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A Study on the Strategies for Stimulating Medical Tourism in Oriental Medicine Blue Ocean of the 21st Century (21세기 블루오션, 한의학의료관광활성화를 위한 탐색적 연구)

  • Kim, Hyoung-Soon;Joo, Jong-Cheon
    • Journal of Sasang Constitutional Medicine
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.137-143
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    • 2009

  • 1. Objective : This study aims to evaluate the medical tourism structures in countries with prosperous medical tourism industry such as Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and India in order ro propose optimal strategies that can promote the medical tourism in Korea. 2. Methods : All pertinent literature concerning medical tourism directly and indirectly were assessed, and reviews of medical tourism strategies found in various countries were evaluated. 3. Results : Evaluation of related literature reveals that medical tourism is a recent burgeoning industry that has grown In market size considerably in the last five to ten years. Also, it shows that oriental medicine is a highly likely candidate amidst the various medical fields for attraction foreign patients. 4. Conclusion : The Korean government should support and install appropriate legal and administrative bodies in order to attract medical tourists; Korea-specific medical tourism programs (ie. traditional Korean medicine package tours) should be developed in order to attract medical tourists from the western world and the middle-east. In addition, low-price policy of medical tourism is not a proper strategies for the competition against advanced medical tourism destinations such as Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and India. Differentiated medical tourism package such as oriental medical tourism program rather than provision of low-price policy seems to be more effective strategy for the medical tourism in Korea. Future studies on strategies for promoting medical tourism should focus on how foreigners recognize traditional Korean medicine, what diagnostic approach might be appealing to them and how the legal system concerning the medical procedures may be altered and modified.

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Antioxidant and Anti-wrinkling Effects of Extracts from Vitex trifolia L. (만형자 추출물의 항산화 및 주름개선 효과)

  • Lee, Mi-Kyoung;Kim, Dong-Hee;Park, Tae-Soon;Son, Jun-Ho
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.58 no.2
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    • pp.125-129
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    • 2015

  • In this study, the antioxidant and anti-wrinkling effects of fraction from Vitex trifolia L. were investigated. Among the fractions, ethyl acetate fraction showed the highest antioxidant activities in 1-1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl, 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoine-6-sulfonic acid) radical scavenging and elastase inhibition with 76, 89, and 74%, respectively, at a concentration of $1,000{\mu}g/mL$. This fraction, at the concentration of $25{\mu}g/mL$, inhibited 70% fibroblast cell viability and 86% the matrix metalloprotease (MMP)-1. In addition, the results from Western blot assay showed that this fraction ($25{\mu}g/mL$) expressed the MMP-1 protein level by decreasing 50%. The findings suggest that the ethyl acetate fraction from V. trifolia has great potential as a cosmeceutical ingredient with antioxidant and anti-wrinkling effects.

  • https://doi.org/10.3839/jabc.2015.022 인용 PDF KSCI

Pharmacokinetics of oxytetracycline in hybrid catfish (Clarias macrocephalus x C. gariepinus) after intravascular and oral administrations

  • Amnart Poapolathep;Kednapat Sriphairoj;Sittichai Hatachote;Kannika Wongpanit;Duangkamol Saensawath;Narumol Klangkaew;Napasorn Phaochoosak;Mario Giorgi;Saranya Poapolathep
    • Journal of Veterinary Science
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.58.1-58.8
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    • 2024

  • Importance: Over the past decade, catfish farming has increased in Southeast Asia. However, there has been no existing for pharmacokinetic data in the hybrid catfish (Clarias macrocephalus x C. gariepinus). Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the pharmacokinetic characteristics of oxytetracycline (OTC) in the hybrid catfish, following single intravascular (IV) or oral (PO) administration at a single dosage of 50 mg/kg body weight (BW). Methods: In total, 140 catfish (each about 100-120 g BW) were divided into two groups (n = 70). Blood samples (0.6-0.8 mL) were collected from ventral caudal vein at pre-assigned times up to 144 h (sparse samples design). OTC plasma concentrations were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatography-photodiode array detector. Results: The pharmacokinetic parameter of OTC was evaluated using a non-compartment model. OTC plasma concentrations were detectable for up to 144 and 120 h after IV and PO, respectively. The elimination half-life value of OTC was long with slow clearance after IV administration in hybrid catfish. The average maximum concentration value of OTC was 2.72 ㎍/mL with a time at the maximum concentration of 8 h. The absolute PO bioavailability was low (2.47%). Conclusions and Relevance: These results showed that PO administration of OTC at a dosage of 50 mg/kg BW was unlikely to be effective for clinical use in catfish. The pharmacodynamic properties and clinical efficacy of OTC after multiple medicated feed are warranted.

  • https://doi.org/10.4142/jvs.24118 인용 PDF