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Characterization and distribution of phenolics in carrot cell walls

  • Kang, Yoon-Han
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Postharvest Science and Technology of Agricultural Products Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.134.1-134
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the release of p-hydroxybenzoic acid and other compounds from cell wall materials(CWM) and their cellulose fraction from carrot with chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis. To investigate this effect on cell wall chemistry of carrot, alcohol insoluble residue(AIR) of CWM were prepared and were extracted sequentially with water, imidazole, CDTA(-1, -2), Na$_2$CO$_3$(-1, -2), KOH(0.5, 1.0 and 4M), to leave a residue. These were analysed for their carbohydrate and phenolic acids composition. Arabinose and galactose were the main noncellulosic sugars. Phenolics esterified to cell walls in carrot were found to consist primarily of p-hydroxybenzoic acid with minor contribution from vanillin, ferulic acid and p-hydroxybenzaldehyde. p-Hydroxybenzoic acid was quite strongly bound to the cell wall. The contents of p-hydroxybenzoic acid in 0.5M KOH, Na$_2$CO$_3$-2, IM KOH, and ${\alpha}$-cellulose were 2,097, 1,360, 1,140, and 717 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g AIR from CWM, respectively. Alkali labile unknown aromatic compound(C$\sub$7/H$\sub$10/O$_2$) was found in ${\alpha}$ -cellulose hydrolyzate digested with driselase and cellulase. This compound was also found in hydrolyzate of 2 M trifluoroacetic acid at 120$^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours. Driselase treatment solubilized only 46.6 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g of the p-hydroxybenzoic acid from carrot AIR. These results indicate that p-hydroxybenzoic acid was associated with neutral polysaccharides, long chain galactose and branched arabinan from graded alcohol precipitation.

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A Study on Adhesion of Mechanical Properties of Rubber by Water-soluble salt (수용성염에 의한 고무의 접착특성 및 기계적 강도)

  • Kim, Seong-hye;Jeon, Jun-Ha;Um, Gi-Yong
    • Journal of Adhesion and Interface
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.55-59
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    • 2018
  • In this study, to overcome a complicated shoe adhesion process such as buffing, pre-treatment by primer in the rubber component of the shoe, we studied adhesion mechanical properties with rubber compound added water-soluble salt for the purpose of improving the adhesion between midsole and outsole. Acid salts, basic salt and neutral salts were evaluated, rubber containing basic salts showed excellent adhesion to water-based adhesion. Since the basic salt is present as the hydroxy salt, the surface of rubber is hydrophilized. The results are confirmed by contact angle and IR spectroscopy measurement. In addition, in the case of rubber compound added basic salts, NBS abrasion resistance and hardness were increased by increasing crosslink density, but crosslink time was delayed.

Bacterial Stringent Signal Directs Virulence and Survival in Vibrio cholerae.

  • Oh, Young Taek;Kim, Hwa Young;Yoon, Sang Sun
    • Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2019.10a
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    • pp.8-8
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    • 2019
  • The stringent response (SR) is characterized as a bacterial defense mechanism in response to various growth-inhibiting stresses. It is activated by accumulation of a small nucleotide regulator, (p)ppGpp, and induces global changes in bacterial transcription and translation. Recent work from our group has shown that (p)ppGpp plays a critical role in virulence and survival in Vibrio cholerae. The genes, relA and relV, are involved in the production of (p)ppGpp, while the spoT gene encodes an enzyme that hydrolyzes it in V. cholerae. A mutant strain defective in (p)ppGpp production (i.e. ${\Delta}relA{\Delta}relV{\Delta}spoT$ mutant) lost the ability to produce cholera toxin (CT) and lost their viability due to uncontrolled production of organic acids, when grown with extra glucose. In contrast, the ${\Delta}relA{\Delta}spoT$ mutant, a (p)ppGpp overproducer strain, produced enhanced level of CT and exhibited better growth in glucose supplemented media via glucose metabolic switch from organic fermentation to acetoin, a neutral fermentation end product, fermentation. These findings indicates that (p)ppGpp, in addition to its well-known role as a SR mediator, positively regulates CT production and maintenance of growth fitness in V. cholerae. This implicates SR as a promising drug target, inhibition of which may possibly downregulate V. cholerae virulence and survival fitness. Therefore, we screened a chemical library and identified a compound that induces medium acidification (termed iMAC) and thereby loss of wild type V. cholerae viability under glucose-rich conditions. Further, we present a potential mechanism by which the compound inhibits (p)ppGpp accumulation. Together, these results indicate that iMAC treatment causes V. cholerae cells to produce significantly less (p)ppGpp, an important regulator of the bacterial virulence and survival response, and further suggesting that it has a therapeutic potential to be developed as a novel antibacterial agent against cholera.

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Lipid Composition and Protein Pattern of Prunus Tomentosa Thunberg Seed (앵두(Prunus Tomentosa Thunberg)씨의 지방질 조성 및 단백질 패턴)

  • Yoon, Hyung-Sik;Park, Jin-Sang
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.248-252
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    • 1985
  • Prunus tomentosa Thunberg seed was investigated to evaluate its possibility for use as food resources of fats and proteins. The seed contained 40.38% of crude fat and 26.59% of crude protein. The lipid fractions obtained by silicic acid column chromatography were mainly composed of 95.49% of neutral lipids, whereas compound lipids were only 4.51%. Among the neutral lipid components by thin-layer chromatography, triglycerides were 89.86%, sterols, monoglycerides, sterol esters, free fatty acids and diglycerides were 4.14%, 2.98%, 1.77%, 1.07%, and 0.18%, respectively. Oleic acid (65.06-66.05%) and linoleic acid (26.56-28.40%) were the main fatty acids in the total lipid, neutral lipid and triglyceride fractions. In the glycolipid and phospholipid fractions, predominant fatty acids were oleic acid (40.55-51.46%), linoleic acid (20.26-30.89%) and palmitic acid (17.64-21.43%). The extractability of salt soluble protein of seed was 60%, and recovery rate of main protein fraction separated by Sephadex G-200 was about 46.5%. The electrophoretic analysis showed 7 bands in seed protein.

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Synthesis of Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) Complexes from Schiff base Ligand and Reactivity Studies with Thermosetting Epoxy Resin

  • Lakshmi, B.;Shivananda, K.N.;Prakash, Gouda Avaji;Rama, Krishna Reddy K.;Mahendra, K.N.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.1613-1619
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    • 2011
  • A hybrid thermosetting maleimido epoxy compound 4-(N-maleimidophenyl) glycidylether (N-MPGE) containing Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) ions was prepared by curing N-MPGE and tetradentate Schiff base Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) complexes. The curing polymerization reaction of N-MPGE with metal complexes as curing agents was studied. The cured samples were studied for thermal stability, chemical (acid/alkali/solvent) and water absorption resistance and homogeneity of the cured systems. The tetradentate Schiff base, 3-[(Z)-2-piperazin-1-yl-ethylimino]-1,3-dihydro indol-2-one was synthesized by the condensation of Isatin (Indole-2, 3-dione) with 1-(2-aminoethyl)piperazine (AEP). Its complexes with Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II) have been synthesized and characterized by microanalysis, conductivity, Uv-Visible, FT-IR, TGA and magnetic susceptibility measurements. The spectral data revealed that the ligand acts as a neutral tetradentate Schiff base and coordinating through the azomethine nitrogen, two piperazine nitrogen atoms and carbonyl oxygen.

Comparison of 2,4,6-tribromophenol removal using in-situ liquid ferrate(VI) and stable ferrate(VI) (원위치 제조 액상 Ferrate(VI)와 안정화 Ferrate(VI)를 이용한 2,4,6-tribromophenol의 제거 비교연구)

  • Laksono, Fajar Budi;Jung, Sun-Young;Kim, Il-Kyu
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.123-130
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    • 2018
  • This paper provided the information related to the removal of 2,4,6-tribromophenol using in-situ and stable liquid ferrates(VI). This research's goal was to observe the differences of oxidation power between in-situ liquid ferrate(VI) and stable liquid ferrate(VI). The in-situ liquid ferrate(VI) ($FeO_4{^{2-}}$) has been successfully produced with the concentration 42,000 ppm (Fe) after 11 minutes of reaction time. The stable liquid ferrate(VI) was also successfully produced following the modification method by Sharma with the produced concentrations 7,000 ppm. The stable liquid ferrate(VI) was stable for 44 days and slightly decreased afterwards. This research has been carried out using 2,4,6-tribromophenol as the representative compound. Both of ferrates(VI) have the highest oxidation capability at the neutral condition. Furthermore, the stable liquid ferrate(VI) has higher oxidation power than the in-situ liquid ferrate(VI).

Effects of hypochlorite exposure on morphology and trace organic contaminant rejection by NF/RO membranes

  • Simon, Alexander;Nghiem, Long D.
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.235-250
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    • 2014
  • The impacts of membrane degradation due to chlorine attack on the rejection of inorganic salts and trace organic contaminants by nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) membranes were investigated in this study. The rejection of trace contaminants was examined at environmentally relevant concentrations. Changes in the membrane surface morphology were observed as a result of chlorine exposure. A small increase in rejection was consistently observed with all four membranes selected in this study after being exposed to a low concentration of hypochlorite (100 ppm). In contrast, a higher concentration of hypochlorite (i.e., 2000 ppm) could be detrimental to the membrane separation capacity. Membranes with severe chlorine impact showed a considerable decrease in rejection over filtration time, possibly due to rearrangement of the polyamide chains under the influence of chlorine degradation and filtration pressure. The reported results indicate that loose NF membranes are more sensitive to chlorine exposure than RO membranes. The impact of hypochlorite exposure (both positive and negative) on rejection is dependent on the strength of the hypochlorite solution and is more significant for the neutral carbamazepine compound than the negatively charged sulfamethoxazole.

The Effects of Inositol Extracted from Rice on the Skin

  • Zhoh, Choon-Koo;Hwan Song;Han, Chang-Giu;Fumi Tsuno
    • Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.83-98
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    • 2001
  • Inositol, is a water-soluble crystalline compound. It helps with people’s metabolism and decreases cholesterol levels. It is also known to have anti-cancer results. In order to find out the affects of Inositol on the skin, Inositol skin lotion was produced with each amount of Inisitol: 0, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 wt% and tested on the faces and the arm areas of women in all ages for 7 weeks. The moisture, sebum, change in elasticity, and improvement of wrinkles were measured. Corneometer, Sebumeter, Cutometer, and an image analyzer were used as measuring equipments. There are subtle differences in the subjects when 1-2% of Inositol is used the moisture of the skin improved 19%, elasticity by 17%, and the amount of sebum for dry and oily skin types adjusted to the amount of sebum of the neutral skin types. This influenced the length, width, the number of peak, and the height of the wrinkles to improve 12.4%. It is thought that Inositol would be an effective new raw material in cosmetics.

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Microencapsulated Iron Fortification and Flavor Development in Cheddar Cheese

  • Kwak, H.S.;Ju, Y.S.;Ahn, H.J.;Ahn, J.;Lee, S.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.16 no.8
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    • pp.1205-1211
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    • 2003
  • This study was designed to examine the effect of microencapsulated iron-fortified Cheddar cheese and L-ascorbic acid as a bioavailable helper of iron on chemical and sensory aspects. Coating material was PGMS, and ferric ammonium sulfate and Lascorbic acid were selected as core materials. The highest efficiency of microencapsulation of iron and L-ascorbic acid were 72 and 94%, respectively, with 5:1:50 ratio (w/w/v) as coating to core material to distilled water. TBA absorbance was significantly lower in microencapsulated treatments than those in uncapsulated treatments during ripening. The productions of short-chain free fatty acid and neutral volatile compound were not significantly different among treatments during ripening periods. In sensory aspects, bitterness, astrigency and sourness were higher in Cheddar cheese fortified with microencapsulated iron and uncapsulated L-ascorbic acid than others. The present study indicated that fortification of iron as well as L-ascorbic acid did not show any defect problem to Cheddar cheese, and suggested the possibility of iron fortification of Cheddar cheese.

Cholesterol Removal and Flavor Development in Cheddar Cheese

  • Kwak, H.S.;Jung, C.S.;Seok, J.S.;Ahn, J.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.409-416
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    • 2003
  • This study was carried out to find a cholesterol removal rate, flavor development and bitter amino acid productions in Cheddar cheese treated with $\beta$-cyclodextrin (CD): 1) Control (no homogenization, no $\beta$-CD), and 2) Milk treatment (1000 psi milk homogenization, 1% $\beta$-CD). The cholesterol removal of the cheese was 79.3%. The production of short-chain free fatty acids (FFA) increased with a ripening time in both control and milk treated cheese. The releasing quantity of short-chain FFA was higher in milk treated cheese than control at 5 and 7 mo ripening. Not much difference was found in neutral volatile compound production between samples. In bitter-tasted amino acids, milk treatment group produced much higher than control. In sensory analysis, texture score of control Cheddar cheese significantly increased with ripening time, however, that in cholesterol-reduced cheese decreased dramatically. Our results indicated that the cheese made by $\beta$-CD treated milk with low pressure homogenization showed an effective cholesterol reduction and a rapid cheese ripening, while no capture of flavor compounds by $\beta$-CD.