• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.103-110
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• 2011

This study was performed to enhance anticancer activities of Lithospermum erythrorhizon by eluting high amount of shikonin through ultra high pressure process. Extraction yield was increased up to 5~10% by ultra high pressure process, compare to the normal extraction processes such as water solvent extraction, 70% ethyl alcohol solvent extraction. The cytotoxicity of the extracts ($1.0{\mu}g/m{\ell}$) from ultra high pressure process was showed the lowest cytotoxicity 13.4% for human lung cell (HEL299). The anticancer activities showed 80~85% by adding $1.0{\mu}g/m{\ell}$ of the extracts from ultra high pressure process in several cancer cell lines such as AGS, Hep3B, MCF-7 and HeLa cells. Among them, MCF-7 cell of the endocrine system was highest inhibited than other cells. The anticancer activities of the extracts from ultra high pressure extraction process showed 10~15%, which was higher than the extracts from normal extraction processes. From HPLC analysis of the extracts, the contents of shikonin in the extracts from ultra high pressure process was 11.42% (w/w), which was 20% higher than others. This results indicate that ultra high pressure process could increase the extraction yield of shikonin and other contents, which resulted in higher anticancer activities.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.364-368
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• 2006

Survival of biocontrol agents and their effective colonization of rhizhosphere are the essential components for successful disease suppression. The effects of hydrogel supplement on bacterial survival and disease control were evaluated in pot and in the field. Addition of 2% hydrogel material to potting soil resulted in significant enhancement of colonization of biocontrol agent Serratia plymuthica A21-4 both in soil and rhizosphere of pepper plants. Rhizosphere colonization of S. plymuthica A21-4 retrieved from 40 days old pepper seedlings indicated 100 times higher bacterial population in hydrogel treated soil than in ordinary pot soil. The pepper plants sown in hydrogelated potting soil showed higher seed germination rate and the better growth of pepper plant than those in ordinary commercial pot soil. Although the suppression of Phytophthora capsid density in the potting soil by treatment of biocontrol agent A21-4 was not significantly different between in hydrogelated soil and ordinary potting soil, the suppression of Phytophthora blight between two treatments was significantly different. A21-4 treatment in hydrogelated potting soil was completely disease-free while same treatment in ordinary potting soil revealed 36% disease incidence. Our field study under natural disease occurrence also showed significantly less disease incidence(12.3%) in the A21-4 treatment in the hydrogelated soil compared to other treatments. Yield promotion of pepper by the A21-4 treatment in the hydrogelated potting soil was also recognized. Our results indicated that hydrogel amendment with biocontrol agent in pot soil would be a good alternative to protect pepper seedlings and increase plant yield.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.157-164
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• 2010

A marine alga, Spirulina maxima, was extracted under high pressure and low temperature conditions at 500 MPa and $60^{\circ}C$ for 5 and 10 min. A high pressure of 500 MPa was applied to improve process yields because of low temperature extraction. This method resulted in highest higher extraction yield of 26.1% (w/w) in comparison to those results obtained from conventional extraction methods which produced a yield of 17.6% (w/w) from water. The extracts from this process also showed 19% of low cytotoxicity against human normal fibroblast cells in adding 1.0 mg/ml of the highest concentration. The crude extract significantly reduced the production of Prostaglandin $E_2$ ($PGE_2$) from CCD-986sk cells and increased nitric oxide production by macrophages. These higher activities of enhancing skin immune functions were found to have high antioxidant extract properties, like a 98% increase in DPPH radical scavenging activity. The extracts from the high pressure process showed a higher elution of active components than other processes and generated new compounds based on HPLC analysis. This clearly indicates that the extracts from high pressure and low temperature conditions have higher skin immune activation properties that have not been previously reported.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.101-109
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• 2010

Efficient L-lactic acid production from Jerusalem artichoke tubers, by Lactobacillus casei G-02, using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) in a fed-batch culture, is demonstrated. A kinetic analysis of the SSF revealed that the inulinase activity was subjected to product inhibition, whereas the fermentation activity of G-02 was subjected to substrate inhibition. It was also found that the intracellular NADH oxidase (NOX) activity was enhanced by the citrate metabolism, which dramatically increased the carbon flux of the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) pathway, along with the production of ATP. As a result, when the SSF was carried out at $40^{\circ}C$ after an initial hydrolysis of 1 h and included a sodium citrate supplement of 10 g/l, an L-lactic acid concentration of 141.5 g/l was obtained after 30 h, with a volumetric productivity of 4.7 g/l/h. The conversion efficiency and product yield were 93.6% of the theoretical lactic acid yield and 52.4 g lactic acid/l00 g Jerusalem artichoke flour, respectively. Such a high concentration of lactic acid with a high productivity from Jerusalem artichokes has not been reported previously, making G-02 a potential candidate for the economic production of L-lactic acid from Jerusalem artichokes on a commercial scale.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1435-1447
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• 2012

The present study was conducted to determine the effect of hexaconazole (HEX), a triazole fungicide, on the growth, yield, photosynthetic response and antioxidant potential in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) plants subjected to UV-B stress. UV-B radiation and HEX were applied separately or in combination to cucumber seedlings. The growth parameters were significantly reduced under UV-B treatment, however, this growth inhibition was less in HEX treated plants. HEX caused noticeable changes in plant morphology such as reduced shoot length and leaf area, and increased leaf thickness. HEX was quite persistent in inhibiting shoot growth by causing a reduction in shoot fresh and dry weight. HEX noticeably recovered the UV-B induced inhibition of biomass production. Significant accumutation in anthocyanin and flavonoid pigments in the leaves occurred as a result of HEX or UV-B treatments. HEX permitted the survival of more green leaf tissue preventing chlorophyll content reduction and higher quantum yield for photosystemII under UV-B exposure. HEX treatment induced a transient rise in ABA levels in the leaves, and combined application of HEX and UV-B showed a significant enhancement of ABA content which activates $H_2O_2$ generation. UV-B exposure induced accumulation of $H_2O_2$ in the leaves, while HEX prevented UV-B induced increase in $H_2O_2$, indicating that HEX serves as an antioxidant agent able to scavenge $H_2O$ to protect cells from oxidative damage. An increase in the ascorbic acid was observed in the HEX treated cucumber leaves affecting many enzyme activities by removing $H_2O_2$ during photosynthetic processes. The activities of antioxidant enzymes including catalase(CAT), ascorbate peroxidase(APX), superoxide dismutase(SOD) and peroxidase(POD) in the leaves in the presence of HEX under UV-B stress were higher than those under UV-B stress alone. These findings suggest that HEX may participate in the enhanced tolerance to oxidative stress. From these results it can be concluded that HEX moderately ameliolate the effect of UV-B stress in cucumber by improving the components of antioxidant defense system.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제47권3호
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• pp.157-160
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• 2002

삼백초의 근경 수확방법을 인력수확에서 생력기계화 수확기술로 개선코자 트랙터부착 굴취기 등 4종의 수확기기의 기계수확 효율을 비교, 검토하였던 바 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 총생력시간은 인력에 비하여 경운기 경운 60%, 경운기부착 굴취기 64%, 트랙터부착 굴취기 67%절감되었다. 2. 근경의 손실율은 인력수확 13.9%, 경운기 경운 11.7%, 경운기부착 굴취기 9.8%, 트랙터부착 굴취기 5.1%로 기계수확에서 낮았다. 3. 상품 근경수량은 인력수확 3,032 kg/10a에 비하여 경운기 경운은 248 kg 감소하였으나, 경운기부착 굴취기와 트랙터부착 굴취기는 56kg, 320kg각각 증가되었으며, 총 근경수량은 인력수확에 비하여 기계수확에서 3-10%증가되었는데, 트랙터부착 굴취기는 10%의 증가로 가장 높은 수량을 보였다. 4. 경제성은 인력수확에 비하여 기계수확에서 13-27%높았으며, 트랙터 부착 굴취기는 27%로 가장 높았다. 5. 트랙터부착 굴취기는 생력효율, 상품수량, 총 근경수량 그리고 경제성에서 가장 높거나, 많은 것으로 나타나 적용가능성이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다.

• Plant Biotechnology Reports
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.53-60
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• 2011

Artemisinin is effective against both chloroquine-resistant and -sensitive strains of Plasmodium species. However, the low yield of artemisinin from cultivated and wild plants is a serious limitation to the commercialization of this drug. Optimization of artemisinin yield either in vivo or in vitro is therefore highly desirable. To this end, we have overexpressed the 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) gene (hmgr) from Catharanthus roseus L. in Artemisia annua L. and analyzed its influence on artemisinin content. PCR and Southern blot analyses revealed that the transgenic plants showed stable integration of the foreign hmgr gene. The reverse transcriptase-PCR results suggested that the hmgr was expressed at the transcriptional level in transgenic lines of Artemisia annua L., while the high-performance liquid chromatography analysis showed that artemisinin content was significantly increased in a number of the transgenic lines. Artemisinin content in one of the A. annua transgenic lines was 38.9% higher than that in non-transgenic plants, and HMGR enzyme activity in transgenic A. annua L. was also higher than that in the non-transgenic lines.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 1978

$BH_3$-THF 용액에 염화리튬을 가한 새로운 환원계의 환원특성에 대한 연구가 대표적인 작용기를 가진 유기화합물을 가지고 표준조건($0^{\circ}$, THF)에서 이루어졌다. 조사 연구된 화합물중 벤조페논, 4가지 에스테르 및 시클로헥센은 $BH_3$ 환원과 별 차이를 보이지 않았으나, 2-헵탄온, 아세토페논, 염화벤조일, 프탈산무수물, 그리고 3가지 에폭시화물은 소량의 염화리튬에 의해 빠른 속도로 환원이 완결 되었다. 특히 에폭시화시클로헥센의 환원에 있어서는 소량의 염화리튬 존재하에서는 정량적으로 시클로헥산올을 생성하였으나 염화리튬의 양이 증가하면 2-클로로시클로헥산올이 시클로헥산올과 함께 생성됨을 알았다. 또한, 에폭시화시클로헥센과의 반응에 있어서 질산리튬은 염화리튬과는 달리 별로 효과가 없었다. 따라서 보란-염화리튬용액에 클로로수소화붕소리튬의 생성가능성을 논의하였다.

• 공업화학
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.204-208
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• 2014

본 연구는 1차원 반응기 모델을 이용한 수치 시뮬레이션을 통해 수소투과량, 수소선택도, 사용된 촉매의 양, 급송흐름에서의 $H_2O/CO$ 조성비 및 Ar sweep gas가 막반응기(membrane reactor)에서의 수성가스전이반응의 성능에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 막반응기에서 평형상태보다 향상된 수소수율을 얻기 위해선 적어도 100 이상의 수소선택도를 가져야 함이 관찰되었으며, 수소투과량이 계속 증가될 경우에는 수소수율의 증가폭이 점차 감소됨이 보였다. 낮은 수소투과량의 경우에는 촉매량이 증가할수록 초기엔 증가된 CO 전환율을 보이다가 점차 그 증가폭이 감소되었으며, 높은 수소투과량의 경우에는 촉매의 양과 무관하게 높은 CO 전환율이 관찰되었다. 급송흐름에서의 $H_2O/CO$ 조성비가 1.5 이상인 경우엔 수소투과량이 막반응기에서의 CO 전환율에 미치는 영향이 미미하였고, 막반응기에서 평형상태보다 향상된 CO 전환율을 얻기 위해선 적어도 $6.7{\times}10^{-6}mol\;s^{-1}$ 의 Ar 몰유속이 필요함이 밝혀졌다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.117-124
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• 2011

Considering that the world population is expected to total 9 billion by 2050, it will clearly be necessary to sustain and even accelerate the rate of improvement in crop productivity. In the 21st century, we now face another, perhaps more devastating, environmental threat, namely climate change, which could cause irreversible damage to agricultural ecosystem and loss of production potential. Enhancing intrinsic yield, plant abiotic stress tolerance, and pest and pathogen resistance through agricultural biotechnology will be a critical part of feeding, clothing, and providing energy for the human population, and overcoming climate change. Development and commercialization of genetically engineered crops have significantly contributed to increase of crop yield and farmer's income, decrease of environmental impact associated with herbicide and insecticide, and to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from this cropping area. Advances in plant genomics, proteomics and system biology have offered an unprecedented opportunities to identify genes, pathways and networks that control agricultural important traits. Because such advances will provide further details and complete understanding of interaction of plant systems and environmental variables, biotechnology is likely to be the most prominent part of the next generation of successful agricultural industry. In this article, we review the prospects for modification of agricultural target traits by genetic engineering, including enhancement of photosynthesis, abiotic stress tolerance, and pest and pathogen resistance associated with such opportunities and challenges under climate change.