• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.755-760
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• 2008

The aim of this study was to produce resistant starch preparations from acid-modified com starches prepared at various hydrolysis levels (0.5-4.0 hr). Effect of autoclaving cycles on resistant starch (RS) formation was investigated. Molecular weight distribution, pasting and functional properties of acid-modified com starches were determined. For RS formation native and acid-modified starch samples were gelatinized and autoclaved (1 or 2 cycles). While native and acid-modified starches did not contain any RS, the levels increased to 9.0-13.5% as a result of storage at $95^{\circ}C$ after first autoclaving cycle. Second autoclaving cycle together with storage at $95^{\circ}C$ brought final RS contents of the samples incubated at 4 and $95^{\circ}C$ after the first cycle to comparable level. As acid modification level increased, the amount of high molecular weight fractions decreased, resulting in significant decreases in viscosities (p<0.05). The samples produced in this study had low emulsion stability and capacity values.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.7.1-7.13
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• 2021

Levodopa (L-DOPA) therapy is normally practised to treat motor pattern associated with Parkinson disease (PD). Additionally, several inhibitory drugs such as Entacapone and Opicapone are also cosupplemented to protect peripheral inactivation of exogenous L-DOPA (~80%) that occurs due to metabolic activity of the enzyme catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT). Although, both Entacapone and Opicapone have U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval but regular use of these drugs is associated with high risk of side effects. Thus, authors have focused on in silico discovery of phytochemicals and evaluation of their effectiveness against human soluble COMT using virtual screening, molecular docking, drug-like property prediction, generation of pharmacophoric property, and molecular dynamics simulation. Overall, study proposed, nine phytochemicals (withaphysalin D, withaphysalin N, withaferin A, withacnistin, withaphysalin C, withaphysalin O, withanolide B, withasomnine, and withaphysalin F) of plant Withania somnifera have strong binding efficiency against human COMT in comparison to both of the drugs i.e., Opicapone and Entacapone, thus may be used as putative bioenhancer in L-DOPA therapy. The present study needs further experimental validation to be used as an adjuvant in PD treatment.

• 접착 및 계면
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2006

미생물 합성 고분자인 poly(hydroxylalkanoate)s (PHAs)의 초기효소분해는 표면침식의 메커니즘으로 진행하므로 이들의 분해거동은 표면특성을 개질로서 조절할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 효소분해속도를 조절하기 위하여 플라즈마 기법을 PHAs 표면특성의 개질에 적용하였다. $CF_3H$와 $O_2$ 플라즈마를 사용하여 재료 표면에 각각 소수성 및 친수성을 부여하였다. 효소분해 실험은 pH 7.4의 0.1 M potassium phosphate 완충용액에서 Alcaligenes facalis T1에서 정제된 poly(hydroxybutyrate) 분해효소를 첨가하여 행하였다. $CF_3H$ 플라즈마 처리된 시편의 경우 표면 층의 불소화에 따른 소수성의 증가와 분해 효소에 대한 비활성으로 초기분해 속도가 상당히 지연됨을 관찰하였으나 $O_2$ 플라즈마 처리에 의한 표면 친수성은 분해속도의 촉진 등에 큰 영향을 미치지 않았다.

• 한국식품영양학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식품영양학회 2001년도 동계 학술심포지움
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• pp.131-131
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• 2001

The enzyme activity and organoleptic properties of Korean pickled cucumber were studies for their changes during fermentation. The Korean pickled cucumber were prepared by blanching and high temperature soaking in salt solution and trehalose treatment The results shelved that the effect of combined heat and trehalose treatment significantly reduced the fermentation rate and softening rate of texture while a rather rapid fermentation was for those pleserved with salt. The effect of trehalose treatment enhenced fermentation and it was significantly reduced softening rate of texture by 2% treatment. The sensory evaluation of Korean pickled cucumber was found that combined heat treatment with blanching and hot solution had a positive effect for reduction of softening of cucumber tissue, however, odor and taste were not significantly affected. This study suggested that combined heat and trehalose treatment might have potential for affording protection against softness of cucumber tissue during the fermentation time.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.1353-1356
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• 2008

RNase E (Rne) plays a major role in the decay and processing of numerous RNAs in E. coli, and protein inhibitors of RNase E, RraA and RraB, have recently been discovered. Here, we report that coexpression of RraA or RraB reduces the ribonucleolytic activity in rne-deleted E. coli cells overproducing RNase ES, a Streptomyces coelicolor functional ortholog of RNase E, and consequently rescues these cells from growth arrest. These findings suggest that the regulators of ribonuclease activity have a conserved intrinsic property that effectively acts on an RNase E-like enzyme found in a distantly related bacterial species.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.103-107
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• 2006

In order to develop hydroquinone analogues for topical delivery, a structure-activity relationship study has been performed. A series of 2-substituted hydroquinones were tested for their ability to inhibit mushroom tyrosinase, alter melanin release and exert cytotoxicity in B6-F10 melanocytes. The electronic property of the 2-substituents did not affect the tyrosinase inhibition nor melanocyte toxicity. However, lipophilicity did affect to some degree the tyrosinase inhibition. The discrepancy in the structure-activity relationship may be due to the poor aqueous solubility of select analogues. Compounds with steric bulk at the 2-position seems to be less soluble, not enabling the analogue to interact effectively with the tyrosinase enzyme. Among the analogues tested, 2-isopropyl hydroquinone seems to be the most promising candidate for topical delivery, being the least toxic analogue with moderate melanin release inhibition.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.269-276
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• 2009

Black pepper (family Piperaceae), is called king of spices because it is one of the oldest spice and alone accounts for about 35% of the world's total spice trade. The pepper is used in Ayurvedic medicine for the treatment of various ailments particularly neurological, broncho-pulmonary and gastrointestinal disorders. Pepper has also been reported to have various pharmacological actions but recently, it is highlighted as a bioavailability enhancer. This results in higher plasma concentration of drugs, nutrients, ions and other xenobiotics, rendering them more bioavailable for physiological as well as pharmacological actions in the body. Numerous scientific studies reported that piperine; a main bioactive compound of pepper, is responsible for its bioavailability enhancing property. It's a well known fact that pepper enhances bioavailability by inhibition of microsomal enzyme system but other mechanisms are also responsible to acts as a bioavailability enhancer. The brief overview of the mechanism of action of pepper as well as its applications as bioavailability enhancer is given in the present article.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.67-74
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• 1986

The study was carried out to investigate for the property of Bacillus strains, on the native growthed microflora in Korean native soybean paste, and Bacillus strains of the high enzyme producing, were selected and identificated, from the microflora, that is, identificated Bacillus strains beared resemblance to B. subtills, on the colony, appearance was pellicle, surface's spreading, color creamy-thin browned, colony elevation flated, and edge lobated, the identfficated B. subtills strain named for the B. subtilis SCF. For the protease activity of B. subtilis SCF, according to the variation with pH, the pH stability was pH 7~8, and on the its protease activity, optimum temperature was 40$\circ$C, on the other hand, temperature of the highest stability of the protease was 50$\circ$C.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.14-17
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• 1999

Bovine hide and pig skin gelatins were prepared and their molecular weight profiles were examined by SDS-PAGE. The major molecular weights of bovine hide gelatin were 220 kDa, 140kDa, and 130kDa and the weights of pigskin gelatin were 210 kDa, 135kDa and 120kDa. Also , as a typical parameter of rheological property of the gelatin , viscosities of gelatin were measured under various conditions. Gelatin hydrolysates were prepared using typical commerical proteases and their angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitory activities were examined.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.371-374
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• 2004

A bacterium producing the $\beta$-mannosidase was isolated from intestine of fresh fish. The isolate YB-29 has been identified as Chryseomeningosepticum on the basis on its 16S rRNA sequence, morphology and biochemical proper The $\beta$-mannosdiase activity was detected in both the culture filtrate and the cell extract of C. meningosepticum YB-29. The $\beta$-mannosidase of culture filtrate showed the maximum activity for hydrolysis of para-nitrophenyl-$\beta$-D-mannopyranoside at pH 5.0-6.0 and 55-$60^{\circ}C$. The enzyme was able to hydrolyze the oligomeric substrates such as mannobiose and mannotriose with higher activity for mannotriose than mannobiose.