• Proceedings of the Korean Journal of Food and Nutrition Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.83-83
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• 2003

우리 전통주의 질적인 향상과 저장성이 우수한 무증자 발효주를 제조하기 위하여 쌀과 옥분의 배합 비율을 쌀 100%, 쌀 80%＋옥분 20%, 쌀 60%＋옥분 40%, 쌀 40%＋옥분60%, 쌀 20%＋옥분 80%로 달리하여 무증자로 담금한 발효주와 쌀 100%로 증자하여 발효시킨 주류의 물리화학적인 변화 및 성분함량을 측정하였으며 관능검사를 병행하여 비교 검토하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1) 술덧의 온도변화는 발효 초기 30 에서 시간의 경과에 따라 서서히 감소하여 발효중기 27.5 를 거쳐 발효 종료 시 모두 26.5 였다. 2) 술덧의 주정도 변화는 옥분의 양을 첨가할수록 낮아지는 경향을 보였으며 16∼18.3v/v% 였다. 3) 유기산은 무증자주는 쌀 100%일 때 0.6 g/dl로 증자주 0.49g/dl보다 높았으며 옥분을 첨가한 무증자주에서는 옥분이 첨가될수록 차즘 감소하여 80%일 때 0.34 g/dl 였다. 4) 유리아미노산 함량은 옥분이 40% 첨가되면서부터 leucine의 함량이 쌀 100% 증자주에 비해 2배 이상 증가하였으며 leucine>arginine>lysine의 순이었다. 5) 유리당 함량은 무증자로 옥분을 첨가할수록 증가하여 옥분 80%에서는 9.81mg/dl였다. 6) 휴젤유는 278.6ppm∼441.6ppm으로 쌀100% 무증자에 비해 옥분이 첨가될수록 감소하여 옥분 80%일때 가장 적은 278.6ppm이었다. 7) 휘발성 향기성분중 ester함량은 100% 무증자주에서 총 9종류가 검출되었으나 옥분이 첨가되면서 10∼12 종으로 많아졌다. Ethyl octanoate는 옥분 60%첨가 무증자주에서 19.26%로 많이 나타났으며 ethyl acetate는 옥분이 첨가되면서 증가하였다. 특히 옥분 80% 무증자주는 총 ester류함량은 적었으나 isoamyl acetate, phenylethyl acetate, ethyl octanoate, ethyl acetate의 함량이 비교적 많이 검출되어 독특한 향기를 기대할 수 있었다. 8) GC/O를 사용하여 향기성분을 동정한 결과 무증자 발효주 시험구에서는 옥분을 첨가할수록 sweet 및 warm note가 강하게 나타나는 현상을 보였다. 9) 발효주의 색도를 측정한 결과 밝기에서는 무증자구가, 적색도에서는 옥분 첨가량이 증가할수록 강하였으며 황색은 증자주보다는 무증자주의 옥분 첨가량의 증가에 따라 높아지는 경향을 보였다. 10) 관능검사 결과 쓴맛, 미묘한 맛, 좋은 맛, 떫은 맛, 신맛 그리고 좋은 맛에 대한 전체 적인 평가를 종합하면 쌀 100% 증자발효주가 가장 점수가 낮아 무증자 발효주에 비하여 기호도가 떨어지는 것으로 나타났으며 특히 옥분 첨가량 80%와 60%의 무증자주가 기호도 면에서 유의적으로 가장 높게 평가되었다.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.90-95
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• 2001

Kinetic Analysis of Cathepsin B Inhibitor Using a Spectrophotometric Assay. Han, Kil-Hwan and SangDal Kim*. Department of Applied MicrobioJ0f5Yt Yeungnam UniversitYt Kyongsan 77 2-749, Korea - The KHS 10, C4Hl10~6 formula produced from Streptomyces luteogriseus KT-] 0 effectively inhibited a lysosomal cysteine proteinase, cathepsin B. It inhibited the enzyme activity of cathepsin B competitively when the N a-CBZ-Llysine p-nitrophenyl ester HC] (CLN) was used as a substrate. The inhibition const:mt (Ki) of KHS 1 0 for cathepsin B detennined by spectrophotometeric assay was 430 nM. The effective inhibition of cathepsin B was observed at $25^{\circ}C$ :md pH 6.0. The cathepsin B inhibitor, KHSlO needed a preincubation of cathepsin B with the inhibitor for over 5 min. The KHS 10 preserved over 80% inhibition activity even after heat-treatment at $100^{\circ}C$ for ] hr.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.437-441
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• 1998

The effects of sucrose fatty acid ester (SE, 1% w/w) and glycerin (GL, 1% v/w) additions, storage temperature$(0,\;20\;and\;70^{\circ}C)$, and time $(0{\sim}6\;day)$ on texture properties, hardness(H), cohesiveness(O), chewiness(C) and rheological property(R) of Baikseolgi were studied. The H of Baikseolgi increased sharply in the early stage of storage at 0 and $20^{\circ}C$, while increased gently at $70^{\circ}C$ with increasing storage time. After 6 days of storage, the H of Baikseolgi at $20^{\circ}C$ had a little lower than that at $0^{\circ}C$. However, the H of Baikseolgi at $70^{\circ}C$ was 10.7% of that at $0^{\circ}C$. The addition of GL had greater effect on the reduction of H than that of SE. The H of control, SE and GL additions were 336, 216 and $$174\;g_f, respectively, after 6 days at $70^{\circ}C$. The O of Baikseolgi at $70^{\circ}C$ were higher than those at $0^{\circ}C$. The O of GL added Baikseolgi had the highest value and the second and the third were SE added and control, respectively. The O of Baikseolgi decreased with increasing storage time. The C of Baikseolgi of increased with increasing storage time, which had similar curve patterns to the H of Baikseolgi. Instantaneous stress and equilibrium stress of Baikseolgi decreased with increasing storage temperature. The affection of viscous element increased and that of elastic element decreased with increasing storage temperature.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.41 no.6
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• pp.414-420
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• 1998

We studied the difference effects of dietary ${\alpha}-linolenic\;acid\;({\alpha}-LA,\;18:3\;n-3)$, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, 20:5 n-3) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6 n-3) on the lowering of triacylglycerol in the liver and serum on lipid metabolism in rats. Rats were fed semipurified diets containing 10% fat with constant polyunsaturated/monounsaturated/saturated fatty acids (1:1:1) and n-6/n-3 ratio (1:2). EPA (98%) and DHA (98%) were added in diets as the ethyl esters. The concentration of liver triacylglycerol was significantly lower in rats fed both EPA and DHA than in those fed ${\alpha}-LA$. The concentration of liver phospholipid was significantly higher in rats fed DHA than in those fed ${\alpha}-LA$ and EPA. Both EPA and DHA reduced serum triacylglycerol concentration compared with ${\alpha}-LA$, but this effect was more pronounced in the EPA diet. The activity of phophatidate phosphohydrolase in the liver microsome was significantly lower in rats fed both EPA and DHA than in those fed ${\alpha}-LA$. but, there was no significant difference on the activities of diacylglycerol acyltransferase among the three groups. The concentration of liver triacylglycerol were correlated with changes in the microsomal phosphatidate phosphohydrolase activity (r=0.84). Hepatic NADPH generating enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was more effective to reduce the activity in rats fed both EPA and DHA than in those fed ${\alpha}-LA$. In conclusion, EPA or DHA reduced the hepatic triacylglycerol concentration by inhibiting microsomal phosphatidate phosphohydrolase, thereby inhibiting synthesis of triacylglycerol in the liver.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.78-84
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• 2011

The fragmentation patterns of a serine protease inhibitor, camostat, and its degradation product, 4-(4-guanidinobenzoyloxy)phenylacetic acid (GBPA), were for the first time investigated by a triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry equipped with an electrospray source (ESI-MS/MS) in positive and/or negative ion mode under collision-induced dissociation (CID). The positive CID spectrum of camostat showed distinctly that the single bond (C-O) cleavage between carbonyl group and oxygen atom of the ester bonds of the compound favorably occurred and then the loss of N,N-dimethylcarbamoylmethyl group was more susceptible than that of guanidine moiety. In the positive ion CID spectrum of GBPA, the initial cleavage between the carbonyl group and oxygen atom of 4-guanidinobenzoyloxy group also occurred, yielding the most abundant fragment ion at m/z 145. On the other hand, the negative CID spectrum of GBPA characteristically showed the occurrence of the most abundant peak at m/z 226 resulting from the sequential neutral losses of $CO_2$ and HN=C=NH from the parent ion at m/z 312.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.256-265
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• 2011

Ambers have been used as a gemstone and a religious object since the ancient times and found in several archaeological sites in Korea. To prepare an enhanced conservation measures, we surveyed the chemical and spectroscopic properties of the ambers according to the provenance. Total 14 amber samples were collected from 6 different provenances including Baltic, Chiapas, Colombian, Dominican, Fushun and Madagascar amber. Infrared (IR) spectroscopic analysis was conducted for the non-destructive examination of the amber samples. They were also analyzed with pyrolysis/GC/MS (py/GC/MS) at the pyrolysis temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ with the on-line derivatization to trimethylsilyl ester. Baltic shoulder corresponding to the absorption at $1250cm^{-1}{\sim}1150cm^{-1}$ appeared in the IR spectrum of Baltic amber. IR spectra of the other ambers also showed somewhat distinctive characteristic peaks. In py/GC/MS analysis peaks assignable to succinic acid, dehydroabietic acid and pimaric acid were detected, which are known to be the components of the amber. In the meanwhile, the presence of compounds appearing in certain amber will be applied to differentiate the provenances of amber relics if their fragments are available for the analysis. These results are expected to help the confirmation of archaeological amber relics and archaeometric interpretation of provenances and manufacturing techniques.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.595-605
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• 2018

In recent years, researches on organic-inorganic coating films have conducted a nanocomposite system composed of organic resin matrices having excellent flexibility and chemical stability and inorganic materials having excellent mechanical properties. The o-phenylphenoxyethyl acrylate (OPPEA) used as the acrylate monomer has a high refractive index of 1.58, and the bisphenol A ethoxylate diacrylate (BAEDA) has a low refractive index but improves the chemical stability of the organic resin. In addition, zirconia used as an inorganic material exhibits excellent durability and optical properties. In this study, the BAEDA contents in acrylate monomer were controlled to produce a film with suitable optical transparency. And optimum conditions were established by comparing the changes in surface properties of PET films detected with pencil hardness tester, Abbe's refractometer, and UV-vis spectrophotometer. The hydrophobicity and the dispersibility of zirconia in acrylate monomer were much improved after modification with ${\gamma}$-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MPS), which is a silane coupling agent. And the existence of ester C=O bond peak at $1716cm^{-1}$ introduced by MPS through FT-IR ATR spectrophotometer confirmed the completion of surface modification of zirconia with MPS. In addition, the presence of silicon atom on the surface modified zirconia was also proved using X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. When the photocurable hybrid coating was prepared by introducing chemically modified zirconia into acrylate monomer, the refractive index of this coated PET film was improved by 1.2%, compared to the only acrylate coated PET film. The homogeneous distribution of zirconia in acrylate coating layer on PET film was also identified through SEM/EDS mapping analysis technique.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.177-183
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• 2010

Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), an essential cofactor for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity, is known to play important roles in modulating both NO and superoxide production during vascular diseases such as atherosclerosis. However, the role of BH4 in functions of vascular smooth muscle cells is not fully known. In this study, we tested the effects of BH4 and dihydrobiopterin (BH2), a BH4 precursor, on migration and proliferation in response to platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB) in rat aortic smooth muscle cells (RASMCs). Cell migration and proliferation were measured using a Boyden chamber and a 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine incorporation assay, respectively, and these results were confirmed with an ex vivo aortic sprout assay. Cell viability was examined by 2,3-bis [2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfophenyl]-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide assays. BH4 and BH2 decreased PDGF-BBinduced cell migration and proliferation in a dose-dependent manner. The inhibition of cell migration and proliferation by BH4 and BH2 was not affected by pretreatment with $N^G$-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, a NOS inhibitor. Moreover, the sprout outgrowth formation of aortic rings induced by PDGF-BB was inhibited by BH4 and BH2. Cell viability was not inhibited by BH4 and BH2 treatment. The present results suggest that BH4 and BH2 may inhibit PDGF-stimulated RASMC migration and proliferation via the NOS-independent pathway. Therefore, BH4 and its derivative could be useful for the development of a candidate molecule with an NO-independent anti-atherosclerotic function.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.196-202
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• 2011

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), or epigallocatechin 3-gallate, is the ester of epigallocatechin and gallic acid, and is a type of catechin. EGCG may be therapeutic for many disorders including diabetics and some types of cancer. However it is unknown whether EGCG can induce transdifferentiation of pancreatic cells in pancreatitis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of EGCG on the expression of pancreatic regenerating related markers in pancreatic AR42J cells, a model of pancreatic progenitor cells. AR42J cells, differentiated with betacellulin and activin A, were cultured with/without EGCG in a time-dependent manner. Cell growth rate, levels of mRNA, and protein expression were examined with the MTT assay, quantitative PCR, and Western blots, respectively. The results showed that AR42J cell growth rates were inhibited by EGCG in a dose-dependent manner. mRNA and protein expression of amylase, insulin and neurogenin 3 (ngn 3) increased in AR42J cells treated with EGCG. Additionally, we demonstrated that the signal transduction pathway of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase is active in EGCG-treated AR42J cells. ERK and JNK phosphorylation decreased in cells treated with EGCG but not p38 phosphorylation. Activation of the p38 MAP kinase pathway was confirmed by specific MAP kinase pathways inhibitors: U0126 for ERK, SP600126 for JNK, and SB203580 for p38. Activated p38 phosphorylation was inhibited by the specific p38 inhibitor SB203580 but p38 phosphorylation was inhibited with increased EGCG treatment. The ERK and JNK MAP kinase pathways were not affected by EGCG treatment. Although further studies are needed, these results suggest that EGCG affects the induction of pancreatic cell regeneration by increasing the ngn 3 protein and mRNA expression and activating the p38 MAP kinase pathway.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.775-779
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• 2016

Background: The current study examined the effectiveness of concurrent therapy using photodynamic therapy (PDT) and clofibric acid (CA) to treat peritoneal carcinomatosis resulting from ovarian cancer. Materials and Methods: Nude rats were used to create a model of peritoneal carcinomatosis resulting from ovarian cancer and the effectiveness of PDT with 5-aminolevulinic acid methyl ester hydrochloride (methyl-ALA-PDT) was determined. The survival time of rats receiving that therapy was compared to the survival time of a control group. Rats with peritoneal carcinomatosis resulting from ovarian cancer were divided into 3 groups: a group that received debulking surgery (DS) alone, a group that received DS+methyl-ALA-PDT, and a group that received DS+methyl-ALA-PDT+CA. The survival time of the 3 groups was compared. Protoporphyrin, a metabolite of methyl-ALA, produces a photochemical action when activated by light. The level of protoporphyrin (the concentration) that reached organs in the abdomen was measured with HPLC. Results: Rats receiving methyl-ALA-PDT had a significantly longer survival time compared to the controls. Rats with peritoneal carcinomatosis that received DS+methyl-ALA-PDT+CA had a significantly longer survival time compared to the rats that received DS alone. Some of the rats that received concurrent therapy survived for a prolonged period. Protoporphyrin was highly concentrated in peritoneal metastases, but only small amounts reached major organs in the abdomen. PDT was not found to result in necrosis in the intestines. Conclusions: The results indicated that concurrent therapy consisting of PDT with methyl-ALA and CA is effective at treating peritoneal carcinomatosis resulting from ovarian cancer without damaging organs.