• 분석과학
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.347-351
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• 2014

산업폐기물 소각장의 비산재와 바닥재에서 PCDDs와 DFs를 측정한 결과, 비산재에서 PCDDs와 DFs의 농도는 각각 4.5063과 13.004 ng-TEQ/g이었고 바닥재에서는 0.2367과 0.0993 ng-TEQ/g의 함유량을 보였다. 비산재 속에는 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD, OCDD, 2,3,4,6,7,8-HxCDF, 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF 동종체가 다량 함유되었고 바닥재에는 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD와 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF가 많았다.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2006

Khal was a synthetic congener of halocidin, a heterodimeric peptide consisting of 19 and 15 amino acid residues detected in Halocynthia aurantium. This compound was considered a candidate for the development of a novel peptide antibiotic. The genotoxicity of Khal was subjected to high throughput toxicity screening (HTTS) because they revealed strong antibacterial effects. Mouse lymphoma thymidine kinase ($tk^{+/-}$) gene assay (MOLY), single cell gel electrophoresis (Comet) assay and chromosomal aberration assay in mammalian cells and Ames reverse mutation assay in bacterial system were used as simplified, inexpensive, short-term in vitro screening tests in our laboratory. These compounds are not mutagenic in S. typhimurium TA98 and TA100 strains both in the presence and absence of metabolic activation. Before performing the comet assay, $IC_{20}$ of Khal was determined the concentration of $25.51\;{\mu}/mL\;and\;21.99\;{\mu}g/mL$ with and without S-9, respectively. In the comet assay, Khal was not induced DNA damage in mouse lymphoma cell line. Also, the mutation frequencies in the Khal-treated cultures were similar to the vehicle controls. It is suggests that Khal is non-mutagenic in MOLY assay. And no clastogenicity was observed in Khal-treated Chinese hamster lung cells. The results of this battery of assays indicate that Khal has no genotoxic potential in bacterial or mammalian cell systems. Therefore, we suggest that Khal, as the optimal candidates with both no genotoxic potential and antibacterial effects must be chosen.

• 분석과학
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.802-809
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• 2000

국내의 다양한 장소에서 채취된 수질 43종, 토양 35종 및 저질 11종 중에 포함 되어있는 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)의 congeners 성분들을 GC/MS를 이용하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과 수질시료의 평균 회수율은 $83.8{\pm}10.4%$이며, 토양 및 저질시료의 평균 회수율은 $94.9{\pm}12.2%$였으며, $^{13}C{_{12}}$-PCBs(Surlegate)에 대한 회수율도 $80.2{\pm}8.7%$로 비교적 양호하였다. 검출 한계는 수질의 경우 0.01 ng/ml이며, 토양 및 저질의 경우 0.05 ng/g로 결정되었다. 수질시료는 정량한계 범위 내에서 검출되지 않았으나, 토양 및 저질시료에서는 대부분의 시료에서 한 개 이상의 PCBs congener가 검출되었다. 이번 국내의 PCBs 생태계 오염 실태조사 결과는 미국, 유럽 및 일본과 같은 선진국에 비해 PCBs의 오염도가 상당히 낮은 것으로 평가되었다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.217-231
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• 2006

The gas-phase formation of polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) was experimentally investigated by slow combustion of the three chlorophenols (CPs): 2-chlorophenol (2-CP), 3-chlorophenol (3-CP) and 4-chlorophenol (4-CP), in a laminar flow reactor over the range of 550 to $750^{\circ}C$ under oxidative condition. Contrary to the a priori hypothesis, different distributions of PCN isomers were produced from each CP. To explain the distributions of polychlorinated dibenzofuran (PCDF) and PCN congeners, a pathway is proposed that builds on published mechanisms of PCDF formation from chlorinated phenols and naphthalene formation from dihydrofulvalene. This pathway involves phenoxy radical coupling at unsubstituted ortho-carbon sites followed by CO elimination to produce dichloro-9, 10-dihydrofulvalene intermediates. Naphthalene products are formed by loss of H and/or Cl atoms and rearrangement. The degree of chlorination of naphthalene and dibenzofuran products decreased as temperature increased, and, on average, the naphthalene congeners were less chlorinated than the dibenzofuran congeners. PCDF isomers were found to be weakly dependent to temperature, suggesting that phenoxy radical coupling is a low activation energy process. Different PCN isomers, on the other hand, are formed by alternative fusion routes from the same phenoxy radical coupling intermediate. PCN isomer distributions were found to be more temperature sensitive, with selectivity to particular isomers decreasing with increasing temperature.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권8호
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• pp.579-585
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• 2013

잔류성유기오염물질(POPs)은 환경에 잔류하며, 먹이 사슬을 통해 축적되고, 인간의 건강과 환경에 악영향을 일으키는 화학물질이다. 잔류성 유기 오염 물질은 열에 안정적이고, 친유화성, 불용성의 물질이며, 생식, 성장 및 내분비 기능에 면역독성 및 발암성 부작용 등 다양한 유해 영향을 일으킬 수 있다. 폴리브롬화디페닐에테르(PBDEs)는 방염제로 사용되는 유기브롬 화합물이다. 독성 및 잔류성으로 인해 일부 PBDE 생산품은 주요 POPs를 관리하고 단계적으로 제한하는 스톡홀름 협약에 의해 제한되었다. 본 연구에서는 잔류성유기오염물질의 농도분포를 조사하기 위해 시화산업단지의 여러 사이트에서 PBDEs를 측정하였다. 하우스더스트 샘플에서 PBDEs의 농도수준은 0.722~44.024 ng/g-dry로 나타났으며, PBDEs 동족체 중 BDE-209가 모든 지역에서 상대적으로 높게 나타났다. BDE-209의 농도는 총 PBDEs의 80.0 % 이상으로 나타났다. 대상 지역의 여러 사이트에서 고분자 PBDEs는 저분자 PBDEs 보다 높게 측정되었다.

• 약학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.247-257
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• 2002

Persistent organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been used intensively in agriculture or industry for a long time. The occurrence of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in the environment and subsequently in parts of the food chain, resulting in the intake of these compounds by man and animal. The measure of the levels of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in tissues or blood of human populations are good markers in determining the extent of exposure and in the evaluating the hazards. So, most countriess have conducted initial monitoring programs to determine organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in human tissues. But a few report has been presented in Korea. In this study, $\alpha$-BHC, $\beta$-BHC, ${\gamma}$-BHC, $\delta$-BHC, p,p'-DDT, p,p'-DDD, p,p'-DDE, endrin, dieldein, aldrin and 7 marker PCBs (28, 52, 101, 118, 138, 153, 180) were determined in human blood, adipose tissue and liver tissues collected at autopsy of 10 men and 10 women, 13-79 year of age. Significant differences in the levels of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs between districts where they had lived were found in the following chemicals: total PCB in the blood : $\beta$-BHC, total BHC, p,p'-DDE and total DDT in the adipose tissue : p,p'-DDE, total DDT and PCB 118 in the liver. No significant difference was found in the levels of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs between sexes and ages. Though the levels of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs were relatively lower than that of other countries, we could know that organochlorine pesticides and PCBs have been widely distributed in Korean human body.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.215-224
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• 2014

Objective: This study was carried out in order to determine the depositional characteristics of pine needles, pine bark, and soil used as a passive air sampler (PAS) for atmospheric polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). Methods: All three media were sampled from the same site. The PBDE concentrations were analyzed by HRGC/HRMS, and the lipid contents were measured using the gravimetric method by n-hexane extraction. Results: The total PBDE concentration was the highest in soil (22,274.57 pg/g dry), followed by pine bark (20,266.39 pg/g dry), and then pine needles (7,380.22 pg/g dry). Pine needles contained the highest lipid contents (21.31 mg/g dry), whereas soil (10.01 mg/g dry), and pine bark (4.85 mg/g dry) contained less. There were poor correlations between lipid content and total PBDE concentrations in the media ($R^2$=0.8216, p=0.2814). Congeners BDE 47, 99, 183, 196, 197, 206, 207 and 209 showed peak concentrations. Among these, BDE 206, 207, and 209 are highly brominated PBDEs that exist as particulates in ambient air. They accounted for 81.2% [69.2 (pine needles) - 89.0% (tree bark)] of the concentration and therefore are noted as the main congener of the total PBDEs. Conclusions: It can therefore be concluded that for reducing error by improper sampling, the same species of media should be recommended for use as a PAS for atmospheric PBDEs due to the differences in depositional characteristics.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.583-596
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• 2005

Samples of water, soil, and sediment were taken from 10 streams of Andong city in Gyeongbuk province in October 2004. To assess the degree of environmental pollution for each stream site, the chemical analyses of pollutants such as T-N, T-P, COD, heavy metal, organophosphorous and organochlorine pesticides, and dioxin-like PCB congeners were implemented using the standard process tests or the U. S. EPA methods. In addition, biological assessment using insect immune biomarkers was conducted on the same environmental samples to complement the chemical assessment. Except Waya stream (T-N; 2.91 mg/L, T-P; 0.16 mg/L, COD; 14.0 mg/L) with above the environmental quality standards, the T-P and COD concentrations of 9 sites are relatively low. The contents of Pb and Cd in samples taken from each stream were much lower than environmental quality standards. However, in comparison with soil samples of other streams, several times higher concentrations of Pb and Cd were found in locations at Mi, Gilan, Yeonha, and Waya stream sites. Dementon-S-methyl, diazinon, parathion, and phenthoate compounds among organophosphorous pesticides were detected as concentrations of ppb levels, respectively, from soil samples collected in the vicinity of Gilan, Mi, Norim, and Waya stream. On the other hand, 16 organochlorine pesticides and 12 dioxin-like PCB congeners selected in this study were not found in all samples. In particular, considering significant disrupting effects of Waya stream's samples on insect immune capacity, this stream seems to be contaminated with investigated and/or univestigated pollutants in this study.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.763-771
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• 2001

Biphenyl dioxygenase (BPDO), which catalyzes the first step in the bacterial degradation of biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyls, was characterized in Pseudomonas sp. B4. The bphA locus containing the four structural genes encoding BPDO were cloned and sequenced. A regulatory gene as well as a putative regulatory sequence were identified upstream of this locus. A transposase-like gene was found within a 1-kb region further upstream, thereby suggesting that the bphA locus may be carried on a transposable element. The three components of the BPDO enzyme have been separately overexpressed and purified from E. coli. The ferredoxin and terminal dioxygenase components showed biochemical properties comparable to those of two previously characterized BPDOs, whereas the ferredoxin reductase exhibited an unusually high lability. The substrate selectivity of BPDO was examined in vivo using resting cell assays performed with mixtures of selected polychlorinated biphenyls. The results indicated that para-substituted congeners were the preferred substrates. In vitro studies were carried out on a BPDO complex where the reductase from strain B4 we replaced by the more stable isoform from Comamonas testosteroni B-356. The BPDO enzyme had a specific activity of $0.26{\pm}0.02 {\mu}mol {min^-1}{mg^-1}\;of\;ISP_{BPH}$ with biphenyl as the substrate. The 2,3-, 4,4'-, and 2,4,4'-chlorobiphenyls were converted to single dihydrodiols, while 2,4'-dichlorobiphenyl gave rise to two dihydrodiols. The current data also indicated that 2,4,4'-trichlorobiphenyl was a better substrate than the 4,4'-dichlorinated congener.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.208-216
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 토양 중 POPs 오염수준을 토지이용형태별로 구분 조사하여 오염특성을 규명하고 효율적인 토양 중 POPs 오염물질 관리방안 마련에 필요한 자료를 제공하였다. 농약류 중 Heptachlor, Aldrin, Endrin, Mirex, Toxaphene이 모든 지역에서 검출되지 않았고 Dieldrin은 N.D.-12.08 ${\mu}g$/kg, Chlordane은 N.D.-16.08 ${\mu}g$/kg, ${\Sigma}$DDT는 N.D.-38.19 ${\mu}g$/kg, HCB는 N.D.-1.32 ${\mu}g$/kg의 범위를 나타냈다. PCBs는 N.D.-172.12 ${\mu}g$/kg의 범위로 절연유오염지역이 높게 나타났으며, PCDD/Fs는 N.D.-6.68 pg I-TEQ/g으로 공단지역이 비교적 높게 나타났다.