• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.110-115
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• 2012

$Epimedium$ $koreanum$ Nakai is a wild medicinal plant commonly consumed in South Korea due to its beneficial health effects. In this study, the antimutagenic and immunological activities of $E.$ $koreanum$ Nakai extracts were investigated for their use in food. In the immunomodulating activity, the effects of $E.$ $koreanum$ Nakai on the B cell (Rhamos) and T cell (Molt-4) were investigated. The results showed that the growth and viability of the B and T cells were increased and activated more in the ethylacetate (1.35 and 1.48 times) and water fraction (1.30 and 1.40 times), respectively. In the Ames test, none of the fractions produced a mutagenic effect on $Salmonella$. $typhimurium$ TA98 and TA 100. The ethylacetate fraction showed a strong antimutagenic effect (98%) on and a high butanol fraction (84%) of B(${\alpha}$)P in $S.$ $typhimurium$ TA98 and TA100, respectively. In 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO), all the solvent fractions showed an over 70% antimutagenic effect, except for the chloroform extract. Especially, ethylacetate and butanol showed strong inhibition of the mutagenic effects (80 and 90%) on 4NQO in $S.$ $typhimurium$ TA98 and TA100, respectively. These results provide preliminary data for the development of $E.$ $koreanum$ Nakai as an edible food material.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.313-320
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• 2000

In order to improve the functionality of Korean soybean paste the changes of microorganisms, enzyme activity and physiological functionality of five types of Korean soybean paste prepared with various concentrations of Ginseng extracts. The pH of Korean soybean paste was decreased during fermentation but total acidity was increased. NaCl concentrations was increased up to 15.67~16.90% until 30~45days of fermentation and amino acidity was increase of the mixture ratio of Ginseng extract. Reducing sugar content was increased up to 45days of fermentation and total sugar content was increased up to 16.92~20.01% until 30days of fermentation, but decreased after that. The number of bacteria was highest in all sample after 45days fermentation, while that of mold was decreased during fermentation. Amylase and protease showed the highest activity at 30days of fermentation. Tyrosinase activity was increased during fermentation. Antimutagenic activities of Korean soybean paste (10% Ginseng extract) were 80.90%, 62.46% against MNNG, NPD on S. typhimutium TA100 and 51.96%, 58.88% against NQO, NPD on S. typhimutium TA98.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.394-400
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• 2003

This study was earned out to investigate the antimutagenic and cytotoxic effects of Eleutherococcus senticosus Maxim fruits ethanol extract on Salmonella typhimurium TA98, TA100 and cancer cell lines using Ames test and SRB assay, respectively. They were extracted with ethanol and then fractionated with hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, butanol and water to get active fractions. In the Ames test, most of the extracts had strong antimutagenic effects against the mutagenesis induced by MNNG, 4NQO, B(${\alpha}$)P and Trp-P-l. The ethanol extract (200 $\mu\textrm{g}$/plate) of Eleutherococcus senticosus fruits showed 87.2％ inhibitory effect on the mutagenesis induced by MNNG against TA100. And also, The suppression ratio against B(${\alpha}$)P and Trp-P-l in the TA100 showed 96.1％ and 95.5％, respectively. In the cytotoxic effects against human cancer cell lines (A549, AGS, MCF-7, Hep3B), the value of inhibition were mostly above 60％ for each fraction (1 mg/mL). Hexane fraction (1 mg/mL) against showed the strongest cytotoxic effects of 92.7％ compared to those of other fraction and butano fraetion against Hep3B was relatively high growth inhibitory effect of 82％.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.100-105
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• 2004

The objective of this study was carried out to investigate biological activities effects of Korean leaf from Rosa davurica Pall. in vitro. They were extracted with methanol, ethanol, chloroform and water. Methods of the antimutagenic used in this experiment were well-known bacterial short term tests which include Ames test and the antigenotoxic used in this experiment was DPPH radical scavenge. All extracts (ethanol, methanol, water) except chloroform extract exhibited 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity with IC$\_$50/ of 11.5 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL, 6.4 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL, 4.8 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL. In Ames test, most of extracts had strong antimutagenic effects against the mutagenesis induced by 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO), N-methyl-N’-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), 3-amino-l,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indol(Trp-P-I) and benzo(${\alpha}$)pyrene(B(${\alpha}$)P). The extracts of leaves (200 $\mu\textrm{g}$/plate) showed approximately 60∼80％ inhibitory effect on the mutagenesis induced by 4NQO, Trp-P-1 and B(${\alpha}$)P against TA98 strain, whereas 60∼80％ inhibition were observed on the mutagenesis induced by MNNG, 4NQO, Trp-P-1 and B(${\alpha}$)P against TA100 strain. respectively.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• v.10 no.1_2
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• pp.361-370
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• 2002

We are to present some properties of binary relations on fuzzy topological spares by means of categorical method. The concept of fuzzy topological ordered spaces was introduced by Katsaras[8]. In this paper we study some special categories, i.e, FTQOS, FTPOS, LSCQ, USCQ, SCQ, CQ, NQO, CRQO, associated with fuzzy topological spaces.

• Proceedings of the Korea Environmental Mutagen Society Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.176-176
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• 2002

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.29-34
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• 1980

As preliminaries for the study of Plasmid pKM101 functions nad their interaction with the host DNA repair genes, seven mutants of pKM101, visualized on tetrazolium-galactose plates, deficient in their abitity to enhance mutagenesis were isolated and paritally characterizee. They all have altered functions not only for mutagenesis against MMS and 4-NQO but for the spontaneous reversion of host cell.

• Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.111-121
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• 1989

Ps. aeruginosa 의 DNA repair 기구 결손변이주인 rec-, Hcr- 그리고 R931 plasmid 를 가진 R2 (Carbenicillin, Kanamycin, Streptomycin) plasmid transconjugants 가 R2 Plasmid 획득에 의해서 Gamma선 및 돌연변이제 (4NQO, NTG)에 대해서도 내성을 증강시키는지를 검토함으로써 방사선에 대한 내성화 기구를 해명하고자 했다. 그리고, DNA repair 기구에 작용하는 DNA polymerase I 생산에 관여하는 유전자가 R2 plasmid에 code 되어 있는지를 검토하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) Ps. aeruginosa PAO균주의 R2 plasmid transconjugants는 R2 plasmid 획득에 의해 자외선, Gamma선 및 돌연변이제에 대한 내성을 부여받았으나 transconjugant 균주에 따라 다른 종류의 내성결과를 얻어졌다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.329-333
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• 1998

Cell wall (lactic acid bacteria-sonicated precipitate ; LAB-SP) and cytosoll(lactic acid bacteria-sonicated supernatant ; LAB-SS) fractions were prepared from kimchi fermenting lactic acid bacteria such as Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus fermentum , Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococcus acidilactici, with Lactobacillus acidophillus isolated from yogurt. Using the Ames mutagenicity test and SOS chormotest system, the antimutagenic acitivity of those cell fractions was studied . One hundered eighty $\mu$l of LAB-SP from lactic acid bacteria isolated from kimchi, excepting Pediococcus acidilactici, supressed the mutagenicity of 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide(4-NQO) in Ames mutagenicity test and SOS chromotes system , by above 90% and 60% , respectively. LAB-SP from lactic acid bacteria also inhibited the mutagenicity mediated by 3-amino-1-methyl-5H-pyrido [4,3-b]indole (Trp-P-2). Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Lactobacillus acidphillus had higher antimutagenicity against Trp-P-2). Lactobacillus fermentum , Lactobacillus plantarum , and Lactobacillus acidphillus had higher antimutagenicity against Trp-P-2 than the other lactic acid bacteria. However, LAB-SS of lactic acid bacteria did not show any mutagenic activity against 4-NQO in Ames mutagenicity test and SOS chromotest systems. On the mutagenicity of MEIQ and Trp-P-2 , LAB-SS of lactic acid bacteria from kimchi or dairy products exhibited a weaker inhibitory effect than LAB-SP of those bacteria. These results represent that, whether the lactic acid bacteria from kimchi are viable or nonviable, antimutagenic acitivity was still effective. We suggest that the strong, antimutaganic activity of lactic acid bacteria might be found in the cell wall fraction , rather than in the cytosol fraction.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.174-179
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• 2015

Transcription factor, Nrf2 was well known to protect cell from oxidative stress by up-regulating it's dependent anti-oxidative genes such as HO-1 and NQO1. Cheongjogupye-tang (CJGPT), a traditional herbal formula was originally recorded in 『EuiMunBeopRyul』, still having been used to treat pulmonary disease such as asthma and pulmonary inflammation, in Eastern Asian countries. However, the underlying therapeutic mechanisms remain elusive. The purpose of this study is to investigate the anti-inflammatory or anti-oxidative effects of CJGPT on the RAW 264.7 cells. To examine the anti-inflammatory or anti-oxidative effects of CJGPT, MTT assay, immunoblotting, RT-PCR and reporter gene assays were performed. Although CJGPT slightly suppressed the nuclear NF-κB expression, it did not decreased the expression of pro-inflammatory genes in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells. Moreover, it did not increased the transcriptional activity of NF-κB in reporter gene assay. However, CJGPT upregulated the nuclear expression of Nrf2, as well as increased the expression of Nrf2-dependent genes such as HO-1 and NQO1. In addition, CJGPT incresed the transcriptional activity of Nrf2. Taken together, our results showed that CJGPT exerts functions as an anti-oxidant mainly by activating Nrf2.