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Isoliquiritigenin : A Competitive Tyrosinase Inhibitor from the Heartwood of Dalbergia odorifera

  • Kang, Tai-Hyun;Tian, Yu-Hua;Kim, Youn-Chul
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.32-34
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    • 2005
  • Effect of isoliquiritigenin isolated from the heartwood of Dalbergia odorifera T. Chen (Leguminosae) on mushroom tyrosinase activity was investigated in vitro using L-tyrosine and L-3, 4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) as the substrates. When L-tyrosine was used as a substrate, both isoliquiritigenin and kojic acid, a positive control, inhibited tyrosinase activity in a concentration-dependent manner. IC$_{50}$ values of isoliquiritigenin and kojic acid were 61.4 and 52.2 ${\muM}$, respectively. However, isoliquiritigenin showed week inhibitory effect on the oxidation of L-DOPA by tyrosinase with inhibition ratio of 9.1 ${\pm}$ 7.1% at 100 ${\muM}$. It is also suggested that 3-unsubstituted and 4-hydroxyl phenyl group in isoliquiritigenin plays an important role on the inhibition of tyrosinase activity when L-tyrosine was used as a substrate. Analysis of Lineweaver-Burk plot showed that isoliquiritigenin acts as a competitive inhibitor in case of L-tyrosine as a substrate.

Lifetime improvement of Organic Light Emitting Diode by Using LiF Thin Film and UV Glue Encapsulation

  • Hsieh, Huai-En;Huang, Bohr-Ran;Juang, Fuh-Shyang;Tsai, Yu-Sheng;Chang, Ming-Hua;Liu, Mark.O.;Su, Jou-yeh
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.08b
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    • pp.1703-1705
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    • 2007
  • Before the ultra-violet glue encapsulation, the research evaporated LiF thin film on device surface to be the extra packaging layer for improving the lifetime of organic light-emitting diode. The formula of UV glue was specially developed. We found 100 nm LiF is the optimum thickness. The best lifetime obtained by using LiF and special UV glue is 2.4 times longer than those by commercial UV glue.

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Hepatoprotective Constituents of Cudrania tricuspidata

  • Tian Yu-Hua;Kim Hyun-Chul;Cui Jiong-Mo;Kim Youn-Chul
    • Archives of Pharmacal Research
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.44-48
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    • 2005
  • Phytochemical investigation of the MeOH extract of the root barks of Cudrania tricuspidata Bureau (Moraceae), as guided by hepatoprotective activity in vitro, furnished four isoprenylated xanthones, cudratricusxanthone A (1), cudraxanthone L (2), cudratricusxanthone E (3), and macluraxanthone B (4). All of these compounds showed the significant hepatoprotective effect on tacrine-induced cytotoxicity in human liver-derived Hep G2 cells. Compounds 1, 2, and 4 also exhibited the significant hepatoprotective effect on nitrofurantoin-induced cytotoxicity in human liver-derived Hep G2 cells.

Decision on Quality Investment Level Under Moral Hazard Environment

  • Zhang, Cui-Hua;Yu, Hai-Bin
    • International Journal of Quality Innovation
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.20-31
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    • 2007
  • Moral hazard and adverse selection often exist in asymmetric information environment. In this paper, quality investment decision problem is studied under moral hazard. A basic model for quality investment level decision is developed with the supplier as a principal and the buyer as an agent. And then we regard the supplier and the buyer's rational limitations to set up a model when the buyer's quality evaluation and processing activities are hidden. The model is optimized and the results under different backgrounds are discussed and compared. Results show that the buyer's quality evaluation level and processing level are mostly influenced by the supplier's quality assurance payment. Both the supplier and the buyer choose different quality investment levels under moral hazard because of the supplier's payment to the buyer in case of internal failure and external failure.

Improvement of CF/ABS Composite Properties by Anodic Oxidation of Pitch based C-type Carbon Fiber

  • Yang, Xiao Ping;Wang, Cheng Zhong;Yu, Yun Hua;Ryu, Seung-Kon
    • Carbon letters
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.80-84
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    • 2002
  • The surface treatment of C-type isotropic pitch-based carbon fiber was carried out by anodic oxidation in 5 wt% $NH_4NO_3$ electrolyte. The changes of fiber surface and carbon fiber/ABS resin composites were characterized by SEM, XPS and mechanical properties test. The oxygen functional groups on the surface, such as hydroxyl (-C-OH), carboxyl (-COOH) groups etc., increased after oxidation. Tensile strength, flexural strength and modulus of carbon fiber/ABS composites were also enhanced. However, the impact strength decreased with the improvement of the surface adhesion between CF and matrix.

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