• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.322-330
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• 2005

The plant Bryonia laciniosa (Family: Cucurbitaceae) has been indicated for the treatment of various diseases one among which is cancer. The purpose of this study was investigating experimentally the possible anti-tumor effect and antioxidant role of Bryonia laciniosa leaves in animal model. The methanol extract of Bryonia laciniosa (MEBL) administered at the doses of 62.5, 125 and 250 mg/kg in mice for 14 days after 24 h of tumor inoculation. The effect of MEBL on the growth of transplantable murine tumor, life span of EAC bearing mice, hematological profile and liver biochemical parameters (lipid peroxidation, antioxidant enzymes) were estimated. Treatment with MEBL decreased the tumor volume and viable cell count thereby increasing the life span of EAC bearing mice and brought back the hematological parameter more or less normal level. The effect of MEBL also decreases the levels of lipid peroxidation and increased the levels of glutathione (GSH), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT). The present work indicates that the methanol extract of Bryonia laciniosa exhibited significant antitumor and antioxidant activity in vivo.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2009

The antifertility activity of methanol extract of Cuscuta reflexa Roxb. stem (MECR) and Corchorus olitorius Linn. seed (MECO) were studied on male Swiss albino mice. The extracts were found to decrease sperm count, percentage of motile sperm and testosterone level in treated mice when compared with vehicle control after 17 days of treatment. The weight of gonads, epididymis were decreased whereas no significant changes of the body weight of mice were observed after methanol extract treatments. The fertility test showed 100% negative result in MECR and MECO treated mice at medium and high dose level of treatment. MECR and MECO in low (25 mg/kg and 15 mg/kg, respectively), medium (50 mg/kg and 20 mg/kg, respectively) and high (75 mg/kg and 25 mg/kg, respectively) dose level caused a simultaneous fall in testicular ${\Delta}5$-$3{\beta}$-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activities which are involved in testicular steroidogenesis. Total cholesterol and ascorbic acid content in testis were increased significantly in gonads. The activities of lactate dehydrogenase, malic dehydrogenase and ascorbic acid oxidase were reduced whereas that of carbonic anhydrase was increased significantly in the testis of MECR and MECO treated mice. All these observations indicate that the methanol extract of C. reflexa stem and C. olitorius seed produced antifertility activity in sexually matured male mice, which may be due to inhibition of gonadal steroidogenesis. This activity may be attributed due to the presence of flavonoids and steroids, respectively.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.381-388
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• 2012

The objective of this study was to determine protein quality and hematological properties of infant diets formulated from local food materials. The food materials were obtained locally, fermented, and milled into flour. The flours were mixed as 70% popcorn and 30% African locust bean (FPA), 70% popcorn and 30% bambara groundnut (FPB), and 70% popcorn, 20% bambara groundnut, and 10% African locust bean (FPAB). Proximate analysis, protein quality, hematological properties, and anthropometric measurements of the animals fed with the formulations were investigated. The protein contents of the formulated diets were significantly higher than that of Cerelac (a commercial preparation) ($15.75{\pm}0.01g$/100 g) and ogi (traditional complementary food) ($6.52{\pm}0.31g$/100 g). The energy value of FPAB ($464.94{\pm}1.22\;kcal$) was higher than those of FPA ($441.41{\pm}3.05\;kcal$) and FPB ($441.48{\pm}3.05\;kcal$). The biological value (BV) of FPAB (60.20%) was the highest followed by FPB (44.24%) and FPA (41.15%); however, BV of the diets was higher than that of ogi (10.03%) but lower than that of Cerelac (70.43%). Net protein utilization (NPU) of the formulations was 41.16-60.20%, whereas true protein digestibility was 41.05-60.05%. Metabolizable energy (232.98 kcal) and digestible energy (83.69 kcal) of FPAB were the highest, whereas that of FPA had the lowest values. The protein digestibility values corrected for amino acid score of the diets (0.22-0.44) were lower than that of Cerelac (0.52), but higher than that of ogi (0.21). The growth patterns and hematological properties (packed cell volume, red blood cells, hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, and mean corpuscular volume) of the formulated diets were higher than those of ogi, but lower than those of Cerelac. In conclusion, we established that the FPAB food sample was rated best in terms of protein quality over the other formulated diets. Therefore, a FPAB blend may be used as a substitute for ogi.

• BMB Reports
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.656-661
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• 2006

Cisplatin (CDDP) is a widely used anticancer drug, but at high dose, it can produce undesirable side effects such as hepatotoxicity. Because silymrin has been used to treat liver disorders, the protective effect of silymarin on CDDP -induced hepatotoxicity was evaluated in rats. Hepatotoxicity was determined by changes in serum alanine aminotransferase [ALT] and aspartate aminotransferase [AST], nitric oxide [NO] levels, albumin and calcium levels, and superoxide dismutase [SOD], glutathione peroxidase [GSHPx] activities, glutathione content, malondialdehyde [MDA] and nitric oxide [NO] levels in liver tissue of rats. Male albino rats were divided into four groups, 10 rats in each. In the control group, rats were injected i.p. with 0.2 ml of propylene glycol in saline 75/25 (v/v) for 5 consecutive days [Silymarin was dissolved in 0.2 ml of propylene glycol in saline 75/25 v/v]. The second group were injected with CDDP (7.5 mg /kg, I.P.), whereas animals in the third group were i.p. injected with silymarin at a dose of 100 mg/kg/day for 5 consecutive days. The Fourth group received a daily i.p. injection of silymarin (100 mg/kg/day for 5 days) 1 hr before a single i.p. injection of CDDP (7.5 mg/kg). CDDP hepatotoxicity was manifested biochemically by an increase in serum ALT and AST, elevation of MDA and NO in liver tissues as well as a decrease in GSH and the activities of antioxidant enzymes, including SOD, GSHPx in liver tissues. In addition, marked decrease in serum NO, albumin and calcium levels were observed. Serum ALT, AST, liver NO level, MDA was found to decreased in the combination group in comparison with the CDDP group. The activities of SOD, GSHPx, GSH and serum NO were lower in CDDP group than both the control and CDDP pretreated with silymarin groups. The results obtained suggested that silymarin significantly attenuated the hepatotoxicity as an indirect target of CDDP in an animal model of CDDP-induced nephrotoxicity.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제63권4호
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• pp.751-758
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• 2021

The recessive white (locus c) phenotype observed in chickens is associated with three alleles (recessive white c, albino c^a, and red-eyed white c^re) and causative mutations in the tyrosinase (TYR) gene. The recessive white mutation (c) inhibits the transcription of TYR exon 5 due to a retroviral sequence insertion in intron 4. In this study, we genotyped and sequenced the insertion in TYR intron 4 to identify the mutation causing the unusual white plumage of Yeonsan Ogye chickens, which normally have black plumage. The white chickens had a homozygous recessive white genotype that matched the sequence of the recessive white type, and the inserted sequence exhibited 98% identity with the avian leukosis virus ev-1 sequence. In comparison, brindle and normal chickens had the homozygous color genotype, and their sequences were the same as the wild-type sequence, indicating that this phenotype is derived from other mutation(s). In conclusion, white chickens have a recessive white mutation allele. Since the size of the sample used in this study was limited, further research through securing additional samples to perform validation studies is necessary. Therefore, after validation studies, a selection system for conserving the phenotypic characteristics and genetic diversity of the population could be established if additional studies to elucidate specific phenotype-related genes in Yeonsan Ogye are performed.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.120-127
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• 1975

단백자원(蛋白資源)의 이용증가(利用增加)에 도움을 주기 위하여 현재 정부가 장려하고 있는 해바라기 씨에 함유된 단백질을 택하여 고급단백질과의 비교 실험으로 그 대치가 가능한 가를 알아보기 위하여 이 실험에 착수하였다. 출산후 $40{\pm}5$일(日)된 Sprague-Dawley계(系) 흰쥐(male)를 15일간(日間) 저단백사료(기초사료)에 적응시킨 다음 체중이 $50{\sim}60\;g$ 인 36마리를 한 군당(群當) 9마리씩 표준사료군(casein첨가), 해바라기 유박30%첨가사료군, 해바라기 유박(油粕) 20%첨가사료군 및 저단백사료군(기초 사료군)의 4군(群)으로 나누어 7주간(週間)으로 사육하면서 사료섭취량, 체중증가율, 단백질효율, 사료효율, 휴식시대사율 그리고 실험최종일에 적혈구상 및 몇가지 장기중량을 측정하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 사료에 함유된 단백질이 질이 좋거나 함량이 많을수록 성장률 및 사료효율(7주간(週間)의 평균치(平均値))은 좋았고 체중 100g당(當) 1일(日) 사료섭취량은 반대로 적었다. 2. 단백질효율의 7주간(週間) 평균치(平均値)는 casein이 함유된 표준사료가 가장 좋았고 기타 사료에서는 비슷한 성적을 보였다. 3. 휴식시대사율은 사료의 종류가 달라도 의의 있는 변동(變動)을 나타내지 않았다. 4. 적혈구수, 혈색소량, 및 hematorcit치(値)는 사료에 함유된 단백질의 질이 좋거나 함량이 많을수록 좋은 성적을 나타내었으나 적혈구항수에는 유의차(有意差)가 없었다. 5. 실험최종일에 측정한 심장, 신장 및 비장의 무게(g/100g B.Wt.)는 각군간에 유의차가 없었으나 간장의 경우만 유박첨가사료군이 표준사료군과 저단백사료군보다 조금 낮은 성적을 보였다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 1992

The purpose of this study was (i) to determine whether protease inhibition by medium chain fatty acids such as sodium caprate, sodium caprylate and sodium laurate led to suppression of insulin proteolysis over a range of insulin concentrations and (ii) elucidate preventing effect of the enhancers on molecular self-association of insulin in pH 7.4 phosphate buffer isotonic solution. To this end, the rate of insulin proteolysis in nasal tissue supernatants of the albino rabbits was determined in the presence of $0.1{\sim}2%$ sodium caprylate, sodium caprate and sodium laurate at insulin concentrations ranging from $5\;to\;100\;{\mu}M$. At fatty acid salts concentration lower than 0.5%, insulin proteolysis was accelerated but the enhancers of high concentration (>1%) reduced the rate of insulin proteolysis. These effects were dependent upon insulin concentration and chain length of fatty acid salts. Circular dichroism spectra of insulin solutions were then determined. Monomer fraction of insulin was increased with increasing sodium caprate. Therefore, half-life decrease of insulin at low concentrations of the enhancers was attributed to deaggregation of insulin by the enhancers, increasing the proportion of monomers available for nasal proteolysis. And the increase of half-life at high concentration of the enhancers was attributed to inhibitory effect on protease rather than the effect of monomer fraction.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.31-36
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• 1978

This experiment was designed to observe some influence on the serum components of growing rats maintained with basal diet supplemented with sausage. Forty male Albino rats were used as the experimental animals and the subjects were divided into four diet groups (control group; feeding of basal diet containing 10.8% and 10.4% of protein and lipid respectively, A group; feeding of sausage containing 12.5% and 27.6% of protein and lipid respectively supplemented with basal diet every day, B group; feeding of sausage supplemented with basal diet once a three-day and C group; feeding of sausage supplemented with basal diet once a five-day) and each group was fed on the corresponding diet for forty-days. The contents of protein, lipid and cholesterol in their serum were determined. The result obtained are summarized as follows: 1) The final body weight and liver weight of the A group were increased more than other groups. 2) The protein contents in the serum of the B group was increased more than other groups. 3) The total lipid contents in the serum of the A group and B group were decreased compared with control group. 4) The total cholesterol, ester form cholesterol and free form cholesterol in the serum of the A group were decreased, but the total cholesterol and ester form cholesterol in that of the C group were increased compared with control group.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.35-39
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• 1994

내냉성의 지표로 이용되는 적고의 발현정도가 상이한 벼품종 및 유성계통과 그들이 상호교잡된 F$_1$씨 청배양에서 최초 형성된 캘러스(primary callus)를 저온 스트레스 (stress) 처리하여 내냉성 세포의 기내선발 가능성을 검토하였다. 캘러스 형성율이나 저온 스트레스를 통한 식물체 분화율은 자포니카형이나 자포니카형/통일형 조합이 통일형이나 통일형간 조합보다 높았으며 저온 스트레스 처리일수의 증가에 따라 백색체 분화율이 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 약배양 효율에 있어서 상호교잡에 따른 세질효과는 나타나지 많았다. 고정도가 높은 품종이나 교잡 F$_1$의 약배양 후대 계통에서 캘러스의 저온 stress처리일수에 따른 적고 발현정도의 변이가 인정되지 많았다. 적고발현 정도가 상이한 품종간 교잡 F$_1$에서 유래된 연배양 후대 계통의 적고 발현은 양친 범위 내에 대부분이 분포하였으나 적고 발현이 낮은 방향의 초월분리계통도 나타났다. 최초 형성된 캘러스의 저온 stress 처리($0^{\circ}C$ 10일)에서 분화된 약배양 계통, 무처리에서 분화된 약배양 계통과 F$_2$ 집단간에는 적고 배양의 빈도 분포에서 차이가 인정되지 않았다. 따라서 벼 약배양에서 최초 형성된 캘러스 수준에서 저온 스트레스를 통해 내냉성 세포를 직접적인 기내선발방법은 효과적이지 못함이 밝혀졌다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1986

The purpose of this study is to determine the antidotal effects of thiamine in phenylmercury poisoning rats. Sixty-six rats were divided into six groups the control group, the $40{\gamma}$ thiamine-only-dosed group, the 6 ppm phenylmercury-only-dosed group, the simultaneously-dosed-group with 6 ppm mercury & $20{\gamma}$ thiamine, and with 6 ppm mercury & $40{\gamma}$ thiamine, and with 6 ppm mercury & $80{\gamma}$ thiamine. The thiamine was put into pellet by various concentrations, and phenylmercury was mixed in drinking water by 6 ppm concentration. The rats were sacrificed for observing the histopathological changes of brain, liver and kidney. The remits summarized are as follows 1. In the group dosed with only $40{\gamma}$ thiamine, the tissues of brain, liver and kidney did not show any abnormal architecture. 2. The phenyhnercury-only-dosed group and the simultaneoulsy-dosed group with mercury and $20{\gamma}$ thiamine showed remarkable degenerative or necrotic hepatic cells. In addition, a remarkable swelling and necrosis on epithelium of proximal tubules in kidney were found. 3. The simultaneously-dosed group with mercury and $40{\gamma}$ thiamine showed moderate degeneration and necrosis of Purkinje cells in cerebellum. A moderate necrosis and swelling on epithelium of proximal tubules and a large amount of tubular casts were found as well. 4. The simultaneously-dosed group with mercury and $80{\gamma}$ thiamine showed a slight degenerative change of Purkinje cells. A slight degenerative change on epithelium of proximal tubules and a small amount of tubular casts were also found.