• 대한약리학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.33-41
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• 1976

Agkistrodon halys (Crotalidae) is the only species of poisonous snakes in Korea, and is divided into three subspecies; Agkistrodon bromhoffii brevicaudus, Agkistrodon calaginosus and Agkistrodon saxatilis. With the three venoms, the pharmacological actions on the cardiovascular system and intestine as well as some toxicological characteristics were studied. In addition, the precipitin test in an agar gel medium was employed for immunological comparison of the venoms and the sera of envenomed patients. The results obtained were as follows: Lyophilized venoms contained solids of $211{\sim}273mg/ml$, and LD50 to mice were 1.73 and 0.86 mg/kg in venoms of Agkistrodon bromhoffii brevicaudus obtained on July and October respectively, and 0.40 and 0.32 mg/kg in Agkistrodon calaginosus and the venoms of Agkistrodon saxatilis obtained on October was 2.29 mg/kg. Isoelectric focusing of lyophilized snake venoms showed 19 to 22 protein fractions and 2 to 3 isoamylase fractions. Acute irreversible hypotension was caused by the intravenous injection of large doses of venoms in rabbits and cats, but at the small doses, acute hypotension followed by slow recovery. Little changes of cardiac movements by the venom injection despite of marked hypotension were showed except bradycardia and arrhythmia prior the death. Also no changes on the isolated rabbit atria by the snake venoms were noted. The hypotensive effect of the snake venoms was prevented by the bilateral vagotomy or atropine pretreatment (1 mg/kg), but they did not affect when already the hypotension has undergone. In the isolated rabbit duodenum, small doses of venom increased the phasic movement, while large doses decreased after spastic contraction. With the injection of venoms in dog, strong contraction of gall-bladder was caused and it was not blocked by the pretreatment with phenoxybenzamine (10 mg/kg) or atropine (1.4 mg/kg). In the venoms of Agkistrodon bromhoffii brevicaudus and Agkistrodon calaginosus, at least 5 antigenic components were detected, and four of them were shared in common with each other. Polyvalent antivenin (Wyeth Lab. USA) had three common precipitating antibodies with the venom of Agkistrodon bromhoffii brevicaudus and Akistrodon calaginosus. In the serum of envenomed patients, no precipitating antibodies were seen to the venoms and little changes in serum protein, GOT and GPT were observed. In conclusion, the snake venoms obtained in Korea were highly toxic and caused chiefly the vascular collapse leading to death. This vascular collapse was resulted largely by cholinergic effects, and not cardiotoxin of venoms. In human, it is likely that precipitating antibodies to venom were not produced by an envenomed incidence to poisonous snakes.

• 약학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.224-231
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• 2000

$Nokyangbotang^{TM}$ (NYBT) is a kind of powerful food for health and have been drunk at a oral dose of 80 ml (99.5 mg) three times per day: It has not been well studied about the anti-fatigue and hepatoprotective activity. In this experiments, we evaluated pathophysiologically the effect of NYBT on swimming time in mouse and hepatoprotective activity in rats intoxicated with carbon-tetrachloride. NYBT was nontoxic in orally acute toxicity test ($LD_{50}$, 320 ml/60 kg): a nontoxic food in more four times of one-shoot dosage (80 ml) to human. Weight-loaded forced swimming test was carried out to measure the swimming time of mice with a 4% load of body weight in plastic cylinder (diameter $10{\;}cm{\;}{\times}{\;}height{\;}20{\;}cm$) on water bath at $25^{\circ}C$, and the anti-fatigue activity represented the ratio of swimming time of experimental group to that of control group. NYBT had dose-dependent anti-fatigue activity Mice administered NYBT at a dose of 320 ml/60 kg once daily for 5 days could swim about two times more than control. Hepatoprotective activities of NYBT were examined by the determination of malonedialdehyde (MDA) and pathological survey in liver and liver function test of rat intoxicated with $CCl_4$ at i.m. dose of 2 ml/kg once daily for 7days. NYBT decreased dose-dependently thiobarbituric acid reactive substance: Oral administration of NYBT at a dose of 20 ml/60 kg was $38.51{\;}{\pm}{\;}3.02$ nmol MDA/g of tissue, that of 80 ml/60 kg was $33.76{\;}{\pm}{\;} 1.84$ nmol MDA/g of tissue, and that of 320 ml/60 kg was $32.87{\;}{\pm}{\;}1.90$ nmol MDA/g of tissue as compared with control group ($43.61{\;}{\pm}{\;}2.85$ nmol MDA/g of tissue). All rats administered NYBT at a dose of 320 ml/60 kg were survival as compared with 40% survival of control animals, and GPT activity of rats administered NYBT at a dose of 80 ml/60 kg was decreased as compared with control. In histopathological survey, NYBT improved slightly the fatty changes of hepatocytes around centrilobular area. These results suggest that NYBT has anti-fatigue and hepatoprotective activity in rats and mice.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.527-533
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• 2007

건강효능이 우수한 고품질 유색미 과피의 안전성 규명을 목적으로 ICR계 마우스 암수 각각 10마리를 이용하여 적진주벼, 흑진주벼 및 흑향벼 과피를 80% EtOH로 추출한 농축물을 1회 경구투여 후 14일 동안 실시한 급성독성 평가 결과는 다음과 같다. 시험물질을 1회 경구투여한 경우, 총 14일의 실험기간 동안 모든 시료투여군의 암수 동물에서 정상적인 체중증가가 관찰되었으며, 체중증가는 유의적인 차이를 나타나지 않았으며, 시료투여군의 경우 용량의존적인 체중변화도 관찰되지 않았다. 시험물질 투여 14일 후 부검결과, 암수 모든 실험군의 간장, 신장(좌, 우), 비장, 심장, 폐 및 뇌에서 시험물질 투여에 따른 어떤 육안적 이상 소견도 발견되지 않았다. 치사시킨 동물의 혈액 생화학적 검사 결과, 모든 시료 투여군의 ALT와 AST 활성도가 정상 수치를 나타냈으며, 본 실험의 최고 용량인 10.0 g/kg투여에도 정상치를 나타내는 것으로 보아, 유색미 과피 추출물을 10.0 g/kg 이하 섭취할 경우에는 어떠한 간독성도 나타내지 않음을 확인할 수 있었다. 이상의 실험결과를 통해 고품질 유색미인 적진주벼, 흑진주벼 및 혹향벼 과피 추출물의 단회 경구투여에 의한 독성시험 시, 시험물질 투여에 의한 표적 장기가 관찰되지 않았으며, 어떠한 독성학적인 변화도 관찰되지 않는 것으로 보아, 무해 용량은 암수 모두 10.0 g/kg을 상회할 것으로 추정할 수 있었다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.253-261
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• 2007

In this study, we investigated the in vitro anti-obesity, anti-cancer activity and single oral dose toxicity of Inonotus xeranticus extracted by methanol (INXM) or ethyl acetate (INXE). In order to investigate anti-obestity effect of Inonotus xeranticus extracts, the 3T3-L1 cells were treated with these extracts at various concentrations(1, 10, 100 and $300{\mu}g/ml$). It was observed that 3T3-L1 cells treated with $100{\mu}g/ml$ of Inonotus obliquus ethyl acetate extract (INOE), INXM and INXE, in the absence of differentiation cocktail (0.5mM isobutylmethylxanthine (IBMX) $1{\mu}M$ dexamethasone, $1{\mu}M$ insulin), differentiated at a rate of 78.5, 80.9, and 76.4% respectively. Differentiation rates of 86.6% and 83.4% were observed in 3T3-L1 cells which were treated with differentiation cocktail at $100{\mu}g/ml$ of INXM and INXE, respectively. The anti-cancer effect of Inonotus xeranticus extracts was investigated using a method of sulforhodamine B in sarcoma 180 cell line. The cells were treated with these extracts (1, 10, 100 and $300{\mu}g/ml$) for 48 hours. The growth of cells which were treated with $300{\mu}g/ml$ of INXM was inhibited by 80.1%. The growth of sarcoma 180 cells which were treated with 100 and $300{\mu}g/ml$ of INXE was inhibited by 74.7% and 64.5%, respectively. In single oral dose toxicity study, no differences were observed between control and treated groups in clinical signs, body weight gains, and feed and water consumptions. The results indicated that Inonotus xeranticus extracts did not show any toxic effects at 2,000mg/kg in mice, and the $LD_{50}$ of these extracts was found to be higher than 2,000 mg/kg in this experiment. From the above results, Inonotus xeranticus methanol and ethyl acetate extracts might have useful clinical applications in the management of cancer and obesity and may also be useful as a medicinal food.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.569-576
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• 1997

Fowl typhoid(FT) caused by Salmonella gallinarum is an infectious, egg-transmitted disease and characterized by swollen bronze liver, greenish-yellow diarrhea and high mortality in growing and adult chickens. Since 1992 the outbreak of FT has been increased. Several problems have been occurred such as absence of appropriate vaccines and lack of useful therapeutic methods. In these studies we investigated the pathogenicity of S gallinarum isolated in chickens. To compare the pathogenicity among the species of chickens, all chickens were challenged intramuscularly or orally with $1{\times}10^7$ CFU of S gallinarum. The brown-colored layers were more susceptible and white leghone chickens were more resistant than other species. In the brown layer chickens orally challenged, lethal doses ($LD_{50}$) of the isolates were inoculated at 1 day, 2 weeks, 4 weeks and 8 weeks old chickens with amount of $10^{4.2}$, $10^{4.7}$, $10^{7.0}$ and $10^{7.6}$ CFU, respectively. The chickens which were intramuscularly challenged with the less amount than $10^2$ CFU showed higher mortality than that of the chickens orally inoculated with same dose. Also, we investigated the recovery rates of bacteria from various organs of survival chickens which were challenged orally with $5{\times}l0^7$ CFU of S gallinarum. The bacteria was more frequently and isolated earlier from the liver and spleen than from any other ogans. In the pathogenicity test, the white-leghorn chickens which were known as resistant-strain against Salmonella were artificially immunosuppressed using bursectomy and/or dexamethasone treatment. Mortality of chickens with both bursectomized and treated with dexamethasone was higher(90%) than that of the control group(10%), the bursectomized chickens(10%) and the dexamethasone only treated group(20%). It was suggested that the protective mechanism in chickens against S gallinarum may be required both the functions of B-cells and T-cells.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.616-625
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• 2005

It is likely that maltose could provide a good substrate for the bacteria in the intestine, when the pathogenic bacteria invade and colonize in human gut. For better understanding of this organism's maltose metabolism, a mutant that was not able to grow with maltose as a sole carbon source was screened from a library of mutants constructed by a random transposon mutagenesis. By a transposon-tagging method, malPQ genes encoding a maltodextrin phosphorylase and a 4-${\alpha}$-glucanotransferase, were identified and cloned from Vibrio vulnificus. The deduced amino acid sequences of malPQ from V. vulnificus were 48 to $91\%$ similar to those of MalP and MalQ reported from other Enterobacteriaceae. Functions of malPQ genes were assessed by the construction of mutants whose malPQ genes were inactivated by allelic exchanges. When maltose was used as the sole carbon source, neither malP nor malQ mutant was able to grow to a substantial level, revealing that the MalP and MalQ are the only enzymes for metabolic utilization of maltose. The malQ mutant exhibited decreased adherence toward intestinal epithelial cells in vitro, but there was no difference in the $LD_{50}s$ of the wild-type and the malQ mutant in mice. Therefore, it appears that MalQ is less important in the pathogenesis of V. vulnificus than would have been predicted by considering maltose as a most common sugar in the intestine, but not completely dispensable for virulence in mice.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.303-309
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• 2005

Olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) is the major mariculture fish in Korea. The annual aquaculture production of olive flounder in Korea during the period of 2003 was 300,000 ton (2002 Statistics, Ministry of Maritime Affairs & Fisheries, Korea Government). Anesthetics is very necessary in aquaculture to minimize stress and damage during harvesting, grading, transportation, spawning induction and handling to fish. In the present study, isoeugenol as new anesthetic in marine fish, especially olive flounder, was examined to know the efficacy and proper concentration. As a result, olive flounder adult was exhibited sedation at 5 ppm at 10 and $15^{\circ}C$, and 7.5 ppm at $20^{\circ}C$, respectively. Anesthesia was required at least 10, 7.5 and 10 ppm at $10^{\circ}C$, $15^{\circ}C$ and at $20^{\circ}C$, respectively. In case of fry, the effect of sedation was observed from 2.5 ppm at $10^{\circ}C$ and 5 ppm at 15 and $20^{\circ}C$, respectively. Anesthesia was observed from 2.5 ppm at $10^{\circ}C$, 5 ppm at 15 and $20^{\circ}C$, respectively. In acute toxicity test, it was impossible to explore $LD_{50}$ with the concentration of isoeugenol adult at $15^{\circ}C$ used, but over immersion volume of 15 ppm at $15^{\circ}C$ was observed mortality in fry. Based on the present study, isoeugenol was identified as a safe and active anesthetic to olive flounder.

• 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.105-109
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• 2005

본 논문은 LTCC 공정에 기반을 둔 GSM/DCS dual band 의 소형화된 antenna switch module을 공정변수 따른 특성의 왜곡을 안정화시키는 연구를 수행하였다. 특히 tape thickness의 변화에 따라 패턴간의 기생 커플링이 주된 변수로 작용한다. 두께 50um인 tape으로 제작된 시편의 사이즈는 $4.5{\times}3.2{\times}0.8 mm^3$이고 insertion loss는 Rx mode와 Tx mode 각각 ldB. 1.2dB 이하이다. 공정상에서 tape thickness의 변화에 따라 개발된 모듈의 특성 안정성을 검증하기 위해 각 블록-다이플렉서,필터, 바이어스 회로-을 probing method을 이용, 측정하였고, 각 블록간의 상호관계는 VSWR을 계산하여 비교하였다. 또한 회로적 관점에서 특성 개선을 위해 바이어스 회로부분의 집중소자형과 분포소자형을 구현하여 서로 비교 분석하였다. 이를 통해 각 블록의 측정과 계산된 VSWR의 데이터는 공정변수에 의해 변화된 전체 module의 특성과 안정성 거동을 파악하는데 좋은 정보를 준다. Tape thickness변화에도 불구하고 다이플렉스의 matching값은 연결되는 바이어스 회로와 LPF의 matching값과 상대 matching이 되면서, 낮은 VSWR을 유지하여 전체 insertion loss가 안정화되는 것을 확인하였다. 더불어 분포소자형 바이어스 회로보다는 집중소자형이 다른 회로블럭과의 관계에서 더 좋은 매칭을 이루어 loss개선에 일조하였다. Tape thickness가 6 um이상의 변화를 가져와도 집중소자형 바이어스 회로는 낮은 손실을 유지하여 더 넓은 안정 범위를 가져오기 때문에 양산에 적합한 구조가 될 수 있다 그리고, probing method에 의한 안정성 특성 추출은 세라믹에 임베디드된 수동회로들의 개발에 충분히 적용될 수 있다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.136-143
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• 1986

구기자추출물(枸杞子抽出物)을 시료(試料)로 mouse의 독성실험(毒性實驗), 실험적(實驗的)으로 유발(誘發)시킨 가토(家兎)의 간장기능장애(肝臟機能障碍) 및 alloxan부하당뇨병(負荷糖尿病)에 미치는 영향(影響)을 실험(實驗)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1. Mouse의 급성독성실험(急性毒性實驗)에서 복강투여(腹腔投與)의 경우 평균치사량(平均致死量)은 12.17g/kg이었다. 2. $CC1_4$로 간장기능장애(肝臟機能障碍)가 유발(誘發)된 가토(家兎)에 구기자추출물투여(枸杞子抽出物投與)는 대조군(對照群)에 비하여 유의성(有意性)있는 회복도(回復度)를 보였는데 특(特)히 대량투여군(大量投與群)에서 더욱 빨랐다. 1) GPT활성도(活性度) 및 total bilirubin은 시료투여군(試料投與群)에서 아주 우수(優秀)한 저하효과(低下效果)를 나타냈다. 특(特)히 GPT활성도(活性度)에서 200mg/kg은 제(第)8일(日)째부터, 800mg/kg은 제(第)6일(日)째부터 유의성(有意性)이 있었다. 2) Alkaline phosphatase치는(値) 대조군(對照群)에 비하여 커다란 차이를 보이지 않았다. 3) Alloxan으로 유발(誘發)한 가토(家兎)의 고혈당(高血糖)에 대하여 800mg/kg는 아주 탁월한 혈당강하효과(血糖降下效果)를 나타냈다. 즉(卽) 제(第)4일(日)째부터 대조군(對照群)에 비하여 유의성(有意性)이 있었으며 제(第)12일(日)째는 정상치(正常値)에 거의 접근(接近)하였다. 또한 GPT활성도(活性度)는 차츰 저하(低下)되어 제(第)6일(日)째부터 저하효과(低下效果)가 뚜렷하였다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2013

본 연구는 김치에서 분리한 우수한 항균활성을 나타내는 Leuc. citreum GR1을 분리하여 단기투여에 의한 안전성을 확인하고자 식품의약품안전청의 의약품 등의 독성시험기준에 따라 실시하였다. 시험물질인 Leuc. citreum GR1의 임상적용 경로가 구강이므로 경구투여용 존데를 사용하여 단회 경구 투여를 수행하였으며, 투여용량은 단회 경구투여 최고용량인 5,000 mg/kg을 고농도로 설정하였다. 급성독성시험을 위하여 경구 1회 시험물질을 625, 1,250, 2,500 및 5,000 mg/kg 투여 용량으로 하여 ICR계 암 수 마우스에게 용량별 각 군당 10마리씩 시험물질을 투여한 후 14일간의 일반증상, 사망률, 체중, 임상증상 및 육안적 소견을 관찰하였다. 단회 경구투여한 후 모든 시험군에서 사망례가 관찰되지 않았으며, 시험동물은 시험 종료 시까지 계속 생존하여 평균치사량을 산출할 수 없었다. 경구투여한 후 마우스의 체중변화에 있어서도 암 수 모두 대조군과 시료물질 투여군 사이에 유의성 있는 차이는 보이지 않았으며, 용량 의존적인 차이도 볼 수 없었다. 단회 경구구투여 후 시험 종료한 다음 생존동물 모두를 부검하여 주요 장기의 육안적 소견을 관찰한 결과 대조군과 시료투여군 모두에서 외관상이나 내부 장기에 어떠한 이상소견이나 병변이 관찰되지 않았다. 이상의 결과로부터 시험물질인 Leuc. citreum GR1는 경구투여 시 ICR계 암 수 마우스에서 독성학적인 변화가 관찰되지 않았으며, 경구투여가 5,000 mg/kg 이상인 저독성의 안전한 물질로 사료된다.