• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.142-149
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 Bacillus subtilis를 첨가하여 발효시킨 감귤 가공부산물의 열수 추출액과 80% 메탄올 추출액을 가지고 항균활성과 항산화활성을 측정하였는데, 그 결과(Table 3)를 살펴보면 우선 열수추출법으로 추출한 시료에서는 추출온도를 $40^{\circ}C$하여 추출한 실험구(Bacillus subtilis 첨가구)와 비교 실험구(Bacillus subtilis 미 첨가구) 20 mg/ml 농도에서 항균활성이 높게 나타났다. 그리고 80% 메탄올을 사용하여 추출한 시료에 결과(Table 4)를 보면 열수추출법에 의해 추출한 실험 결과보다 전반적으로 높은 항균활성을 나타내는 것을 볼 수가 있다. 특히 $25^{\circ}C$에서 추출한 실험구에서 항균실험에 이용된 12종의 미생물 모두에서 높은 항균 활성을 나타내고 있다. DPPH method에 의한 radical 소거활성을 보면 열수추출법(Fig. 2)에서는 Bacillus subtilis 이용하여 발효시킨 시료를 $40^{\circ}C$에서 추출하였을 경우 10 mg/ml 농도에서 합성 항산화 제인 BHT보다 높고 BHA와 유사한 항산화 활성을 나타내었으며, 20 mg/ml 농도에서는 BHA보다 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 반면 80% methanol(Fig. 3)을 이용하여 Bacillus subtilis를 첨가하여 발효시킨 시료를 $25^{\circ}C$에서 추출 할 경우 5 mg/ml 농도에서는 BHT와 유사한 활성을 나타내며, 10 mg/ml에서는 BHA보다 높은 radical 소거활성을 나타내었으며, 20 mg/ml에서는 천연 항산화제인 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$보다 훨씬 높은 radical 소거활성을 나타내는 것을 알 수가 있다. 2-deoxyribose oxidation method에 의한 hydroxyl radical 소거활성을 보면 열수추출법으로 추출한 시료(Fig. 5)에서는 모든 시료에서 천연 항산화제와 합성 항산화제보다 높은 hydroxyl radical 소거활성을 보이는 시료는 나타나지 않았으나 Bacillus subtilis를 이용하여 발효시킨 시료를 $40^{\circ}C$에서 추출하여 20 mg/ml 농도로 실험하였을 때 합성 항산화제인 BHT와 유사한 활성을 나타내었고, Bacillus subtilis로 발효시키지 않은 시료 보다는 hydroxyl radical 소거활성을 나타내었다. 반면 80% methanol을 이용하여 추출한 시료(Fig. 6)에서는 Bacillus subtilis를 첨가하여 발효시킨 시료를 $25^{\circ}C$에서 추출 할 경우 5 mg/ml 농도에서 BHT 보다 높은 hydroxyl radical 소거활성을 나타내었으며, 10 mg/ml의 농도에서는 BHA 보다 높고 천연항산화제인 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$과 유사한 hydroxyl radical 소거활성을 나타내었다. 특히 20 mg/ml에서는 천연 항산화제인 ${\alpha}-tocopherol$ 보다 훨씬 높은 hydroxyl radical 소거활성을 나타내는 것을 볼 수가 있었다.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2023

Objectives: Moroccan Arbutus unedo is an essential medicinal plant; however, little is known about the biological properties of its leaves mentioned in Moroccan traditional medicine. Methods: Various standard experiments were performed to evaluate the phytochemical, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antibacterial, and acute and sub-chronic toxicity characteristics of A. unedo leaves. Results: Phytochemical screening led to the identification of several phytochemical classes, including tannins, flavonoids, terpenoids, and anthraquinones, with high concentrations of polyphenols (31.83 ± 0.29 mg GAEs/g extract) and flavonoids (16.66 ± 1.47 mg REs/g extract). Further, the mineral analysis revealed high levels of calcium and potassium. A. unedo extract demonstrated significant antioxidant and anti-diabetic activities by inhibiting α-amylase (1.350 ± 0.32 g/mL) and α-glucosidase (0.099 ± 1.21 g/mL) compared to the reference drug Acarbose. Also, the methanolic extract of the plant exhibited significantly higher antibacterial activity than the aqueous extract. Precisely, three of the four examined bacterial strains exhibited substantial susceptibility to the methanolic extract . Minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC)/minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values indicated that A. unedo harbor abundant bactericidal compounds. For toxicological studies, mice were administered with A. unedo aqueous extract at single doses of 2,000 and 5,000 mg/kg. They did not exhibit significant abnormal behavior, toxic symptoms, or death during the 14-day acute toxicity test and the 90-day sub-chronic toxicity test periods. The general behavior, body weight, and hematological and biochemical status of the rats were assessed, revealing no toxicological symptoms or clinically significant changes in biological markers observed in the mice models, except hypoglycemia, after 90 days of daily dose administration. Conclusion: The study highlighted several biological advantages of A. unedo leaves without toxic effects in short-term application. Our findings suggest that conducting more comprehensive and extensive in vivo investigations is of utmost importance to identify molecules that can be formulated into pharmaceuticals in the future.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.44.1-44.17
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• 2023

Background: Antibiotic resistance is a significant public health concern around the globe. Antimicrobial peptides exhibit broad-spectrum and efficient antibacterial activity with an added advantage of low drug resistance. The higher water content and 3D network structure of the hydrogels are beneficial for maintaining antimicrobial peptide activity and help to prevent degradation. The antimicrobial peptide released from hydrogels also hasten the local wound healing by promoting epithelial tissue regeneration and granulation tissue formation. Objective: This study aimed at developing sodium alginate based hydrogel loaded with a novel antimicrobial peptide Chol-37(F34-R) and to investigate the characteristics in vitro and in vivo as an alternative antibacterial wound dressing to treat infectious wounds. Methods: Hydrogels were developed and optimized by varying the concentrations of crosslinkers and subjected to various characterization tests like cross-sectional morphology, swelling index, percent water contents, water retention ratio, drug release and antibacterial activity in vitro, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infected wound mice model in vivo. Results: The results indicated that the hydrogel C proved superior in terms of cross-sectional morphology having uniformly sized interconnected pores, a good swelling index, with the capacity to retain a higher quantity of water. Furthermore, the optimized hydrogel has been found to exert a significant antimicrobial activity against bacteria and was also found to prevent bacterial infiltration into the wound site due to forming an impermeable barrier between the wound bed and external environment. The optimized hydrogel was found to significantly hasten skin regeneration in animal models when compared to other treatments in addition to strong inhibitory effect on the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor-α). Conclusions: Our results suggest that sodium alginate -based hydrogels loaded with Chol-37(F34-R) hold the potential to be used as an alternative to conventional antibiotics in treating infectious skin wounds.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2013

The purpose of this work was to investigate the several functional characteristics of Lactobacillus sakei JK-17 isolated from long-term fermented kimchi, Muk Eun Ji. Initially, phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA sequencing was performed to identify the isolate JK-17, and the strain could be assigned to Lactobacillus sakei and designated as L. sakei JK-17. The strain was registered in GenBank as [JX841311]. The changes of bacterial growth and residual organic acids were monitored and HPLC was used to measure quantitatively two organic acids, lactic acid and acetic acid, produced in the culture during 84 hours of incubation. During the incubation period, several functional characteristics of L. sakei JK-17 were examined. L. sakei JK-17 culture depleted nitrite concentration 94.75%. Antioxidant activity of cultural supernatants of L. sakei JK-17 was approx. 53.8%, and ${\beta}$-galactosidase activities were 0.243 units/mL at pH 7.0 and 0.387 units/mL at pH 4.1, respectively. The antibacterial activities against food-poisoning causing bacteria were examined with 20-fold concentrated culture supernatants from L. sakei JK-17 and the antibacterial effects were clearly observed against all bacteria tested in this work.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권12호
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• pp.1773-1778
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• 2009

본 연구는 인공합성보존료를 대체할 수 있는 천연보존료의 개발을 위한 방안으로 대표적인 세균성 식중독 미생물로서 그람 음성균인 Escherichia coli O157:H7과 Salmonella Typhimurium, 그리고 그람 양성균인 Staphylococcus aureus와 Listeria monocytogenes에 대한 항균 특성을 조사하였다. 구아바 가지와 잎의 메탄올과 에탄올 추출물 S. aureus의 생육을 저해하였으며, 아울러 가지와 잎의 아세톤 추출물은 200 ppm 농도의 첨가에서 식중독 원인균 S. aureus균을 전혀 자라지 못하는 결과를 확인하였다. 이러한 결과는 구아바 잎과 가지의 추출물에 그람 양성균에 대한 높은 항균활성이 있음을 의미하며, 구아바 가지를 항균력을 가지는 소재로 이용될 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제48권11호
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• pp.813-818
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• 2010

Since MTA has many beneficial properties such as biocompatibility, great sealing capacity, antibacterial effects, low cytotoxicity, and stimulation of formation of mineralized tissue, it has been widely used as the material of choice in root-end filling, apexification, pulpotomy, perforation repair and so on. However, despite its favorable characteristics, MTA presents working properties which are less than ideal. The resulting cement from the mixing of powder and water is difficult to manipulate, and its setting time has been reported to be 2 h 45 min whereas the working time is <4 minutes. Additional moisture is also required to activate the setting of the cement. Moreover, according to recent studies, the physical properties of MT A may be hampered by acidic environment or blood contamination. Therefore, practitioners may have surprisingly worse results than they expected when they are not fully acquainted with the characteristics and manipulation method of MTA.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2019

This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of general characteristics of sized silk fabrics for the painting purpose. Two particular types of silk fabrics used for painting background were compared: a recreation of historical material and a mass produced material of present day. The sizing process made the surface characteristics of the silk fabrics more suitable for painting. The dyeing properties of the fabrics were related to the surface area of the fabrics, and had no significant effect on their mechanical properties. The antibacterial activity of the tannin-based natural dyestuffs were maintained after the sizing. The performance assessment by the KES-FB system showed that the fabrics are more prone to deteriorate after the sizing because the glue layer receives the most of the physical stresses.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.235-243
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• 2017

We investigated the antioxidant, physicochemical, and sensory characteristics of dried type sodium-reduced Bibimbap using dandelion complex powder (DCP). DCP is known to add moisture to the skin and relieve symptoms of atopic dermatitis. The sodium content of the standard sample was 1,110.87 mg per serving. The sodium was significantly reduced by 30%, resulting in 762.62 mg of sodium for the reduced sodium group (p<0.05). The ash contents of the standard sample group with DCP showed the highest value (3.17%) in all samples and was affected by minerals of DCP (p<0.05). The total flavonoid contents and ABTS radical scavenging activity, indicators of antioxidant, anticancer and antibacterial activities, showed significantly high activities with addition of DCP (p<0.05). In the sensory results, bulgogi and savory flavor of the samples with DCP showed significantly higher values, and samples with DCP received the highest scores for after-taste. All samples were confirmed to be microbiologically safe according to the food code applied to food manufacturers. Pathogenic microorganisms tests were either negative or not detected in all samples.

• 한국콘크리트학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국콘크리트학회 2006년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집(II)
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• pp.593-596
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• 2006

The environment-friendly building material, photocatalyst/scoria/loess concrete, was prepared using scoria and loess (which have merits as building materials) and photocatalyst (which has the functions to compose the environmental contaminants and of self cleaning). In order to apply this material as a building material, the compressive and flexible strengths, and water absorptivity (which have been set by Korea Industrial Standard) were measured. In order to know the environment-friendly characteristics of this material, several tests, such as, the tests of emissivity and emission power of far infrared ray and acoustic absorptivity, antibacterial test for Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, antifungal test for mixed fungal strains, and deodorization test of ammonia were carried out. Moreover, the removal characteristics of NOx, and formaldehyde (HCHO) by photocatalyst/scoria/loess concrete were examined as the following different parameters: the removal characteristics of these contaminants with the substitution ratio and the kind of photocatalyst, light source, UV intensity of sunlight, relative humidity, intial NOx concentration.

• 한국염색가공학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2002

The aim of study was to elucidate dyeability and antimicrobial and antifungal activity of silk fabrics dyed with Sophora Radix extracts according to different mordants. Dyes were extracted from Sophora Radix using ethanol. Then, silk fabrics were dyed with extracts two times by post-mordanting method in which the extract was 60%(owf), the mordant was 3%(owf), L.R was 1:20, the temperature was $60~60^\circ{C}$, the time of dyeing was 60min., and the time of mordanting was 60min. The dyeability was evaluated by surface color, K/S values and durability of dye. The skin microorganisms used in this study was S. sureus, B. subtilis, S. epidermidis, P. acnes, P. aeruginosa, E coli, A. niger, C. albicans and T. mentatrophytes. The results are as follows; 1. When mordants were added, K/S value of silk dyed was not improved much and surface color was 2.2Y to 8.8Y in H(hue) value which indicated greenish yellow to raddish yellow 2. The color fastness tests to light, perspiration, dry-cleaning, rubbing, and stain fabric washing show 4~5th degree which were valuated excellent. The color fastness to fade washing was improved to 3~4th degree by addition of $K_2CrO_7$ mordants. 3. Antibacterial activity of silk dyed using no-mordant as well as mordants was excellent on S. aureus, B. subtilis, S.epidermidis and P.acnes, but showed poor antibacterial activities on P.aeruginosa and E.coli such as gram negative baterials 4. Antifungal activity of silk dyed with ethanol extracts was good on A.niger, C.candida and T.mentagrophytes. Especially, on T. mentagrophytes there was no growth of fungus during 72 gous in silk dyed mordanting with $SnCl_2\cdot{2H}_2O$.