• Molecules and Cells
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• 제40권10호
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• pp.773-786
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• 2017

The loss of green coloration via chlorophyll (Chl) degradation typically occurs during leaf senescence. To date, many Chl catabolic enzymes have been identified and shown to interact with light harvesting complex II to form a Chl degradation complex in senescing chloroplasts; this complex might metabolically channel phototoxic Chl catabolic intermediates to prevent oxidative damage to cells. The Chl catabolic enzyme 7-hydroxymethyl Chl a reductase (HCAR) converts 7-hydroxymethyl Chl a (7-HMC a) to Chl a. The rice (Oryza sativa) genome contains a single HCAR homolog (OsHCAR), but its exact role remains unknown. Here, we show that an oshcar knockout mutant exhibits persistent green leaves during both dark-induced and natural senescence, and accumulates 7-HMC a and pheophorbide a (Pheo a) in green leaf blades. Interestingly, both rice and Arabidopsis hcar mutants exhibit severe cell death at the vegetative stage; this cell death largely occurs in a light intensity-dependent manner. In addition, 7-HMC a treatment led to the generation of singlet oxygen ($^1O_2$) in Arabidopsis and rice protoplasts in the light. Under herbicide-induced oxidative stress conditions, leaf necrosis was more severe in hcar plants than in wild type, and HCAR-overexpressing plants were more tolerant to reactive oxygen species than wild type. Therefore, in addition to functioning in the conversion of 7-HMC a to Chl a in senescent leaves, HCAR may play a critical role in protecting plants from high light-induced damage by preventing the accumulation of 7-HMC a and Pheo a in developing and mature leaves at the vegetative stage.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제6권1_2호
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• pp.27-36
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• 1973

The effect of water activity on degradation of pigments in dried lavers, Porphyra tenera Kjellm. was examined when stored at room temperature for fifty days. Chlorophyll pigment was extracted with methanol-petroleum ether mixture solvent(2:1 v/v), partitioned in ether, and analysed spectrophotometrically at 662 nm as chlorophyll a. The degradation products of chlorophyll were isolated on sugar-starch column(85:15 w/w) with n-propanol-petroleum ether solution(1:200 v/v) as a developing solvent. The isolated green colored zones were analysed individually at the wavelengths of 650, 662, and 667 nm as allomerized product, chlorophyll a retained, and pheophytin formed respectively. Carotenoida were also extracted with the methanol mixture solvent, partitioned in ether, and finally redissolved in acetone after the evaporation of ether in a rotary vacuum evaporator. The total carotenoid content was measured as lutein at 450 nm. From the results, it is noted that the rate of chlorophyll degradation reached a minimum at 0.11 to 0.33 water activity while progressively increased at higher moisture levels resulting in rapid conversion of chlorophyll to pheophytin. At lower activity, autocatalysed oxidizing reaction like allomerization seemed prevailing the acid catalysed conversion reaction. The loss of carotenoid pigment was also greatly reduced at the range of 0.22 to 0.34 water activity with much faster oxidative degradation at both higher and extremely lower moisture levels. These two moisture levels indicated above at which the both pigments exhibited maximum stability are considerably higher than the BET monolayer moisture which appeared 7.91 percent on dry basis at Aw=0.10 calculated from the adsorption isothermal data of the sample at $20^{\circ}C$. The rate of pigment loss in heat treated samples at 60 and $100^{\circ}C$ for 2 hours prior to storage somewhat decreased, particularly at higher moisture levels although the final pigment retention was not much stabilized.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.530-534
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• 2011

회분식 고압반응기에서 메탄올 산화 카르보닐화 방법에 의한 디메틸 카보네이트 제조에 대하여 연구하였다. 다양한 금속의 영향과 구리촉매에 결합된 음이온 및 반응온도, 일산화탄소, 산소의 반응물 몰비, 구리촉매 함유량 등 여러 반응조건들을 검토하였다. 특히 $CuCl_2{\cdot}2H_2O$ 촉매가 1.0 g, $150^{\circ}C$, MeOH/CO/$O_2$=0.2/0.215/0.05(molar ratio) 반응조건에서 메탄올 전환율 65.2%, 선택도 96.6%로 좋은 활성을 보였다. $CuCl_2$는 반응기의 부식을 일으킨다. 이러한 문제점을 개선하기 위하여 DMC 제조에서 담체를 이용한 새로운 촉매시스템을 검토하였다. 여러 종류의 담체중 산성이 큰 제오라이트 Y를 담체로 사용한 경우 가장 활성이 우수하였다. ICP-AES(Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer)를 이용해 반응기에 용출된 Fe 양을 비교하였을 때, 제오라이트를 담체로 사용하여 제조된 구리촉매는 $CuCl_2-2H_2O$ 촉매를 직접 사용한 경우에 비해 반응기로 용출되는 철의 양은 5% 이하이었다.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.824-830
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• 2015

1-부텐의 산화탈수소화에서 다양한 인 전구체가 촉매의 반응활성에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 $BiFe_{0.65}MoP_{0.1}$ 산화물 촉매를 모델 촉매로 선정하여 인산수소암모늄, 인산수소이암모늄, 인산, 트리에틸인산, 오산화인 등의 인 전구체를 사용하어 촉매를 제조하고 산화탈수소화 반응을 수행하였다. 제조한 촉매의 물리 화학적 특성을 알아보기 위하여 X-선 회절분석(XRD), 질소 흡착 탈착분석($N_2$ sorption), 원소분석(ICP), 전자주사현미경(SEM), 승온재산화분석(TPRD) 등의 특성분석을 수행하였다. 제조한 촉매의 물리적 특성은 인 전구체에 따른 큰 차이는 관찰되지 않았지만 산화탈수소화 반응에서 촉매의 활성은 사용된 인 전구체의 특성에 따라 다르게 관찰되었다. 인산을 전구체로 사용하여 제조한 $BiFe_{0.65}MoP_{0.1}$ 산화물 촉매가 사용된 촉매 중에서 가장 우수한 활성을 나타내었으며, 14시간 동안의 산화탈수소화 반응기준으로 n-부텐의 전환율은 79.5%, 1,3-부타디엔 수율은 67.7%의 수치를 보였다. 인 전구체의 양이온의 특성에 따라 촉매의 격자 구조가 영향을 받는 것으로 추측되며, 이러한 격자 구조의 차이는 촉매의 재산화 능력에 영향을 주는 것으로 사료된다. 환원 처리된 촉매의 승온재산화 실험으로부터 촉매의 반응활성은 촉매의 재산화 능력과 밀접하게 관련이 있었으며, 인산을 전구체로 사용하여 제조한 산화물 촉매가 다른 인 전구체와 비교하여 가장 좋은 재산화 능력을 나타내었다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.111-116
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• 2018

최근 화장품 시장에서 안티폴루션 효능이 있는 화장품은 새로운 피부 건강을 위한 해결책으로 나타나고 있다. 외부(대기) 오염물질에 의해 피부의 산화 기전을 매개하는 주요 원인 인자들로 오존, UV, 미세먼지 및 담배연기 등을 꼽을 수 있다. 담배 연기의 노출은 직 간접적으로 피부 표피 내 지질의 산화를 야기한다. 피부의 지질 산화에 의해 squalene과 squalene monohydroperoxide의 비율 변화가 발생하고, malondialdehyde (MDA)가 지질산화 산물로 생성된다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 담배연기 노출 시 발생하는 피부 산화에 대하여 레드비트를 함유하는 화장품이 방지할 수 있는 효능이 있는지에 대하여 MDA의 생성량으로 관찰하였다. 시험대상자 전박부를 세 영역(음성대조, 양성대조, 시험제품)으로 나누어 각 지름 3.3 cm의 원으로 구획하고, 15분간 담배연기에 노출 후 피부 표면으로부터 지질막을 걷어낸 후 TBARS assay를 통하여 MDA를 정량 하였다. 음성대조(무도포, 미노출)에 비해 양성대조(무도포, 담배연기 노출)의 MDA 생성량이 3.7배 증가된 결과로, 오염물질인 담배연기에 의한 피부의 산화적 손상을 확인하였다. 반면에 레드비트를 함유하는 화장품을 미리 도포한 영역은 양성대조에 비해 MDA 생성량이 25% 감소하는 결과를 나타내었다. 결론적으로, 담배연기 노출은 피부표피 내 지질 산화를 야기하며, 레드비트를 함유하는 화장품이 이러한 대기환경오염으로부터 방어적 효과(안티폴루션 효과)를 보이는 것을 확인하였다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.50-57
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• 2018

Meat comes from the skeletal muscles of farm animals, such as pigs, chickens, and cows. Skeletal muscles are composed of many muscle fibers. Muscle fibers are categorized into three types, fiber type I, IIA, and IIB, based on their contractile speed and metabolic properties. Different muscle fiber types have different biochemical, physiological, and biophysical characteristics. Especially, the characteristics of muscle fiber type I and IIB are opposite to each other. Muscle fiber type I has a relatively strong oxidative metabolic trait and a higher content of lipids. In contrast to fiber type I, muscle fiber type IIB has a strong glycolytic metabolic trait and a relatively lower content of lipids and a higher content of glycogen. Muscle fiber type IIA has intermediate properties between fiber type I and IIB. Thus, muscles with different fiber type compositions exhibit different ante- and post-mortem muscle characteristics. In particular, the different metabolic traits of muscles due to the different compositions of the fiber types strongly affect the biochemical and physiological processes during the conversion of muscle to meat and subsequently influence the quality of the meat. Therefore, understating muscle metabolism and muscle fiber characteristics is very important when discussing the traits of meat quality. This review is an overview on basic muscle metabolism, muscle fiber characteristics, and their influence on meat quality and finally provides a comprehensive understanding about the fundamental traits of muscles and meat quality.

• 공업화학
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.129-134
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• 1998

프로판의 아크릴로니트릴로의 가암모니아 산화반응을 $Nb_2O_5-V_{0.4}Mo_1Te_{0.1}$ 혼합촉매를 이용하여 연구하였다. 가암모니아 산화반응의 촉매적 활성은 강한 산성을 띠는 니오피움산화물을 몰리브덴계 산화물촉매($V_{0.4}Mo_1Te_{0.1}$)에 첨가함에 따라서 증가하였으며, 이때 아크롤로니트릴과 프로필린의 선택율은 일정하게 유지되었다. 최대의 활성은 $Nb_2O_5-V_{0.4}Mo_1Te_{0.1}$ 촉매 중 니오비움산화물이 25wt%가 되었을 때 얻었으며, 니오비움산화물은 프로판의 탈수소과정에 선택적인 촉매임을 알았다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.220-227
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• 2014

The GacS/GacA system in the root colonizer Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6 is a key regulator of many traits relevant to the biocontrol function of this bacterium. Proteomic analysis revealed 12 proteins were down-regulated in a gacS mutant of P. chlororaphis O6. These GacS-regulated proteins functioned in combating oxidative stress, cell signaling, biosynthesis of secondary metabolism, and secretion. The extent of regulation was shown by real-time RT-PCR to vary between the genes. Mutants of P. chlororaphis O6 were generated in two GacS-regulated genes, trpE, encoding a protein involved in tryptophan synthesis, and prnA, required for conversion of tryptophan to the antimicrobial compound, pyrrolitrin. Failure of the trpE mutant to induce systemic resistance in tobacco against a foliar pathogen causing soft rot, Pectobacterium carotovorum SCCI, correlated with reduced colonization of root surfaces implying an inadequate supply of tryptophan to support growth. Although colonization was not affected by mutation in the prnA gene, induction of systemic resistance was reduced, suggesting that pyrrolnitrin was an activator of plant resistance as well as an antifungal agent. Study of mutants in the other GacS-regulated proteins will indicate further the features required for biocontrol-activity in this rhizobacterium.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2013

This study demonstrates the oxidative degradation of pharmaceutical compounds during ozonation of surface waters in Ulsan. Diclofenac, carbamazepine, bezafibrate, and ibuprofen were selected as surrogate pharmaceutical compounds, and ozonation experiments were performed using raw waters collected from the Sayeon Dam and the Hoeya Dam in Ulsan. Diclofenac and carbamazepine which have high reactivity with molecular ozone showed higher removal efficiencies than bezafibrate and ibuprofen during ozonation. The addition of tert-butanol, a hydroxyl radical scavenger, increased the removal efficiencies of diclofenac and carbamazepine by increasing the ozone exposure. However, the oxidation of bezafibrate and ibuprofen was inhibited by the presence of tert-butanol due to the suppression of the exposure to hydroxyl radical. The elimination of the selected pharmaceuticals could be successfully predicted by the kinetic model base on the $R_{ct}$ concept. Depending on the experimental condition, $R_{ct}$ values were determined to be $(1.54{\sim}3.32){\times}10^{-7}$ and $(1.19{\sim}3.04){\times}10^{-7}$ for the Sayeon Dam and the Hoeya Dam waters, respectively. Relatively high $R_{ct}$ values indicate that the conversion of $O_3$ into $^{\cdot}OH$ is more pronounced for surface waters in Ulsan compared to other water sources.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.124-129
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• 2009

Antioxidant activities of the extract of red seaweed, Polysiphonia morrowii, were evaluated using several in vitro assay systems. Activity-guided fractionation revealed that the 90% MeOH fraction of the P. morrowii extract exhibited the highest antioxidant activity, and that this fraction had a high total phenolic content ($135.7{\pm}5.0\;mg$ gallic acid/g extract). Therefore, the antioxidant activities of the 90% MeOH fraction against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), hydroxyl radical, reducing power, ferrous chelating, and hydrogen peroxide were investigated. The results revealed that the antioxidant activities of the 90% MeOH fraction were similar and/or superior to that of commercial antioxidants such as butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT). In addition, the ability of the 90% MeOH fraction to inhibit oxidative damage to DNA was assessed by measuring the conversion of the supercoiled pBR322 plasmid DNA to the open circular form. The 90% MeOH fraction was found to significantly protect this hydroxyl radical-induced DNA damage in a dose-dependent manner. Taken together, these findings suggest that the 90% MeOH fraction of P. morrowii extract and/or its constituents has the potential for use as a new bioresource of antioxidants.