• YAKHAK HOEJI
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.9-23
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• 1982

The structure of 1-butyl-3-sulfanyl urea, ($C_{11}H_{17}N_{3}O_{3}S$) carbutamide has been determined from 575 significant independent reflections collected on an automated four-circle diffractometer. The crystals are orthorhomic, space group, $P2_{1}2_{1}2_{1}$, Z=4, with unit cell dimensions a=9.257 (2), b=9.928 (2), c=15.287 (3)${\AA}$. The structure was solved by the direct methods and refined by least-squares procedure to a final R value of 0.062. Features of the structure include layers of molecules joined by N-H....O hydrogen bond distances ranging from 2.745 to 3.100${\AA}$ involved in a bifurcated hydrogen bond across two fold screw along a and b axes. The atoms forming the urea system are essentially planar.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.51 no.3
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• pp.212-218
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• 2008

This study was performed to determine the antimutagenic and anticancer effects of ethanol extract of buckwheat sprout using Ames test and SRB assay, respectively. An ethyl acetate fraction (200 ${\mu}/plate$) from the ethanol extract of buckwheat sprout showed inhibition rate of 80.6% against the mutagenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) in Salmonella typhimurium TA100 strain. Also the ethyl acetate fraction (200 ${\mu}/plate$) showed higher antimutagenic activity than other fractions against the mutagenesis induced by 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO) in Salmonella typhimurium TA98 and TA100. In addition, the ethyl acetate fraction (200 ${\mu}/plate$) showed high antimutagenic effect of 80.9% and 85.9% against the mutation of TA98 and TA100 strains induced by 3-amino-1,4-dimethyl-5H-pyrido-(4,3-b)indol (Trp-P-1), respectively. The cytotoxic effects of each solvent fraction from the ethanol extract of buckwheat sprout against human cancer cell lines including lung carcinoma (A549), gastric carcinoma (AGS), breast adenocarcinoma (MCF-7), hepatocellular carcinoma (Hep3B), and colon adenocarcinoma (Colo 205) were investigated. The ethyl acetate fraction of buckwheat sprout ethanol extract at the concentration of 1.0 mg/ml showed strong cytotoxic activities of 70.3, 94.8, 79.6, 82.3, and 73.2% against A549, AGS, MCF-7, Hep3B and Colo 205 cancer cell lines, respectively.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.475-482
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• 1999

This study was carried out to prepare green tea by traditional roasting process, Kujeungkupo, and to determine its sensory characteristics. The carotenoid content in green tea was increased by roasting and reached 1,317 mg/100 g by Kujeungkupo. Of all carotenoids, the contents of lutein and $\beta$-carotene were 1,170 mg/100 g and 111.1 mg/100 g, respectively. The total cathechin content in green tea was 14.57 g/100 g after 9th roasting. The more the number of roasting the little contents of cathechin in green teas. Of all cathechin, epigallocathechingallate was the highest(6.80g/100 g) followed by epicathechingallte and epicathechin. total cholrophyll content was 141 mg/100 g of green tea. The free sugar content in Kujeungkupo green tea wet 2.18 g/100 g, of which sucrose comprised 46% (1.01 g/100 g). The color value ($\Delta$E) of Kujeungkupo green tea was 16.25. In sensory evaluation, sweet taste was the highest in green tea roasted 3 times and the flavor was best in that roasted 5 times. The sweet and astringent tastes of green tea had negative relationships with a and b values. The content of cathechin in green tea had a negative relationship with sweet taste and a positive relationship with astringent taste.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.166-174
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• 1993

Streptomyces coeUc%r (Muller) cells were treated with $100 \mu$M hydrogen peroxide for I hour and proteins synthesized during hydrogen peroxide stress were labeled with L-[$^{35}S$]-methionine. Total cellular proteins were extracted and analyzed by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. In exponential growth phase, synthesis of about 100 proteins was increased by hydrogen peroxide treatment. These proteins were named as Pin (£eroxide-inducib]e) proteins and classified into 4 subgroups according to their induction time after hydrogen peroxide treatment. About 60 of them were found to be induced within 20 minutes and maintained throughout I hour of treatment. In stationary growth phase. synthesis of 62 proteins was increased by hydrogen peroxide and 21 of them were the same Pins found in exponential growth phase. Proteins from the mutants which are resistant to hydrogen peroxide were obtained in exponential growth phase and compared with those from the wild type on two-dimensional gel. The three mutants, N7, N9. and N24, were found to have higher constitutive leve]s of ]5, 17, and 15 Pin proteins respectively, than the wild type. 9 of these Pin proteins (D74.7a, E76.0c, E23.3. F50.7, F47.2a. F25.5, G39.6b, G24.0, H39.6a) increased in two of the three mutants and 3 proteins (F39.7, H6I.7. 120.8) increased in all of the three mutants. These proteins might play important roles in the response of S. coelic%r to hydrogen peroxide.

• Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.13-21
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• 1988

Mutagenic actions of aflatoxin B$_1$ (AFB$_1$) in the presence of various concentrations of L-ascorbIc acid (AA) in Salmonella typhimurium strains TA 100 and TA98 were studied. Spontaneous revertants per plate of the tester strains TA100 and TA98 were 121-125 and 25-30 with or without S9 mix, respectively. The negative controls used in the study did not show any mutagenesis in the tester strains. AFB$_1$ revealed strong mutagenicity at the dose levels of 0.05, 0.1 and 0.25 ${\mu}$g/plate with metabolic activation system in both strains. However, it showed a toxic effect when the levels were more than 0.5 ${\mu}$g/plate. When lower concentrations of AA (5-20 ${\mu}$g/plate) were added to AFB$_1$ in the Ames assay system with S9 mix the mutagenic action of AFB$_1$ decreased in both strains. About 70-90% of mutagenicity of AFB$_1$ disappeared in strain TA100 when 20${\mu}$g of AA was added to 0.05 ${\mu}$g of AFB$_1$. The inhibitory effect was greatly increased by the addition of higher concentrations of AA to AFB$_1$ in TA100 strain. The mutagenicity of AFB$_1$ was completely inhibited when 100 ${\mu}$g and 500 ${\mu}$g of AA were added to 0.05 ${\mu}$g and 0.1 ${\mu}$g of AFB$_1$, respectively, However, this protective effect of AA on AFB$_1$ mediated mutagenesis was less effective in TA98 strain than that in TA100.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.197-206
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• 1988

An outer membrane-associated 2-furaldehyde dehydrogenase, catalyzing the oxidation of 2-furaldehyde to 2-furoic acid from Klebsiella pneumoniae was purified to homogeneity and characterized. The enzyme showed its highly specific dependency on $\beta$-$NAD^{+}$. Enzyme activity was monitored during purification by using substrate 2-furaldehyde and coenzyme $\beta$-$NAD^{+}$ by means of high performance liquid chromatography. The outer membrane was successfully collected by the methods of Percoll density gradient ultracentrifugation and ultracentrifugation after preferential solubilization of the membrane with $Mg^{2+}$ and Triton X-100. The enzyme was purified by the series of procedures including extraction of outer membrane protein with EDTA and lysozume, and fractionation by column chromatography on QAE-Sephades Q-50, and subsequently Sephadex G-100. The enzume showed its optimal activity at $85^{\circ}C$, pH 9.5, and in the presence of 1.5% (vol/vol) Triton X-100. The enzyme exhibited a native molecular size of 88,000 by nondenaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and had an apparent Km of 4.72mM for 2-furaldehyde.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.50-53
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• 1991

The entomopathogenic nematodes, Steinernema carpocapsae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophoTa, were laboratory tested for the control of rice stem borer Chilo suppressalis. When 8 cm long of two rice stems infected by rice stem borers were treated with S. carpocapsae by spray application to the concentrations of 250, 500, 1,000, or 2,000 nematodes/ml, 68.6 $\pm$ 10.0-94.9 $\pm$ 2.6 % control was obtained. When 8 cm long of rice stems infected by rice stem borers were treated with H. bacteriophoTa by spray application to the concentrations of 100, 200, 400, or 800 nematodes/ ml, 91.4 $\pm$ 0.7-100 % control was obtained. On the other hand, when 8 cm long of three rice stems were treated with H. bacteriophora by dipping application to the concentrations of 100 or 200 nematodes/ml, 46.2 $\pm$ 4.7-63.1 $\pm$ 4.7 % control was obtained. Because the moist habitat of rice stems were favorable to nematode survival and searching abilities, entomopathogenic nematode, were confirmed to be a potential biological control agents against rice stem borers.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.25-30
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• 2019

Atmospheric-pressure plasma technique is a technology for sterilizing agricultural product. In this study, dielectric barrier discharge plasma was applied to silkworm powder for 1 to 5 h with less than 2 ppm of $O_3$ and $NO_2$. Quantitative compositions including proximate contents, mineral and heavy metal contents, fatty acids, vitamins, and DNJ contents were measured. Proximate contents of silkworm powder were protein (57.2%), fat (9.9%), fiber (4.6%), ash (10.1%), and moisture (5.7%). These compositions were not affected by the treatment of plasma. Silkworm powder has 5 abundant minerals potassium (K), phosphorus (P), sulfur (S), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg). Among these minerals, plasma treatment decreased the contents of P and S sharply from 732.3 to 176.8, and 492.7 to 185.2 mg/100g, respectively. Heavy metal contents including lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), and mercury (Hg) were not detected in the silkworm powder. Five vitamins such as ascorbic acid (13.6 mg/100g), riboflavin (5.4 mg/100g), ${\beta}$-carotene (1.8 mg/100g), niacin (0.6 mg/100g), and thiamine (0.4 mg/100g) were not significantly changed by plasma treatment. Silkworm powder is composed of 30 parts saturated fatty acids and 70 parts unsaturated ones. The fatty acid composition was not significantly changed by plasma treatment. The DNJ content of silkworm powder (3.72 mg/g) was also nearly constant within the experimental condition of plasma treatment.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.92-101
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• 2000

For selective elimination of salt in the boiled extract of baby neck clam (Tapes variegata, BEBNC), electrodialyzer was used and the desalination conditions of BEBNC were determined at various concentrations, pH's and volumes of BEBNC. The ion-exchange membrane with a molecular weight cut off 100 Da was used for desalting of BEBNC. The desalination times on BEBNC concentrations of 0.5％ and 4％ were 100 min and 170 min and the final desalting ratio was above 90％. 1'he desalination of BEBNC at pH 4.0 was 12％ higher than that at pH 9.0 for 60 min. The electrodialysis process could remove above 90％ of the initial salt content in 2％ BEBNC of 1 L for 80 min. The results obtained prove that electrodialysis is a practical solution to the problem of selective elimination of salt from BEBNC.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.104-109
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• 2012

Singapore, an island republic of over 5 million inhabitants, has 3.1 million workers. Most are employed in the service, finance and tourist/transport industry. Significant numbers work in manufacturing, construction and heavy industry. Following a series of construction and shipyard accidents with multiple deaths in 2004, the government announced its intention to reduce workplace fatalities from 4.9 to 2.5 per 100,000 by 2015. There was strong political will to achieve this target. The strategic approaches were to build workplace safety and health (WSH) capabilities; implement legislative changes with enforcement; promote benefits of WSH and recognize best practices, and enhance partnership with stakeholders. The anticipated outcomes were to reduce workplace fatality and injury rates; have WSH as an integral part of business; and establish a progressive and pervasive WSH culture. With these measures, the workplace fatality rate declined from 4.9/100,000 in 2004, to 2.2/100,000 in 2010. However, other confounding factors could also account for this decline, and have to be considered. The next target, announced by Singapore's Prime Minister in 2008, is to further reduce the workplace fatality rate to 1.8/100,000 by 2018, and to have "one of the best workplace safety records in the world".