocyst by in vitro culture, we observed recovery rate and developing rate of embryos at thawing. The results obtained in these experiments were as follows : 1. The in vitro development rate from the frozen-thawed 2 cell embryos to the blastocyst were 67.7% in ethylene glycol, 65.7% in Propylene glycol, 55.2% in glycerol and 50.0% in DMSO respectively. 2. The in vitro development rate from the frozen-thawed 8 cell embryos to the blastocyst were 83.6% in DMSO, 75.7% in glycerol, 52.2% in propylene glycol respectively. 3. The in vitro development rate from the frozen-thawed morula to the blastocyst were 84.2% in glycerol, 80.0% in DMSO, 66.6% in propylene glycol and 55.2% in ethylene glycol respectively.

• 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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• 고려인삼학회 1988년도 학술대회지
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• pp.129-132
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• 1988

인삼은 한국, 일본, 소련, 북미에서 재배되고 있다. 이들 생산지역의 미세기상을 각각 조사해 보면, 인삼의 생육에 필요한 필수조건을 갖고 잇으며 각 지역에 따라 미세기상은 다른 방법으로 조절되고 있다, 한국, 중국에서의 최근연구자료를 비교해 보면 인삼생산에 맞는 여러가지 미세기상 조건들을 구명 할 수 있을 것이며, 여러가지 해가림 재료에 따른 일광차단에 관한 연구도 미세기상 조건구명의 한가지 방법이 되고 있다. 북미에서는 나무와 polypropylene 해가림 재료가 사용되지만, 중국에서는 마른 풀을 엮은 이엉사이에 polyvinylchloride film을 넣어 해가림을 한다. 이러한 해가림 재료들이 인삼생육과 수량에 미치는 효과는 뿌리생육에 있는 것 같으며, 생육기간 중 대부분 뿌리의 생육 적온에 미치지 못하고 있다. 년근별 생육자료를 분석해 보면, 근권의 토양온도가 지상부와 뿌리의 건물 분배에 미치는 효과를 구명하는데 유용할 것이다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2000

Cellulose 분해에 관련된 $\beta$-Glucosidase 효소 활성의 특성 파악을 위하여 송이균사(Tricholoma matsutake DGUM 26001)의 액체 배양시 세포외로 분비되는 $\beta$-Glucosidase 효소를 부분정제하여 그 특성을 조사하였다. 효소 활성에 미치는 적정 온도는 55-$70^{\circ}C$이었고 최적 온도는 $65^{\circ}C$이었다. 적정 효소활성에 영향을 주는 적정 pH는 3.0-5.0 범위였으며 최적 pH는 4.0이었다. Salicin을 기질로 최적 조건하에서 $\beta$-Glucosidase 효소의 비활성도는 18.7 unit/mg protein이었다. 열안정성은 $60^{\circ}C$이하의 온도에 60분간 열처리시 약 90%이상의 효소활성을 유지하였다. $Fe^{++}$이온은 효소활성을 촉진하였으나, $Hg^{++}$ 및 $Cu^{++}$이온은 효소활성을 매우 억제하였다. Salicin에 대한 효소활성을 100으로 하였을 때, cellobiose는 48.6%의 상대적 효소활성을 나타내었으며, cellobiose에 대한 Km값 및 Vmax값은 각각 0.12mM과 0.02umol/min었다.

• 분석과학
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.75-81
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• 1997

Poly-${\beta}$-hydroxybutyrates(PEB)는 토양에서 완전히 이산화탄소와 물로 분해되는 세포 내에 생성되는 고분자 물질로 잘 알려져 있다. Alcaligenes eutrophus의 세포 성장과 PHB의 생산성을 증가시키기 위해서 가압배양법이 사용되었다. 실험 데이타를 다양한 가압과 온도하에서 탄소 공급원과 기체성분의 영향에 관해서 분석한 결과 0.0075vvm의 기체수소를 공급한 배양이 수소를 공급하지 않은 배양에 비해 더 나은 PEB 생산성을 나타내었고, 6atm, $30^{\circ}C$에서 산소의 성분비를 2%에서 8%로 변화시켰을 때 더 높은 수율과 PEB의 생산성을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.289-294
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• 2003

Gelatinase is a proteolytic enzyme that hydrolyzes gelatin. Gelatinolytic activity was detected from culture broths of Streptomyces griseus IFO13350 and HH1 by paper disc assays on 0.5% agar plates containing 1% gelatin. The concentrated extracellular protein from the S. griseus was analyzed by SDS polyacrylamide gel, and two proteins, with molecular weights of 30 and 28 kDa, respectively, were identified to have gelatinase activity by gelatin zymography. The protein with a molecular weight of 28 kDa was confirmed to be S. griseus trypsin (SGT). The effects of metal ions and metal chelators on the protease activity of the SGT were studied. Of the metal ions tested, only manganese was found to enhance the protease activity, 2.6 times, however, $Co^{2+},\;Cu^{2+},\;and\;Zn^{2+}$, and metal chelators, such as EDTA and EGTA, inhibited the SGT activity. When the protease activity of the SGT was measured at various pHs, in the presence of 5 mM $MnCl_2$, its highest activity was at pH 11.0, whereas only 60% of the maximum activity was observed between pHs 4.0 and pH 6.0, and almost 80% activity between pHs 7.0 to pH 10.0. The protease activity was measured at various temperatures in the presence of 5 mM $MnCl_2$. The SGT was found to be stable up to $60^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, while only 16% of the enzyme activity remained at $60^{\circ}C$, and at $80^{\circ}C$ almost all the activity was lost. The optimal temperature for the protease activity was $50^{\circ}C$.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.162-176
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• 2019

This study was performed to evaluate the antioxidant activity of yogurt fermented at low temperature and the anti-inflammatory effect it has on induced colitis with 2.5% dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) in Balb/c mice. Yogurt premix were fermented with a commercial starter culture containing Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus, and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus at different temperatures: $22^{\circ}C$ (low fermentation temperature) for 27 h and $37^{\circ}C$ (general fermentation temperature) for 12 h. To measure antioxidant activity of yogurt samples, DPPH, $ABTS^+$ and ferric reducing antioxidant potential (FRAP) assays were conducted. For animal experiments, inflammation was induced with 2.5% DSS in Balb/c mice. Yogurt fermented at low temperature showed higher antioxidant activity than that of the yogurt fermented at general temperature. In the inflammatory study, IL-6 (interleukin 6) was decreased and IL-4 and IL-10 increased significantly in DSS group with yogurt fermented at general temperature (DYG) and that with yogurt fermented at low temperature (DYL) compared to that in DSS-induced colitic mice (DC), especially DYL had higher concentration of cytokines IL-4, and IL-10 than DYG. MPO (myeloperoxidase) tended to decrease more in treatments with yogurt than DC. Additionally, yogurt fermented at low temperature had anti-inflammatory activity, although there was no significant difference with general temperature-fermented yogurt (p>0.05).

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.153-162
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• 2021

In this study, a fish metabolic accelerator (a combination of butaphosphan and cyanocobalamin [BPC]) was injected into the muscle of the olive flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, to investigate its effect on immunity and stress in fish maintained at low temperatures. A single dose of BPC was injected (100 mg/kg body weight) into the olive flounder, and its immunity and stress were observed after one and two weeks. Immunity tests revealed the presence of lysozyme (LZM), nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT), myeloperoxidase (MPO), anti-protease (AP), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and total immunoglobulin (TIg). BPC injection was found to increase immunity activity compared to the control group. In particular, there was significantly high GPx activity. There was similarly high activity for MPO and GPx in the first week following the injection, followed by significant differences between the BPC-injected and control groups in the second week. There was a reduced low water-temperature stress response in the BPC-injected fish, as evidenced by the cortisol and glucose levels of the control and BPC groups. Lower levels were also observed in the BPC group than the control group during the second week. Cortisol levels were significantly lower in the BPC group than the control group. Histological examinations were conducted in the first and second weeks after the intramuscular injection of the recommended BPC dose to confirm the safety of BPC in aquaculture. There were no abnormalities observed in any tissue samples. This study confirms that the injection of BPC is safe even when used in a culture situation. BPC helps relieve stress and improves non-specific immune responses (innate immunity) in the olive flounder.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.103-109
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• 2022

항균활성을 가진 유산균은 생균제 등의 형태로 식품 중 부패나 식중독을 유발하는 유해균을 저해하는데 효과적으로 활용할 수 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 된장에서 분리한 유산균인 P. pentosaceus M132-2 균주를 주요 오염 곰팡이 3종을 대상으로 분석한 결과, 이들의 생장을 모두 저해하여 항곰팡이능을 보유한 것을 확인하였다. 또한 M132-2 균주는 우수한 내염성과 저온내성을 가지고 있어 치즈의 염도와 저온의 숙성온도에서도 생존이 가능할 것으로 판단된다. 마지막으로 M132-2 상등액을 실제 고다 치즈에 적용한 결과, 오염 곰팡이 생장이 현저하게 저해되는 것을 확인하였다. 결과적으로 P. pentosaceus M132-2 균주는 치즈를 비롯한 다양한 식품의 부패 방지에 활용할 수 있는 유용한 수단이 될 수 있다.

• ALGAE
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.81-92
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• 2023

Obesity-induced inflammation is crucial in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. In this study, we investigated the effects of the Gracilaria chorda (GC) on lipid accumulation and obesity-induced inflammatory changes or glucose homeostasis in cell models (3T3-L1 adipocytes and RAW 264.7 macrophages). Samples of GC were extracted using solvents (water, methanol, and ethanol) and subcritical water (SW) at different temperatures (90, 150, and 210℃). The total phenolic content of GCSW extract at 210℃ (GCSW210) showed the highest content compared to others, and GCSW210 highly inhibited lipid accumulation and significantly reduced gene expressions of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ, CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-α, sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c, and fatty acid synthase in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. In addition, GCSW210 effectively downregulated the pro-inflammatory cytokine regulator pathways in RAW 264.7 macrophages, including mitogen-activated protein kinase, signal transducers and activators of transcription and nuclear factor-κB. In co-culture of 3T3-L1 adipocytes and RAW 264.7 macrophages, GCSW210 significantly reduced nitric oxide production and interleukin-6 levels, and improved glucose uptake with dose-dependent manner. These findings suggest that GCSW210 improves glucose metabolism by attenuating obesity-induced inflammation in adipocytes, which may be used as a possible treatment option for managing obesity and associated metabolic disorders.