• The Journal of Korean Medicine
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.193-203
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• 2003

Objectives : In this study, we investigated the effect and pathway of contralateral heterotropic electroacupuncture (EA) on pain induced by fonualin in rats. Methods : Acu-points in the right forepaws, HT 7 and PC 7 were stimulated with 3~4mA, 2ms, and 10Hz after 5% formalin (50ul) s.c. injection to the left hind paw. In addition, it was investigated whether the dorsolateral funiculus (DLF), known to be related the descending inhibition, mediates analgesic effects of the contralateral heterotropic EA or whether administration of naltrexone, an opioid antagonist, blocks the effect of EA. Results : The results showed that contralateral heterotropic electroacupuncture (EA) inhibited late phase (63.311.7%) of pain induced by fonualin in the behavioral test, but sham-EA had little effect on pain behavior (85.616.8%) and no analgesic effects after transection of the dorsolateral funiculus (95.718.7%). The pretreatment of naltrexone (10mg/kg, i.p.) could not inhibit the analgesic effects of EA on formalin-induced pain behavior (70.713.1%). Also,EA suppressed formalin injection induced expression of cFos like protein (cFL) in the dorsal homo but not sham-EA. Suppressed expressions of cFL in the spinal cord were eliminated after transection of the ipsilateral dorsolateral funiculus at T10-11 leve1s. However, pretreatment of naltrexone could not prevent the suppressive expressions of cFL at the spinal cord. Conclusions : These results suggest that the analgesic effect of contralateral heterotropic electroacupuncture may be modulated through the dorsolateral funiculus constituting the descending inhibition.

• Food Industry And Nutrition
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.53-57
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• 2004

홍경천(Rhodiola sachalinensis)의 성분을 분석하여 식품학적 특성을 검토하고 식품소재로서의 기초자료로 활용할수 있도록 건조된 홍경천을 분쇄, 분말화한 후 일반성분 및 무기성분, 유리당, 구성아미노산, 유리지방산, 그리고 향기성분을 분석하였다. 홍경천 건조분말의 수분은 10.14%, 조단백 3.90%, 조지방 1.33%, 총당 41.17%, 환원당 11.40% 회분은 3.05%로 분석되었고, 무기성분은 Ca, K, Kg이 높은 함량으로 나타났다. 유리당으로는 glucose, fructose, sucrose 등으로 특히 glucose와 fructose가 높게 함유되어있었다. 주된 구성아미노산은 glutmic acid, cystine arginine, proline, aspartic acid, isoleucine, histidine 등의 함량 순으로 나타났으며, 특히 glutamic acid, cystine, arginine 함량이 각각 176.24, 168.60, 159.90 mg%로 높은 함량 수준을 보였다. 유리지방산은 linoleic acid가 32.46%로 함량이 가장 높았으며 그 다음으로 palmitic acid가 21.42%, lignoceric acid 14.83%, oleic acid 13.09% behenic acid가 5.80% 순으로 나타났다. 향기성분은 GC-MS로 분석한 결과 2-cinnamic aldehyde 함량이 가장 높았으며 geraniol, myrtenol, octanol 등의 함량이 높게 나타났다. 이러한 결과로 볼 때 홍경천 뿌리는 다양한 일반성분 조성과, 필수아미노산, 불포화지방산, 필수 무기질 등이 균형있게 함유된 식품학적 성분 가치가 충분한 소재임이 확인되었다. 따라서 향후 홍경천 뿌리에서 유효성분을 추출하여 생리활성 및 동물실험을 통해 이들 식품학적 성분들의 유용성을 탐색하는 작업이 필요하리라 사료된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.361-362
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• 2013

As one of the steps toward understanding how the plant is well adapted to strongly saline habitats, the purple pigment compound that is accumulated in Suaeda japonica was extracted and characterized. The extracted pigment compound exhibited typical characteristics of betacyanin that were represented by water solubility, pH- and temperature-dependent color changes, sensitivity to light, UV-Vis spectra, and gel electrophoretic migration pattern. LC-MS of the extracted pigment compound showed the presence of two major protonated molecular ions ($[M+H]^+$) at m/z 651.1 and m/z 827.1. According to the DPPH assay, it was found to have an antioxidant activity that is linearly increased in proportion to the reaction time for up to 30 min, and the activity was comparable to that of control BHA at 9.0 mg/ml. The cytotoxic activity against several tumor cell lines was also examined following the MTT assay. The significant growth inhibitory effect was observed on two tumor cell lines, SW-156 (human kidney carcinoma) and HEC-1B (human endometrial adenocarcinoma). Probably, the pigment compound may function as an osmolyte to uphold halotolerant physiological processes in saline environment.

• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.95-108
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• 2020

To develop an environment-friendly fungicide for controlling tomato wilt diseases, antifungal active substance was isolated Rheum australe D. Don roots against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici, a pathogen of tomato wilt, in this study. Methanol extract obtained from Rheum australe roots was successively fractionated with hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, butanol and water. The ethyl acetate fraction, which showed the highest antifungal activity, was separated by column chromatography, and 60 subfractions were obtained. The 60 subfractions were anlayzed for antifungal activities by bioassay. The active compound was identified as 5-[(E)-2- (3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)ethenyl]benzene-1,3-diol (rhapontigenin) by NMR and GC-MS analysis. As a result of testing antifungal activity of rhapontigenin against Fusarium oxysporum, EC₅₀ of rhapontigenin was showed strong antifungal activity at 7.48 mg/L. Therefore, this study showed that the Rheum australe roots extract can be a potential candidate which is a environment-friendly fungicide against Fusarium oxysporum.

• Toxicological Research
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.139-141
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• 2012

Silver nanoparticles (size: $7.9{\pm}0.95$ nm, dosage: 250 mg/kg) were orally administered to pregnant rats. At 4 days after parturition, four pups were randomly selected (one pup from one dam) and silver level in liver, kidney, lung and brain was determined by ICP-MS and electron microscope. As results, silver nanoparticles highly accumulated in the tissues of the pups. Silver level in the treated group was $132.4{\pm}43.9$ ng/g in the kidney (12.3 fold compared to control group), $37.3{\pm}11.3$ ng/g in the liver (7.9 fold), $42.0{\pm}8.6$ ng/g in the lung (5.9 fold), and $31.1{\pm}4.3$ ng/g in the brain (5.4 fold). This result suggested that the possible transfer of silver nanoparticles from pregnant dams to the fetus through mainly placenta.

• Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.201-206
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• 2004

Norfloxacin (NFX) is a fluorquinolone antibacterial agent with a high antimicrobial activity and might have great potential for treating common infections in poultry. The objective of this study was to obtain comparative pharmacokinetic data after a single oral administration and medication with drinking water of norfloxacin-glycine acetate (NFX-GA) at the dose rate of 10 mg/kg bw in broilers. Fifty minutes following oral administration of NFX-GA, serum concentrations peaked at $1.32{\mu}g/mL$ (range $1.03-1.45{\mu}g/mL$). Serum concentration of NFX declined with a half-life of $7.21{\pm}1.81$ h. On the third day after administration of medicated drinking water, steady-state was reached, with mean concentrations of NFX of $0.70{\pm}0.35{\mu}g/mL$. The concentration of NFX after medication of NFX-GA with drinking for 3 days provides sufficient levels to obtain maximum therapeutic effects and maintains the serum persistence of concentration exceeding MIC.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.35 no.3 s.138
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• pp.189-193
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• 2004

In order to find some lead compounds for the treatment of opportunistic infections of malaria and pathogenic microbes, an undescribed Indonesian sponge Agelas sp. collected at Manado, Indonesian Waters, was suggested containing active compounds. Crude ethanolic extract of the sponge exhibited significant in vitro antimalarial and antimicrobial activity against Plasmodium falciparum (D6 colne) with $IC_{5O}$ values of $8\;{\mu}/ml$ and against pathogenic microbes such as Candida albicans $(150\;{\mu}/ml)$, Cryptococcus neoformans $(<20\;{\mu}/ml)$, Staphylococcus aureus $25\;{\mu}/ml$, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus $(<20\;{\mu}/ml)$, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa $(<20\;{\mu}/ml)$. Active compound (5.0 mg) was isolated from the ethanolic extracts of the sponge and purified by using silica gel and ODS column, successively. Active compound was elucidated as dibromosceptrin $(C_{22}H_{24}Br_2N_{10}O_2)$ by detailed analysis of FTESI-MS and comparison of $^1H,\;^{13}C$, DEPT and HMQC NMR spectral data with those reported.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.219-224
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• 2003

1,4-Dioxane is used as a solvent for lacquers, paints, varnish removers, dye baths and printing compositions. And it is also used for detergent preparations, cosmetics, deodorants and fumigants. A method is described for the determination of 1,4-dioxane in water samples by GC/MS. The extraction recoveries were studied for some solvents and solvent volume ratio were investigated using r-butyl methyl ether (MTBE). Optimum condition was obtained by the liquid-liquid extraction using the 10 mL of MTBE for 10 mL of water. Method detection limit of 1,4-dioxane in the 20 mL of water samples was 0.05 ng/mL. It could be determined in the range of 0.24∼240 ng/mL in treated water, and in the range of 0.69∼81.9 ng/mL in raw water, respectively. Risk assessments with 1,4-dioxane exposure by drinking water ingestion were carried out. Based on the results of analysis, chronic daily intake of 1,4-dioxane was 2.22${\times}$10$\^$-4/ mg/kg/day and excess cancer risk was calcu-lated to be 2.44${\times}$10$\^$-6/.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.47-53
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• 2007

The acenaphthene(ACE) or acenaphthylene(ACEL) is one of the most frequently found compound in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil. In this study, we make 10mg/L ACE or ACEL in ethanol which is the model washing solvent for contaminated soil. This was followed by Fenton treatment in which 0.2 or 0.3mL of 30% $H_2O_2$ and 0.2 ml of 0.5 M $Fe^{2+}$ were added. The results showed more than 88 or 99% of ACE or ACEL removal efficiency, respectively. Additionally, we employed GC-MS to identify the main oxidation product generated by the optimized Fenton oxidation [i.e., ACE or ACEL degraded in to 21, 34 % 1,8-naphthalic anhydride(NAPAN), repectively]. It is expected that biodegradability of NAPAN is enhanced because NAPAN has three oxygens compared with ACE and ACEL. Therefore the results suggest that the hybrid treatment system (i.e., ethanol washing -Fenton oxidation treatment) can be effectively applied to remove ACE or ACEL from soil..

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2018.04a
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• pp.32-32
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• 2018

층층둥굴레(Polygonatum stenophyllum Maxim.)는 백합과(Liliaceae) 둥굴레속(Polygonatum)에 속하는 다년생초본이다. 둥굴레속의 근경은 점액질이 풍부하고 전분질, 아미노산, 알카로이드 등의 성분을 다량 함유하고 있어, 식품학적으로도 우수한 것으로 보고되었다. 그리고 새순과 여린줄기는 식약청 식품원재료서비스에 등록된 식용가능 식물자원이다. 본 연구에 사용된 층층둥굴레는 경기도 황학산수목원에서 2년, 5년생과 종자를 분양받아 종자는 기내에서 발아시킨 후 실험에 사용하였다. 야생의 개체를 무균적으로 기내도입하기 위해 차아염소산나트륨의 농도를 0~1.5%까지 달리하여 멸균한 결과, 유의적 차이는 없으나 1~1.5%처리가 비오염율이 20% 내외로 조사되었다. 층층둥굴레 캘러스 유도에 미치는 옥신류 호르몬의 영향을 알아보기 위해 멸균된 근경을 절단하고 옥신류 호르몬의 종류와 농도가 각각 다르게 처리된 MS배지에 치상하여 배양한 결과, 2,4-D 0.5mg/L 처리구에서 캘러스 유도율이 87%로 가장 높게 조사 되었다. 이러한 결과는 층층둥굴레의 기내배양 방법을 통해 효과적으로 모본과 동일한 층층둥굴레의 대량생산 체계를 만들 수 있는 참고자료로 활용될 수 있고 더불어 관련 산업계의 소재다양화 측면에서 유용하게 사용될 것으로 보여진다.