• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.439-448
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• 2011

Oxalic acid is synthesized by a wide range of plants. A few of them are forage plants that can cause oxalate poisoning in ruminants under certain conditions. In this paper, the role of some agronomic, climatic and genetic factors in minimizing oxalate accumulation in forage plants has been discussed. Research indicates that the content of oxalate in forage can be controlled by fertilizer application. For example, nitrate application resulted in higher contents of soluble and insoluble oxalates than ammonium application. With an increased rate of potassium application, soluble oxalate content showed an increasing trend and insoluble oxalate content showed a decreasing trend. With an increased rate of calcium application, soluble oxalate content showed a decreasing trend and insoluble oxalate content showed a reverse trend. Other agronomic factors such as growing season, harvesting practices, plant maturity, plant species, plant variety and plant parts can also have a large effect on oxalate accumulation. However, the potential benefits of the above approaches for improving forage quality have not been fully exploited. In addition, there is still insufficient information to fully utilize means (e.g. plant nutrients, season and soil moisture) to minimize oxalate accumulation in forage plants. Therefore, more research is required for a better understanding of the interactions between oxalate and the above-mentioned factors in forage plants.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.719-723
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• 2010

Ingestion of forage containing a large quantity of soluble oxalate can result in calcium deficiency and even death of livestock. Fertilization is one of the most practical and effective ways to improve yield and nutritional quality of forage. An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of nitrogen (N) fertilization (150, 300 and 600 kg/ha) across varying levels (150, 300 and 600 kg/ha) of potassium (K) on oxalate accumulation in napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum). Application of N at 300 kg/ha produced higher dry matter yield than at 150 or 600 kg/ha, while K fertilization had no effect on yield. In general, N fertilization did not affect the soluble and total oxalate contents, but slightly affected the insoluble oxalate content. Soluble oxalate content showed an increasing trend and insoluble oxalate content showed a decreasing trend with increasing K level, but total oxalate content remained relatively constant. There were significant interactions between N and K fertilization for the content of soluble and insoluble oxalate fractions. The greatest increase in soluble oxalate content with N level at 300 kg/ha was found at the high level (600 kg/ha) of K application. The greatest increase in insoluble oxalate content with N level at 600 kg/ha was found at the low level (150 kg/ha) of K application. These results indicated the possibility of controlling the content of soluble and insoluble oxalate fractions in forage by fertilization.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.471-477
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• 2010

식물체 내에서 칼슘의 역할에 대하여 광범위하게 알려져 있지만, 다량원소의 흡수와 축적 및 옥살산 합성에 대한 칼슘의 영향에 대한 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구는 칼슘 결핍 또는 과잉에 따른 오이생육, 다량원소 흡수, 옥살산 합성 및 칼슘-옥살산 crystal 형성에 대하여 알아보고자 수행하였다. 칼슘의 결핍 또는 과잉조건하의 오이 생육과 다량원소의 흡수는 크게 저해되는 경향을 보였으며, 특히 마그네슘과는 정반대의 흡수패턴을 보였다. 칼슘처리의 증가는 오이 잎과 뿌리 중 옥살산 함량을 증가시켰으며, 오이 엽 중 칼슘과 옥살산과의 상관관계는 매우 높은 것으로 나타났다 (0.91, P<0.001). 칼슘-옥살산 crystal의 주요 형태는 prismatic 이었고, crystal은 칼슘 처리량이 증가함에 따라 많이 생성되었다. 또한 crystal의 주요 구성성분은 칼슘, 나트륨 및 염소로 나타났다.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2011

It is controversial whether low calcium intake, commonly associated with osteoporosis, results in calcium accumulation in soft tissues. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of low calcium (Ca) and oxalate (ox) intake on soft-tissue Ca deposits and bone metabolism in ovariectomized (ovx) rats. Eight week old female Sprague-Dawley rats were ovariectomized and divided into four groups. The rats were fed experimental diets containing low (0.1%, w/w) or normal (0.5%, w/w) Ca with or without sodium oxalate (1%, w/w); Sham/NCa, Ovx/NCa, Ovx/LCa, Ovx/NCa-ox, Ovx/LCa-ox for 6 weeks. All ovx rats showed a remarkable increase in body and tissue weight, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic pyruvic transaminase, blood urea nitrogen, alkaline phosphatase, and decreases in weight, ash, and Ca contents, as well as bone breaking force compared to those in sham rats. Serum Ca concentration was not significantly affected by dietary Ca levels or ox intake. Kidney Ca, ox acid content, and microscopic Ca deposition increased remarkably in the Ovx/LCa-ox group compared to those in the other groups. Ca content in the spleen and aorta also increased significantly, but the weight contents, Ca, bone breaking force, and Ca and oxalic acid in feces decreased significantly in the Ovx/LCa-ox group. Serum parathyroid hormone levels were not significantly different among the groups. These results indicate that low Ca intake decreased bone mineral content and increased Ca deposits in soft tissues, which was aggravated by ox intake in ovx rats. Thus, high ox intake may result in a kidney disorder in patients with osteoporosis who eat a low Ca diet.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.26-30
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• 1994

Some ammonium oxalate soluble pectic fragments prepared from cultured cell wall of Ephycla distrahya elicited the accumulation of p-coumarocylamino acids (p-CAA) in E. distachya cultures while water soluble and alkali soluble fractions had no activity. Partial purification of the pectic fragments fraction using DEAE-cellulose chromatography afforded two active fractions (PS-I and PS-II) which were composed of mainly uronic acids (98-99 w/w %). They elicited the accumulation of p-CAA in an amount of 52-60 nmol per gram fresh weight of cultures. The acidic sugar compositions of PS-I and PS-II were found to be galacturonic acid and glucuronic acid by TLC analysis. They were supposed to act as endogenous elicitors of p-CAA accumulation. In order to investigate the effect of ethylene on p-CAA accumulation, Ethrel, which is known as ethylene generator, and ACC(1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid), a direct precusor of ethylene biosynthesis, were added to the culture. However, they did not glycopeptide elicitor [(Con A-II)], either. Consequently, no relationships between ethylene and p-CAA accumulation were recognized. Several tentative elicitors were teted for their activity. Commercial yeast glucan, $CuCl_2$, laminarin and laminariheptaose had slight activity whereas ${\alpha}$-methylmannopyranoside and commercial yeast mannan had no elicitor activity. ${\alpha}$-methylmannopyranoside which has been known as a tentative inhibitor of glucan elicitor in Glycine max did not affect on the elicitor activity of Con A-II.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 1985

침출액(浸出液)의 종류별(種類別) 토양중(土壤中) Cd, Zn, Pb의 침출성(浸出性) 및 이들 중김속(重金屬)과 토양특성(土壤特性)과의 관계(關係)를 구명(究明)코자 폐아연광산지역(廢亞鉛鑛山地域)의 린근답(隣近畓)에서 채취(採取)한 토양시료(土壤試料) 84점(點)을 사용(使用)하여 0.1M-염산(鹽酸), 0.1M-실산(室酸), 0.001M-ED TA 및 0.1M-수산(修酸)암모늄등(等) 4종(種)의 침출액(浸出液)을 비교분석(比較分析)한 결과(結果) 침출정도(浸出程度)는 0.1 M $HCl{\geq}0.1M-HNO_3> 0.001 M-2Na EDTA>0.1 M NH_4-oxalate$순(順)이였으며 침출액(浸出液)의 pH가 낮을수록 침출력(浸出力)이 강하였다. 또 침출액간(浸出液間) 및 전함량(全含量)과 침출액성(全含量) 중김속(重金屬) 함량간(含量間)에는 고도(高度)의 회귀관계(回歸關係)가 성립(成立)되었으나 침출력(浸出力)이 극히 낮은 0.1 $M-NH_4-oxalate$는 중김속(重金屬) 오염량(汚染量) 식은 토양(土壤)에 대(對)한 작물(作物)의 오염정도추정(汚染程度推定)을 목적(目的)으로 토양(土壤)을 분석(分析)할 경우 적용(適用)하기에는 부적합(不適合)할 것으로 생각되었다. 토양중(土壤中) Cd, Zn 및 Pb는 토양(土壤)의 pH와 정(正)의 상관관계(相關關係)를 가지나 토양유기물(土壤有機物)과 CEC와는 지역간(地域間)에 서로 상반(相反)되는 상관관계(相關關係)를 보였으며 양(陽)이온중 Mg만이 유의성(有意性) 있는 부(負)의 상관관계(相關關係)를 나타냈다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.91-96
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• 2004

집약적인 시설재배 농업에서 화학비료와 퇴비의 연용과 과다한 사용은 용탈현상이 제한되어 있는 시설재배 토양의 염류집적현상을 쉽게 유발시키고 있다. 토양중의 염류집적에 따른 수분 흡수의 어려움을 극복하기 위하여 식물은 여러 가지의 무기 및 유기용질을 체내에 축적하는데, 특히 토양 중에 그 함량이 높아 쉽게 이용할 수 있는 $NO_3$를 삼투압 조절물질로 흡수 축적하는 것으로 결론지을 수 있다. 안전농산물의 생산 측면에서 특히 시설재배 신선야채류의 $NO_3$ 축적을 줄이기 위한 노력이 요구되고 있으며, 이를 이해서는 과다한 시비의 지양과 광조건의 개선이 필요하며 이에 더하여 토양 염류집적을 줄일 수 있는 토양 관리 및 시비 방법들이 심각하게 고려되어야 할 것이다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2003

Shihwa tidal freshwater marsh was constructed recently to treat pollutants entering Shihwa lake. In this study, we examined the spatial and temporal patterns of heavy metal accumulation in soils of Shihwa marsh and sought correlations between several soil variables (pH, electrical conductivity, organic matter, and acid ammonium oxalate-extractable Fe and Al contents) and the heavy metal concentration of soils. Surface soil samples (0∼20 cm) were collected in June 2000, November 2000, and July 2001, and were analyzed for heavy metals (Zn, Cd, Pb, Cu, Cr, As, and Hg) and soil chemical properties. The neutral pH and water-saturated conditions of Shihwa marsh appeared to favor immobilization of heavy metal through adsorption onto soils. The concentrations of heavy metal (especially Zn, Cu, and Cr) in soils of Shihwa marsh increased along the sampling occasions, suggesting that soils of Shihwa marsh serve as a sink of heavy metal. Among the sub-marshes, metal concentrations were highest in Banweol high marshes and lowest in Samhwa marshes. The temporal and spatial variations in the heavy metal concentrations of soils were correlated positively with organic matter and oxalate extractable Fe and Al contents, but negatively with electrical conductivity. These results suggest that organic matter and hydrous oxide of Fe/Al may playa key role in removing heavy metals in soils of Shihwa marsh, and that heavy metal removing capacity would increase with desalinization. However, the removal patterns of heavy metal by reeds warrant further studies to evaluate the total removal capacity of heavy metals by Shihwa marsh.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.30-33
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• 2003

The chestnut blight fungus, Cryphonectria parasitica, and its hypovirus aye a useful model system in the study of the mechanisms of hypoviral infection and its consequences, such as a biological control of fungal pathogens. Strains containing the double-stranded (ds) RNA viruses Cryphonectria hypovirus 1 show characteristic symptoms of hypovirulence and display hypovirulence-associated changes, such as reduced pigmentation, sporulation, laccase production, and oxalate accumulation. Interestingly, symptoms caused by hypoviral infection appear to be the result of aberrant expression of a number of specific genes in the hypovirulent strain. Several viral regulated fungal genes are identified as cutinase gene, Lac1, which encodes an extracellular laccase, Crp, which encodes an abundant tissue-specific cell-surface hydrophobin that mediates physical strength, and Mf2/1 and Mf2/2, which encode pheromone genes involved in poor sporulation in the presence of hypo-virus. Since the phenotypic changes in the fungal host are pleiotropic, although coordinated and specific, it has been suggested that the hypovirus disturbs one or several regulatory pathways (Nuss,1996). Accordingly, several studies have shown the implementation of a signal transduction pathway during viral symptom development. Although further studies are required, hypovirulence and its associated symptom development due to the hypoviral regulation of a fungal hetero-trimeric G-protein have been suggested. In addition, recent studies have shown the presence of a novel protein kinase gene cppk1 and its transcriptional upregulation by hypovirus. In this review, the presence of important components in signal transduction pathway, their putative biological function, and viral-specific regulation will be addressed.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.397-406
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• 2000

건조지대 및 염의 영향을 받는 지역에 널리 분포하는 명아주과 식물의 생리생태학적 적응 특성을 규명하기 위하여 교란지, 염습지, 사구, 간척지 등 다양한 환경에 적응하여 살아가고 있는 10종 명아주과 식물의 무기 및 유기용질의 양상을 조사하였다. 조사된 명아주과 식물은 토양의 칼슘 함량과는 무관하게 체내에 매우 소량의 수용성 칼슘을 함유하였으며, 아주 높은 수용성 K/Ca 비를 보였다. Na/sup ＋/, K/sup ＋/와 같은 양이온 및 Cl/ sup －/, SO₄/sup 2－/와 같은 음이온을 많이 축적하는 경향을 보였으며, 염 환경에서는 K/ sup ＋/보다 Na/sup ＋/ 이온을 선호하는 경향을 보였다. 이들 식물의 체내 총 질소함량은 높았지만, 아미노산성 질소는 총 질소함량의 5% 이하로 매우 낮은 값을 보였다. 세포질성 삼투인자로 널리 알려진 proline을 거의 함유하지 않았지만, 가용성 질소의 함량이 높은 것으로 보아 proline 이외의 다른 질소화합물이 체내 삼투 조절에 관여할 것으로 여겨진다. 야외에서의 이러한 생리적 특징이 통제된 환경에서도 동일한 양상을 보이는지를 조사하기 위하여, 사구 및 염습지의 대표적인 명아주과 식물(퉁퉁마디, 칠면초, 호모초, 가는갯능쟁이, 나문재) 5종을 선택하여 염환경 하에서 생육시켰다 (200 mM Nacl). 조사된 명아주과 식물은 매우 낮은 체내 수용성 Ca/sup 2＋/ 함량, 알칼리 양이온의 축적 등 야외식 물과 유사한 생리양상을 보였다. 종합하면, 명아주과 식물은 알칼리 양이온 및 Cl/sup －/, NO₃/sup －/ 및 SO₄/sup 2－/와 같은 무기 음이온을 상당량 축적하고, 체내로 유입되는 Ca/sup 2＋/을 Ca-oxalate로 침전시켜 세포질 내 수용성 칼슘함량을 매우 낮은 수준으로 유지하며, 아미노산이외의 다른 가용성 질소화합물을 보편적으로 함유하는 미네랄 대사의 특성을 보여준다. 이에 부가하여 토양 환경의 변화에 따라 체내의 무기이온 및 유기용질의 양상을 적절히 조절하는 독특한 생리적 특성이 이들 명아주과 식물을 건조 및 고염과 같은 불리한 환경을 극복하여 적응케 하는 토대가 되는 것으로 여겨진다.