• 한국우주과학회:학술대회논문집(한국우주과학회보)
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• 한국우주과학회 1993년도 한국우주과학회보 제2권2호
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• pp.17-17
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• 1993

The wall shear stress in the vicinity of end-to end anastomoses under steady flow conditions was measured using a flush-mounted hot-film anemometer(FMHFA) probe. The experimental measurements were in good agreement with numerical results except in flow with low Reynolds numbers. The wall shear stress increased proximal to the anastomosis in flow from the Penrose tubing (simulating an artery) to the PTFE: graft. In flow from the PTFE graft to the Penrose tubing, low wall shear stress was observed distal to the anastomosis. Abnormal distributions of wall shear stress in the vicinity of the anastomosis, resulting from the compliance mismatch between the graft and the host artery, might be an important factor of ANFH formation and the graft failure. The present study suggests a correlation between regions of the low wall shear stress and the development of anastomotic neointimal fibrous hyperplasia(ANPH) in end-to-end anastomoses. 30523 T00401030523 ^x Air pressure decay(APD) rate and ultrafiltration rate(UFR) tests were performed on new and saline rinsed dialyzers as well as those roused in patients several times. C-DAK 4000 (Cordis Dow) and CF IS-11 (Baxter Travenol) reused dialyzers obtained from the dialysis clinic were used in the present study. The new dialyzers exhibited a relatively flat APD, whereas saline rinsed and reused dialyzers showed considerable amount of decay. C-DAH dialyzers had a larger APD(11.70${\pm}$1.32mmHg/min)compared to CF dialyzers(4.32${\pm}$0.55mmHg/min)(p<0.05). However, there was no observable difference in the UFR between the two dialyzers. Neither APD nor UFR showed any significant increase with an increasing number of reuses for up to more than 20reuses. A substantial number of failures observed in APD(larger than 20mmHe/min)on the reused dialyzers(2 out of 40 CP and S out 26 C-DAK) were attributed to the Possible damage on the fibers. The CF 15-11 HFDs which failed APD test did not show changes in the UFR compared to normal dialyzers indicating that APD is a more sensitive test than UFR test to evaluate the integrity of the fibers. 30527 T00401030527 ^x For quantitative measurement of reflected light from a clinical diagnostic strip, a prototype old reflectance photometer was designed. The strip loader and cassette were made to obtain more accurate reflectance parameters. The strip was illuminated at 45˚c through optical fiber and the intensity of reflected light was determined at rectanguLat angle using a photodiode. The kubelka-munk coefficient and reflection optical density were determined ar four different wavelengths(500,550,570 and 610nm) for blood glucose strip. For higher concentration than 300mg/41 about glucose, a saturation state of abforbance was observed at 500,550 and 570nm. The correlation between glucose concentration and parameters was the best at 610nm. 30535 T00401030535 ^x Radiation-induced fibrosarcoma tumors were grown on the flanks of C3H mice. The mice were divided into two groups. One group was injected with Photofrin II, intravenously (2.5mg/kg body weight). The other group received no Photofrin II. Mice from both groups were irradialed for approximately 15 minutes at 100,300, or 500 mW/cm2 with the argon (488nm/514.5 nm), dye(628nm) and gold vapor (pulsed 628 nm) laser light. A photosensitizer behaved as an added absorber. Under our experimental conditions, the presence of Photolfrin II increased surface temperature by at least 40% and the temperature rise due to 300 mW/cm2 irradiation exceeded values for hyperthermia. Light and temperature distributions with depth were estimated by a computer model. The model demonstrated the influence of wavelength on the thermal process and proved to be a valuable tool to investigate internal temperature rise. 30536 T00401030536 ^x We investigated the structural geometry of thirty-eight Korean femurs. The purpose of this study is to identify major geometrical differences between Korean femurs 3nd others that we believe belong to Caucasians so that we would be able to get insights into the femoral component design that fits Asians including Koreans. We utilized computerized tomography (CT) images of femurs extracted from cadavers. The CT images were transformed into bitmap data by using a film scanner, and then analyzed by using a commercially available software called Image v.1.0 and a Macintosh IIci computer.The resulting data were compared with already published data. The major results show that the geometry of the Korean femurs is significantly different from that of Caucasians: (1) the anteversion angle and the canal flare index are greater by the amount of approximately 8˚ and 0.5, respectively, (2) the shape of the isthmus cross section is more round, and (3) the distance between the teaser trochanter and the proximal border of the isthmus is shelter by about 15 mm. The results suggested that the femoral component suitable for Asians should be different from the currently-used components designed and manufactured mostly by European or American companies. 30537 T00401030537 ^x It is well known that nonlinear propagation characteristics of the wave in the tissue may give very useful information for the medical diagnoisis. In this paper, a new method to detect nonlinear propagation characteristics of the internal vibration in the tissue for the low frequency mechanical vibration by using bispectral analysis is proposed. In the method, low frequency vibration of f0( = 100Hz) is applied on the surface of the object, and the waveform of the internal vibration x (t) is measured from Doppler frequency modulation of silmultaneously transmitted probing ultrasonic waves. Then, the bispectra of the signal x (t) at the frequencies (f0, f0) and (f0, 2f0) are calculated to estimate the nonlinear propagation characteristics as their magnitude ratio, w here since bispectrum is free from the gaussian additive noise we can get the value with high S/N. Basic experimental system is constructed by using 3.0 MHz probing ultrasonic waves and the several experiments are carried out for some phantoms. Results show the superiority of the proposed method to the conventional method using power spectrum and also its usefulness for the tissue characterization. 30541 T00401030541 ^x This paper describes the implementation of a computerized radial pulse diagnosis by aids of a clinical expert. On this base, we composed of the radial pulse diagnosis system in korean traditional medicine. The system composed of a radial pulse wave detection system and a radial pulse diagnosis system. With a detection system, we detected Inyoung and Cheongu radial pulse wave and processed it. Then, we have got the characteristic parameters of radial pulse wave and also quantified that according to the method of Inyoung-Cheongu Comparison Radial Pulse Diagnosis. We defined the jugement standard of radial pulse diagnosis system and then we confirmed the possibility for realization of automatic radial pulse diagnosis in korean traditional medicine. 30545 T00401030545 ^x Microspheres are expected to be applied to biomedical areas such as solid-phase immunoassays, drug delivery systems, immunomagnetic cell separation. To synthesize microspheres for biomedical application, "two stage shot growth method" was developed. The uniformity ratio of synthesized microspheres was always smaller than 1.05. And the surface charge density (or the number of ionizable functional groups) of the microspheres synthesized by "two stage shot growth method" was 6~13 times higher than that of the microspheres synthesized by conventional seeded batch copolymerization. As a previous step for biomedical application, adsorption experiments of bovine albumin on microspheres were carried out under various conditions. The maximum adsorbed amount was obtained in the neighborhood of pH 4.5. Isoelectric point of bovine albumin is pH 5.0, so experimental result shows that it shifted to acid area. The adsorption isotherm was obtained, the plateau region was always reached at 2.Og/L (bulk concentration of bovine albumin).The effect of the kind and the amount of surface functional group was also examined. 30575 T00401030575 ^x A medical image workstation was developed using multimedia technique. The system based on PC-486DX was designed to acquire medical images produced by medical imaging instruments and related audio information, that is, doctors' reporting results. Input information was processed and analyzed, then the results were presented in the form of graph and animation. All the informations of the system were hierarchically related with the image as the apex. Processing and analysis algorithms were implemented so that the diagnostic accuracy could be improved. The diagnosed information can be transferred for patient diagnosis through LAN(local area network). 30592 T00401030592 ^x In the conventional infrared imaging system, complex infrared lens systems are usually used for directing collimated narrow infrared beams into the high speed 2-dimensional optic scanner. In this paper, a simple reflective infrared optic system with a 2-dimensional optic scanner is proposed for the realization of medical infrared thermography system. It has been experimentally proven that the intfrared thermography system composed of the proposed optic system has the temperature resolution of 0.1˚c under the spatial resolution of lmrad, the image matrix size of 256 X 240, and tile imaging time of 4 seconds. 30593 T00401030593 ^x In this paper, MIIS (Medical Image Information System) has been designed and implemented using INGRES RDBMS, which is based on a client/server architecture. The implemented system allows users to register and retrieve patient information, medical images and diagnostic reports. It also provides the function to display these information on workstation windows simultaneously by using the designed menu-driven graphic user interface. The medical image compression/decompression techniques are implemented and integrated into the medical image database system for the efficient data storage and the fast access through the network. 30594 T00401030594 ^x In this paper, computerized BEAM was implemented for the space domain analysis of EEG. Trans-formation from temporal summation to two-dimensional mappings is formed by 4 nearest point inter-polaton method. Methods of representation of BEAM are two. One is dot density method which classify brain electrical potential 9 levels by dot density of gray levels and the other is colour method which classify brain electrical 12 levels by red-green colours. In this BEAM, instantaneous change and average energy distribution over any arbitrary time interval of brain electrical activity could be observed and analyzed easily. In the frequency domain, the distribution of energy spectrum of a special band can easily be distinguished normality and abnormality. 30608 T00401030608 ^x Laboratory information system (LIS) is a key tool to manage laboratory data in clinical pathology. Our department has developed an information system for routine hematology using down-sized computer system. We have used an IBM 486 compatible PC with 16MB main memory, 210 MB hard disk drive, 9 RS-232C port and 24 pin dot printer. The operating system and database management system were SCO UNIX and SCO foxbase, respectively. For program development, we used Xbase language provided by SCO foxbase. The C language was used for interface purpose. To make the system use friendly, pull-down menu was used. The system connected to our hospital information system via application program interface (API), so the information related to patient and request details is automatically transmitted to our computer. Our system interfaced with fwd complete blood count analyzers(Sysmex NE-8000 and Coulter STKS) for unidirectional data tansmission from analyzer to computer. The authors suggests that this system based on down-sized computer could provide a progressive approach to total LIS based on local area network, and the implemented system could serve as a model for other hospital's LIS for routine hematology. 30609 T00401030609 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. To use as the structural matrix of the composite, collagen was purified from human umbilical cord. The obtained collagen was treated by pepsin to remove telopeptides, and finally, the immune-free atelocollagen was produced: The cross linked atelocollagen was highly resistant to the collagenase induced collagenolysis. The cross linked collagen demonstrated an improved tensile strength. 30618 T00401030618 ^x This paper is a study on the design of adptive filter for QRS complex detection. We propose a simple adaptive algorithm to increase capability of noise cancelation in QRS complex detection with two stage adaptive filter. At the first stage, background noise is removed and at the next stage, only spectrum of QRS complex components is passed. Two adaptive filters can afford to keep track of the changes of both noise and QRS complex. Each adaptive filter consists of prediction error filter and FIR filter The impulse response of FIR filter uses coefficients of prediction error filter. The detection rates for 105 and 108 of MIT/BIH data base were 99.3% and 97.4% respectively. 30619 T00401030619 ^x To develop an artificial bone substitute that is gradually degraded and replaced by the regenerated natural bone, the authors designed and produced a composite that is consisted of calcium phosphate and collagen. Human umbilical cord origin pepsin treated type I atelocollagen was used as the structural matrix, by which sintered or non-sintered carbonate apatite was encapsulated to form an inorganic-organic composite. With cross linking atelocollagen by UV ray irradiation, the resistance to both compressive and tensile strength was increased. Collagen degradation by the collagenase induced collagenolysis was also decreased. 30620 T00401030620 ^x We have developed a monoleaflet polymer valve as an inexpensive and viable alternative, especially for short-term use in the ventricular assist device or total artificial heart. The frame and leaflet of the polymer valve were made from polyurethane, To evaluate the hemodynamic performance of the polymer valve a comparative study of flow dynamics past a polymer valve and a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve under physiological pulsatile flow conditions in vitro was made. Comparisons between the valves were made on the transvalvular pressure drop, regurgitation volume and maximum valve opening area. The polymer valve showed smaller regurgitation volume and transvalvular pressure drop compared to the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. The results showed that the functional characteristics of the polymer valve compared favorably with those of the mechanical valve at higher heart rate. 30621 T00401030621 ^x Explosive evaporative removal process of biological tissue by absorption of a CW laser has been simulated by using gelatin and a multimode Nd:YAG laser. Because the point of maximun temperature of laser-irradiated gelatin exists below the surface due to surface cooling, evaporation at the boiling temperature is made explosively from below the surface. The important parameters of this process are the conduction loss to laser power absorption (defined as the conduction-to-laser power parameter, Nk), the convection heat transfer at the surface to conduction loss (defined as Bi), dimensionless extinction coefficient (defined as Br.), and dimensionless irradiation time (defined as Fo). Dependence of Fo on Nk and Bi has been observed by experiment, and the results have been compared with the numerical results obtained by solving a 2-dimensional conduction equation. Fo and explosion depth (from the surface to the point of maximun temperature) are increased when Nk and Bi are increased.To find out the minimum laser power for explosive evaporative removal process, steady state analysis has been also made. The limit of Nk to induce evaporative removal, which is proportional to the inverse of the laser power, has been obtained. 30622 T00401030622 ^x N1 and N2 gross neural action potentials were measured from the round window of the guinea pig cochlea at the onset of the acoustic stimuli. N1-N2 audiograms were made by means of regulating stimulant intensities in order to produce constant N1-N2 potentials as criteria for different input tone pip frequencies. The lowest threshold was measured with an input tone pip I5 dB SPL in intensity and 12 KHz in frequency when the animal was in normal physiological condition. The procedure of experimental measurements is explained in detail. This experimental approach is very useful for the investigation of the Cochlear function. Both noN1inear and active functions of the Cochlea can be monitored by N1-N2 audiograms. 30623 T00401030623 ^x In electrical impedance tomography(EIT), we use boundary current and voltage measurements toprovide the information about the cross-sectional distribution of electrical impedance or resistivity. One of the major problems in EIT has been the inaccessibility of internal voltage or current data in finding the internal impedance values. We propose a new image reconstruction method using internal current density data measured by NMR. We obtained a two-dimensional current density distribution within a phantom by processing the real and imaginary MR images from a 4.77 NMR machine. We implemented a resistivity mage reconstruction algorithm using the finite element method and sensitivity matrix. We presented computer simulation results of the mage reconstruction algorithm and furture direction of the research. 30624 T00401030624 ^x A new method of digital image analysis technique for discrimination of cancer cell was presented in this paper. The object image was the Thyroid eland cells image that was diagnosed as normal and abnormal (two types of abnormal: follicular neoplastic cell, and papillary neoplastic cell), respectively. By using the proposed region segmentation algorithm, the cells were segmented into nucleus. The 16 feature parameters were used to calculate the features of each nucleus. A9 a consequence of using dominant feature parameters method proposed in this paper, discrimination rate of 91.11% was obtained for Thyroid Gland cells. 30625 T00401030625 ^x An electrical stimulator was designed to induce locomotion for paraplegic patients caused by central nervous system injury. Optimal stimulus parameters, which can minimize muscle fatigue and can achieve effective muscle contraction were determined in slow and fast muscles in Sprague-Dawley rats. Stimulus patterns of our stimulator were designed to simulate electromyographic activity monitored during locomotion of normal subjects. Muscle types of the lower extremity were classified according to their mechanical property of contraction, which are slow muscle (msoleus m.) and fast muscle (medial gastrocneminus m., rectus femoris m., vastus lateralis m.). Optimal parameters of electrical stimulation for slow muscles were 20 Hz, 0.2 ms square pulse. For fast muscle, 40 Hz, 0.3 ms square pulse was optimal to produce repeated contraction. Higher stimulus intensity was required when synergistic muscles were stimulated simultaneously than when they were stimulated individually. Electrical stimulation for each muscle was designed to generate bipedal locomotion, so that individual muscles alternate contraction and relaxation to simulate stance and swing phases. Portable electrical stimulator with 16 channels built in microprocessor was constructed and applied to paraplegic patients due to lumbar cord injury. The electrical stimulator restored partially gait function in paraplegic patients. 30626 T00401030626 ^x Two-Dimensional modelling of the Cochlear biomechanics is presented in this paper. The Laplace partial differential equation which represents the fluid mechanics of the Cochlea has been transformed into two-dimensional electrical transmission line. The procedure of this transformation is explained in detail. The comparison between one and two dimensional models is also presented. This electrical modelling of the basilar membrane (BM) is clearly useful for the next approach to the further. Development of active elements which are essential in the producing of the sharp tuning of the BM. This paper shows that two-dimension model is qualitatively better than one-dimensional model both in amplitude and phase responses of the BM displacement. The present model is only for frequency response. However because the model is electrical, the two-dimensional transmission line model can be extended to time response without any difficult. 30627 T00401030627 ^x A method has been proposed for the fully automatic detection of left ventricular endocardial boundary in 2D short axis echocardiogram using geometric model. The procedure has the following three distinct stages. First, the initial center is estimated by the initial center estimation algorithm which is applied to decimated image. Second, the center estimation algorithm is applied to original image and then best-fit elliptic model estimation is processed. Third, best-fit boundary is detected by the cost function which is based on the best-fit elliptic model. The proposed method shows effective result without manual intervention by a human operator. 30628 T00401030628 ^x The intelligent trajectory control method that controls moving direction and average velocity for a prosthetic arm is proposed by pattern recognition and force estimations using EMG signals. Also, we propose the real time trajectory planning method which generates continuous accelleration paths using 3 stage linear filters to minimize the impact to human body induced by arm motions and to reduce the muscle fatigue. We use combination of MLP and fuzzy filter for pattern recognition to estimate the direction of a muscle and Hogan's method for the force estimation. EMG signals are acquired by using a amputation simulator and 2 dimensional joystick motion. The simulation results of proposed prosthetic arm control system using the EMf signals show that the arm is effectively followed the desired trajectory depended on estimated force and direction of muscle movements. 30638 T00401030638 ^x A new neural network architecture for the recognition of patterns from images is proposed, which is partially based on the results of physiological studies. The proposed network is composed of multi-layers and the nerve cells in each layer are connected by spatial filters which approximate receptive fields in optic nerve fields. In the proposed method, patterns recognition for complicated images is carried out using global features as well as local features such as lines and end-points. A new generating method of matched filers representing global features is proposed in this network. 30659 T00401030659 ^x An implementation scheme of the magnetic nerve stimulator using a switching mode power supply is proposed. By using a switching mode power supply rather than a conventional linear power supply for charging high voltage capacitors, the weight and size of the magnetic nerve stimulator can be considerably reduced. Maximum output voltage of the developed magnetic nerve stimulator using the switching mode power supply is 3,000 volts and switching time is about 100 msec. Experimental results or human nerve stimulations using the developed stimulator are presented. 30768 T00401030768 ^x In this paper, we describe the design methodology and specifications of the developed module-based bedside monitors for patient monitoring. The bedside monitor consists of a main unit and module cases with various parameter modules. The main unit includes a 12.1" TFT color LCD, a main CPU board, and peripherals such as a module controller, Ethernet LAN card, video card, rotate/push button controller, etc. The main unit can connect at maximum three module cases each of which can accommodate up to 7 parameter modules. They include the modules for electrocardiograph, respiration, invasive blood pressure, noninvasive blood pressure, temperature, and SpO2 with Plethysmograph.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.103-120
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• 1967

As pointed out by many previous investigators, the cardio-pulmonary system of well trained athletes is so adapted that they can perform a given physical exercise more efficiently as compared to non-trained persons. However, the time course of the development of these cardio-pulmonary adaptations has not been extensively studied in the past. Although the development of these training effects is undoubtedly related to the magnitude of an exercise load which is repeatedly given, it would be practical if one could maintain a good physical fitness with a minimal daily exercise. Hence, the present investigation was undertaken to study the time course of the development of cardio-pulmonary adaptations while a group of non-athletes was subjected to a daily 6 to 10 minutes running exercise for a period of 4 weeks. Six healthy male medical students (22 to 24 years old) were randomly selected as experimental subjects, and were equally divided into two groups (A and B). Both groups were subjected to the same daily running exercise (approximately 1,000 kg-m). 6 days a week for 4 weeks, but the rate of exercise was such that the group A ran on treadmill with 8.6% grade for 10 min daily at a speed of 127 m/min while the group B ran for 6 min at a speed of 200 m/min. In order to assess the effects of these physical trainings on the cardio-pulmonary system, the minute volume, the $O_2$ consumption, the $CO_2$ output and the heart rate were determined weekly while the subject was engaged in a given running exercise on treadmill (8.6% grade and 127 m/min) for a period of 5 min. In addition, the arterial blood pressure, the cardiac output, the acid-base state of arterial blood and the gas composition of arterial blood were also determined every other week in 4 subjects (2 from each group) while they were engaged in exercise on a bicycle ergometer at a rate of approximately 900 kg m/min until exhaustion. The maximal work capacity was also determined by asking the subject to engage in exercise on treadmill and ergometer until exhaustion. For the measurement of minute volume, the expired gas was collected in a Douglas bag. The $O_2$ consumption and the $CO_2$ output were subsequently computed by analysing the expired gas with a Scholander micro gas analyzer. The heart rate was calculated from the R-R interval of ECG tracings recorded by an Offner RS Dynograph. A 19 gauge Cournand needle was inserted into a brachial artery, through which arterial blood samples were taken. A Statham $P_{23}AA$ pressure transducer and a PR-7 Research Recorder were used for recording instantaneous arterial pressure. The cardiac output was measured by indicator (Cardiogreen) dilution method. The results may be summarized as follows: (1) The maximal running time on treadmill increased linearly during the 4 week training period at the end of which it increased by 2.8 to 4.6 times. In general, an increase in the maximal running time was greater when the speed was fixed at a level at which the subject was trained. The mammal exercise time on bicycle ergometer also increased linearly during the training period. (2) In carrying out a given running exercise on treadmill (8.6%grade, 127 m/min), the following changes in cardio·pulmonary functions were observed during the training period: (a) The minute volume as well as the $O_2$ consumption during steady state exercise tended to decrease progressively and showed significant reductions after 3 weeks of training. (b) The $CO_2$ production during steady state exercise showed a significant reduction within 1 week of training. (c) The heart rate during steady state exercise tended to decrease progressively and showed a significant reduction after 2 weeks of training. The reduction of heart rate following a given exercise tended to become faster by training and showed a significant change after 3 weeks. Although the resting heart rate also tended to decrease by training, no significant change was observed. (3) In rallying out a given exercise (900 kg-m/min) on a bicycle ergometer, the following change in cardio-vascular functions were observed during the training period: (3) The systolic blood pressure during steady state exercise was not affected while the diastolic blood Pressure was significantly lowered after 4 weeks of training. The resting diastolic pressure was also significantly lowered by the end of 4 weeks. (b) The cardiac output and the stroke volume during steady state exercise increased maximally within 2 weeks of training. However, the resting cardiac output was not altered while the resting stroke volume tended to increase somewhat by training. (c) The total peripheral resistance during steady state exercise was greatly lowered within 2 weeks of training. The mean circulation time during exorcise was also considerably shortened while the left heart work output during exercise increased significantly within 2 weeks. However, these functions_at rest were not altered by training. (d) Although both pH, $P_{co2}\;and\;(HCO_3-)$ of arterial plasma decreased during exercise, the magnitude of reductions became less by training. On the other hand, the $O_2$ content of arterial blood decreased during exercise before training while it tended to increase slightly after training. There was no significant alteration in these values at rest. These results indicate that cardio-pulmonary adaptations to physical training can be acquired by subjecting non-athletes to brief daily exercise routine for certain period of time. Although the time of appearance of various adaptive phenomena is not identical, it may be stated that one has to engage in daily exercise routine for at least 2 weeks for the development of significant adaptive changes.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제90권4호
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• pp.524-534
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• 2001

자작나무, 박달나무, 느티나무, 산벚나무, 고로쇠나무 1년생 유묘에 5수준의 인공피음처리를 실시하면서 이들의 수분특성에 미치는 피음의 영향을 조사하기 위하여 P-V curve에 의한 분석을 실시하였다. 최대 팽압 하에서의 osmotic potential(${\phi}_{{\pi}o}$)은 전광처리구에서 6월, 7월, 9월에 각각 -1.04~-1.27MPa, -1.03~-1.48MPa, -0.94~-1.44MPa(1차 연도), -0.90~-1.37MPa, -1.05~-1.79MPa, -0.99~-1.30 MPa(2차 연도)의 범위에서 수종이나 계절에 따라 변화를 보였다. 최대 팽압 하에서의 osmotic potential(${\phi}_{{\pi}o}$)은 전기간을 통해 조사된 모든 수종에서 전광 처리구(A)는 -0.90~-1.79MPa, 강피음구(E)는 -0.58~1.23MPa의 범위 내에서 피음수준이 높아지면서 증가하는 모습을 보였다. 초기위조점에서 측정된 수분 potential(${\phi}_{{\pi}p}$)은 전광 처리구(A)에서 6월, 7월, 9월에 각각 -1.64~-2.11MPa, -1.67~-2.15MPa, 1.47~-2.11MPa(1차 연도)과 -1.45~-2.04MPa, -1.30~-2.00MPa, -1.28~-2.33MPa(2차 연도)의 범위 내에서 변화를 보였다. ${\phi}_{{\pi}p}$ 측정치 대부분은 ${\phi}_{{\pi}o}$ 측정치에 비해서 약 0.5MPa 정도의 낮은 값을 보였다. ${\phi}_{{\pi}p}$ 측정치 또한 피음처리를 강하게 할수록 증가하는 경향을 보였으며 피음처리에 따른 ${\phi}_{{\pi}p}$ 측정치의 차이는 수종이나 생육시기에 따라 일부 예외는 있지만 일반적으로 ${\phi}_{{\pi}o}$ 측정치에서의 차이보다는 더 큰 것으로 나타났다. 최대팽압에서와 마찬가지로 초기위조점에서의 osmotic potential 측정치 대부분은 6월이나 9월에 비해 7월에 측정된 값이 다소 낮은 값을 보였다. 초기위조점에서의 상대수분함량(RWCp)은 전광조건에서 1차 연도 6월, 7월, 9월에 각각 81~88%, 71~86%, 75~84%, 2차연도에는 82~87%, 72~84%, 76~86%로 연도별 차이가 별로 크지 않은 비슷한 범위 내에 있었다. 고로쇠나무, 산벚나무에서의 상대수분함량은 자작나무 박달나무, 느티나무에 비해 다소 높은 값을 보였다. RWCp 또한 전광조건(A)에서는 71~88%, 강피음구(E)에서는 48~77%까지로 대부분 피음처리 수준이 강할수록 감소하는 변화를 나타냈다. 비록 수종이나 계절에 따라 일부 예외는 있지만 몇 가지 P-V 모수들의 변화에 미치는 피음효과는 본 연구에서 분명하게 확인할 수 있었다. 피음처리에 따른 P-V 모수들의 변화는 전해질의 축적, 세포막의 탄성, 세포액 등에서의 변화 등과 관련지어 추론될 수 있다. 그러나 P-V 모수들의 변화에 미치는 피음효과에 대한 생리적인 기작에 대하여 상세한 정보를 얻기 위해서는 반드시 더 많은 실험이 계속되어야만 할 것이다.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.378-385
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• 2017

국내에서 육성된 중생종 동양배 품종인 '창조'는 성숙기간 중 지속적으로 과실이 비대하여 600g대의 편원형 과실로 발달하였다. 성숙기간 중 경도는 경시적으로 저하되어 만개 후 153일인 9월 13일에 32.58N으로 조사되었고 만개 후 160일에는 26.44N으로 급격히 경도가 저하되었다. 식감과 관련된 품질요인 중 과실의 전분함량은 만개 후 153일에 0.737, 만개 후 160일에 0.451로 전분함량이 급속히 감소하였고, 과육의 세포벽함량을 조사하였던 결과, 과실비대가 증가하고 과실성숙의 진행과 더불어 알코올불용성물질 함량은 낮아지는 경향을 보였다. 과피색차 중 적색도($a^*$)는 만개 후 139일 이후 양의 값을 보여 외관상의 과피녹색 발현이 소실되었는데 과피의 SPAD 값을 조사한 결과에서도 동일하게 엽록소의 감소를 확인할 수 있었다. Hue angle 역시 성숙과 연화기간 중 유의하게 감소하는 경향을 보여 수확시기의 지표로 활용 가능하다고 판단되었다. 성숙기간 중 과육 내에 축적되는 당 성분을 분석한 결과, 만개 후 153일에 총량이 최대치를 보였는데 전 생육시기에 걸쳐 전체 당성분 중 과당이 우점하고 있었고, 과실성숙도가 높아질수록 자당의 비율이 유의하게 증가하여 만개 후 160일에 수확한 과실에서는 자당이 과당을 넘어 우점하여 과숙단계로 생각되었다. 따라서, 배 신품종 '창조'의 적정 수확시기는 만개 후 153일인 9월 13일 이전으로 평가되었고 수확시기를 놓친 경우에는 경도 등 과실의 품질이 급격하게 하락하는 것으로 사료되었다. 대만 지역 수출을 모의하여 단기수송온도 설정을 위한 수확 후 저온순화 실험을 실시한 결과, 만개 후 146일에 수확한 과실이 만개 후 153일에 수확한 과실에 비하여 $25^{\circ}C$ 유통 후 높은 경도를 유지하는 경향을 보였고 최종 수송 목표온도인 $5^{\circ}C$로 저하되는 속도가 느릴수록 과육장해의 발생심도 및 에틸렌발생량이 높은 경향을 보였으므로 '창조' 품종에 있어 동남아 지역 수출 시 생리장해 및 과실품질 유지를 위해서는 수확시기를 만개 후 146일 이전에 설정하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 판단되었다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 '창조' 배의 목적별 수확시기 결정 및 과실의 선별 기술에 일조하고 수출 시장에서의 한국산 배의 신인도 확보에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.382-389
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• 2008

TCDD가 실험동물에 노출되었을 때 유발되는 생체독성을 예방 또는 억제할 수 있는 고려홍삼 추출물의 효과를 탐색하였다. 이를 위하여 TCDD($25\;{\mu}g/kg$ bw, 1회 투여)와 홍삼추출물(100 mg/kg bw, 격일투여)을 각각 단독 또는 병행 복강 투여한 다음 32일 동안에 체중과 각 장기들의 무게의 변화, 뇨 분석, 혈액학적 및 혈액화학적 변화를 관찰하였다. TCDD의 단독투여에 의하여 체중의 증가정도가 정상군 또는 홍삼단독 투여군의 체중증가율에 비하여 상당히 감소하였다. TCDD와 홍삼추출물을 병행 투여한 흰쥐에서의 체중증가율은 TCDD 단독투여에 의해 감소된 체중증가율을 다소 회복 시키는 결과를 나타내었다. TCDD를 단독 투여한 실험군에서는 간의 무게가 TCDD 투여 후 2, 5, 및 16일째에 대조군에 비하여 특이적으로 증가하는 특징을 보였으나, 홍삼추출물을 단독 투여한 실험군에서의 간의 무게는 대조군의 간의 무게에 비하여 다소 감소하였다. TCDD와 홍삼추출물이 병행 투여된 흰쥐에서의 간의 무게의 증가정도는 TCDD을 단독투여한 흰쥐 간의 무게에 비하여 약간 감소하였다. TCDD를 단독투여한 흰쥐에서의 신장(Kidney)의 무게는 대조군에 비하여 다소 감소하였으나 통계적으로는 유의하지 않았다. TCDD와 홍삼추출물을 병행투여한 흰쥐에서의 신장의 무게의 변화는 TCDD를 단독 투여한 흰쥐에서의 결과와 차이가 없었다. 홍삼추출물 단독 투여군에서의 신장의 무게는 실험초기(1-2일)에 대조군에 비하여 다소 감소하는 경향을 보였으나 5일 째부터는 대조군과 같은 수준으로 회복되었다. Spleen은 TCDD의 단독투여에 의해 2-3일 이내에 일시적인 감소가 있었으나 노출기간이 증가할수록 대조군 수준으로 회복되었다. 홍삼추출물단독 투여군과 TCDD와 홍삼추출물의 병행투여군에서 spleen의 무게는 대조군에 비하여 투여 후 16일 이후에는 유의적으로 증가하였다. TCDD와 홍삼추출물의 단독 또는 병행 투여군에서의 뇌의 무게는 유의적인 변화를 보이지 않았다. 실험동물 뇨에서의 specific gravity는 대조군에서 주령에 상관없이 대체적으로 1.030 이상의 수준을 유지하였으나 홍삼추출물을 단독 투여한 흰쥐에서는 투여 후 14일부터 specific gravity가 1.02 수준으로 낮아지는 경향이 나타났다. TCDD 단독 투여군에서는 투여 초기에 specific gravity가 1.02 수준으로 감소하는 경향이 있었으나 홍삼추출물을 병행투여했을때 1.02 수준으로 감소하는 경향이 14일 이후에 나타났다. 실험동물 뇨에서의 Total protein 함량은 대조군에서 전체 실험기간 동안에 $100\;{\mu}g/dL$ 수준을 유지하였으나, TCDD 단독 투여군과 TCDD와 홍삼추출물의 병행 투여군에서는 $300\;{\mu}g/dL$ 이상의 함량을 나타내는 개체수가 증가하는 현상을 보였다. 한편, 홍삼추출물 단독 투여군에서는 대조군에서와 비슷한 Total protein 함량의 수준을 나타내었다. 뇨에서 ketone body의 함량은 대조군에서 주령의 증가에 따라 높아지는 경향을 나타내었으나 실험군 간의 차이는 나타나지 않았다. Glucose, ketone, bilirubin, Occult blood, nitrite 및 urobilinogen의 함량은 모든 실험군에서 거의 유사하게 나타났으며, pH 값은 주령의 증가에 따라 높아지는 경향이 특징적이었으나 실험군간의 차이는 나타나지 않았다. 혈액화학적 검사결과 TCDD의 단독투여에 의한 AST는 대조군에 비하여 전 실험기간에 걸쳐서 전반적으로 높게 나타났으며, 특히 32일 실험군에서 가장 높은 AST 값을 나타내었다. 홍삼추출물의 단독 투여에 의한 AST는 TCDD의 단독 투여군과는 대조적으로 오히려 노출기간이 경과할수록 감소하였다. 그리고 TCDD의 투여에 의해 증가된 AST는 홍삼추출물을 병행투여 한 지 16일부터 정상 수준으로 회복되었다. TCDD를 단독 투여한 흰쥐 혈청 ALT의 활성은 16일 까지는 대조군의 ALT 활성과 비슷한 수준이었으나 32일 째에는 대조군에 비하여 상당히 증가하였다. 이에 비하여 TCDD와 홍삼추출물을 병행 투여한 실험군에서는 16일군과 32일군에서 ALT의 활성이 급격히 감소하여 대조군의 ALT 활성보다 낮게 나타났다. 홍삼을 단독 투여한 실험군에서의 ALT 활성은 전 실험기간동안에 ALT 활성에 영향을 주지 않았다.

• 제3의학
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.35-54
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• 1997

We tried to observe the features of ancient medical practice by analysing the records related to medicine in the book, ${\ulcorner}$the Historical Records of the Three Kingdom${\lrcorner}$ of which content includes the features of medicine in mythology, plague, delivery of twins, drugs, medical system, shamanism, constitutional medicine, psychiatry, forensic medicine, deformity, a spa, medical phrase, health and welfare work, religion, death. physiological anatomy, Taoist medicine, acupuncture, the occult af of transformation and etc. Our initial concern was about where to draw line as of medical field and we defined medicine in more broad meaning. The book ${\ulcorner}$the Historical Records of the Three Kingdoms${\lrcorner}$ describes the world of mythology by way of medicine which is not clearly a conventional one. There appears records of birth of multiple offsprings 7 times in which cases are of triplets or more. Delivering multiple offsprings were rare phenomenon though such fertility was highly admired. This shows one aspect of ancient country having more population meant more power of the nation. Of those medical records conveyed in that book includes stories of childbirth such as giving birth to a son after praying, giving birth to Kim Yoo-shin after 20 months after mother's dream of conception, and a song longing for getting a laudable child. Plagues were prevalent throughout winter to spring season and one can observe various symptoms of plagues in the record. Of these epidemic diseases, cold type might have been more common than the heat one. Appearance of epidemic diseases frequently coincided with that of natural disasters that this suggests a linkage between plague and underlying doctrine on five elements' motion and six kinds of natural factors. There exists only a few names of diseases such as epidemic disease, wind disease, and syndrome characterized by dyspnea. Otherwise there appeared only afflictions that were not specified therefore it remains cluless to keep track of certain diseases of prevalence. Since this ${\ulcorner}$Historical Records of the Three Kingdoms'${\lrcorner}$ wasn't any sort of medical book, words and terms used were not technical kind and most were the ones used generally among lay people. Therefore any mechanisms of the diseases were hardly mentioned. Some of medicinal substances such as Calculus Bovis, Radix Ginseng, Gaboderma Luciderm, magnetitum were also in use in those days. 53 kinds of dietary supplies appears in the records and some of these might have been used as medicinal purpose. Records concerning dicipline of one's body includes activities such as hunting, archery, horseback riding etc. In Shilla dynasty there were positions such as professor of medicine, Naekongbong(內供奉), Kongbong's doctor(供奉醫師), Kongbong's diviner(供奉卜師). As an educational facility, medical school was built at the first year of King Hyoso's reign and it's curricula included various subjects as ${\ulcorner}$Shin Nong's Herbal classic${\lrcorner}$, ${\ulcorner}$Kabeul classic of acupuncture and moxbustion${\lrcorner}$, ${\ulcorner}$The Plain Questions of the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine${\lrcorner}$, ${\ulcorner}$Classic of Acupuncturer${\lrcorner}$, ${\ulcorner}$The Pulse Classic${\lrcorner}$, ${\ulcorner}$Classic of Channels and Acupuncture Points${\lrcorner}$ and ${\ulcorner}$Difficult Classic${\lrcorner}$. There were 2 medical professors who were in charge of education. To establish pharmacopoeia, 2 Shaji(舍知), 6 Sha(史), 2 Jongshaji(從舍知) were appointed. In Baekje dynasty, Department of Herb was maintained. Doing praying for the sake of health, doing phrenology also can be extended to medical arena. Those who survived over 100 years of age appear 3 times in the record, while 98 appears once. The earliest psychiatrist Nokjin differentiated symptoms to apply either therapies using acupuncture and drug or psychotherapy. There appears a case of rape, a case of burying alive with the dead, 8 cases of suicide that can characterize a prototype of forensic medicine. Deformity-related records include phrases as follow: 'there seems protrudent bone behind the head', 'a body which has two heads, two trunks, four arms.', 'a body equipped with two heads' In those times spa can be said to be used as a place for he리ing, convalescence, and relaxation seeing the records describing a person pretended illness and went to spa to enjoy with his friends. Priest doctors and millitary surgeons were in charge of the medical sevice in the period of the Three Kingdoms by the record written by Mookhoja(墨胡子) and Hoonkyeom(訓謙). Poor diet and regimen makes people more vulnerable to diseases. So there existed charity services for those poor people who couldn't live with one's own capacity such as single parents, orphans, the aged people no one to take care and those who are ill. The cause of affliction was frequently coined with human relation. There appeared the phenomenon of releasing prisoners and allowing people to become priests at the time of king's suffering. Besides, as a healing procedure, sutra-chanting was peformed. There appears 10 cases of death related records which varies from death by drowning, or by freezing, death from animals, death from war, death from wightloss and killing oneself at the moment of spouse's death and etc. There also exist certain records which suggest the knowledge of physiology and anatomy in those times. Since the taoist books such as ${\ulcorner}$Book of the Way and Its Power(老子道德經)${\lrcorner}$ were introduced in the period of Three Kingdoms, it can be considered that medicine was also influenced by taoism. Records of higher level of acupuncture, records which links the medicine and occult art of transformation existed. Although limited, we could figure out the medical state of ancient society.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제83권3호
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• pp.331-343
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• 1994

본(本) 연구(硏究)는 아황산(亞黃酸)가스가 수목(樹木)의 생장(生長)에 미치는 영향(影響)과 아황산(亞黃酸)가스 노출시(露出時) ABA전처리(前處理)가 각(各) 수종(樹種)의 감수성(感受性)에 미치는 영향(影響)을 조사(調査)하기 위하여 수행(遂行)되었으며, 몇 개(個) 침엽수(針葉樹) 유묘(幼苗)를 대상(對象)으로 7개(個) 수준(水準): 0ppm, 0.5ppm, 1ppm, 2ppm, 4ppm과 2ppm+ABA(26.4ppm), 2ppm+ABA(56.8ppm)의 아황산(亞黃酸)가스 처리(處理)를 통(通)하여 공시목(供試木)의 엽중수분함량(葉中水分含量), 생체수분함량(生體水分含量), 수피산도(樹皮酸度), 엽중산도(葉中酸度), 엽중(葉中) 수용성(水溶性) 황함량(黃含量), 엽록소함량(葉綠素含量) 및 증산율변화(蒸散率變化)를 측정(測定)하였던 바 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 알 수 있었다. 1. 엽중수분함량(葉中水分含量)과 생체수분함량(生體水分含量)은 아황산(亞黃酸)가스의 농도(濃度)가 높아질수록 점차 감소(減少)하였으며, 전나무가 주목이나 잣나무에 비해 아황산(亞黃酸)가스 농도별(濃度別) 처리(處理)에 따른 엽중수분감소율(葉中水分減少率)과 생체수분감소율(生體水分減少率)이 컸으므로 공시수종간(供試樹種間)의 상대적(相對的) 감수성(感受性)이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 2. 수피산도(樹皮酸度)와 엽중산도(葉中酸度)에 있어서는 아황산(亞黃酸)가스 농도(濃度)가 높아질수록 점차 증가(增加)하였으며, 아황산(亞黃酸)가스 농도별(濃度別) 처리(處理)에 따른 수피산도(樹皮酸度) 증가율(增加率)은 잣나무가, 엽중산도(葉中酸度) 증가율(增加率)은 전나무가 컸으므로 각각(各各) 상대적(相對的) 감수성(感受性)이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 3. 엽중(葉中) 수용성(水溶性) 유황함량(硫黃含量)은 아황산(亞黃酸)가스 농도(濃度)가 높아질수록 점차 증가(增加)하였으며, 주목이 전나무나 잣나무에 비해 아황산(亞黃酸)가스 농도별(濃度別) 처리(處理)에 따른 엽중(葉中) 수용성(水溶性) 유황함량(硫黃含量) 증가율(增加率)이 컸으므로 상대적(相對的) 감수성(感受性)이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 4. 엽록소함량(葉綠素含量)은 아황산(亞黃酸)가스의 농도(濃度)가 높아질수록 점차 감소(減少)하였으며, 주목이 다른 공시수종(供試樹種) 보다 아황산(亞黃酸)가스 농도별(濃度別) 처리(處理)에 따른 총엽록소함량(總葉綠素含量) 감소율(減少率)이 컸으므로 상대적(相對的) 감수성(感受性)이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 5. 아황산(亞黃酸)가스의 농도별(濃度別) 처리(處理)에 따른 각(各) 측정항목별간(測定項目別間)에는 모든 수종(樹種)에서 처리간(處理間)에 고도(高度)의 유의성(有意性)을 인정(認定)할 수 있었다. 6. 공시목(供試木)의 ABA 처리(處理)에 대한 증산율변화(蒸散率變化)는 주목과 전나무가 아황산(亞黃酸)가스에 노출(露出)된 직후(直後)부터 증산율(蒸散率)의 변화(變化)가 없었으므로 아황산(亞黃酸)가스에 민감(敏感)하게 반응(反應)함을 알 수 있었으나, 잣나무는 가스노출(露出) 이후(以後)에도 약간씩 증산(蒸散)을 계속(繼續)하여 상대적(相對的)으로 그 감수성(感受性) 반응(反應)이 늦게 나타남을 알 수 있었다. 7. ABA를 농도별(濃度別)로 전처리(前處理)한 후(後) $SO_2$가스 2ppm에 노출(露出)시킨 결과(結果) 6가지 측정항목(測定項目) 모두에서 그 결과(結果)를 확인(確因)할 수 있었으며, ABA가 기공(氣孔)의 폐도(閉度)에 작용(作用)하여 아황산(亞黃酸)가스에 대한 수목(樹木)의 감수성(感受性)에 영향(影響)을 미치는 것을 알 수 있었다. 8. 공시수종별(供試樹種別) 및 측정항목별(測定項目別)에 있어서 아황산(亞黃酸)가스에 대한 상대적(相對的) 저항성(抵抗性)은 잣나무가 큰 것으로 나타났으며, 전나무는 상대적(相對的)으로 감수성(感受性)이 큰 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제17권
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• pp.115-133
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• 1974

인삼 종자의 결실과 최아과정중에서 일어나는 물질대사의 기본적 소인을 알고저 화기형성초기로부터 개화기까지, 결실초기부터 홍숙기까지, 그리고 최아과정중 화학성분의 변화를 추구하였다. 1. 화뢰에서는 감수분열기 이전까지 신선중, 건물중, 회수화물, 질소화합물의 변동은 그리 크지 않으며 TCA가용성인, 특히 유기태인의 증가와 현저하였다. 2. 감수분열기로부터 소포자기에 이르는 기간 동안 신선중, 건물중이 급격히 증가되고 전질소량이 증가하는데 불용성 질소구분은 이 시기부터 그 량이 늘어나 단백질이 합성되는 것을 의미하고 있으며 불용성 질소가 전질소의 62∼70%를 차지하고 있다. 또한 가용성 당분이 급격하게 증가되어 환원당, 비환원당이 모두 증가하나 전분의 증가는 볼 수 없고, 전인에 대한 TCA가용성인이 85.4%, TCA불용성인이 14.6%로 화뢰성장중 각각 최고, 최소치를 나타내고 있다. 3. 화분성숙기 이후와 개화기에서 특히 건물중의 증가가 현저하고 불용성질소도 계속 증가되어 총질소의 67%에 이른다. 또한 두드러진 유기태인의 저하와 갑작스런 조전분의 증가를 볼 수 있고 무기태인량이 유기태 인량을 능가하게 된다. 4. 결실기부터 홍열기까지에 있어서는 신선중량의 90%가 결실 후 3주간에 증가하는데, 1) 전질소량은 7배로 증가되었고 성숙되어 갈수록 전질소에 대한 불용성질소의 량이 커져서 65%에서 80%이상으로 상승되고 한편 가용성질소의 비율은 35%에서 20%이하로 저하되었다. 2) 전인산량도 8배로 증가되는데 홍숙이 시작되는 시기에 최고에 이르고 이때에 전인산에 대한 TCA가용성인의 비율도 가장 커서 90%에 이른다. 유기태인도 홍숙이 시작될 때까지 29배나 증가되며 지질태인, 핵산태인, 단백태인이 모두 증가되고 있다. 3) 회수화물의 증가는 신선중의 증가와 유사한데결실한지 3주 후에 최고량에 달하고 그 후는 사실상 증가하지 않으며 가용성당도 3주 후에 최고에 달했다가 일시 감소하며 홍숙기에 약간 증가하나 먼저 수준에는 이르지 못하며 조전분은 점차 증가되어 홍숙되기 일주 전에 최고량에 달하나 전 건물량의 2.36% 밖에 되지 못한다. 회수화물중 가용성당이 차지하는 비율이 훨씬 크며 완숙기에서는 가용성당분중 약80% 이상의 비환원당으로 되어 있어 인삼 종자의 주요 회수화물을 이루고 있다. 4) 한편 완숙된 종자의 배란중에는 60% 이상의 지방을 함유하고 있어 인삼 종자의 저장물질은 단백질이나 회수화물이기 보다는 주로 지방이다. 5. 최아조작중에는 배가 11월중순의 파종기까지 4.2∼4.7mm로 발육하며 충분히 흡수하여 50∼60%에 이르고, 저장지방, 단백질, 전분이 가수분해하여 가용화되고 당분, 무기태인, 인지질, 핵산태인, 단백태인과 가용성질소의 증가를 보이고 있어 세포내용물의 전이가 일어나 발아에 필요한 물질을 축적하고 있다.

• 한국축산식품학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국축산식품학회 1998년도 정기총회 및 제21차 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.37-54
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• 1998

건국대학교본 연구는 쑥의 추출물을 이용해 생체내에서 에탄올의 분해효능, 간기능 및 Cd 독성 저하작용에 미치는 효과를 알아보기 위하여 실시하였다. 본 실험에서 에탄올 분해효능은 Rat 1kg 당 25% 에탄을 5g을 경구투여한 후 쑥추출물의 카테킨 농도를 측정하여 이를 기준으로 일일 사료섭취량의 2% 원료수준으로 각각 미정맥주사를 하였다. 에탄올만 경구투여한 대조군과 에탄올을 경구투여한 후 쑥추출물을 미정맥주사한 실험군은 시간별(0, 1, 2, 3시간)로 미정맥에서 혈액을 채취해 3000rpm에서 10분간 원심분리하여 혈장을 분리시킨 후 GC(Gas Chromatography)로 혈중 에탄올 농도를 측정하였다. 또한 같은 방법으로 시간만 달리해 (0시간, 5시간) 혈장을 취해 GOT, GPT의 활성치를 측정하여 간손상정도를 측정하였다. 간기능에 미치는 효과는 간실질세포를 기본배지에 배양한 대조군과 쑥추출물을 배지의 1% 및 2% 원료수준으로 기본배지에 첨가하여 간실질세포를 배양한 실험군으로 나누어 36시간 배양한 후 현미경으로 형태를 관찰하고 생존 세포수와 GOT, GPT의 활성치를 함께 측정하였다. Cd 독성 저하작용은 4주령의 Sprague-Dawley 수컷 흰쥐를 구입하여 대조군(CON,0.85% saline 10ml/kg B.W.)과 Cd단독 투여군(CD, 0.4mg $CdCl_2/kg$ B.W.), Cd과 쑥추출물을 복강내 투여한 군(IP, 쑥 추출물은 일일사료섭취량의 1% 수준) 그리고 쑥추출물을 구강내 투여한 군(PO, 쑥 추출물은 일일사료섭취량의 1%수준)으로 분류하여 4주간 사육하였다. 사육 후 각종 장기 및 혈액을 채취하여 장기에서의 GSH 농도, GSH-Px 및 GR의 활성과 혈장 GOT, GPT 활성을 측정하였고 더불어 각 조직에서 Cd축적량을 조사하였다. 실험결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. (1) 쑥추출물의 카테킨의 함량을 Iwasa와 Torri의 방법을 변형하여 측정한 결과 네 가지의 추출물중에서 카테킨의 함량은 쑥의 열수추출물이 $8{\sim}10mg/100g$으로 가장 많았으며 쑥의 에탄올 추출물은 $3{\sim}4mg/100g$인 것으로 나타났다. (2) 쑥 추출물을 HPLC를 이용해 주요 카테킨의 성분을 비교한 결과 쑥의 열수추출물 및 에탄올추출물은 (-)-Epigallocatechin (EGC)의 함량이 가장 높았다. (3) 시간에 따른 혈중 에탄올 농도를 GC로 측정한 결과 각각 에탄올을 투여한지 1시간 후의 에탄올 농도에서는 CON-E의 경우가 가장 높은 것으로 나타났고 MDW-E, MOH-E군은 CON-E에 비해 유의하게(p<0.05) 감소하는 것을 알 수 있었다. (4) 간실질세포 배양 36시간 후 배지를 걷어내고 밑면에 모인 세포를 모아 현미경으로 수를 측정하여 평균을 낸 결과는 2% MDW-L가 가장 많았으며 2% MOH-L을 제외하고는 CON-L의 세포수가 가장 적었다. 또한 배양 후 취한 세포내의 GOT, GPT의 활성치는 실험군간의 유의한 차이는 없었다. (6) 간 조직중의 GSH 함량수준은 쑥추출물 투여군들(IP, PO)이 CD군에 비해 유의적으로 증가(p<0.05)하여 대조군과 같은 정상수준으로 되었다. (7) 간 신장에서의 GSH-Px 활성은 저농도의 Cd에 의해서는 영향을 받지 않은 것으로 나타났다. (8) 혈장 GOT활성은 IP군이 대조군에 비해 증가하였으나 CD군에 비해 유의적으로 감소(p<0.05)하였다. 이상의 결과에서 쑥추출물이 체내에서 에탄올 분해를 촉진시키고 간기능을 개선시킴은 물론 GSH농도의 정상회복과 GR의 증가 및 혈장에서의 GOT활성의 감소 등으로 보아 Cd의 간독성도 감소시키는 작용이 있는 것으로 사료되었다.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.187-208
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• 2000

By the activation of ovary hormone, many morphological changes occur in the epithelial cell lines and muscle cells in rat uterus. These two cells in uterus are important to the implantation of embryo, maintaining pregnancy and starting parturition. One important change associated with the morphological change of these two cells in uterus is the change on prostaglandin(PG) metabolism. Its presence and synthesis in endometriurn and myometrium in uterus affects estrous cycle and the start of embryo implantation in uterus. It also performs as an important modulator in parturition. So the abnormally weak expression of PG causes difficulty during labor and over-expression causes pre-term labor. PG biosynthesis starts from either free or liberated arachidonic acids from membrane phospholipid by phospholipase. Such arachidonic acids are converted into PG catalyzed by Cyclooxygenase. Under normal physiological condition, Cyclooxygenase-1(COX-1) having 602 units of amino acids controls the synthesis of PG. It acts as a local hormone regulating vasomodulation of blood flow, flexible muscle movement, increasing the blood permeability and contributing the protective role in preserving integrity of the stomach lining and Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is induced by the inflammation, pregnancy and increased its expression until parturition. Lipid metabolite like PG is located in uterine and expression of COX-2 increased with pregnancy. Increased expression of COX proteins in epithelial cells and myometrial cells are told to increase the muscle contractility in uterus but decreased right after the labor in rat. It is a good sign indicating that COX proteins are deeply related to the start of labor. Currently, Several studies report the use of PG and COX-2 inhibitor as medication for controlled abortion or to prevent pre-term labor but they entail various side-effects. Our study proposed to suggest use of acupuncture as an another mediator to control abortion or pre-term labor without causing unnecessary side-effects by those medicines. Two acupuncture sites, LI-4 & SP-6 were selected due to their known efficacy. From the immunohistochemical staining of COX-2, normal expression of COX-2 protein in nonpregnant SD rat's uterus revealed that COX-2 protein was primarily detected in the lumina epithelial lining and in the epithelial cell lining contacting the stromal cells. High resolution optical microscopic scanning revealed distinguishable staining in the myometrial mucosa. LI-4 acupuncture administered nonpregnant rat's uterus showed strong expression for COX-2 in endometrium contacted with lumina epithelial lining of rat uterus and in myometrial mucosa. Stromal cells showed more staining than untreated nonpregnant rat's uterus and stronger staining in stromal cells contacting myometrial layer compared to untreated nonpregnant rat's uterus. SP-6 acupuncture administered nonpregnant rat's uterus showed weak expression for COX-2 in myometrial layers and stromal cells but no staining was visible in lumina epitheliai and glandular epithelial cells. Few stromal cells and myometrial mucosa were positively stained for COX-2. Pregnant SD rat's uterus was also immunostained for COX-2 expression after 18 days of pregnancy. Unlike to untreated nonpregnant rat's uterus, luminal epithelial cells were not positively stained for COX-2 but stronger staining for COX-2 was revealed in stromal cells. LI-4 acupunctured SD rat's uterus had very strong expression of COX-2 in luminal epithelial lining. Few stromal cells showed stronger positive COX-2 staining and myometrial layers also showed more expression than untreated pregnant rat. SP-6 acupuncture administered pregnant SD rat's uterus showed positive expression of COX-2 in epithelial cells of luminal mucosa layer but weaker than that of LI-4 acupuncture treatment's case. However, strong positive staining was revealed in stromal mucosa and myometrial layers. Virgin SD rat's uterus motility index during LI-4 acupuncture was 66.52 % (Prob〉T = 0.0197) compared to its motility before the acupuncture treatment but the motility index was slighdy elevated up to 79.58 % (Prob〉T = 0.1175) after the acupuncture. During the SP-6 acupuncture treatment for 30 minutes, uterus motility index was 90.52 % (Prob〉T = 0.1832) showing lesser decrement but consequently reached similar motility index decreasal to 79.95 % (Prob〉T = 0.0215) after the acupuncture treatment as LI-4 showed. LI-4 acupuncture tend to be a quick treatment to reducing the uterus motility in a virgin rat but eventually both two acupuncture administration created very similar reduction of uterus motility seeing the index after the both acupunctures. The uterus movement monitored during the LI-4 acupuncture administered for 30 minutes, Pregnant SD rat showed decreased motility down to 77.90 % (Prob〉 T = 0.0076) compared to uterus motility before the acupuncture and it continuously decreased down to 71.81 %(Prob〉T = 0.0214) after the removal of needle. The statistical analysis using paired t-test showed significance difference for both two motility indexs at =0.05. SP-6 acupuncture administered to pregnant SD rat also had similar pattern of decreasing uterus motility index down to 74.70 % (Prob〉T = 0.1730) during the initial 30 minutes acupuncture administration and it was continuously lowered to 71.52 % (Prob〉T = 0.0155) after the acupuncture. The paired t-test resuit for SP-6 suggest prompt response of uterus motility index to the SP-6 acupuncture treatment but consequently reached same level of inducing the motility reduction as LI-4 at =0.05 level.