• Mycobiology
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.109-113
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• 2014

During a survey of marine fungi from the waters surrounding Jeju Island, Korea, several Penicillium strains were isolated from seawater and marine sponges. Based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer and RNA polymerase subunit II, four strains were identified as Penicillium antarcticum, a fungus that, to the best of our knowledge, had not been previously reported in Korea. Here, we provide detailed descriptions of the morphological characteristics and extracellular enzyme activities of the four strains.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.45 no.2
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• pp.101-106
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• 2014

Marine-derived microbes have yielded a variety of metabolites so far. In the course of the project to find metabolites from marine microbes, an isolate of Penicillium glabrum (SF 5317) was selected for chemical investigation. A large scale culture of this strain in PDA media was extracted with an organic solvent and the extract was subjected to a serious of chromatography, which led to six metabolites. Their chemical structures were elucidated as sulochrin (1), questin (2), questinol (3), ergosterol (4), 3-methyldesmethoxyyangonin (5), and hydroxysulochrin (6) on the basis of spectroscopic data. To the best of our knowledge, this is the second isolation of compounds 5 and 6 in nature and especially 6 is isolated from Penicillium sp. for the first time.

• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.34 no.2 s.133
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• pp.138-141
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• 2003

In order to screen new tyrosinase inhibiting principle which is expected to be a new biofunctional skin whitening cosmetics, we have isolated 600 strains of the marine- derived fungi and investigated tyrosinase inhibiting activity for their acetone extracts. The significant activities (>70% Inhibition) were observed in the extract of 10 strains of fungi (MFA7, MFA27, MFA58, MFA317, MFA318, MFA345, MFA412, MFA552, MFA562, MFA581). These active strains were cultured in SWS medium with 1 L scale and the resulting broth and mycelium were extracted to afford mycelium extract (000M) and broth extract (000B), respectively. Tyrosinase inhibiting activity for all extracts has been tested. As the results, the broth extracts of 4 strains (27B, 58B, 552B and 581B) exhibited relatively high levels of activity of $IC_{50}$ values of $3.0-19.0\;{\mu}g/mL$. The active component of 581B was purified by assay-guided isolation to yield the known kojic acid (1), and its structure was determined by physicochemical evidence. Kojic acid showed the significant tyrosinase inhibitory activity with $IC_{50}$ values of $12.0\;{\mu}M$.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.240-247
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• 2015

Viridicatol (1) has previously been isolated from the extract of the marine-derived fungus Penicillium sp. SF-5295. In the course of further biological evaluation of this quinolone alkaloid, anti-inflammatory effect of 1 in RAW264.7 and BV2 cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was observed. In this study, our data indicated that 1 suppressed the expression of well-known pro-inflammatory mediators such as inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, and consequently inhibited the production of iNOS-derived nitric oxide (NO) and COX-2-derived prostaglandin E2 ($PGE_2$) in LPS stimulated RAW264.7 and BV2 cells. Compound 1 also reduced mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines such as $interleukin-1{\beta}$ ($IL-1{\beta}$), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis $factor-{\alpha}$ ($TNF-{\alpha}$). In the further evaluation of the mechanisms of these anti-inflammatory effects, 1 was shown to inhibit nuclear factor-kappa B ($NF-{\kappa}B$) pathway in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 and BV2 cells. Compound 1 blocked the phosphorylation and degradation of inhibitor kappa B $(I{\kappa}B)-{\alpha}$ in the cytoplasm, and suppressed the translocation of $NF-{\kappa}B$ p65 and p50 heterodimer in nucleus. In addition, viridicatol (1) attenuated the DNA-binding activity of $NF-{\kappa}B$ in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 and BV2 cells.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.273-276
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• 2000

Marine fungus, Thraustochytrium aureum ATCC 34034, was incubated in artificial sea water media in order to produce docosahexaenoic acid(DHA). Cultures were performed at $24^{\circ}C$ in light for 13 days with orbital shaker at 100rpm. Maximum cell productivity of 1.34g/L and DHA yield of 41.4 mg/L were obtained by using this method, which is almost the twice level of DHA yield obtained for the strains reported previously. This strain did produce much more DHA after sporangium disruption.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.75-81
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• 2009

This study was carried out to assess the antilisterial potential of ethyl acetate (EtOAc) extract of a marine isolate of Aspergillus sp. The in vitro antilisterial efficacy of ethyl acetate extract was examined using disc diffusion, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) determination, cell viable count and scanning electron microscopic (SEM) methods against the employed strains of Listeria monocytogenus. The ethyl acetate extract ($300{\mu}g\;disc^{-1}$) exhibited a promising antilisterial effect as diameters of inhibition zones against L. monocytogenes ATCC 19111, 19116, 19118, 19166 and 15313, which were found in the range of 11-17 mm along with their MIC values ranging from 125 to $1000{\mu}g\;ml^{-1}$ respectively. Also the EtOAc extract had strong detrimental effect on the viable count of the tested L. monocytogens ATCC 19166. Furthermore, scanning electron microscopic (SEM) study demonstrated potential detrimental effect of ethyl acetate extract on the morphology of L. monocytogenes ATCC 19116 at the used MIC concentration. These findings strongly support the role of ethyl acetate extract of a marine isolate of Aspergillus sp. as an antiliterial potential.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.19 no.10
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• pp.1150-1152
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• 2009

Geraniol (1) is the biogenetic precursor of a number of monoterpenes. We tested various marine-derived microorganisms to determine their ability to biotransform 1. Only Hypocrea sp. was capable of transforming 1 into its oxidized derivative, 1,7-dihydroxy-3,7-dimethyl-(E)-oct-2-ene (2). The structure of the metabolite obtained was assigned on the basis of detailed spectroscopic data analyses.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.985-987
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• 2010

The biological transformation of the bioactive dihydroisocoumarin, (-)-mellein, isolated from the marinederived fungus Cladosporium sp., was studied. The preparativescale culture of (-)-mellein with a marine isolate of a bacterium Stappia sp. resulted in the isolation of its oxidized metabolite, (3R,4S)-4-hydroxymellein. The stereostructure of the metabolite obtained was assigned on the basis of detailed physicochemical data analyses.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.47-53
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• 2013

Four new cyclic peroxide compounds (1~4) were isolated from the marine sponge Plakortis simplex. Their structures including relative stereochemistry were determined by MS and NMR analysis. All compounds, a side carbon chain with 10 carbons, were very unstable. After transformation into methyl ester analogues, the structure determination was conducted. Compounds 1a and 2a are stereoisomers, assigned as $3S^*$, $4S^*$, $6R^*$ and $3R^*$, $4S^*$, $6R^*$, respectively. Similarly, compounds 3a and 4a, replaced the methoxy group with an aliphatic methyl, are also stereoisomers. Compounds 1a and 2a exhibited the strong antifungal effect against the fungus Candida albicans.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.148-160
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• 2011

Thirty-one gross abnormalities that have been observed in tilapia are described: 10 fin, five eye, five jaw, four body shape, three head, two yolk sac, one operculum, and conjoined twins. Twenty-one have been described in published papers; the others were obtained from a survey. Breeding experiments revealed that three were heritable, while six were not heritable. Five could be caused by a bacterial infection, and one could be produced by a fungus. Four deformities were in offspring of males that had been injected with methyl methane sulphonate. Three were produced when sperm was treated with methyl methane sulphonate. Six were observed during sex reversal studies, and one was found following heat shock of fertilized eggs. Three were observed in polluted river water. The cause of other deformities is not known.