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THE PREVENTIVE EFFECT OF THE SAPONIN FRACTION OF PANAX GINSENG C.A. MEYER AGAINST ETHANOL INTOXICATION OF RAT LIVER (쥐간에 미치는 ethanol 독성에 대한 한국산 인삼(Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer)의 예방적 효과)

  • Joo Chung No
    • Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference
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    • 1984.09a
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    • pp.63-74
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    • 1984
  • Preventive effect of the saponin fraction extracted from Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer against ethanol intoxication of the liver has been investigated biochemically and morphologically. Previous work in this laboratory showed that the moderate amounts of ginseng sponins stimulated several enzymes including mitochondrial dehydrogenases and transaminases so far examined in vitro. It was also realized that the half life of the saponin in the liver was estimated approximately five hours and the saponin concentration in the liver was around $10^{-5}\%$ level at two hours after the saponin (1mg) administration orally. In this study, it was confirmed that ginseng saponins stimulated alcohol dehydrogenase, aldehyde dehydrogenase and microsomal ethanol oxidizing system in vivo as well as in vitro. It seemed likely that toxic aldehyde formed during ethanol oxidation in the body might be removed relatively quickly from the liver and the excess hydrogen was used for the biosynthetic work in the presence of the saponin, resulting in the liver protection from alcohol intoxication. Electron microscopic observation demonstrated that the hepatocytes of rats doses with $12\%$ ethanol instead of water for six days were found severely damaged while those of the ginseng saponin administered rats were not impaired suggesting that the sapcnin protected the liver against ethanol intoxication.

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Alteraation of Gonadotropin-releasing Hormone and Luteinizing Hormone ${\beta}$-Subunit mRNA Levels in Neonatally Estrogenized Female Rats

  • Song, Eun-Sup;Kang, Sang-Soo;Cho, Se-Hyung;Choe, Young S.;Geum, Dong-Ho;Choi, Don-Chan;Kim, Kyung-Jin
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.1 no.4
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    • pp.595-602
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    • 1997
  • Treatment of newborn female rats with gonadal steroids induces permanent sterility in adulthood. We investigated the alteration in expression patterns of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and luteinizing hormone (LH) in neonatally estrogenized sterile rats (ESR). Newborn female rats received daily injections of 17${\beta}$-estradiol (E, 10 ${\mu}$g) from the day of birth (day 1) to postnatal day 5. Controls were subjected to vehicles over the same period. All animals were sacrificed on week 7 after birth. Hypothalamic GnRH mANA levels were markedly higher in all ESR than in controls, while hypothalamic GnRH contents in ESR increased in proportion to the frequency of daily administration of E. However, both pituitary LH6 mRNA and serum LH levels were inversely decreased by the same treatment. The data indicate that neonatal exposure of E equally elevates the expression of GnRH gene, but reduces the secretion of GnRH, accordingly leading to attenuation of LH6 gene expression and circulating LH levels. The temporal effect of E and/or progesterone (P) on GnRH and LH6 mRNA levels was also examined in ESR. Newborn female rats were daily injected with E (10 ${\mu}$g) or vehicle for five successive days from day 1 and ovariectomized at week 5. They were implanted with E (235 ${\mu}$g/ml) two days prior to week 7, injected with P (1 mg) 42 h later, and sacrificed 7 h after P administration. In ovariectomized controls, hypothalamic GnRH mRNA levels were dropped to half by treatment of E and restored by subsequent treatment of P. The negative feedback action of E on GnRH mRNA levels observed in ovariectomized rats was completely blocked by neonatal exposure of E. The change in pituitary LH mRNA levels was similar to that in hypothalamic GnRH mRNA levels. Taken together, the results suggest that neonatal treatment of E alters the synthesis and release of GnRH in adulthood and furthermore blocks the negative feedback regulation of E which occurs normally after ovariectomy.

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Pharmacokinetics and tissue levels of a sustained-release recombinant porcine somatotropin in pigs (돼지에서 서방형 성장호르몬의 약물동태 및 조직잔류성)

  • Han, Seong-kyu;Park, Sang-kyoon;Chang, Byoung-sun;Shim, Seog-kwon;Ryu, Pan-dong
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.43-52
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    • 1998
  • 서방형 돼지성장호르몬(sustained-release formulation of porcine somatotropin, PST-SR)을 1주 간격으로 6차례 피하 및 근육주사하고 혈액과 조직중의 돼지 성장호르몬(PST)과 insulin-like growth factor 1(IGF-1)의 농도를 측정하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 대조군의 혈중 PST와 IGF-1의 농도는 각각 2.41과 95.2 ng/ml 이었다. 1. PST-SR을 투여한 후 PST의 혈중농도는 8시간만에 최대에 도달하여(30 ng/ml) 곧 감소하였다. 혈중농도 반감기(decay half life)는 91~227시간이었다. IGF-1의 혈중농도는 투여후 12시간에 최대에 도달하였으며(165 ng/ml), 이후 서서히 감소되었고 반감기는 77~99시간이었다. 2. 혈중 PST농도-시간의 자료는 제재에서 PST가 유리되는 과정에는 두단계 즉, 투여후 24시간까지의 유리속도가 빠른 단계와 그 이후의 유리속도가 느린 단계가 있음을 보여주었다. 3. 여섯번의 반복투여기간에는 PST의 혈중농도는 투여직후 증가하여 24시간 이후 다음 투여전까지 지속적으로 감소되는 패턴이 반복되었고, 최종투여후 1주일경에는 정상수준으로 회복되었다. 반면에 투여가 반복됨에 따라 매 투여직후의 PST의 혈중 최고치는 다소 증가되는 경향을 보였다(20~40 ng/ml). IGF-1의 혈중농도는 투여가 반복됨에 따라 누적적인 증가현상이 뚜렷하였으며, 이후 2주일후 까지도 정상농도보다 높게 유지되었다(200ng/ml). 임상용량 투여군에서 PST 및 IGF-1의 혈중농도는 투여경로에 따른 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 4. 최종(6번째) 투여후 6, 8, 10, 14일에 조사한 간장, 신장, 소장, 근육, 지방 및 주사부위의 조직중의 PST 농도는 6일째에 이미 대조군 수준으로 회복되었다. IGF-1의 경우 최종투여후 6일에는 간장, 신장, 소장, 지방조직에서 정상보다 높은 농도로 잔류하나 이후 14일까지 모두 대조군 수준으로 감소되었다. 5. 이상의 결과는 본 실험에서 사용된 서방형 PST제제는 최소 1주간 유효성이 유지되며, 동시에 PST는 투여 6일째에, IGF-1은 투여후 14일에 정상수준으로 회복됨을 보여주고 있다.

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The Housewife's Current Use and Demand for Processed Rice Food Products (주부 소비자의 쌀 가공제품 이용실태 및 요구도 조사)

  • Kim, Soo-Min;Lee, Jin-Sil;Han, Jung-A;Kim, Young-Sik;Paik, Jin-Kyung;Hwang, Hye-Sun;Yi, Na-Young;Park, Dae-Seop;Hong, Wan-Soo
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.95-104
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    • 2013
  • This study was conducted to investigate the current use and the demand for processed rice food products by full-time and working housewives in a metropolitan area. Out of 330 questionnaires distributed, 300 were analyzed(90.9% response rate). It was revealed that more than half of the respondents(54.0%) had used processed rice food products, regardless of their occupation. Most respondents stated that they used rice food products because of the variety of the products, digestibility and the taste. The development necessity for processed rice food products was analyzed, showing that rice cake(3.86), rice sauce(3.64), and rice cookie(3.89) had the highest score in each category. The average demand for education and promotion of rice food products was 3.89; among 7 items, menu recipe using rice flour was highly demanded(4.18) by the respondents. Approximately 43.0% of the respondents agreed that the internet is the most effective method for learning about rice flour cooking, and the respondents who have used processed rice food products(59.5%) were more likely to attend education programs compared to housewives who have not used processed rice food products (44.5%)(p<.05). Full-time housewife(59.4%) had a greater tendency to participate in the education program than working woman(44.4%)(p<.001). The findings suggested that various processed rice flour products with convenience to use and prolonged shelf-life will be needed.

The Solubility of Ozone in Deionized Water and its Cleaning Efficiency (초순수내에서의 오존의 용해도와 세정효과)

  • Han, Jeoung-Hoon;Park, Jin-Goo;Kwak, Young-Shin
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.8 no.6
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    • pp.532-537
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the behavior of ozone in DI water and the reaction with wafers during the semiconductor wet cleaning process. The solubility of ozone in DI water was not only dependent on the temperature but also directly proportional to the input concentration of ozone. The lower the initial ozone concentration and the temperature, the longer the half-life time of ozone. The reaction order of ozone in DI water was calculated to be around 1.5. The redox potential reached a saturation value in 5min and slightly increased as the input ozone concentrations increased. The completely hydrophilic surface was created in Imin when HF etched silicon wafer was cleaned in ozonized DI water containing higher ozone concentrations than 2ppm. Spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements showed that the chemical oxide formed by ozonized DI water was measured to be thicker than that by piranha solution. The wafers contaminated with a non-ionic surfactant were more effectively cleaned in ozonized DI water than in piranha and ozonized piranha solutions.

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Combined effects of salts mixture addition and microwave heating on storage stability of Kakdugi (깍뚜기의 저장성 향상을 위한 순간 열처리 및 혼합염 첨가의 병용효과)

  • Kim, Jong-Koon;Yun, Jung-Won;Lee, Jung-Kun;Kim, Woo-Jung
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.225-230
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    • 1991
  • In this study, several combined effect of KCl addition into bring solution, microwave heating of Chinese radish for 3 minutes and addition of two salt mixtures into half fermented Kakdugi were investigated to compare their improving effects of storage stability of Kakdugi, Kakdugi was prepared by salting in 15% NaCl solution for 2 hours and fermented at $25^{\circ}C$ and determined for the changed in pH, total acidity and reducing sugars. It was found from the result that the combined method of salts addition and heating treatment improved the storage stability by 6.4 folds based on pH change where salts mixture of phosphated, Ca EDTA, and Sod. citrate contributed the most effect. Changed in reducing sugar were greatly reduced by salt mixture addition while microwave heating and KCl addition affected little. Storage of Kakdugi at $4^{\circ}C$ after preparation with combined method could extend the storage life more than 8 folds of those Kakdugi stored at $25^{\circ}C$. However total acidity showed higher values for those prepared by combined method and stored at $4^{\circ}C\;or\;25^{\circ}C$.

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Potential Effect of Solvent Fractions of Taraxacum mongolicum H. on Protection of Gastric Mucosa (민들레(Taraxacum mongolicum H.) 추출분획물이 위장보호에 미치는 효능 평가)

  • Han, So-Heui;Hwang, Jung-Keun;Park, Soo-Nam;Lee, Kil-Hong;Ko, Kang-Il;Kim, Ki-Su;Kim, Ki-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.84-89
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    • 2005
  • Mongolian dandelion (Taraxacum mongolicum H.) extracted with solvents having different polarities were prepared to investigate protection activity of gastric mucosa. Ethanol extracts were successively reextracted with methylene chloride, and n-butanol. Concentrations of total flavonoids and luteolin in n-butanol extracts were 27.75 and 1.14%, respectively, much higher than those of other solvent extracts. Results of anti-microbial acitivity test against Helicobacter pylori and urease inhibition test revealed n-butanol extract exerted higher inhibition (13.16%) than other solvent extracts. Based on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay, n-butanol extract showed the highest efficiency of free radical-scavenger activity among the extracts ($SC_{50}\;47{\mu}g/mL$). Erythrocytic photohemolysis tests, for the protection of cell membrane showed that half-life of human erythrocytes was increased by the addition of n-butanol extract $({\tau}_{50}=172min;C=5.0{\mu}g/mL)$. These results indicate n-butanol extract of Mongolian dandelion may be useful as a adjuvant for gastric diseases.

Bionomics of Caloglyphus sp.(Acarina : Acaridae) (가루응애류 Caloglyphus sp.의 생태에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Ji-Doo;Kim, Jong-Kuk
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.51-56
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    • 1997
  • Developmental characteristics and reproductive ability of Caloglyphus sp. were examined under the constant temperature conditions. This mites has five stages ; egg, larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult. All active instars preyed on larvae of pine gall midge, Thecodiplosis japonensis Uchida et Inouye. The developmental period from the egg to the adult decreased with temperature increase at a range between $15^{\circ}C$ and $30^{\circ}C$. The threshold of temperature and the thermal constant for the development from the egg to the adult were $8.2^{\circ}C$ and 122.0 day-degrees, respectively. At $25^{\circ}C$, survival rate from egg to deutonymph was estimated as 66.4%, and longevity of the adult was 12.3 days for male and 10.0 days for female. After a preoviposition period of 1 and 2 days female laid an average of 360.6 eggs each, almost all during the first half of their life time. The value of the net reproduction(Ro), the mean length of a generation(T) and the intrinsic rate of natural increase($r_m$) were calculated as 101.1, 9.3 days and 0.494 per female per day, respectively.

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Properties of Harmful Substances Absorption Eco-friendly Artificial Stone Containing Basalt Waste Rock (현무암 폐석을 첨가한 유해물질 흡착 친환경 인조석재의 특성)

  • Pyeon, Su-Jeong;Gwon, Oh-Han;Kim, Tae-Hyun;Lee, Sang-Soo
    • Journal of the Korean Recycled Construction Resources Institute
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.431-438
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    • 2016
  • Recently, Both rapid economic growth and high-quality native finishing materials demand in buildings such as local infrastructure facilities and cultural facilities have increased along with local quarries. So, increasing local quarries and environmental pollution occurred in quarries get the eyes to damaged area of the surroundings. As an example, carcinogen such as solid formed to fixing asbestos and dust have damaged to local resident. Especially, Radon gas released from asbestos can exist everywhere on earth, released soil and rock as radioactive substances, can be caused lung cancer followed by a smoking. When pollution source to indoor air quality that lacking ventilation rate of the residential building moved in a cycle, human responses such as headache, dizziness, etc. get appear, so on it threatened resident's physical condition. Thus, we need to urgent attention to reduction harmful substance. In the case of radon gas of the pollution source to indoor air quality in housing, it has characteristic that keep on going through half-life released from source, we need to control radon gas source than source removal. We set on vermiculite addition ratio to 10% which has harmful substances adsorption performance, proceed experiment to basalt waste rock addition ratio 50, 60, 70, 80(%). The result of an experiment, based on 'KS F 4035, precast terrazzo', we can be obtainable in the best terrazzo at basalt waste rock addition ratio 70%.

Characteristics of Breast Cancer Patients, their Understandings and Attitude towards the Disease (유암환자의 제 특징 및 유암에 관한 태도와 그 인식도)

  • 노유자
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.30-38
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    • 1977
  • Breast cancer is one of the most feared health problems in women ; Recent studies revealed that it had come up to be the second most in this country and high prevalent disease in the western countries among breast disease in women. However, early detection of the cancer mass is known to be easier than in many other malignancies. This study was performed to investigate the various characteristics of patients of breast cancer ; by the structural variables, menstrual, marital, and child bearing, and also their understandings and attitude towards the disease. A hundred any in- and out- patients of 51. Mary's Hospital and National Atomic Institute, Seoul were sampled. Data were gathered through direct interview by the researcher from February 1976 to January 1977 and the clinical records were used as references. Results are as follows ; 1. Breast cancer revealed to be most prevalent in the forties ; average age of 45.2 years. 2. The average age of menarche revealed to be 15.4 years ; the largest group were the 16-20 years (N=75, 68.2%). In 55 cases (50%) menstruation were normal, 38 (34.5%) postmenopausal and only in 17 (15.5%), menstruation revealed irregularity. 3. The average marital age revealed to be 22.3 years ; the largest group were 21-25 group (N=43, 39.1%). The average duration of marital life revealed to be 24.7 years ; 11-20 years group were the largest (M=34, 30.9%). 4. Most of the patients revealed to have pregnancy experiences(N=100, 90.9%) ; the average rate of experience were 5, 3 times the largest group were 3.4 times group(N= 32, 29.1%). 54 patients (49.1%) revealed to have had abortion experience ; the average were 3.4 times. 5. The largest group(N=77, 70%) had been breast feeding : followed by mixed feeding (N=12, 10.9%) and artificial feeding(N=10, 9.1%). 6. Personal health history revealed that in 20 patients (18.2%) revealed to have the past history of Purulent mastitis, 5 patients(4.5%) of breast cancer and 3 patients(2.7%) of uttering cancer family history. 7. In the one half (N=56, 50.9%, they had some information about breast cancer :27 (24.5%) by mass media, 12 (10.9%) through personal contacts and 17 (15.5%) were not able to classify the source of information. 8. In 55 cases (50%) the canoe, mass were discovered incidentally, in 39 cases (35.5%) by manual detection by self, in 10 cases (9%) by others and in 6 cases(5.5%) by observing subjective symptoms. 9. The average duration lapsed between the discovery of cancer mass and the visit to the hospital revealed to be 9.4 month. Chief reason for the delay revealed to be the non-chaplaincy due to the absence of pain(N=50, 45.5 %) followed by the administration of herb and commercial medication (N=19, 17.3%). 10. The left side breast was more affected than the right side breast, represent by 60 cases in the left and 39 cases in the right. The most frequent site of the breast cancer was the upper- outer quadrant in 53 cases (47.7%), and followed by the center in 20 cases(18 %), and the upper inner quadrant, in 19 cases (17.1%). There was / cases of bilateral carcinoma. The most prominent symptom was painless mass.

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