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Antihypertensive peptides from whey proteins fermented by lactic acid bacteria

  • Daliri, Eric Banan-Mwine;Lee, Byong H.;Park, Byun-Jae;Kim, Se-Hun;Oh, Deog-Hwan
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.1781-1789
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    • 2018
  • In this study, whey proteins were fermented with 34 lactic acid bacteria for 48 h at $37^{\circ}C$ and their ability to inhibit angiotensin 1-converting enzyme (ACE) activity were compared. All the lactic acid bacteria displayed varying proteolytic abilities in whey. Their fermentates also displayed varying abilities to inhibit ACE in vitro. Seven fermentates showed strong ACE inhibitory abilities between $84.70{\pm}0.67$ and $52.40{\pm}2.1%$ with $IC_{50}$ values between $19.78{\pm}1.73$ and $2.13{\pm}0.7mg/ml$. Pediococcus acidilactici SDL1414 showed the strongest ACE inhibitory activity of $84.7{\pm}0.67%$ ($IC_{50}=19.78{\pm}1.73{\mu}g/ml$). Mass spectrometry revealed that more than half (57.7%) of the low molecular weight peptides (< 7 kDa) in the P. acidilactici SDL1414 fermented samples were ACE inhibitory peptides. Our results show that P. acidilactici SDL1414 could be used as a starter culture in the dairy industry to develop antihypertensive functional foods for hypertension management.

Antioxidant Properties of Commercial Noodles Supplemented with Functional Ingredients (기능성 부재료를 첨가한 시판 국수류의 항산화 특성)

  • Son, Jong-Youn;Kang, Kun-Og
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.183-189
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    • 2014
  • We investigated noodles supplemented with functional ingredients for their antioxidant properties, including total phenol, flavonoid contents, electron donating, nitrite scavenging abilities and ferrous ion chelating effect. The total polyphenol contents of functional noodles arranged in order of decreasing concentration were kudzu (7.98%) > green tea (4.99%) > pumpkin (5.03%) > mulberry leaves (4.99%) > mugwort (4.23%) > cactus (3.57%) > kelp (3.33). The total flavonoid contents in green tea noodles were the highest as 4.35%. The electron donating ability in mugwort noodle was the highest as 12.27% at 1,000 ppm. This amount was 4.85 times than that of wheat flour noodle (2.53%). The nitrite scavenging ability of functional noodles at pH 1.2 arranged in order of decreasing concentration were green tea (66.52%) > cactus (55.12%) > kudzu (52.67%) > pumpkin (50.50%) > mulberry leaves (43.58%) > kelp (41.41%) > mugwort (37.66). The nitrite-scavenging ability of green tea noodle was lower than ascorbic acid (natural antioxidant) 77.83%, while that of green tea noodle was similar with BHT (artificial antioxidant) 69.45%. The ferrous ion chelating effect of noodles containing kelp were the highest as 27.02%. All of the experimental results showed good antioxidant property. Thus, noodles supplemented with mulberry leaves, cactus, mugwort, green tea, pumpkin, kelp or kudzu, demonstrated to have good functional effects for human health.

A study on development of VR-based tangible functional game for prevention of dementia

  • Jang, Chun-Ok
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.196-202
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    • 2021
  • Currently, as Korea enters into a fast aging society, the problem of dementia population is increasing. In this paper, we intend to contribute to the improvement of welfare for the elderly by developing virtual reality technology and related interface technology to effectively perform hand movements known as effective methods for preventing and treating dementia. As the content of the research and development of this paper, it is designed to be easy for the elderly to use and stimulate brain function by applying VR technology using sensors, and to activate mental and physical activities for the elderly who are marginalized in terms of cultural welfare. We intend to develop by classifying the types of games and contents that can induce them. As a result of this thesis, we developed contents using virtual reality to improve cognitive abilities for elderly people with poor cognitive ability to activate the brains of users' cognition, memory, and attention to prevent and treat dementia I want to contribute.

Rolling from a Supine to a Prone Position (앙와위에서 복와위로 구르기)

  • Kwon Mi-Ji;Park Rae-Joon
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.101-108
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    • 1993
  • Physical therapy for patients with Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Spinal cord injury. Osteoporosis, CVA and Cerebral Palsy often includes the evaluating and teaching of rolling movements. Motor abilities such as rolling from a supine to a prone position, moving to sitting. getting up on all fours and ultimately standing up from a supine position. represents progression toward physical independence. Rolling is important functional abilities for need to dressing, decubit prevent. bed mobility, neck control, crawling, creeping, sitting, standing and walking. The purposes of this study were to describe motor development concept and rolling task patterns and to approach the therapeutic exercises.

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Comparison of Balance Ability between Stable and Unstable Surfaces for Chronic Stroke Patients (불안정 지지면과 안정 지지면에서의 만성 뇌졸중 환자의 균형 능력 비교)

  • Lee, Ji-Yeun;Roh, Hyo-Lyun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.12 no.8
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    • pp.3587-3593
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    • 2011
  • This study was to investigate the balancing and clinical abilities using stable and unstable surface of stroke patients who surface changes in balance of body. The subjects of this study were 30 stroke patients(16 males and 14 females). They were separated into two groups and did balance reinforcing exercise on stable and unstable surfaces for five times a week for six weeks. To evaluate their balancing ability, they performed functional standing balance test, functional forward arm stretching test. performance-oriented mobility assessment was performed. The balancing exercises were modified from preceding studies and consisted of 6 difference exercises. The functional standing test with open and close eyes and performance-oriented mobility assessment, the unstable surface exercise group and the stable surface exercise group improved significantly. The forward arm stretching test was the unstable surface exercise group improved. This study found that the balancing exercise on unstable surface was more effective than on stable surface for stroke patients. Thus, exercise on unstable surface has more positive effects on the improvement of balancing abilities of stroke patients.

Effects of balance imagery of semi-tandem stance on a flat floor and balance beam for postural control: a comparison between older and younger adults

  • Lee, Jeong-Weon;Hwang, Sujin
    • Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.87-93
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    • 2015
  • Objective: Balance is a preceding task for functional activities in daily activities as well as community-dwelling activities. To learn skilled and functional activities, it is also necessary to imagine an appropriate and effective movement representation used to plan and execute the functional activities. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of balance imagery of semi-tandem stance on a flat floor and balance beam on balance abilities for elderly and young adults. Design: Cross-sectional study. Methods: Fifteen elderly and thirty-four young adults were enrolled in this study. In order to determine whether there is a change in postural control ability according to the different imagery training methods used, standing static balance measurements were performed. According to the therapist's instructions, participants were to stand in a semi-tandem position on the Good Balance System for 1 minute while imagining that they were standing on a balance beam, and while the postural control abilities was assessed. Results: Postural control was significantly different in balance ability of semi-tandem stance on a flat floor compared to on a balance beam in both geriatrics and young adults. Postural sway was more significantly decreased in young adults than older adults during balance imagery of semi-tandem stance on a flat floor as well as on balance beam (p<0.05). Conclusions: The results of this study suggest that the ability to mentally represent their actions was similar in older adults compared to young adults, although older adults showed a drop in efficiency of postural control more than young adults.

Correlation between Weight Bearing Ratio and Functional Level for Development of Pressure Sensor Biofeedback in Stroke Patient

  • Moon, Young;Kim, Mi-Sun;Choi, Jong-Duk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.315-324
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    • 2014
  • PURPOSE: This study aimed to determine the correlation of weight bearing ability at the affected side with balance and gait abilities for the development of pressure biofeedback based equipment to stroke patients. METHODS: This study included 35 patients with stroke patient. The tests were conducted to determine the weight bearing ratio while pushing a step forward the affected side, static balance ability using the total length of COP(Center of pressure), sway velocity of COP, COP velocity at the X and Y axis. Functional reaching test (FRT), berg balance scale (BBS) were used to assess the dynamic balance ability and timed up and go test (TUG), 10m walk test (10mWT) were used assess the gait ability respectively. In order to determine the correlation between measured variables, bivariate correlation analysis was conducted. RESULTS: A significant correlation of the weight bearing ratio were shown with COP total length and velocity(r=-.34), Y-axis velocity(r=-.39), FRT(r=.42), BBS(r=.54), TUG (r=-.39), and 10m walking test (r=-.42). CONCLUSION: This study result showed that as patients with stroke had more weight bearing ratio at the affected side, not only their static and dynamic balance abilities increased more but also functional gait ability improved more. These results mean that, to improve stroke patients' static, dynamic balance ability and gait ability, weight bearing training with the affected side foot placed one step forward necessary for gaits are important.

Relationship Between Titleist Performance Institute Level 1 Test and the Performance of Professional Golf Players (프로 골프선수의 TPI Level 1 Test Score에 따른 경기력 수준 분석)

  • Kim, Jae-Eun;Do, Kwang-Sun;Kim, Cheong
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.27-35
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    • 2022
  • Purpose : The purpose of this study is to analyze the correlation between the TPI Level 1 test and the performance of KPGA professional golf players. Methods : In 2019, 30 KPGA golf players attempted in the TPI Level 1 test. Their performance was then compared with the test based on the players' aggregated official records on the KPGA website, The most meaningful prize money ranking, average driving distance, fairway landing rate, and average number of putts were considered to evaluate their performance. Additionally, to obtain the average value of the players' accumulated records, the period from the first game in March 2019 to the end of October was considered. Results : The criterion for the difference between the upper group and the lower group was set based on the 9 points of the TPI Level 1 test, which showed the most significant difference. The prize money ranking stood at 63.00±51.77 in the upper group and 113.92±68.79 in the lower group in the TPI Level 1 test, the difference was significantly higher (p<.05) for the upper group (p<.05). The average driving distance was 286.15±10.06 yds for the upper group and 277.39±8.49 yds for the lower group, group, with the driving distance significantly higher in the upper group (p<.05). Further, the average number of putts for the upper group was 1.81±.02 and 1.85±.04 for the lower group, indicating a significant difference. Conclusion : A higher TPI Level 1 test score is likely to have a positive effect on performance.. As a result of the statistical values of this study, it was found that players must possess at least 9 out of 17 types of physical abilities Therefore, it can be considered that training and intervention to acquire these physical abilities are essential.

Effect of Functional Recovery for the Functional FES upon Chronic Stroke Patients with Shoulder Subluxation (어깨관절 아탈구가 있는 만성 뇌졸중환자에게 기능적 전기자극 치료가 기능회복에 미치는 효과)

  • Hwang, Ryong;Kim, Chan-Mun
    • Journal of Korean Physical Therapy Science
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.75-81
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    • 2009
  • Background: The purpose of this study was to confirm whether surface FES was effective in the function of chronic stroke patients' affected shoulder and whether FES influenced their functional abilities in ADL, as well. Method: the subjects were inpatients at a general hospital in Gyeonggi-Do, Korea and had been diagnosed as a sub-luxation in their affected shoulder. They were 26 and were separated to an experimental group and a control group, in equal number. Both groups had gotten an exercise treatment for 6 weeks. The control group didn't get any FES as opposed to the experimental group. Result: in the experimental group there was no statistical significant difference in the vertical space and the joint space, even though the space was reduced. In the control group, there was no statistical significant difference, either. Moreover, each space of their shoulders was increased. In the range of motion of each group, there was no statistical significant difference. In functional independent ability, there was a significant difference in an experimental group. In contrast, there was no difference in a control group. Conclusion: this result suggests that FES should be effective in the sub-luxation of the patients' affected shoulder and the range of motion of their shoulders. On the other hand, compared to the previous items, FES was quite effective in the functional improvement.

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Antioxidative and Nitrite-scavenging Activities of Edible Mushrooms (버섯류의 항산화성 및 아질산염 소거작용)

  • Lee, Gee-Dong;Chang, Hak-Gil;Kim, Hyun-Ku
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.432-436
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    • 1997
  • This study was conducted to investigate the functional characteristics of diethylether and butanol extracts from Ganoderma lucidum, Agaricus bisporus and Lentinus edodes. Electron donating abilities of diethylether and butanol extracts from Ganoderma luculum were 95.07% and 97.75%, respectively. Electron donating abilities of butanol extracts from Agaricus bisporus was 94.33%, and that of Lentinus edodes was 96.09%. Antioxidative activities of diethylether and butanol extracts from Canoderma lucidum were higher than those of BHA. All extracts of Agaricus bisporus and Lentinus edodes showed lower antioxidative activity than that of BHA. Nitrite-scavenging abilities of diethylether and butanol extracts from Ganoderma lucidum were 68.34% and 44.44%, respectively. Nitrite-scavenging abilities of butanol extracts from Agaricus bisporus were 43.39%, and those of Lentinus edodes were 68.23%.

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