• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권5호
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• pp.1013-1021
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• 2020

A combination of simultaneous thermal analysis, evolved gas analysis and non-ambient XRD techniques was used to characterise and investigate the conversion reactions of ammonium uranates into uranium oxides. Two solid phases of the ternary system NH₃ - UO₃ - H₂O were synthesised under specified conditions. Microspheres prepared by the sol-gel method via internal gelation were identified as 3UO₃·2NH₃·4H₂O, whereas the product of a typical ammonium diuranate precipitation reaction was associated to the composition 3UO₃·NH₃·5H₂O. The thermal decomposition profile of both compounds in air feature distinct reaction steps towards the conversion to U₃O₈, owing to the successive release of water and ammonia molecules. Both compounds are converted into α-U₃O₈ above 550 ℃, but the crystallographic transition occurs differently. In compound 3UO₃·NH₃·5H₂O (ADU) the transformation occurs via the crystalline β-UO₃ phase, whereas in compound 3UO₃·2NH₃·4H₂O (microspheres) an amorphous UO₃ intermediate was observed. The new insights obtained on these uranate systems improve the information base for designing and synthesising minor actinide-containing target materials in future applications.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.106-109
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• 2002

Archaeal rhodopsins possess retinal molecule as their chromophores, and their light-energy and light-signal conversions are triggered by all-trans to 13-cis isomerization of the retinal chromophore. Relaxation through structural changes of protein then leads to functional processes, proton pump in bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and transducer activation in phoborhodopsin (pR). It is known that sensory rhodopsins can pump protons in the absence of their transducers. Thus, there should be common and specific features in their protein structural changes for function. In this paper, our r ecent studies on pR from Natronobacterium pharaonis (ppR) by means of low-temperature Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy are compared with those of bR. In particular, protein structural changes upon retinal photoisomerization are studied. Comparative investigation of ppR and bR revealed the similar structures of the polyene chain of the chromophore and water-containing hydrogen-bonding network, whereas the structural changes upon photoisomerization were more extended in ppR than in bR. Extended protein structural changes were clearly shown by the assignment of the C=O stretch of Asnl05. FTIR studies of a ppR mutant with the same retinal binding site as in bR revealed that the Schiff base region is important to determine their colors.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2015

This experiment was designed to investigate the effect of Added Chongmyung-tang (ACM) on Alzheimer's disease mouse model. Effects of ACM on learning behavior were investigated using the Morris water maze method. Expression levels of molecular factors related to Alzheimer's disease such as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), cluster of differentiation antigen 68 (CD68), and tau protein in the hippocampus of APP-SWE Tg2576 mice were analyzed by immunofluorescence staining method. ACM reduced escape latency in the Morris water maze test. ACM decreased the expression level of GFAP and tau protein in the hippocampus. These results suggest that ACM may be involved in regulating molecules that are known to play an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1309-1316
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• 2004

We previously reported that the ethtyl acetate(EA) soluble fraction of Sophorae Radix(SR) water extract had the preventive effects against cardiovascular anaphylaxis elicited in experimental animals. In this study, we tested the anti-anaphylatic effects of the nine kinds of EA soluble subfractions in animal models such as Langendorff heart and anesthetized rats. These results were obtained as followed ; Among nine kinds of SR EA soluble subfractions, N10-16-2 and N10-16-9 fractions have an effects improving cardiovascular anaphylaxis in guinea pig Langendorff hearts. In passively anesthetized rats, N10-16-2 and N1 0-16-9 fractions of SR EA soluble subfractions have an effects improving cardiovascular anaphylaxis. N10-16-2 and N1 0-16-9 fractions of SR EA soluble subfractions inhibited the decrease of histamine release induced by compound 48180 and A-23187 in rat peritoneal mast cells. These results suggest that N10-16-2 and N10-16-9 fractions of SR EA soluble subfractions involve anti-anaphylactic molecules in cardiovascular system.

• 대한한방내과학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.33-42
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• 2011

Background : Despite recent advances in cancer management, prognosis of ovarian cancer is poor. Anticancer effects of herbal medicine, such as Euonymus alatus Sieb, Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxburgh, and Orostachys japonicus A. Berger, have been reported in treatment of ovarian and cervical cancers, but the systematic approaches to explain their molecular mechanism(s) have not yet been established. Objectives : To establish a basis of understanding for anti-cancer mechanisms of herbal medicine, we profiled protein expression in human ovarian and cervical cancer cells treated with the extracts from Euonymus alatus Sieb, Oldenlandia diffusa (Willd.) Roxburgh and Orostachys japonicus A. Berger. Methods : Human ovarian cancer cell line NIH:OVCAR-3, and human cervical cancer cell line HeLa were employed in the present study. Whole protein was obtained from the cells harvested at 48 hours after the treatment with herbal water-extract, and analyzed by 2DE-based proteomic approach. Results : Various changes of protein expression induced by the herbal treatment were monitored : down-regulation of molecular chaperone (calreticulin variant), glycolytic enzymes (D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase and alpha-enolase), RNA processing molecules (hnRNP A2/B1), and antioxidant protein (peroxiredoxin 1). Conclusions : Repression of glycolysis has been accepted as the mechanism to increase anticancer reagent's effect. Thus, down-regulation of glycolytic enzymes by the herbal extracts suggested a possible synergistic effect of herbs in the presence of platinum-based therapeutics. In further study, as well as the synergistic effect of the herbs, it has to be further validated whether artificial regulation of hnRNP A2/B1 in ovarian cancer cells affects various cancer survival factors, since RNA processing can be interrupted by deranged expression of hnRNP subtypes, and it results in an inhibition of cancer cell growth.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.486-494
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 지역특화 수요자 참여형 SPP벼 품종이 보급된 지역에서 재배한 알찬미(AM)와 해맑은(HM) 품종과 일반 고품질 밥쌀용 품종을 대상으로 백미 수침 과정에서 미립의 외관 변화를 관찰하고, 수분흡수 특성 및 취반미 물성을 평가하였다. 수침 과정에서 쌀이 수분을 흡수하면서 미립 내부로의 수분 확산 현상으로 인해 투명했던(transparent) 외관이 불투명한(opaque) 상태로 변하여 마치 찹쌀과 같은 뽀얀 흰색을 보였다. 침지 20분 경과 후, 쌀의 50% 정도가 흰색으로 변하였고, 30분 경과된 쌀은 90% 정도가 흰색을 나타내었다. 또한, 수침으로 인해서 쌀 부피가 팽창하고, 미립 내부 구조에서 크랙(crack)이 형성되었는데, 이로 인해 미립 내부에 공간을 확보하여 물의 내부 확산이 가속화되면서 쌀 중심부까지 충분히 수화될 수 있는 것으로 보였다. 수분흡수율은 침지 후, 20분까지 비교적 빠른 속도로 증가하였고, 이후 30분까지는 매우 완만한 증가를 보였다. 30분 이후에는 시간이 경과해도 더 이상 증가하지 않고 일정한 상태를 유지하였으며, 품종별 수분흡수율에서 알찬미가 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다. 쌀 침지 중 색변화 및 크랙 형성은 쌀의 수분흡수율에 현저한 영향을 주는 것으로 사료된다. DSC에 의한 품종별 쌀 전분의 호화 양상은, 해맑은 품종이 호화온도 및 흡열엔탈피(𝚫H)가 낮은 경향으로, 해맑은 품종의 전분 구조의 결정도가 낮고, 호화 상전이에 필요한 에너지양이 적어서, 가열 시 전분의 팽윤이 빠르게 진행되어 밥맛에 영향을 줄 수 있음을 설명한다. 취반미 식감 분석 결과, SPP벼 품종이 밥의 경도는 비교적 낮고, 찰기는 높아서 찰기가 높은 쌀에 대한 선호도가 높은 우리나라의 경우 SPP벼에 대한 소비자 선호도가 높을 것으로 보인다. 또한, 취반 후 일정 시간 보온된 밥의 식감을 평가하기 위해서 취반 직후와 12시간 보온했을 때 평가한 취반미 물성은 SPP벼 품종인 알찬미와 해맑은 취반미가 시간이 경과했을 때 밥의 경도는 낮고, 찰기는 높아서 밥의 식감이 잘 유지되는 것으로 판단되며, 결국 SPP 벼 품종의 취반미 노화 속도도 늦게 진행될 것으로 예측된다.