• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.52-57
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• 2005

Soy and soy foods are a rich source of isoflavones, which possess several biological activities. The effect of soy isoflavones, genistin and diadzin and their respective aglycones, on glucose uptake in adipocytes isolated from normal or high-fat fed rats was examined. As expected, insulin stimulated glucose uptake in a concentration-dependent manner. However, genistin and daidzin and their aglycones inhibited glucose uptake in a concentration-dependent (25-100μM) manner. In a time-course response, the aglycones significantly inhibited glucose uptake throughout 3 hr (after 30, 60, 120, 180 min), whereas the glycones only significantly inhibited the glucose uptake after 120 min and 180 min in the isolated rat adipocytes. Thus, the glucosides of genistein and daidzein, i.e. genistin and daidzin, were much less effective in inhibiting glucose uptake than their aglycones. In addition, genistin and daidzin did not significantly affect the insulin-stimulated glucose uptake, whereas genistein and daidzein did significantly inhibited glucose uptake compared to the vehicle control group by 47.5% and 24.8%, respectively (p < 0.05). The isoflavones also significantly inhibited glucose uptake in adipocytes isolated from rats fed a high-fat diet (50% of total calorie intake) when compared to the vehicle control. Finally, the isoflavones were found to enhance lipolysis in adipocytes isolated from high-fat fed rats, where the glycerol released by the aglycones was also higher than that released by the glycones. The current results showed that the inhibitory effect of daidzein on glucose uptake was very similar to that of genistein. The aglycones were more potent in inhibiting the uptake of glucose and a more potent stimulator of lypolysis than the glycones in adipocytes isolated from high-fat fed rats.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.487-493
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• 2009

본 연구는 유화형 소시지와 유사한 향미 특성을 갖는 저지방 소시지를 개발하기 위해 오일, 당(glucose, fructose), 아미노산(alanine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glycine, lysine) 및 지방산(oleic/linoleic acid)의 효과를 조사하기 위해 실시하였다. 등 지방 오일의 도포는 저지방 소시지의 향미 특성에 큰 영향을 주지 못하였다. 저지방 대조구에 당을 단독으로 첨가한 경우와 당과 아미노산을 혼합한 경우에 몇몇 향미물질에서 유화형 대조구와 차이를 보인 반면 지방산을 혼합 첨가한 경우에는 유화형 대조구와 유사한 향미를 가질 수 있었다. 특히, glucose에 지방산을 첨가하고 glycine과 alanine을 각각 첨가한 경우에 유화형 대조구에서 동정된 향미 화합물과 동일한 농도를 보였다. Lysine의 농도별 첨가에 따른 휘발성 향미 화합물의 특성에서 유화형 대조구에 비해 저지방 대조구에서 높은 농도를 보였던 myristicine은 lysine의 농도를 증가시켜도 유화형 대조구에서 정량된 양과 동일하지 못했다. 유화형 대조구와 가장 유사한 농도를 보인 처리구는 glucose와 지방산에 glycine과 alanine을 각각 첨가한 처리구였다. 결론으로, 저지방 대조구에 당을 단독으로 첨가하거나 당과 아미노산을 혼합한 경우보다 당과 아미노산에 지방산을 복합적으로 혼합하여 첨가하면 유화형 대조구와 더 유사한 향미를 생성할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.217-223
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• 2021

광감각제를 이용한 광역학 치료는 필요한 특정 부위에만 빛을 조사하여 치료 효과를 나타내는 부작용이 적은 방법이다. 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)는 다양한 생물체에서 합성되는 대표적 광감제로 암진단과 치료를 포함하는 다양한 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 다양한 파장의 LED, 유기산 전구체 및 glucose 농도 변화를 통한 Rhodobacter sphaeroides의 최적 성장 조건과 ALA 생산 조건을 확립하기 위한 실험을 진행하였다. 백열등과 동일한 광도 아래에서 Rhodobacter sphaeroides에 850 nm LED 빛을 조사하면 대조군 대비 균주의 성장과 ALA의 생산 농도를 각각 1.5배 및 1.8배 증가시킬 수 있고, 전구체로 pyruvic acid를 첨가한 경우 850 nm 파장의 LED만 조사한 경우 보다 ALA의 생산 농도를 약 2.8배 증가 시켰으며 동일 배양 조건에 40 mM glucose를 첨가하여 배양한 결과 Rhodobacter sphaeroides의 성장은 850 nm 파장의 LED 조사와 pyruvic acid를 첨가한 것에 비해 약 2.9배, ALA의 생산 농도는 약 3.4배 (20 mM) 증가되었다. 건조체 질량당 ALA의 생산은 20 mM과 40 mM glucose에서 대조군 대비 각각 약 1.4배 높은 결과를 나타냈다. 결론적으로 다양한 파장의 LED 중 850 nm 파장의 LED가 Rhodobacter sphaeroides의 성장률 및 ALA의 생산을 최대로 높였으며, 5 mM pyruvic acid와 40 mM glucose의 농도에서 최적의 Rhodobacter sphaeroides 성장과 ALA 생산을 확인하였다.

• 약학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.367-372
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• 1995

Mori Folium(MF) methanol extract and its water soluble fraction showed significant blood glucose lowering effects alloxan-induced hyperglycemic mice. Their hypoglycemic activities seemed to nothing to do with the stimulation of insulin release or insulin-like action, according to our experiments. On the other hand, MF prevents the hyperglycemic responses from an oral load of starch and glucose in vivo. Since complex carbohydrates present in a diet must be degraded to monosaccharides by $\alpha$-glucohydrolase before being absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract, it is thought that blood glucose lowering effects of MF may be related to the inhibition of $\alpha$-glucohydrolase catalyzed enzymatic reaction. In addition, experiments that examined an effect of MF water soluble fraction on gastrointestinal movement showed no significant GI movement inhibitory effect. In conclusion, MF water soluble fraction may possess active component which is a potential candidate as an orally active agent for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.161-169
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• 1995

To investigate the metabolism of various substrates in preimplantation bovine embryos, uptake of glucose and pyruvate, and lactate production were measured in single IVF-derived bovine embryos by a non-invasive method. When the embryos were incubated for 5 h in culture medium supplemented with 1 mM glucose and 0.4mM pyruvate as substrates at each developmental stage, glucose uptake was increased with more advanced developmental stages while pyruvate uptake was decreased. Total lactate producton of 2-cell embryos was significantly higher than that of blastocysts (p<0.05). Both of glucose uptake and lactate production in normal morulae produced in vitro was significantly high compared to the degenerated embryos(p<0.05). The results obtained in the study suggest that pyruvate as an exogenous substrate may be support in bovine embryos until 8-cell stage, whereas glucose may be effective as an energy source after morula stage. In addition, it was proven thatlactate was not effective as an energy source in preimplantation development of IVF-derived bovine embryos.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.583-590
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• 1989

Increasing levels of ammonia-N in the rumen fluid used for in vitro incubation were achieved by supplementation of the ration of the donor cows with urea and by addition of urea either with or without glucose to the rumen fluid after collection. The ration of the donor animals consisted of wheat straw (80%) and maize silage (20%). During the second half of the experiment the basal ration was supplemented with a mineral mixture. Wheat straw, Guinea grass and two rice straw varieties were incubated with the various kinds of rumen fluid. Parameters studied were: solubility, apparent organic matter disappearance after 48 hours of incubation ($OMD_{48}$), rate of organic matter degradation from 0 to 24 hours of incubation ($k_1$) and from 24 to 95 hours ($k_2$). The concentration of ammonia-N in the rumen fluid at which 95% of the maximal $OMD_{48}$ and k1 were reached (88.2 and 100.0 mg/l) were independent of the feed. With regard to the $k_2$ the required ammonia-N concentration to reach 95% of the maximal $k_2$ differed per feed. Mineral supplementation increased the OMD48 and $k_1$, but not the solubility and $k_2$. Glucose addition in combination with urea had no beneficial effect compared to urea supplementation alone.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권7호
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• pp.709-712
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• 2009

Enzymatic glucosylation with glycosyltransferases can be used to regulate the water solubility of aglycone. The drawback of this process is the demand of UDP-glucose as a sugar donor. We made an in-frame fusion of the flavonoid O-glucosyltransferase (OsUGT-3) and sucrose synthase (AtSUS) genes. The resulting fusion protein, OsUGT3-AtSUS, was expressed in E. coli and purified. When sucrose and UDP were supplied, the fusion protein was able to convert quercetin into quercetin O-glucoside without the addition of UDP-glucose. In addition, UDP-glucose was recycled when sucrose was added to the reaction mixture. This fusion protein is useful for the enzymatic production of flavonoid O-glucosides.

• 자연과학논문집
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.29-38
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• 2007

호 알칼리성이며 고온성인 Bacillus cereus TA-11이 세포내로 생성하는 invertase의 생합성 조절 양상을 조사하였다. Bacillus cereus TA-11의 세포내 invertase는 10 mM sucrose의 180분 처리와 25 mM raffinose의 90분 처리에서 각각 효율적으로 유도되었다. 또한 glucose는 sucrose에 의한 invertase의 유도를 억제하였고 cAMP첨가는 catabolite repression을 감소시키지 못하였다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.463-471
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• 2001

The bark of Ulmus darvidiana var. japonica Nakai (UDN) has been used for a long time to cure inflammation in oriental medicine. In the present study, two types of extracts, Ulmus water-eluted fraction (UWF) and Ulmus ethanol-eluted fraction (UEF), were prepared from the UDN stem bark, and employed to test the extracts to see if they had anti-oxidative properties against hydroxyl radicals that could alter immune reactivity in mouse immune cells. Deoxyribose assay, DNA nicking assay, and glucose/glucose oxidase assay showed that both fractions had scavenging activity against oxygen free radicals at 50 mg/ml. In addition, hydroxyl radical-mediated apoptosis in mouse thymocytes was not protected by UEF treatment, but the apoptosis was protected by UWF at the same concentration. DNA synthesis and cytokine production that were induced in splenocytes by mitogens (Concanavalin A and lipopolysaccharide) were reduced by the addition of both fractions. These results indicate that both extracts that were prepared from the UDN stem bark have anti-oxidative activities, anti-apoptotic effects, and inhibitory effects on DNA synthesis and cytokine production in mouse immune cell cultures.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.826-831
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• 2012

Acarbose, a pseudo-oligosaccharide, is widely used clinically in therapies for non-insulin-dependent diabetes. In the present study, S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) was added to selected media in order to investigate its effect on acarbose fermentation by Actinoplanes utahensis ZJB-08196. Acarbose titer was seen to increase markedly when concentrations of SAM were added over a period of time. The effects of glucose and maltose on the production of acarbose were investigated in both batch and fed-batch fermentation. Optimal acarbose production was observed at relatively low glucose levels and high maltose levels. Based on these results, a further fed-batch experiment was designed so as to enhance the production of acarbose. Fed-batch fermentation was carried out at an initial glucose level of 10 g/l and an initial maltose level of 60 g/l. Then, 12 h post inoculation, 100 ${\mu}mol/l$ SAM was added. In addition, 8 g/l of glucose was added every 24 h, and 20 g/l of maltose was added at 96 h. By way of this novel feeding strategy, the maximum titer of acarbose achieved was 6,113 mg/l at 192 h. To our knowledge, the production level of acarbose achieved in this study is the highest ever reported.