• 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.41-61
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• 1979

Two interview surveys (1976 for 800 patients, 1978 for 200 patients) and an inventory survey through medical records(1978) for epileptic patients who have registered with the Korean Epilepsy Association (Rose Club) since 1971 were carried out by trained health workers in advance of survey. The data obtained from the analysis showed as follows: 1) 35.2% of patients were born in Seoul and 70. 6% of patients born elsewhere have lived in Seoul. 2) 50-60% of patients were 15-30 years cid. 3) 33.4%, 24,6 and 24.6 of all pupils and students went to elementary, junior and senior high schools respectively. 4) 21.2% of all pupils and students had dropped out of school and 51.4% of them were away from school because of epilepsy. 5) 3.1% of all patients had no job at all and students comprised 20.9% of patients followed by clerical work, commercial business and farming with about 6% in each group.6) Reasons given for unemployment such as dismissal (4.3%), quit (27.7%), hesitation to employ (42.5%)and discontinuance of job (25.5%) were basically due to epilepsy. 7) About half(46.2%) of all patients have become Christian since the Rose Club was a voluntary agency which has been sponsored by Christians. 8) 82. 6% of patients were diagnosed as having grand mal as the most. 9) 29.4% of patients explained aura with psychomotor disturbances and 13.8% with sensory disorders. 10) 46.3% of patients were attacked with seizures when they were tired and others(11.6% and 4.9%) after excessive eating and hunger. 11) Patients suffered more seizures in spring and summer rather than in autumn and winter and most patients had attacks 1-5 times a month. 12) For etiologic reasons of epilepsy, 35.5% of patients considered it was caused by psychological stress and 11.5% by trauma. Only 1.1% of patients considered it as having hereditary components. 13) 51% of patients were slow in caring for their own illnesses. They started to reat epilepsy after spending 5 years of time from the initial seizure. Only 5.4% of patients had received the modern anti-epileptic therapy right after the nitial seizure. 14) 62.1% of patients had no therapy or irregular or incomplete treatment before registration at the Rose Club Clinic. 15) Before registration at the Rose Club, 42.4% of patients received medical care. On the other hand, 25.6% went to herb doctors and 12.5% used to go to the drugstore in order to get anti-epileptic drugs. 16) 41. 6% of patients who took anti-epileptic drugs had more or less side-effects. Indigestion was the most common. 17) For continuation of treatment, 30.3% have received treatment for more than 5 years and the evident showed that epilepsy took a longer time to be cured. 18) Regarding the medical care received 44.2% of patients were very satisfied with effective care and 26.5% felt as good. 19) For attitudes toward epilepsy. 27.0% of patients and 68.2% of patients family were pessimistic. 20) 65.9% of patients had optimistic attitudes toward effectiveness of medical care of epilepsy. 21) 64.8% of wives and husbands had better understanding and cooperative for their spouses who had epilepsy. 22) 33.3% of patients were under-treated at the place of work. 23) 70.2% of patients wished to marry when they reach childbearing age and 63% wished to have children. Through the above results it is recommended for nation-wide epilepsy control that the sound and correct health education not only from health aspect but also from welfare aspect should be planned and implemented as soon as possible.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.470-475
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• 2007

본 연구는 시험물질 국내산 땃두릅나무 추출물의 반복 경구투여에 의한 독성을 질적 ${\cdot}$ 양적으로 평가하기 위하여 식품의약안전청의 의약품 등의 독성시험기준에 따라 Sprague-Dawley 계열의 암 ${\cdot}$ 수 흰쥐에 시험 물질을 0, 500, 1,000 및 2,000 mg/kg의 용량으로 14일간 반복경구 투여한 후 사망률, 일반증상, 체중변화, 혈액 및 혈액생화학적 변화, 부검소견, 조직학적인 변화를 관찰하였다. 시험기간 중 암 ${\cdot}$ 수 모든 군에서 시험물질 투여에 기인한 일반적인 증상변화는 관찰되지 않았고, 시험불질의 반복 투여로 인한 사망례 역시 관찰되지 않았다. 시험물질의 투여에 기인한 유의적인 체중감소 또한 나타나지 않았으며, 상기 이외의 육안적인 부검소견에서도 시험물질 투여에 기인한 어떠한 이상소견도 발견되지 않았다. 혈액학적 분석 결과 일부 시험물질 투여군에서 WBC, MCHC, PLT의 수치가 유의적인 변화를 보였으나, 정상범위 내에서의 변화로 시험물질에 의한 독성이라고 판단하기는 어렵다. 혈청중의 ALP 및 뇨의 BUN의 유의적인 감소가 시험물질 투여군에서 관찰되었으나 정상 생리 범위 내에서의 변화로 시험 물질에 의한 독성이라 판단 하기는 어렵다. 간장과 신장의 조직학적인 관찰에서 시험물질 투여에 의한 변화는 관찰되지 않았다. 본시험결과는 흰쥐에서 땃두릅나무 에단올추출물의 14일 반복경구 투여는 2,000 mg/kg 이하의 용량에서 어떠한 독성영향도 유발하지 않았으며, 본 시험 조건하에서 최소치사량은 2,000 mg/kg 이상이라는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 시험을 통하여 땃두릅나무 추출물은 투여가능 최대 용량에서도 독성이 없는 안전한 천연물이라는 것을 확인하였고, 의약품이나 기능성식품으로서의 개발 가능성을 확인하였다.