• 식품보건융합연구
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2018

In today's technological development of human society more and more influence on the lives of biological organisms different electromagnetic radiation. Therefore, the study and analysis of the mechanisms of their effects is an urgent task. The purpose of research - the study of the primary mechanisms of interaction of photons of optical radiation with the structures of biological objects, using the laws of quantum mechanics and biophysics. Photobiological basis of the mechanism of action of EMR optical range is the energy absorption of light quanta (photons) by atoms and molecules of biological structures (law Grotgus-Draper), which resulted in the formation of electronically excited states of these molecules with the transfer of photon energy (internal photoeffect). This is accompanied by electrolytic dissociation and ionization of biological molecules. The degree of manifestation of photobiological effects in the body depends on the intensity of the optical radiation, which is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the source to the irradiated surface. Accordingly, in practice, determine not the intensity and irradiation dose at a certain distance from the source of exposure by the exposure time.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.188-193
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• 2011

The effects of coagulants on the microorganisms when they are injected directly into the biological treatment facility for T-P removal have been easily observed from the results of past experiments. As such this study is set out to derive the effective plans for the coagulant dosage by analyzing the effects of the injected coagulant on the microbial activity during the chemical treatment for T-P removal. The research methods entailed the assessment of removal efficiency of T-P according to the coagulant dosage while changing the molar ration between Alum and influent phosphorus. At the same time Specific Oxygen Uptake Rate (SOUR) according to the coagulant dosage was measured. SOUR was used as a method for indirect assessment of the microbial activity according to the coagulant dosage. The results from the study showed that with the increase in the alum dosage, the removal efficiency T-P tended to increase. On the other hand, the increase in coagulant dosage resulted in the decrease in SOUR, which indicates the decrease in the microbial activity. Such reduction in the activity could be explained by the increase in the concentration of removal efficiency of $TBOD_5$. Based on experiment results from the study, it is determined that coagulant dosage affects the microbial activity. Moreover, the indirect assessment on the microbial activity using SOUR is considered possible.

• BMB Reports
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.481-485
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• 2005

The response of Spirulina (Arthrospira) platensis to high salt stress was investigated by incubating the cells in light of moderate intensity in the presence of 0.8 M NaCl. NaCl caused a decrease in photosystem II (PSII) mediated oxygen evolution activity and increase in photosystem I (PSI) activity and the amount of P700. Similarly maximal efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm) and variable fluorescence (Fv/Fo) were also declined in salt-stressed cells. Western blot analysis reveal that the inhibition in PSII activity is due to a 40% loss of a thylakoid membrane protein, known as D1, which is located in PSII reaction center. NaCl treatment of cells also resulted in the alterations of other thylakoid membrane proteins: most prominently, a dramatic diminishment of the 47-kDa chlorophyll protein (CP) and 94-kDa protein, and accumulation of a 17-kDa protein band were observed in SDS-PAGE. The changes in 47-kDa and 94-kDa proteins lead to the decreased energy transfer from light harvesting antenna to PSII, which was accompanied by alterations in the chlorophyll fluorescence emission spectra of whole cells and isolated thylakoids. Therefore we conclude that salt stress has various effects on photosynthetic electron transport activities due to the marked alterations in the composition of thylakoid membrane proteins.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.68-77
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• 2023

The effect of soil damage on the physicochemical characteristics and activity of the soil microbial community is not well known. This study investigates this relationship by analyzing 11 soil samples collected from various points of soil damage across Gyeonggi-do. Soil damage resulted from forest fires, landslides, and development areas, with their impacts most severe on the topsoil layer (0-30 cm). Dehydrogenase and β-glucosidase activities were notably higher at locations damaged by forest fires compared to other sites. While enzyme activities in soils influenced by landslides and development areas were relatively low, sites with a pollution history exhibited elevated dehydrogenase activity, likely due to past microbial response to the pollution. Additionally, an assessment of carbon substrate usability by soil microorganisms indicated higher substrate availability in areas impacted by forest fires, contrasting with lower availability in landslide and development sites. Statistical analysis revealed a positive correlation between organic content of sand and clay and microbial activity. These findings provide valuable insights into soil damage and associated restoration research, as well as management strategies.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.103-114
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• 1995

현재 미국이나 캐나다에서는 고농도 유기성 폐수의 처리에 대한 고온 호기성 소화 공정의 여러 가지 장점으로 인하여 활발한 연구 및 적용이 진행되고 있으며, 국내에서도 고농도 유기성 폐수 처리의 여러 문제점으로 관심이 고조되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 돈 분뇨 폐수를 대상으로 고온 호기성 소화 공정의 적용 타당성을 평가하기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과 호기성 소화 슬럿지는 악취 및 부패 등의 측면에서는 상당히 안정화됨으로서 소화슬럿지의 습식사료화 및 액비화의 가능성을 보여주었다. 그러나 습식사료화는 국내 양돈 농가가 대부분 건식 사료 급이 체제를 이루고 있으므로 사료 급이 체제의 전환이 요구되고, 액비화의 경우는 초지 확보가 가능한 단위 농장에서만 적용이 가능하리라고 사료된다. 한편 고온 호기성 소화조의 온도 상승 원인을 조사한 실험 결과에 의하면 생물학적 활성으로 인하여 발생한 에너지보다 교반 에너지에 의한 온도상승이 훨씬 큰 것으로 나타나고 있어 ATAD의 기본 원리에 어긋나고 있어 고온 호기성 소화를 거친 돈 분뇨 폐수가 습식 사료화 될 수 없는 여건하에서 단순한 폐수 처리의 목적만으로 고온 호기성 소화조를 적용하는 것은 비경제적이라고 할 수 있다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.28-35
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• 1985

방사선 조사에 의한 발아 억제기작을 살펴보기 위하여 $4^{\circ}C$ 에서 저온 처리 한 감자에 0.12 kGy 감마선을 조사한 후 5주 동안 $20{\pm}2^{\circ}C$, 상대습도 $70{\sim}90%$에서 저장하였다. 이 기간 중 발아에 관여된다고 생각되는 ${\alpha}-amylase$, peroxidase, indole acetic acid (IAA) oxidase, IAA synthesizing enzyme의 활성 변화를 추적하였다. 시판 ${\alpha}-amylase$와 peroxidase의 방사선 감수성은 0.94와 0.36 kGy의 감마선 조사하여 $D_{37}$ 값을 얻었다. 감마선 조사를 행한 감자의 IAA oxidase 역가는 조사후 급격히 증가됐고 IAA 합성 효소의 역가는 조사직후 조금 증가하였으나 저장 기간에 따라 크게 감소하였다. 형태적인 변화에서 조사된 감자에서는 성장점의 고사와 변형된 눈이 관찰되었고 IAA 흑은 gibberellin 등의 처리에 의해 이들 자체로는 회복되지 않았고 그 주위로 새로운 눈의 성장이 관찰되었다. 결론으로 방사선 조사에 의해 야기된 감자의 호흡은 탄수화물이 ${\alpha}-amylase$등의 효소에 의한 분해로 이루어져 ATP를 공급하며 뒤이은 peroxidase 역가의 증가와 같은 효소의 합성은 방사선에 의한 손상을 치유하려는 과정에 속한다 할 수 있다. 또한 눈의 생장점에서의 고사 현상은 손상에 대한 방어 작용의 일종이라 해석되며 이로인한 발아 억제 현상을 페놀 대사와 관련지어 추측할 수 있었고 증가된 IAA oxidase와 IAA 합성계의 파괴에 의한 IAA의 고갈 역시 방사선 조사에 의한 발아 억제 현상의 원인이 됨을 알 수 있었다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.125-136
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• 1993

The study of Cochlear biomechanics is to clearly define three biomechanical principles of the Cochlea : Activity, Nonlinearity and Feedback. In this article, the Cochlea is linearly and actively modelled in one dimensional time domain. The sharp tunning of the Basilar Membrane displacement is shown when the amplifying activity of hair cells is added to the model. The amplified energy of the travelling displacement wave is emitted throughout the Cochlear fluid, so that the model becomes unstable. A new technique is introduced to reduce strong echos fro the Helicotrema. It makes the model less unstable. Both pure and click tones are used as input stimuli onto the ear durm. When the model is normal, the click response of the model shows that the backward emission of the amplified fluid pressure has mainly the echos from the Helicotrema. However, when the linear and active model is assumed to be abnormal, that is, some of hair cells are damaged not to produce the active process, the effect of the hair cell damage is resulted in the Oto-acoustic emission. The frequency response of the abnormally emitted sound pressure shows that the Oto-acoustic emission has the information about the characteristic frequency of the damaged hair cell. The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate the active biomechanics of the Chchlea in the time domain.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.1570-1578
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• 2016

Commercial application of laccase is often hampered by insufficient enzyme stocks, with very low yields obtained from natural sources. This study aimed to improve laccase production by mutation of a Coriolopsis gallica strain and to determine the biological properties of the mutant. The high-yield laccase strain C. gallica TCK was treated with N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine and ultraviolet light. Among the mutants isolated, T906 was found to be a high-production strain of laccases. The mutant strain T906 was stabilized via dozens of passages, and the selected ones were further processed for optimization of metallic ion, inducers, and nutritional requirements, which resulted in the optimized liquid fermentation medium MF9. The incubation temperature and pH were optimized to be 30℃ and 4.5, respectively. The mutant strain T906 showed 3-times higher laccase activity than the original strain TCK under optimized conditions, and the maximum laccase production (303 U/ml) was accomplished after 13 days. The extracellular laccase isoenzyme 1 was purified and characterized from the two strains, respectively, and their cDNA sequence was determined. Of note, the laccase isoenzyme 1 transcription levels were overtly increased in T906 mycelia compared with values obtained for strain TCK. These findings provide a basis for C. gallica modification for the production of high laccase amounts.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.192-199
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• 1979

비교적 높은 역가의 포도당 이성화 효소를 생산하는 방사선균을 토양에서 선별하여 이성화 효소의 세포 고정화를 행하였다. 특히 최종 제품(pellet form)의 물리적 견고성을 얻기 위하여 세포를 $65^{\circ}C$로 15분간 열처리하고 선택적 건조를 행하여 얻은 세포 slurry를 가용성 전분과 섞은 후 사출시켜 pellet form으로 만들었다. 5% glutaraldehyde를 가교제로서 pellet 균괴를 3시간 처리함으로 효소의 세포 고정화를 이룩하였다. 최종 제품은 물리적 견고성이 양호하였고 효소의 회수율은 26%였으며 비활성도는 건물 g당 48.1 단위였다. 세포 고정화시킨 이성화 효소는 가용성 효소와 매우 유사한 효소학적 성질을 보여 주었다. 즉 최적 pH ; $7.5{\sim}9.0$, 최적 온도 ; $80{\sim}85^{\circ}C$, 활성화 에너지 ; 10.9 kcal/mole, 포도당에 대한 $K_m$값 ; 10.9 M이었다. 고정화 효소는 열안정과 pH 안정성이 양호함을 보여주었다.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2000

Soeumin Sibjeundaibo-tang (SJDBT) and Soyangin Sibimijihwang-tang (SMJHT) have been used traditionally to improve the systemic blood circulation and biological energy production in the patients with circulatory and neuronal diseases. The object of this study is to determine the protective effects of SJDBT and SMJHT extracts on the spontaneous and glutamate-induced neuronal damages in cultured cells derived from mice cerebral cortex. At 14 days after beginning the cultures, the activity of lactate dehydrogenase released into the culture media was significantly decreased by treatment of cerebroneuronal cells with SJDBT and SMJHT (0.1 mg/ml) for 7 days. By comparison with the normal cells, cerebroneuronal morphology was dramatically changed by treatment of glutamate (1 mM) for 12 hrs, and this was conspicuously recovered by pretreatment of cerebroneural cells with SJDBT and SMJHT (0.1-1.0 mg/ml) for 2 days. Moreover, glutamated-induced DNA fragmentation was also protected by pretreatment of cerebroneuronal cells with those extracts. These results suggest that naturally occurring and glutamate-induced degeneration of cultured cerebrocortical cells may be related, in part, to the process of apoptotic cell death. The pharmacological properties of SJDBT and SMJHT extracts to improve cerebroneuronal degeneration may be considered as one of useful medicines that can prevent cerebrocortical impairments resulted from age-dependent and excitotoxicity-induced neuronal degeneration in human brain.