• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1998.04a
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• pp.342-345
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• 1998

Carminic acid는 중남미 사막지대에 자생하는 선인장에 기생하는 연지충의 암컷을 분말로 만든 것으로 대표적인 anthraquinone계 천연 염재이다. 물, 알코올, 에테르에 쉽게 녹으며 금속과 안정한 킬레이트를 형성하여 약간의 심색화 및 농색화 현상이 일어난다. 또한 그 염색물은 일광, 습윤 견뢰도가 우수한 것으로 알려져 있다. Carminic acid는 산성매염염료의 구조를 가지고 있으며, 매염하지 않고 양모를 염색할 경우 산성염료와 비슷한 염색성을 나타낸다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety Conference
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• 1994.06a
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• pp.41-49
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• 1994

The meanings, classification, and regulatory status of 'natural food colorants' are discussed. Nowadays the technological advances for processing Cochineal color is flourishing here and aboard, makes highly concentrated products (e.g., 95% Carminic acid) is comercially available. Application of carminic acid for a food system needs target-specific formulation, mixing with alumn, tartaric acid, and other salts to stabilize the color hue in food system. On the other hand, carmine, the aluminium-lake of carminic acid, is more convenient product to be used and would give more strong color. Of these reasons Carmine is much popular product than Cochineal extract in Western and European countries. We insist that carmine should be also certified as natural colorant together with Cochineal extract in Korea. Authors expect that several kinds of anthraquinone colorant (Lac and Kermes) would be introduced in Korean market in near furture.

• Textile Coloration and Finishing
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.11-19
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• 1998

For the purpose of standardization and practicability of dyeing by natural dyes, the mordanting and dyeing properties of cochineal and carminic acid were studied. Appropriate extraction, dyeing and mordanting condition of cochineal were determined, and the effect of mordanting method on dye uptake and color fastness of dyed fabric was investigated. The maximum absorbance of cochineal solution was 495nm, carminic acid was 533nm and 577nm. The color of carminic acid solution was affected by pH 6~9. The optimum temperature to extract cochineal was $80-100^\circ{C}$ and dyeing solution for 1 hour. And effective dyeing time to silk was 60min. Effective mordanting temperature was $80^\circ{C}$, and its time was 30min. In case mordants concentration, the maximum absorbance of Sn solution was 3%, K, Cu and Cr were in 1%. K/S value of dyeing fabrics was recoginazed by mordant treatment, specially Fe, Sn, Al, Cu. In the case of cochineal light fastness was increased by mordant treatment, specially Fe treatment. Perspiration fastness was good in acidic solution than in alkaline solution and perspiration fastness of cochineal was poor. Fastness of abrasion and dry-cleaning were good and these fastness improvement were generally effective for post-mordanting treatment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Fiber Society Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.67-71
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• 1997

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.41-47
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• 1998

Some white-rot fungi, screened at the Laboratory of Forest Products Microbiological Chemistry, Chungbuk National University were cultured and added the inducer of laccase enzyme, 2,5-xylidine. The fungi named by CB-13, CB-20, CB-99, CB-100 and CB-123 strains showed positive results in the decolorization of aromatic compounds, carminic acid and Rhemazol brilliant blue R. Concerned to the inducing effect of 2,5-xylidine on laccase activity, CB-20, CB-100 and CB-123 strains showed very high activity by addition of 2,5-xylidine, whilst CB-13, CB-99 and CB-124 strains produced relatively high laccase enzymes, regardless of inducer addition. There were no any laccase activities on CB-25, CB-64 and CB-139, even in addition of inducer. It is confirmed that some screened fungi have decolorizing ability on aromatic compounds, carminic acid and Rhemazol brilliant blue R. Also, the addition of inducer, 2,5-xylidine, has increased the activity of laccase enzyme which is secreted from some white-rot fungi.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.364-368
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• 1994

Growth inhibition potency of the anthraquinones, anthraquinone-1,5-disulfonic acid and carminic acid, for Sarcoma 180 and L1210 leukemia cells in vivo and in vitro, was induced by the divalent transition metal ion, $Cu^{2+}$. On the other hand spectroscopic titration data show that the anthraquinone drugs form $Cu2^+$ chelate complexes (carminic acid : $Cu^{2+}$ = 1 : 6; anthraquinone-1,5-disulfonic acid : $Cu^{2+}$ = 1 : 3). Furthermore the $Cu^{2+}$-drug complexes associate with DNA to form the $Cu^{2+}$-anthraquinone-DNA ternary complexes. The formation of the complexes was further supported by the $H_2O_2-dependent$ DNA degradation, which can be inhibited by ethidium bromide, caused by the $Cu^{2+}$-drug complexes. It is likely that the $Cu^{2+}$-mediated cytotoxicity of the anthraquinone drugs is related with the $Cu^{2+}-mediated$ binding of the anthraquinone drugs to DNA and DNA degradation.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.72-79
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• 1999

The ability of several wood rotting fungi for decolorization of two anthracene derivatives, Carminic acid (CA) and Remazol brilliant blue R (RBBR), and hardwood KP bleaching liquor (BL) as well as laccase activities in these fungi were studied. The enzyme activity appeared exclusively in fungi destaining RBBR and CA, but in the case of BL, such relationship was not observed. The laccase enzyme was released into the decolorization media and its inducible (but not constitutive) forms shown destaining activity. The purified inducible forms of Kuehneromyces mutabilis and Pleurotus ostreatus laccase destained CA. Thus the possible differentiation between specificity of particular LAC forms was confirmed. In addition the nitrogen starvation induced both laccase and CA destaining activities, but the increase was higher for decolorization of CA than LAC activity. Probably LAC would be only partly responsible for decolorization of this dye. This results suggested that purified LACs decolorize CA, however its destaining activities were considerably lower than the activities on syringaldazine.