• The Journal of Dong Guk Oriental Medicine
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.43-51
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• 1998

Renal tissues of ICR mouse were intraperitoneally injeced with Porpbyra yezoensis extract(PE) after Triton WR-1339(TX) injection were observed to investigate the cholesterol accumulation decreasing effect of PE. The renal tissues were obtained at hour 24, 48, and 72 after TX injection that were fixed in fromol-calcium solution and were cryocut. The tissue stained by sudan black B for lipid and perchloric acid-naphthoquinone method for cholesterol. The parietal layer of Bowman's capsule is swelled as cuboidal type at hour 48 after TX injection and the lipid blot and cholesterol particle were noticeably increased in glomerulus and these appeared in convoluted tubule, collecting tubule, and Helen's loop. In PE treated group, the lpid blot and cholesterol particle were considerably decreased in glomerulus than TX group. As results indicated that the accumulation of lipid including cholesterol caused by TX injection were mitigated in renal tissues by the antihypercholesterolemia effect of PE.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.850-858
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• 1997

An antihyperlipidemic effect was observed by intraperitoneal injection of the seaweed Monostroma nitidum extract. Hyperlipidemia was induced by intraperitoneal injection of Triton WR-1339 $(60\;{\mu}g/g-body\;weight)$ into a mouse. Maximum level of blood cholesterol was reached at 20 hours after Triton injection. By simultaneous injection of the M. nitidum extract $(30\;{\mu}g/g-body\;weight)$ with the Triton into each right and left sides of the peritoneal cavity, levels of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein were decreased to $24\%\;and\;14\%$ compared to Triton injection only. For histochemical changes, hepatic tissues obtained at 40 hours after injection of the Triton and the M. nitidum extract were fixed in fromol-calcium solution. The meshlike cytoplasms disappeared and hapatic plates were recovered in mice injected with the M. nitidum extract. Numbers of lipid drops and cholesterol particles also decreased in the portal space of the hepatic cytoplasm. This indicates that the accumulation of lipid, including cholesterol, caused by Triton was prevented by the antihyperlipidemic effect of extract from the seaweed M. nitidum.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.508-515
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• 1998

An antihypercholesterolemic effect was observed by intraperitoneal injection of the seaweed Porphya yezoensis extract. Hypercholesterolemia was induced by intraperitoneal injection of Triton WR-1339 (600 $\mu$g/g-body weight) into a mouse. Maximum level of blood cholesterol was reached at 20 hours after Triton injection. By simultaneous injection of the p. yezoensis extract (30 $\mu$g/g-body weight) with the Triton into each right and left sides of the peritoneal cavity, levels of total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein were decreased to $37\%$ and $24\%$ compared to Triton injection only. For histochemical changes, hepatic tissues obtained at 40 hours after injection of the Triton and the p. yezoensis extract were fixed in fromol-calcium solution. Numbers of lipid drops and cholesterol particles decreased in the portal space of the hepatic cytoplasm. This indicates that the accumulation of lipid, including cholesterol, caused by Triton was prevented by the antihypercholesterolemic effect of extract from the seaweed p. yezoensis.