• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.31-41
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• 2008

Steven-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis(TEN) are severe mucocutaneous reaction which are most frequently caused by drugs. Although the incidence of SJS and TEN is known to be relatively low, outcomes may be fatal. A systematic approach is required because morbidity rate is currently increasing and oral lesion is frequent. We investigated the clinical features and outcomes of 6 patients diagnosed as SJS and TEN and referred from the department of dermatology, Chonnam National University Hospital for oral care. Ketoconazol, Ofloxacin, Chlorphenesin, Amoxicillin, Pontal, Harnal, and Ciprofloxacin were suspected as the causative drugs. Average treatment period was 3.2 weeks, and two patients were referred to 'burn-patients' hospital. Most of oral lesion were cured be normal tissue, but scares with discoloration were observed. For intraoral management, antibiotic disinfection and steroid application were performed according to systemic treatment principles. Additionally, ingestion of zinc, antioxidants, and vitamin was recommended. The establishment of oral treatment principles is demanded because it has not been yet. Also, through investigation of drug side effect and careful prescription are required.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.33-41
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• 2019

In this report, nano-sized catalysts were introduced onto fabric surface to eliminate toxic chemicals assisted by physical adsorption. For chemical removal of toxic compounds, a series of zirconium-containing catalysts were synthesized and treated on fabric to catalyze the hydrolysis and oxidation of target molecules. Antimicrobial was also introduced for the research purpose to prove the compatibility of as-synthesized catalysts with other solutions. Zirconium ligated with hydroxyl group and MOF(Metal-Organic Frameworks) were exploited as catalyst for removal of toxic compounds, while zinc complex was used for an antimicrobial to culminate in a chemical shield. Once fabrics were functionalized, fabrics were washed 2 or 5 times for a washing durability test. The amount of catalyst in textile were measured by ICP-MS and weight increasing ratio of fabrics.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.901-908
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• 2002

The relationship between the layered structure of granules in UASB reactors and microbial resistance to toxicity was investigated using disintegrated granules. When no toxic materials were added to the media, the intact and disintegrated granules exhibited almost the same ability to decrease COD and to produce methane. However, when metal ions and organic toxic chemicals were added to a synthetic wastewater, he intact granules were found to be more resistant to toxicity than the disintegrated granules, as determined by the methane production. The difference in resistance between the intact and disintegrated granules was maximal, with toxicant concentrations ranging from 0.5 mM to 2 mM for trichloroethylene with toluene and 5 mM to 20 mM for metal ions (copper, nickel, zinc. chromium, and cadmium ions). The augmented COD removal rate by granulation compared to disintegrated granules was also measured in the treatment of synthetic and real wastewaters; synthetic wastewater, $-2.6\%$; municipal wastewater, $2.8\%$; swine wastewater, $6.4\%$; food wastewater, $25.0\%$; dye works wastewater, $42.9\%$; and landfill leachate, $61.8\%$. Continuous reactor operation also demonstrated that the granules in the UASB reactor were helpful in treating toxic wastewater, such as landfill leachate.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2010

Chromate conversion coating is a coating technique used to passivate aluminum, zinc, cadmium, copper, silver, magnesium, tin, and their alloys to slow corrosion. The process uses various toxic chromium compounds, which may include hexavalent chromium. The industry is developing less toxic alternatives in order to comply with substance restriction legislation, such as RoHS. One alternative is to develop a Cr-free coating solution. In this study, eco-friendly, Cr-free solutions (urethane solution S-700, organic/inorganic solution with Si LRO-317) were used. Test specimens were dried in a drying oven at $190^{\circ}C$ for 3, 5, 7, and 9 minutes. Corrosion resistance was evaluated using a salt spray test for 72 hours. The results show that the optimum corrosion resistance was achieved at $190^{\circ}C$ for five minutes for EGI and three or five minutes for HDGI, respectively. The adhesive properties of the two types of coating solutions were superior regardless of drying time.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.1-15
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• 1995

Tolerance to toxic effects of cadmium(Cd), including lethality has been shown following pretreatment with cadmium and zinc. This study was designed to determine if tolerance also develops to Cd-induced hepatotoxicity and renal toxicity. Three groups of rats(A, B, C), each consisting of 52 rats, were studied and each group was divided into three subgroups(1,2,3), 28 rats for each subgroup. Rats were subcutaneously pretreated with saline(A), $CdCl_2$(0.5 mg/kg, B), and $ZnCl_2$(13.0 mg/kg, C) during time periods of 5 days. At the end of the period, rats were challenged with $CdCl_2$(3.0 and 6.0 mg/kg) by intraperitoneal injection. As for the cadmium levels in rat tissues after 1,3,5,6 days of pretreatments, it was highest in the liver. Then kidney, heart, blood and muscle followed it in that order. After 24, 48 and 96 hours of intraperitoneal injection by challenge doses the concentration of cadmium in liver and kidney increased proportionally to the increase of challenge dosage. However metallothioneins in liver and kidney were increased by the pretreatment of cadmium and zinc. These data indicate the liver is a major target-organ of acute Cd poisoning, and suggest that cadmium induced hepatic injury, via release of Cd-MT, may play an important role in the nephrotoxicity observed in response to short-term exposure to cadmium. This result suggest that increasing cadmium concentrations, gradually accumulating in liver and kidney as the result of the pretreatment, served to induce the synthesis of metallothionein, thus making them resistant to the challenge from cadmium.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.191-200
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• 2004

Zinc (Zn) is an essential element in biological process, however inadequate Zn status in general population have been recognized. To update the knowledge for Zn-cadmium (Cd) interaction, we studied the intestinal uptake and transport, and the expression of metal transporter proteins (divalent metal transporter 1, DMT1 ; metal transporter protein 1, MTP1 ; zinc transporter 1, ZnTl ; metallothionein 1 , MT1) in duodenum after Cd exposure using Zn deficient animal model. Rats were led Zn deficient (ZnD, 0.5-1.0 mgZn/kg) or Zn supplemented (ZnS, 50mg Zn/kg) diet for 4 weeks, and followed single administration of $^{109}$ CdCl$_2$orally. The body Zn flatus and tissue Cd concentration were determined at 24 hrs after Cd administration. Total body burden of Cd and Cd absorption index (AI, %) were estimated based on the tissue Cd analyzed. DMT1, MTP1, ZnTl and MT1 mRNA were analyzed by using RT-PCR method. Feeding of Zn deficient diet for 4 weeks produced a reduced body weight gain and a depletion of body Zn. Tissue Cd concentration, body burden of Cd and Cd absorption index were higher in the ZnD diet fed rats than the ZnS diet red rats. Especially, Cd concentration in the small intestine (duodenum, jejunum and ileum) and the colon of FeD diet fed rats were higher markedly than in the FeS diet group. The expression levels of DMT1, MTP1 and ZnT1 mRNA in FeD diet fed rats were similar to the FeS diet. The level of MT1 mRNA expression was significantly lower in the FeD than the FeS diet fed rats. Taken together, theses results indicate that Zn deficiency in diet induce an increased intestinal absorption and tissue retention of Cd, and down -regulate the MT1 expression in the intestine which might be play a part of role in Cd absorption and transport in mammalian. These findings suggest that deficiency of essential metal could be enhanced the toxicity of toxic, non-esstial metals through the metal-metal interaction.

• 환경생물
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.372-379
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• 2019

해산규조류(Skeletonema cosatatum)의 개체군성장률(r)을 사용하여 연안 유기오염물질인 phenanthrene (PHE)과 zinc undecylenate (ZU)의 독성평가를 실시하였다. S. costatum을 PHE(0, 25, 50, 100, 200, 300 mg L^-1)와 ZU(0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 mg L^-1)에 각각 96시간 노출한 이후에 r을 산출하였고, 대조구의 r은 0.04보다 높아 시험기준에 적합하였다. S. costatum의 r은 PHE 50, ZU 10mg L^-1 이상의 농도에서 대조구 대비 유의하게 감소하기 시작해 PHE와 ZU의 농도가 증가할수록 감소되는 농도의존성을 나타냈으며, 최고농도인 300과 25mg L^-1 농도에서는 r이 나타나지 않았다. PHE와 ZU에 노출된 S. costatum r의 반수영향농도(EC₅₀)은 136.13, 16.95 mg L^-1, 무영향농도(NOEC)는 25, 5 mg L^-1, 최소영향농도(LOEC)는 50, 10 mg L^-1로 나타났다. 본 연구결과, 해양생태계 내에서 S. costatum의 r은 PHE 50 mg ^-1, ZU 10 mg L^-1 이상의 농도에서 독성영향으로 감소할 것으로 판단되며, PHE와 ZU의 기준농도 설정을 위한 기초자료로 유용하게 사용될 것이다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제36권1호통권102호
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• pp.83-94
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• 2003

공업적 목적으로 사용된 후의 아연은 육지와 수계로 유입되며, 토양으로 유입된 후의 아연은 부식되어 수계로 유입된다. 과량의 아연은, 수서생물에 대해 중금속으로서 독성을 가지며 수서 동 ${\cdot}$ 식물의 성장억제를 유발하고, 나아가서는 동물의 기형발생을 초래한다. 본 연구에서는 FETAX (frog embryo teratogenetic assay with Xenopus) 방법에 의해 in vivo에서 과량 아연의 독성을 밝혔다. st. 9 시기에 있는 Xenopus 개구리의 배를 $100{\sim}900\;{\mu}M$ $ZnCl_2$용액에 7일간 노출시켰을 때 100 ${\mu}M$ 아연에서는 81%의 개체가 생존하였고 1000 ${\mu}M$ 에서는 25%가 생존하였다. 그 결과 외형적 이상은 복부팽만과 소화관 형성부전이 일반적으로 나타났고 200 ${\mu}M$ 이상의 아연처리 시 모든 개체에서 이러한 현상이 나타났다. 400 ${\mu}M$ 이상의 농도에서는 모든 개체에서 심장탈색을 보였다. 또한 신체의 탈색과 눈의 수정체 헤르니아, 그리고 느슨한 소화관은 100 ${\mu}M$ 이상의 아연처리에서 매우 빈번히 나타났다. 아연처리 된 유생의 파라핀 조직절편에서는 망막의 광수용기의 파괴, 눈의 초자체방 축소, 심장적혈구수의 감소, 비정상적 간조직, 원신관 세포의 팽윤, 근육형성부전, 그리고 구전정의 유두종 형성 등의 이상을 보였다. 이러한 이장은 미토콘드리아의 파괴 $Ca^{2+}$과 $Zn^{2+}$의 치환에 의한 세포결합의 저해, 그리고 아연에 의한 적혈구내 leghemoglobin의 형성 등이 원인일 것이다. 과량 아연에 의해 유생의 체장은 감소하였고, 통계분석 결과 체장은 대조군의 체장과 비교했을 때, 300 ${\mu}M$ 아연처리 군부터 매우 유의미하게 체장의 감소가 나타났다. 현재 자연상태에서 양서류의 수적감소와 기형발생이 세계적으로 보고되고 있으며, 본 연구의 결과로 고려했을 때, 과잉 아연은 수계를 오염시켜 양서류의 수적감소를 일으키는 중요한 원인물질로 생각되므로 이의 관리에 관심을 두어야 할 것이다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제13권1_2호
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• pp.103-110
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• 1997

This study was performed to investigate the effects of cadmium chloride on the acute and chronic toxicity on rats. Several toxic effects of cadmium has been shown following short-term and longterm pretreatment with cadmium and zinc. Four groups of rats (A, B, C, D), each consisting of 16 rats, were studied and each group was divided into four subgroups (1, 2, 3, 4), 4 rats for each subgroup. Rats were subcutaneously pretreated with $CdCl_2$ (0.5 mg/kg, A & C), and $ZnCl_2$ (13.0 mg/kg, B & D) during time periods of 1 weeks (group A & B) and 6 weeks (group C & D). At the end of the period, rats were challenged with $CdCl_2$ (3.0, 6.0 and 9.0 mg/kg, i.p.). After giving the challenge dose, cadmium and metallothionein(MT) concentrations were determined. The concentrations of cadmium were higher in the liver than the kidney irrelevantly to cadmium and zinc pretreatment and increased dose-dependently to the challenge dosage. The metallothioneins showed higher concentrations in the liver than the kidney following cadmium pretreatment and were higher in the long-term pretreatment groups than the short-term pretreatment groups in the liver and the kidney of rats. These data suggest that metallothioneins are induced preferentially in the liver by pretreatment of cadmium and then, formed in the form of Cd-MT, may play an important role in the nephrotoxicity.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.499-502
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• 2013

Trace elements which are essential components of biological structures may also be toxic when present at levels above the amounts required for biological function. In our study, trace element levels were measured with furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry in 33 newly diagnosed renal cell carcinoma cases (preoperative) and 32 healthy controls. When compared with the control group, it was found that the levels of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) were higher and the levels of zinc (Zn), iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) were lower in the patient group. These changes may be important in the formation of renal cell carcinoma, a question which should be explored with postoperative comparative studies.