• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.972-977
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• 1995

Quinone reductase(QR)를 포함한 2상효소계를 활성화시키는 성분들은 많은 동물실험에서 발암물질의 세포내 작용을 억제함으로서 항종양효과를 나타내는 것으로 보고되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 대표적인 농산부산물로서 미강, 밀기울, 탈지대두박, 두유박, 참깨박, 들깨박등 6종의 시료에 대한 암예방효과를 갖는 물질의 존재여부를 탐색하기 위하여, mouse hepatoma cell line(Hepalclc7 cells) 을 이용하여, quinone reductase활성유도 여부를 측정하였다. 참깨박과 들깨박의 80%메탄올 추출물은 0.5mg/ml 농도에서 강력한 QR 유도활성을 나타냈으며, 같은 농도에서 다른 시료들은 거의 QR 효소활성을 증가시키지 않았다. 한편 QR효소활성을 유도하는 성분을 찾아내기 위하여 일차적으로 TLC를 수행한 결과, 참깨박과 들깨박의 메탄올 추출물 가운데 사용한 전개용매(n-butanol : n-propanol : 2N ammonium hydroxide(10 : 60 : 30)에서 가장 빨리 이동하는 분획(Rf=0.70)이 유효성분을 함유하고 있음을 확인하였으며, 현재 활성성분의 동정이 진행중에 있다.

• 약학회지
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• 제43권6호
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• pp.851-860
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• 1999

The effects of antimycin A(AA), dodium azide ($NaN_3$) and 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), which inhibit mitochondrial ATP production, on cellular functions of cultured astrocytes were studied. High concentrations of AA $(50{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml),{\;}NaN_3$ (100mM) and DNP (20mM) significantly decreased 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) reduction, which was known to be related to mitochondrial function and then cel viability. AA ($50{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$) increased lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release and decreased [$^3H$] glutamate uptake, suggesting severe damage of cellular function by the concentrations of the compounds. Meanwhile, low concentrations of AA $(\leq{;\}10{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml),{\;}NaN_3{;\}(\leq{\;}50mM)$ and DNP ($\leq{\;}5mM$) significantly increased MTT reduction, the effect of which was specific to astrocytes. AA (5 and $10{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$) did not affect LDH release and [$^3H$] glutamate uptake, indicating that these compounds increased MTT reduction at the low concentrations without cellular membrane damage. However, the low concentrations of AA produced significant decrease of MTT reduction in a glucose-free medium. Low concentrations of AA (1 and $5{\;}\mu\textrm{g}/ml$) did not change ATP production of astrocytes in the medium containing 10 mM glucose, but completely inhibited in a glucose-free medium, suggesting marked increase of cytosolic ATP production by the blockade of mitochondrial ATP production with low concentrations of AA. These results suggest that astrocytes have ability to enhance neuronal function or survival under conditions of incomplete ischemia or early by enhancement of glycolysis, and that cellular reduction of MTT occurs not only mitochondrially but also extramitchondrially.

• 환경위생공학
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.107-115
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• 1999

The effectiveness of resting cells of a photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum rubrum N-1, was investigated on the production of extracellular ${\delta}-aminolevulinic$ acid(ALA). The ALA generating system required 3hr-incubation in the presence of 10mg of resting cells per ml to obtain the maximal yield of extracellular ALA. and also, under this condition the effect of ALA inducers, i.e., 30mM levulinic acid (LA) and L-glutamic acid($C_5$ pathway precursor) was relatively higher than that of produced extracellular ALA($83{\mu}M$). The volume of system and proper cell density appeared to be important factors for the effective production of extracellular ALA.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.105-109
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• 1994

Lysosomal enzymes might play a most important role in the pathogenesis od diabetic microangiopathy. Some glycosidases, which participate in the catabolism of glycoprotein, are significantly decreased in diabetic mice. In search of new potential lysosomal enzyme inducers, we examined the effects of crude red-ginseng saponin fraction on N-acetyl-$\beta$-D-glucosaminidase, $\beta$-D-galactosidase and $\alpha$-D-mannosidase activities in the liver and kidney of normal and streptozotocin induced diabetic mice. It was found that i.p. administration of ginseng saponin produced the induction of lysosomal enzymes in the kidney more intensively than in the liver. The obtained results suggest the possibility that ginseng saponin might prevent the diabetic microangiopathy.

• International Journal of Oral Biology
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2006

Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) plays an important role in alcohol metabolism; ALDH is responsible for the oxidation of acetaldehyde generated during alcohol oxidation. ALDH is also known to oxidize various other endogenous and exogenous aldehydes. Cytochrome P-450 2E1 (CYP2E1), a liver microsomal enzyme, also metabolizes acetaldehyde and ethanol and can be induced by other inducers including acetone and ethanol. We examined single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of ALDH and CYP2E1 genotypes in Korean. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method was used to determine ALDH and CYP2E1 SNP. Mutation in ALDH was 60% (heterozygote 46.7% and homozygote 13.3%) among 15 cases. CYP2E1 mutation was 52.7% (heterozygote 47.4% and homozygote 5.3%) among 19 cases.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.382-388
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• 2004

The hydraulic and suction performance of an inducer varies sensitively with the inducer geometry and this paper deals with solidity as the inducer geometry parameter. The typical performance characteristics of a basic inducer was investigated and tests with another three inducers of which the solidity is different from each other were performed, so the effect of solidity on the inducer performance was experimentally investigated. For a fixed flow coefficient, required NPSH of the inducer did not follow the conventional similarity rule, so this paper suggested another empirical formula. The hydraulic and suction performance was measured at four cases of the tip solidity ranged from 1.32 to 2.76. As long as the tip solidity had the value above 1.84, the hydraulic and suction performance of the inducer increased with decrease in the tip solidity. With further decrease in the tip solidity up to 1.32, however, inducer head decreased and the suction performance dropped sharply.

• 생약학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.102-106
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• 1983

As many crude drugs are used in the oriental medical field problems on the side effects of these drugs come to the front. To conduct delayed-type hypersensitivity we selected 29 kinds of drugs used frequently for therapeutic agents in oriental medical hospitals (Table I). The cell-mediated immune response was evaluated by measuring the foot pad swelling reaction and humoral immune response by measuring the antibody formation to these crude drugs. Mice were given these drugs intraperioneally for sensitization and challenged with same drug as used for sensitization respectively by intral dermal injection on the left and righ hind foot pad 4 days after senstization and then the foot pads were measured with the dial micrometer. The results were as follow; 1) Gentianae Scabrae Radix, Arecae Semen, Corydalis Tuber, and Paeoniae Radix were significant as delayed-type hypersensitivity inducers. 2) None of the crude drugs tested had effect on the induction of humoral immune response.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.90-93
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• 2006

Innate defence mechanism in plants can be triggered and enhanced by certain agents, referred as inducers against broad range of pathogens. In the present study, Dravya (a sea weed extract) was highly compatible with commonly available synthetic fungicides, Bavistin and Dithane M-45. Incidence of Alternaria padwickii and Bipolaris oryzae was also reduced to a greater extent in the paddy seed samples in Dravya treatment. Dravya also enhanced the seed germination and seedling vigour. Seedlings of treated samples also showed enhanced activity of peroxidase upon challenge inoculation with Alternaria padwickii. The enzyme activity was two fold high after the inoculation of pathogen. The suppression in disease incidence in growing plants indicated the promising effect of Dravya and Dithane M-45 under green-house condition.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.185-188
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• 1996

Randomly amplified polymorphic DNAs were employed to study the genetic variation and gene introgression in potato dihaploids (2n=24) which were generated after interspecific pollination of tetraploid cultivars (2n=4X=48, Solanum tuberosum cv Irish Cobbler, Superior and Dejima) by haploid inducer clones (2n=2X=24, Solanum phureja 1.22, Hes-5 and Hes-6). Genetic variation and DNA marker segregation among dihaploids were observed. Most dihaploids contain S. tuberosum specific RAPD markers but haploid inducer-specific RAPD markers were also found in some dihaploids. Of six different arbitrary 10-mer oligonucletide primers which showed polymorphism betwen tetraploid cultivars and haploid inducers used, three generated amplification products which seemed to be derived from the S. phureja parent. Our results indicate that chromosomes of dihaploids may not be pure S. tuberosum and the dihaploids may not be produced by parthenogenesis.

• Mycobiology
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.176-179
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• 2010

The effect of plant hormones on the growth of lichen-forming fungi (LFF) was evaluated. The use of 2,3,5-triiodobenzoic acid and indole-3-butyric acid resulted in a 99% and 57% increase in dry weight of the lichen-forming fungus Nephromopsis ornata. The results suggest that some plant hormones can be used as inducers or stimulators of LFF growth for large-scale culture.