• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.1-15
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• 2001

Gene therapy has emerged as a new concept of therapeutic strategies to treat diseases which do not respond to the conventional therapies. The principle of gene therapy is to Introduce genetic materials into patient cells to produce therapeutic proteins in these cells. Gene therapy is now at the stage where a number of clinical trials have been carried out to patients with gene-deficiency disease or cancer. Genetic materials for gene therapy are generally composed of gene expression system and gene delivery system. For the clinical application of gene therapy in a way which conventional drugs are used, researches have been focused on the design of gene delivery system which can offer high transfection efficiency with minimal toxicity. Currently, viral delivery systems generally provide higher transfection efficiency compared with non-viral delivery systems while non-viral delivery systems are less toxic, less immunogenic and manufacturable in large scale compared with viral systems. Recently, novel strategies towards the design of new non-viral delivery system, combination of viral and non-viral delivery systems and targeted delivery system have been extensively studied. The continued effort in this area will lead us to develop gene medicine as "gene as a drug" in the near future.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.45-47
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• 1999

Two phytotoxic compounds were isolated from a culture of Exserohilum monoceras Inu-1, a fungal pathogen of Barnyard grass. The structure was determined by spectroscopic analyses including 2D NMR experiments. During the isolation procedure, the toxic components were monitored by the assay using Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam.), a host plant of the pathogen. The compounds inhibited the root growth of the host plant seedlings at a level of 100 ppm. While no substantial inhibition was observed even at 300 ppm in non-host plant seedlings such as lettuce and tomato.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.124.2-124.2
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• 2007

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.850-854
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• 1989

The elastic moduli and dissolution rates of 15 glasses with different mole ratios of sodium-magnasium-phosphate as potential non-toxic biomaterials were investigated. In this study, a 3-pint bending test, sonic resonance technique, and theoretical calculation were used to evaluate the modulus of elasticity. The dissolution rates at 37$^{\circ}C$(human body temperature) were determined by the measurement of mass changes in each sample for 24 weeks.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Entomolohy Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.155-155
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• 2002

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.11
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• pp.3559-3564
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• 2012

An efficient one-pot synthesis of ${\beta}$-acetamido ketones was accomplished by AgOTf-catalyzed multicomponent reactions of substituted acetophenones with aromatic aldehydes and acid chloride in acetonitrile in high yields. The methods offer several significant advantages of easy handling, mild reaction conditions, and use of effective and non-toxic catalyst.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.33 no.7
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• pp.2149-2155
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• 2012

A metal-free and efficient procedure for the oxidation of alcohols into the corresponding carbonyl compounds has been described using ammonium nitrate in the presence of silica sulfuric acid under mild and heterogeneous conditions. The use of non-toxic and inexpensive materials, simple and clean work-up, short reaction times and good yields of the products are among the advantages of this method.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Sericultural Science Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.114-114
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• 2002

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• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.20 no.8
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• pp.885-892
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• 1999

This communication describes the synthesis of : (i) non-toxic and low cost nanocrystalline electrode materials, which can be prepared advantageously at low temperature ; (ii) highly conductive electrolyte membranes formed by the nano-encapsulation within a poly(acrylonitrile)-based polymer matrix of a solution of LiPF6 in organic solvants. The performances of rechargeable PLR (Plastic Lithium Rechargeable) batteries using the above mentioned components are presented.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.22-25
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• 1989

Ethylacetate fraction from Orobanche crenata, contained two phenylpropanoid glycosides, exhibited some pharmacological properties. It was found to be non-toxic to rats in oral doses up to 500mg/100gm body weight. In large doses, it lowered the arterial blood pressure of anaethetised rats, and produced significant analgesic effect in mice and diuretic effect in rats. It further showed smooth muscle relaxant and antispasmodic effects in the isolated rabbit intestine and guinea-pig ileum respectively.