• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.329-338
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• 2008

The aim of the study is to investigate the antioxidant activity through, reducing power, 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl radical (DPPH), nitric oxide radical (NO), superoxide radical, hydrogen peroxide radical ($H_2O_2$) scavenging activity and the amount of total phenolic compounds of chloroform, ethyl acetate, methanol and aqueous extracts of the leaves of Talinum portulacifolium. Chloroform extract of leaves of T. portulacifolium showed highest antioxidant activity, with a direct relationship between activity and concentration of extracts ($15-240\;{\mu}g/mL$). Among all the extracts, the highest amount of the total polyphenolic compounds was found in the chloroform extract. Chloroform extract of T. portulacifolium showed an important free radical scavenging activity towards the DPPH, NO, Superoxide and $H_2O_2$ radicals, with $IC_{50}$ values of 133.26, 165.75, 156.34 and $135.29\;{\mu}g/mL$, respectively. In the lipid peroxidation assay, extracts of chloroform and ethyl acetate showed a remarkable inhibitory activity. The extracts showed significant activity in all the experiments but lower than the standard antioxidant, ascorbic acid.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2007

Numerous psychological stressors playa role in development of the cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to determine whether a combined mental activity with experimental subway noise affects hematological physiology. Fifty-four healthy volunteers were divided group I which underwent subway noise (n=24) and group II which underwent a combined mental activity with subway noise (n=30). Venous blood samples were collected for measuring CBC, prothrombine time (PT), activated partial thromboplastine time (APTT), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), D-dimer and high sensitive C-reactive protein (H-CRP) levels before, 50 min of stress task (S-50m) and 60 min of recovery (R-60m). Changed ratios of granulocyte, lymphocyte, monocyte and platelet counts at S-50m and R-60m were higher in group II compared to group I. RBC count and hematocrit level in group I increased whereas those in group II decreased at S-50m. PT, APTT and ESR in the both groups were shortened at R-60m and the decreased ratios were high in group II compared to group I. H-CRP and D-dimer in the both groups were elevated at S-50m and R-60m while the increased ratios in group II were greater than those in group I. These observations imply that a combined mental activity with experimental subway noise may be a stressor which affects hematological physiology.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.221-231
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• 2006

The aim of the present study is to investigate central nervous system (CNS) activity of the methanol extracts of leaves of Caesalpinia bonducella (MECB) and stem bark of Bauhinia racemosa (MEBR) (Caesalpinaceae) in Swiss albino mice and Wistar albino rats. General behavior, exploratory behavior, muscle relaxant activity and phenobarbitone sodium-induced sleeping time were studied. The results revealed that the methanol extracts of leaves of Caesalpinia bonducella at 100 - 200 mg/kg and stem bark of Bauhinia racemosa 100 - 200 mg/kg caused a significant reduction in the spontaneous activity (general behavioral profile), remarkable decrease in exploratory behavioral pattern (Y-maze and head dip test), a reduction in muscle relaxant activity (rotarod and traction tests), and also significantly potentiated phenobarbitone sodium-induced sleeping time. The results suggest that MECB and MEBR exhibit CNS depressant activity in tested animal models.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.509-520
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• 2006

이 연구의 목적은 중등 학교 과학 실험 수업의 실태를 파악하기 위해 수업을 분석하는 것이다. 이를 위해 중등학교 과학 실험 수업을 세 범주로 분석하도록 개발된 분석 도구를 활용하였다. 이 분석 도구는 실험의 목적, 상호 작용, 탐구 과정 세 가지 영역에 20가지 평가 항목으로 구성되어 있으며, 4명의 과학 교육 전문가로부터 0.89의 타당도가 확보되었다. 수업 분석을 위하여 21차시의 실험 수업이 녹화되고 전사되었다. 전사된 프로토콜과 동영상을 바탕으로 실험 수업을 분석한 결과, 중등 학교 실험 수업은 실험 목적 측면에서 선언적 지식의 습득과 과학에 대한 태도의 향상에 집중되어 있었다. 상호 작용 측면은 교사의 발문이 학생들의 발산적 사고를 유도하지 못하고 있고 학생들에 의한 주도적인 실험 기회가 주어지는 대신 교사의 직접적 지도에 의해 실험 수업이 진행되고 있으며, 학생들의 토의 과정이 거의 나타나지 않는 등 상호 작용 I 수준으로 분석되었다. 탐구 과정은 학습 주제에 대한 현상 제시 및 문제 제기가 거의 관찰되지 않았다. 학생들의 가설 설정 활동이나 예상 활동도 대부분의 수업에서 관찰되지 않았으며, 실험 설계 부분은 활동지나 교사의 지시에 의해 주어지고 있었고, 학생들은 실험 결과 기록에만 집중되어 있어 탐구 과정 수준도 I 수준으로 나타났다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.281-295
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to analyze laboratory instructions used in elementary school science lessons by utilizing an analysis instrument for science laboratory instruction(AISLI). This analysis instrument was comprised of 3 elements; the aim of the laboratory activity, the interaction generated, and the inquiry process. There were also a total of 20 sub-categories and its validity was identified at 0.89 by four science educators. For the purposes of this study, 90 laboratory instructions were video-recorded, then transcribed. Laboratory instructions were analyzed by three analyst teams, and the inter-rater reliability within teams was checked through Pearson correlation, with a score of 0.91. The results of this study were as follows: the two principle aims of laboratory activity, namely, to acquire declarative knowledge and to increase attitudes toward science, were observed to be in evidence in 98.9% and 92.2% in laboratory instructions, and the levels of categories of the interaction and inquiry processes were situated at level-1. The implications of these results are that laboratory instructions currently in use do not place sufficient demands upon students' scientific thinking and are not at all conducive to student-centered activities. Therefore in order to remedy this situation, the usefulness of current science laboratory instructions need to be re-evaluated.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.1508-1513
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• 2000

The aim of this trial was to study the response of laboratory animals including omnivores (rats) and herbivores (rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters) to the same level of dietary fiber on their digestive enzymes and hindgut fermentation. Ten weanling animals of each of four species, rabbits, guinea-pigs, rats and Syrian hamster, were fed a basal diet of 18% crude protein and 10% crude fiber for six weeks. The digesta and tissue of each intestinal segment were collected to measure the activity of digestive enzymes. Rabbits contained the highest secreted pepsin activity in the stomach, whereas rats contained the highest protease and ${\alpha}-amylase$ activity in the small intestine, and lower fibrous hydrolases in the hindgut than rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters. The total VFA productions in the caecum and colon were highest in rats, followed by hamsters and rabbits, while the guinea pigs contained the lowest VFA and a different pattern of VFA molar ratio from the other laboratory animals. The degree of hindgut fermentation in these laboratory animals was in reverse to the trend for their fiber digestion.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.1216-1223
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• 2016

The aim of this study was to isolate antioxidant peptides from an enzymatic hydrolysate of Spirulina platensis. A novel antioxidant peptide was obtained by ultrafiltration, gel filtration chromatography, and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, with the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging assay used to measure the antioxidant activity, and the sequence was determined to be Pro-Asn-Asn (343.15 Da) by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. This peptide was synthesized to confirm its antioxidant properties, and it exhibited 81.44 ± 0.43% DPPH scavenging activity at 100 μg/ml, which was similar to that of glutathione (82.63 ± 0.56%). Furthermore, the superoxide anion and hydroxyl free-radical scavenging activities and the SOD activity of the peptide were 47.84 ± 0.49%, 54.01 ± 0.82%, and 12.55 ± 0.75%, respectively, at 10 mg/ml. These results indicate that S. platensis is a good source of antioxidant peptides, and that its hydrolysate may have important applications in the pharmaceutical and food industries.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.400-407
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• 2008

The aim of the present study is to investigate the anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activity of petroleum ether and ethanol extracts of Scutia myrtina (Family: Rhamnaceae). In anti-inflammatory activity carrageenan and histamine induced paw oedema and cotton pellet induced granuloma for acute and chronic inflammatory models were studied in Wister albino rats. Based on the results of the present study it can be concluded that petroleum ether and ethanol extract of Scutia myrtina at 400 mg/kg has potential anti-inflammatory effect and they act in a dose dependent manner. Both extracts of Scutia myrtina showed antimicrobial activity against all bacterial and fungal strains tested at the concentration of $100\;{\mu}g$/ml. From the result, it can be concluded that the Scutia myrtina contain antibacterial and antifungal principle. Further more, besides the confirmation of the popular use; the obtained results demonstrate this herbal drug to represent a new source of antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory agent.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.27-32
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• 2009

Supports the activity of the disability firm the policy which is active for is unsatisfactory. The positive promotes the activity of the disability firm from the research which sees and raises presents the politic plans for the competitive power improvement of the disability firm the fact that the economic social positions of the disabled person and with the aim.

• 대한임상검사과학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.237-242
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• 2015

aPTT 참고치의 정상범위 내에서 하한 측 10% (29.1~30.9 sec)와 상한 측 10% (38.0~41.9 sec)에 포함된 정상성인의 혈액응고인자 활성도를 분석하여 하한 측과 상한 측간에 혈액응고인자의 종류와 각각의 활성도가 성별, 연령 및 ABO 혈액형 등에 통계학적으로 유의한 차이를 보이는지 알아보고자 하였다. 성별에 따른 혈액응고인자들의 활성도 차이를 분석한 결과 하한 측에서 IX (p=0.0088)만 남성이 여성보다 높았으며, 상한 측에서 IX (p<0.0001)와 X (p=0.0013)은 남성이 여성보다 높았다. 연령군간 혈액응고인자들의 활성도 차이 검정은 하한 측에서 VIII (p<0.0001), IX (p=0.0050)는 60세 이상이 60세 미만보다 높았으며, XII (p=0.0285)는 60세 이상보다 60세 미만이 높았다. 상한 측에서 V (p=0.0219), VIII (p=0.0005), IX (p=0.0014)는 60세 이상이 60세 미만보다 높았다. O형과 non-O형의 혈액형 구분에 의한 혈액응고인자들의 활성도 차이는 VIII (p<0.001)은 양쪽 그룹에서 non-O형이 O형보다 높았으며, XII (p=0.016)는 상한 측에서 non-O형이 O형보다 낮았다.