• 분석과학
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.339-344
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• 2012

In this research, hydride generation in HPLC-ICPMS for the selenium speciation was investigated. Chemical and photochemical vapor generation techniques were compared for the effective generation of selenium vapour. $HBr/KBrO_3$ was used for the chemical reduction and a UV lamp was used for the photochemical reduction. It was found out that the photochemical reduction was more effective than the chemical reduction in all of selenium species studied. The optimum conditions for the generation of vapour are 0.4% KI, 2.5% $NaBH_4$, and 1.0 M HCl. The enhancement factor using a photochemical hydride generation was from 6.3 to 16.7 times for inorganic and organic selenium species.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.1907-1914
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• 2010

A novel catalytic kinetic method is proposed for the determination of Se(IV), Se(VI) and total inorganic selenium in water based on the catalytic effect of Se(IV) on the reduction of bromate by p-nitrophenylhydrazine at pH 3.0. The generated bromine, $Br_2$ or $Cl_2$ plus $Br_2$ in 0.1 M NaCl (or NaBr) environment efficiently decolorized Calmagite and the reaction was monitored spectrophotometrically at 523 nm as a function of time. In this indicator reaction, bromide acted as an activator for the catalysis of selenium (IV) and a reducing agent for selenium (VI) at pH 3.0, which allowed the determination of total selenium. The fixed time method was adopted for the determination and speciation of inorganic selenium. Under the optimum conditions, the calibration graph are linear in the range 1 - 35 ${\mu}gL^{-1}$ of Se(IV) for the fixed time method at $25^{\circ}C$. The detection limit based on statistical $3S_{blank}$/m-criterion was 0.215 ${\mu}gL^{-1}$ for the fixed time method (7 min). All of the variables that affect the sensitivity at 523 nm were investigated, and the optimum conditions were established. The interference effect of various cations and anions on the Se (IV) determination was also studied. The selectivity of the selenium determination was greatly improved with the use of the strongly cation exchange resin such as Amberlite IR120 plus. The proposed kinetic method was validated statistically and through recovery studies in natural water samples. The RSDs for ten replicate measurements of 5, 15 and 25 ${\mu}gL^{-1}$ of Se(IV) and Se(VI) was changed between 2.1 - 4.85%. Analyses of a certified standard reference material (NIST SRM 1643e) for selenium using the fixed-time method showed that the proposed kinetic method has good accuracy. Se(IV), Se(VI) and total inorganic selenium in environmental water samples have been successfully determined by this method after selective reduction of Se(VI) to Se(IV).

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.3817-3824
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• 2013

Various separation modes in HPLC, such as anion exchange (AE), reversed-phase (RP), and affinity (AF) chromatography were examined for the separation of selenium species in human blood serum and urine. While RP- and AE-HPLC were mainly used for the separation of small molecular selenium species, double column AF-HPLC achieved the separation of selenoproteins in blood serum efficiently. Further, the effluent of AF-HPLC was enzymatically hydrolyzed and then analyzed with RP HPLC for selenoamino acid study. The versatility of the hybrid technique makes the in-depth study of selenium species possible. For quantification, post column isotope dilution (ID) with $^{78}Se$ spike was performed. ORC ICP/MS (octapole reaction cell inductively coupled plasma/mass spectrometry) was used with 4 mL $min^{-1}$ Hydrogen as reaction gas. In urine sample, inorganic selenium and SeCys were identified. In blood serum, selenoproteins GPx, SelP and SeAlb were detected and quantified. The concentration for GPx, SelP and SeAlb was $22.8{\pm}3.4\;ng\;g^{-1}$, $45.2{\pm}1.7\;ng\;g^{-1}$, and $16.1{\pm}2.2\;ng\;g^{-1}$, respectively when $^{80}Se/^{78}Se$ was used. The sum of these selenoproteins ($84.1{\pm}4.4\;ng\;g^{-1}$) agrees well with the total selenium concentration measured with the ID method of $87.0{\pm}3.0\;ng\;g^{-1}$. Enzymatic hydrolysis of each selenium proteins revealed that SeCys is the major amino acid for all three proteins and SeMet is contained in SeAlb only.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.847-858
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• 2017

For 26 soil series distributed more than 1% among 63 soil series in Jeju Island, natural uncultivated soil samples were collected. For these soils, the chemical speciation of eight heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, V, and Zn) was examined. Further, the Plant Bioavailability (PB) and Mobility Factor (MF) of these heavy metals were evaluated using Tessier's 5-step sequential extraction method (exchangeable, carbonate, reducible (bound to Fe/Mn oxides), oxidizable (bound to organic matter), and residual fraction). The main form present was residual fraction for Cd and Zn; residual and oxidizable fractions for Cr, Cu, Ni, and Pb; reducible fraction for Mn; and carbonate fraction for V. The average plant availability and average mobility factor were found to be V (57.37%) > Zn (12.49%) > Cd (11.76%) > Cu (11.19%) > Pb (9.37%) > Cr (9.09%) > Mn (3.13%) > Ni (2.63%), and Mn (61.04%) > V (59.94%) > Zn (31.54%) > Cd (17.65%) > Cr (15.66%) > Ni (13.89%) > Pb (13.80%) > Cu (13.53%), respectively.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제64권4호
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• pp.203-209
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• 2020

손톱과 모발에서 셀레늄을 추출하고 HPLC-ICP/MS로 셀레늄의 각 화학종을 분리한 뒤 분석하였다. 셀레노 화합물은 주로 SeCys으로 구성되어 있음을 알아내었고 이 들 시료의 분석을 통하여 인체에서의 셀레늄에 농도의 변화에 대한 정보를 얻을 수 있었다. 5명의 참가자들에 대한 손톱을 12개월간 모니터링한 결과, 농도는 평균 858.6 ± 201.2 ng g^-1 이었는데 각 개인의 농도는 시간에 따라 변화가 크지 않고 일정하게 유지되었으며 개인간의 평균값차이도 심하지 않았다. 모발의 경우, 평균농도는 205.3 ng g^-1으로서 손톱보다는 낮았다. 지원자들에게 셀레늄 보조제 22 ㎍ day^-1를 3개월씩 투여하였을 때에 섭취 전후(각 3개월의 기간)의 농도는 크게 변화하지 않았지만 셀레늄보조제의 농도를 300 ㎍ day^-1으로 증가시켜 2개월간 투여하였을 때에는 손톱에서의 셀레늄 농도가 1,230 ng g^-1으로 현저히 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 결론적으로 손톱은 인체가 장기간(수 개월 이상)동안 노출되었거나 또는 흡수한 셀레늄에 관한 정보를 반영하여 나타낼 수 있음을 본 연구를 통하여 알아낼 수 있었다.

• ALGAE
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.167-176
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• 2020

Iodine exists as a trace element in seawater, with total iodine being generally constant at about 0.45-0.55 μM. Almost all of this iodine occurs in two main forms: iodate and iodide. Iodate is the thermodynamically stable form under normal seawater conditions, and thus should be the only iodine-containing species in the water column. However, iodate concentrations are found to vary considerably, being generally greater at depth and lower at the surface, while iodide concentrations follow the reverse pattern, being anomalously accumulated in the euphotic zone and decreasing with depth. The fact that iodide concentrations follow a depth dependence corresponding to the euphotic zone suggests that biological activity is the source of the reduced iodine. Nonetheless, the nature and source of iodate reduction activity remains controversial. Here, using a combination of field and laboratory studies, we examine some of the questions raised in our and other previous studies, and seek further correlations between changes in iodine speciation and the presence of marine macro- and microalgae. The present results indicate that microalgal growth per se does not seem to be responsible for the reduction of iodate to iodide. However, there is some support for the hypothesis that iodate reduction can occur due to release of cellular reducing agents that accompany cell senescence during phytoplankton bloom declines. In addition, support is given to the concept that macroalgal species such as giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can take up both iodide and iodate from seawater (albeit on a slower time scale). We propose a mechanism whereby iodate is reduced to iodide at the cell surface by cell surface reductases and is taken up directly as such without reentering the bulk solution.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.3681-3686
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• 2014

In this study, we demonstrated selenium (Se) accumulation in Bifidobacterium longum strain (B. longum) and evaluated the effect of Se-enriched B. longum (Se-B. longum) on tumor growth and immune function in tumor-bearing mice. Analysis using high-performance liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICP-MS) revealed that more than 99% of Se in Se-B. longum was organic, the main component of which was selenomethionine (SeMet). In the in vivo experiments, tumor-bearing mice (n=8) were orally administrated with different doses of Se-B. longum alone or combined with cyclophosphamide (CTX). The results showed that the middle and high dose of Se-B. longum significantly inhibited tumor growth. When Se-B. longum and CTX were combined, the antitumor effect was significantly enhanced and the survival time of tumor-bearing mice (n=12) was prolonged. Furthermore, compared with CTX alone, the combination of Se-B. longum and CTX stimulated the activity of natural killer (NK) cells and T lymphocytes, increasing the levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2) and tumor necrosis factor-${\alpha}$ (TNF-${\alpha}$), and the leukocyte count of H22 tumor-bearing mice (n=12).

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제34권11호
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• pp.3362-3366
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• 2013

A simple and quick separation technique for selenite in natural water was developed using $TiO_2$@$SiO_2/Fe_3O_4$ nanoparticles. For the synthesis of nanoparticles, a polymer-assisted sol-gel method using hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) was developed to control particle dispersion in the synthetic procedure. In addition, titanium butoxide (TBT) precursor, instead of the typical titanium tetra isopropoxide, was used for the formation of the $TiO_2$ shell. The synthesized nanoparticles were used to separate selenite ($Se^{4+}$) in the presence of $Se^{6+}$ or selenium anions for the photocatalytic reduction to $Se^0$ atom on the $TiO_2$ shell, followed by magnetic separation using $Fe_3O_4$ nanoparticles. The reduction efficiency of the photocatalytic reaction was 81.4% at a UV power of 6W for 3 h with a dark adsorption of 17.5% to the nanoparticles, as determined by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The developed separation method can be used for the speciation and preconcentration of selenium cations in environmental and biological analysis.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제63권5호
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• pp.335-341
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• 2019

배양한 셀레늄 강화 스피룰리나를 ICP-MS에서 동위원소희석법을 이용하여 총농도를 정량하였고, HPLC-ICP/MS를 이용하여 낮은 분자량의 셀레늄 화학종들을 각각 분리하고 정량하였다. 셀레노 화합물들은 일차적으로 증류수를 이용하여 추출하였고 이차적으로는 단백질 분해 효소 protease XIV를 이용하여 단백질들을 분해한 뒤에 추출하였다. 배양한 스피룰리나의 셀레늄 총량은 $414.9{\pm}4.0mg\;g^{-1}$으로 나타났고 증류수로 추출하였을때, 분리한 상등액과 가라앉은 residue는 각각 $318.3mg\;g^{-1}$과 $90.9mg\;g^{-1}$으로서 총량의 약 77%와 22%로 분포되어 있었다. 셀레늄 화학종의 분포는 상등액에서는 주로 selenate ($222.7mg\;g^{-1}$)가 존재하였고 단백질 가수분해를 시키고 조사한 결과, 유기셀레늄들 SeMet ($12.13mg\;g^{-1}$)과 SeCys ($15.20mg\;g^{-1}$)이 추가로 나타났다. Residue에서는 무기 셀레늄이 거의 검출되지 않았고 SeCys과 SeMet이 나타났으며 단백질 분해효소를 사용하여 추출한 경우, 더 많은 셀레노 아미노산들, SeCys ($9.35mg\;g^{-1}$)과 SeMet ($18.23mg\;g^{-1}$), 및 MeSeCys ($1.5mg\;g^{-1}$)이 검출되었다. 무기셀레늄은 주로 스피룰리나의 표면에 흡착된 것으로 보이며 증류수 추출로 이들을 충분히 제거할 수 있었고 결과, residue에서는 대부분 유기셀레늄(99% 이상)만 존재하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.1156-1160
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• 2004

The technique of an on-line preconcentration by the direct sulfide precipitation has been developed. Sn was homogeneously precipitated by sulfide, which was generated in situ from the hydrolysis of thioaceteamide. Precipitate was collected on a filter in the line and dissolved out instantaneously by KOH to be sent to an ICP. The enrichment factor was 4 with the sampling speed of 15/hr for 1.0 mL of sample. It was increased to more than 40 times when the sampling volume was increased to 10 mL with the sampling speed of 5/hr. $Sn^{2+}/Sn^{4+}$ could be separately determined with the on-line precipitation technique. The method was applied to the analysis of NIST SRM 1566 Oyster sample and yielded good agreement with the certified value.