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A Study on the storage of Ginseng Powder by r-Irradiation (방사선조사에 의한 인삼분말의 저장성에 관한 연구)

  • 민옥녀
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.45-53
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    • 1982
  • To determine the effect of r-irradiation on the microorganisms destruction and the changes of general constituents of Ginseng Powder, three samples were analyzed at 1st and 3rd month after r-irradiation. The results were as follows: 1. Total bacterial counts were decreased during storage as the irradiation dose increased. It seems that about 300 Krad was satisfactory to the regulation of ginseng powder. ($5.0 \times 10^4 /g$) 2. Coliform group was also decreased during storage as the irradiation dose increased. Coliform group was not detected at the irradiation dose higher than 500 Krad. 3. Total bacterial counts and coilform group were in proportion to the content of moisture in ginseng powder. 4. The contents of moisture, ash, crude protein, crude lipid and total sugar in ginseng powder during storage had nearly no changes. 5. The content of reducing sugar in ginseng powder during storage had the increasing tendencies as the irradiation dose increased. 6. The content of amino-nitrogen in ginseng powder during storage had the decreasing tendencies as the irradiation does increased.

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Effect of Glutamine on the Methotrexate Induced Gut Barrier Damage, Bacterial Translocation and Weight Changes in a Rat Model (백서에서 Methotrexate에 의하여 유발된 장관장벽손상 및 장내세균전위와 중량 변화에 대한 글루타민의 효과)

  • Kim, Eun-Jeong;Kim, Jeong-Wook
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2007
  • The aim of this study was to examine whether administration of glutamine are able to prevent the methotrexate induced gut barrier damage, bacterial translocation, and weight changes. The animals with glutamine were fed with L-glutamine (1.2 and 2.4 mg/kg/day) for 7 days before methotrexate administration (20 mg/kg orally). 48 hour after methotrexate administration, intestinal permeability were measured for an assessment of the gut barrier dysfunction. Also, enteric aerobic bacterial counts, number of gram-negatives in mesenteric lymph node (MLN), liver spleen, kidney and heart were measured for an assessment of the enteric bacterial number and bacterial translocation. Amounts of food intake, body weight changes and organ weight changes of liver spleen, kidney and heart were measured. Methotrexate administration caused body and liver weight loss regardless amounts of food intakes. Methotrexate induced increasing intestinal permeability, enteric bacterial undergrowth and bacterial translocation to MLN, liver and spleen, but not kidney and heart. The supplements with glutamine reduced the intestinal permeability bacterial translocation, and not influences enteric bacterial number, and body and liver weight changes. This study suggested that glutamine might effectively reduce methotrexate induced intestinal damage and bacterial translocation, but not influence body and organ weight loss.

A Study on the Microbiological Quality of Raw Milk in the North of Kyeongnam Area (경남 북부지역 납유원유의 미생물학적 품질에 관한 연구)

  • 이국천;손성기;안동원
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Service
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.27-31
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    • 1990
  • This study was carried out to obtain basic data for the Improvement of microbiological quality of raw milk. Total bacterial, psychrotrophic, thermoduric and spore counts of raw milk samples taken from milk tankers in the nothern part of kyeongnam were investigated for one year from March, 1989. The result obtained were summarized as follow 1. The number of total bacteria in raw milk averaged $4.0{\times}10^6$ CFU / ml and was not affected by seasons 2. The psychrotrophic counts of raw milk averaged $1.5{\times}10^6$ CFU / ml and it was higher in winter than in summer 3. The thermoduric counts of raw milk averaged $5.8{\times}10^4$ CFU / ml and was the lowest in winter 4. The spore counts of raw milk ranging from 3-1, 880/ ml averaged 306/ ml and was the lowest in summer

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Microbial Quality Change Model of Korean Pan-Fried Meat Patties Exposed to Fluctuating Temperature Conditions

  • Kim, So-Jung;An, Duck-Soon;Lee, Hyuek-Jae;Lee, Dong-Sun
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.348-353
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    • 2008
  • Aerobic bacterial growth on Korean pan.fried meat patties as a primary quality deterioration factor was modeled as a function of temperature to estimate microbial spoilage on a real.time basis under dynamic storage conditions. Bacteria counts in the stretch.wrapped foods held at constant temperatures of 0, 5, 10 and $15^{\circ}C$ were measured throughout storage. The bootstrapping method was applied to generate many resampled data sets of mean microbial counts, which were then used to estimate the parameters of the microbial growth model of Baranyi & Roberts in the form of differential equations. The temperature functions of the primary model parameters were set up with confidence limits. Incorporating the temperature dependent parameters into the differential equations of bacterial growth could produce predictions closely representing the experimental data under constant and fluctuating temperature conditions.

The Effect of Ultrasound on Bacterial Growth (초음파가 세균성장에 미치는 영향)

  • Choe Hyun-Ju;Park Rae-Joon;Hwang Tae-Yeun
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.311-317
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    • 2000
  • The puroose of the study was carried out to investigate the change of bacterial growth in vitro according to intensities and exposure time. to basic data far ultrasound and clinical research. The Staphylococcus aureus which are commonly isolated from open wound were incubated in an incubator for 24 hours following expoure 1MHz continuous ultrasound(CUS). Then quantitative bacterial counts were obtained. The results were as following. 1. The groups CUS was appied changed in bacterial growth according to intensities and time respectively. 2. The groups CUS was appied showed the inhibitory effect of bacterial growth. 3. The number of S. aureus significantly reduced to fellowing expoure $3.0w/cm^2$ CUS during 20min.

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Introduction of a Bacterial Hemoglobin Gene for Improving Bacterial Growth under Hypoxic Condition

  • Chung, Chung-Nam;Yoon, Suk-Ran;Jun, Woo-Jin;Shim, Sang-In;Park, In-Ho;Chung, Jin-Woong
    • Journal of agriculture & life science
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    • v.43 no.6
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    • pp.77-84
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    • 2009
  • Using recombinant DNA technology, the vector system containing minimal fragment of a bacterial hemoglobin gene (vgb) was constructed. When this vector was inserted into Escherichia coli, the growth of the host was significantly improved in both viable cell counts and absorbance measurement, compared to that of the wild type strain. In addition, by minimizing the size of bacterial hemoglobin in the vector, the ability of vgb in growth improvement was augmented, due to the reduction of metabolic burden from the maintenance and replication of the plasmid. By using this system, it is expected that the growth of microorganisms can be improved even in the hypoxic condition.

Effects of Gaseous Ozone Exposure on Bacterial Counts and Oxidative Properties in Chicken and Duck Breast Meat

  • Muhlisin, Muhlisin;Utama, Dicky Tri;Lee, Jae Ho;Choi, Ji Hye;Lee, Sung Ki
    • Food Science of Animal Resources
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.405-411
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    • 2016
  • The effects of gaseous ozone exposure on the bacterial counts and oxidative properties were evaluated in duck and chicken breast fillets, which were stored under a continuous flux of gaseous ozone (10×10−6 kg O3/m3/h) at 4±1℃ for 4 d. The ozone generator was set to on for 15 min and off for 105 min, and this cyclic timer was set during storage. Ozone effectively reduced the growth of coliform, aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in both chicken and duck breast. However, lipid oxidation occurred faster in duck breast than chicken breast with higher degree of discoloration, TBARS value, and antioxidant enzyme (glutathione peroxidase and catalase) activity decline rates. It is concluded that ozone effectively controlled the growth of bacteria in both chicken and duck breast with less effects on oxidative deterioration in chicken breast.

Bacterial Removal Efficiencies by Unit Processes in a Sewage Treatment Plant using Activated Sludge Process (활성슬러지공정 하수종말처리장의 단위공정별 세균 제거효율)

  • Lee, Dong-Geun;Jung, Mira;Sung, Gi Moon;Park, Seong Joo
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.871-879
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    • 2010
  • To figure out the removal efficiency of indicator and pathogenic bacteria by unit processes of a sewage treatment plant using activated sludge process, analyses were done for incoming sewage, influent and effluent of primary clarifier, aeration tank, secondary clarifier and final discharge conduit of the plant. A matrix of bacterial items (average of bacterial reduction [log/ml], p value of paired t-test, number of decreased cases of twenty analyses, removal percentage only for decreased cases) between incoming sewage and final effluent of the plant were heterotrophic plate counts (1.54, 0.000, 20, 95.01), total coliforms (1.38, 0.000, 19, 83.94), fecal coliforms (0.90, 0.000, 20, 94.84), fecal streptococci (0.90, 0.000, 20, 98.08), presumptive Salmonella (0.23, 0.561, 7, 99.09), and presumptive Shigella (1.02, 0.002, 15, 92.98). Total coliforms, fecal coliforms, heterotrophic plate counts, and fecal streptococci showed highest decrease through secondary clarifier about 1-log (p<0.001) between 88% and 96%, and primary clarifier represented the significant (p<0.05) decrease. However, final effluent through discharge conduit showed higher total coliforms and fecal streptococci than effluent of secondary clarifier (p<0.05). In addition, final effluent once violated the water quality standard while effluent of secondary clarifier satisfied the standard. Hence some control measures including elimination of deposits in discharge conduit or disinfection of final effluent are necessary.

Relationship between Thermal Properties of Muscle Proteins and Pork Quality

  • Kuo, Hsiu-Lan;Chen, Ming-Tsao;Liu, Deng-Cheng;Lin, Lieh-Chin
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.427-432
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this study was performed as model study using four animals to investigate the correction between the changes in Differential Scanning Calorimetry thermogram of muscle proteins during storage and meat freshness. M. longissimus dorsi of pork was obtained immediately after slaughter and chilled/stored at either $-2^{\circ}C$ or $25^{\circ}C$ for up to 96 h for analyses. DSC thermograms were determined and compared with pH values, ATP-related compounds, K-values, volatile basic nitrogen (VBN) levels, bacterial counts and electrophoretic behavior. Changes in pH, bacterial counts, VBN and K-values were associated with increased storage temperature and time. The levels of pH values, bacterial counts, VBN and K-values of pork samples stored at $25^{\circ}C$ were higher than those of the pork samples stored at $-2^{\circ}C$. ATP concentration decreased faster in samples stored at $25^{\circ}C$. Only IMP increased in samples stored at $-2^{\circ}C$, whereas the concentration of hypoxanthine and inosine increased in samples stored at $25^{\circ}C$. One exothermic peak and two endothermic peaks appeared on the thermograms of pork stored at either temperature. Lower transition temperature of myosin, sarcoplasmic protein and actin peaks were observed. The freshness parameters of K-value, VBN and hypoxanthine showed highly negative correlations (-0.742- -0.9980) to the changes in transition temperature. Therefore, the shift temperature on DSC thermogram can be used as an indicator of the freshness parameters of meat.

SALIVARY BACTERIAL COUNTS AFTER APPLICATION OF POVIDONE-IODINE AND CHLORHEXIDINE (Povidone-Iodine과 Chlorhexidine의 적용시간에 따른 타액 내 세균수의 비교)

  • Kim, Seo-Yoon;Noh, Ki-Pyo;Kim, Hak-Kyun;Kim, Su-Gwan;Kook, oong-Ki;Park, Soon-Nang;Kim, Min-Jung;Kim, Jae-Jin;Kim, Eun-Seok
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.312-315
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    • 2009
  • Objective: It is important to sterilize oral cavity with antibacterial agent before surgery for preventing infection. The object of this study was to compare the effect on reduction of salivary bacterial counts according to applied time when povidone-iodine (PVI) and chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX), most broadly used materials in dentistry, were applied intraorally before the surgery. Methods: Sixty subjects were divided into 6 groups. PVI and CHX were applied in each group for 1, 2 and 3 minutes, respectively. Then salivary microbacteria taken before and after applying the materials were cultured using 5% sheep blood agar plate. Results: There was significant difference in reduction of microbacteria in both PVI and CHX and the effect did not show differences depending on time. When applied for a minute, PVI showed somewhat higher reduction rate than CHX, but in the other groups, there was no difference in reduction rate. Conclusion: We found that there was no significant difference in sterilization ability of PVI and CHX in all groups in this study. Therefore, both agents would get sufficient effect when applied for a minute.