• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.141-147
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• 2001

This study was carried out to find out whether there exists any content variation in 1-deoxynojirimycin (DNJ) among regional and varietal mulberry leaves. HPLC analysis was performed for 22 samples collected from several localities in Korea and Tsushima Islands Japan. The highest content was observed in the Cheongilppong sample collected at Youngchun City, Kyungsangbuk Province (1,882.7 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g DW), whereas lowest content was observed in the Cheongilppong sample collected at Jiniu City, Kyungsangnam Province (395.65 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g DW). In the comparison of regional samples of Kaeryangppong variety, DNJ content was highest in the order of Woniu City (1,460.1) > Boungun (999.85) > Hweongsung-gun (939.12) > Cheongju City (688.78). In case of Cheongilppong, DNJ content was highest in the order of Youngchun City (1.882.8) > Sanchung-gun (1,125.3) > Sunchon City (649.17) > Byunsan-myon (441.54) > Jinju City (395.65). Average content of regional samples was higher in Kaeryangppong (1,021.7 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g DW) than that of Cheongilppong (898.87 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g DW). Average DNJ content of the wild mulberry loaves collected from Cheju Island and Tsushima Island (1,012.9$\mu\textrm{g}$/g DW) was high enough to reach to that of the regional Kaeryangppong samples. In the comparison among varietal samples collected in Suwon, the highest DNJ content was observed in YK209 (768.16 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g DW), amongst overall low DNJ content of the varietal samples. Considering a few pieces of information from our data, DNJ content appears not to be influenced solely by annual temperature of the planted areas.

• 한국잡초학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.247-253
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• 1995

The herbicide butachlor [N-(butoxymethyl)-2-chloro-N-(2,6-di-methylphenyl) acetamide] is widely used by farmers as a tool for weed management of transplanted rice(Oryza sativa L.) in Taiwan. The herbicide did not stop germination of rice and weed seeds, but strongly inhibited the subsequent growth of young shoots and roots. The inhibition was also strong on established seedlings. However, they could recover to normal growth after the herbicide effect disappeared. Butachlor greatly decreased the endogenous indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) but increased the endogenous abscisic acid (ABA) contents of rice seedlings. Addition of lAA into growth medium (Hoagland's solution) partly relieved growth inhibition. Pretreatment of both gibberellic acid ($GA_3$) and IAA 24 hours before butachlor treatment almost completely alleviated the butachlor-interfere with GA and/or IAA metabolism or their action resulting in the growth inhibition of rice. Butachlor was readily absorbed by rice roots. During 24 hours of uptake experiment, 32% of the applied herbicide was absorbed. Pretreatment of the herbicide for 2 days did ncx affect the absorption. Of the absorbed herbicide, 80% remained in roots, only 20% transported into shoots, and more than 50% was metabolized to water soluble substances. Thin-layer chromatographic (TLC) analysis indicated that the Rf value of the most abundant metabolite was butachlor-glutathione conjugate. Rice, barnyardgrass (Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv.), and monochoria (Monochoria vaginalis Presl) seedlings contained relatively high level of non-protein thiols, while the glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity was found highest in rice, barnyardgrass the next, monochoria the lowest. The difference in GST activity among these species might be related to their sensitivity to butachlor.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제62권4호
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• pp.315-322
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• 2019

Seasonal ginsenoside flux in the leaves of 5-year-old Panax ginseng was analyzed from the field-grown ginseng, for the first time, to study possible biosynthesis and translocation of ginsenosides. The concentrations of nine major ginsenosides, Rg1, Re, Rh1, Rg2, R-Rh1, Rb1, Rc, Rb2, and Rd, were determined by UHPLC during the growth in between April and November. It was confirmed total ginsenoside content in the dried ginseng leaves was much higher than the roots by several folds whereas the composition of ginsenosides was different from the roots. The ginsenoside flux was affected by ginseng growth. It quickly increased to 10.99±0.15 (dry wt%) in April and dropped to 6.41±0.14% in May. Then, it slowly increased to 9.71±0.14% in August and maintained until October. Ginsenoside Re was most abundant in the leaf of P. ginseng, followed by Rd and Rg1. Ginsenosides Rf and Ro were not detected from the leaf. When compared to the previously reported root data, ginsenosides in the leaf appeared to be translocated to the root, especially in the early vegetative stage even though the metabolite translocated cannot be specified. The flux of ginsenoside R-Rh1 was similar to the other (20S)-PPT ginsenosides. When the compositional changes of each ginsenoside in the leaf was analyzed, complementary relationship was observed from ginsenoside Rg1 and Re, as well as from ginsenoside Rd and Rb1+Rc. Accordingly, ginsenoside Re in the leaf was proposed to be synthesized from ginsenoside Rg1. Similarly, ginsenosides Rb1 and Rc were proposed to be synthesized from Rd.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.388-395
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• 2010

미생물을 이용한 인삼 재배지 내 잔류 tolclofos-methyl의 효과적 분해를 목적으로, tolclofos-methyl에 대한 분해능을 보이는 미생물을 선발하였다. 선발된 미생물은 16S rDNA 염기서열분석을 통하여 Sphingomonas 속으로 동정되었다. 선발 미생물 Sphingomonas sp. 224는 1/10 농도의 LB 배지에 함유된 20 mg/L 농도의 tolclofos-methyl을 배양 72시간 이내에 95% 이상 분해하는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 이 미생물이 tolclofos-methyl을 분해하여 얻어지는 산물로 2,6-dichloro-4-methyl phenol이 확인됨에 따라 미생물이 생산하는 가수분해 효소에 의한 분해 경로를 가지는 것으로 추정되었다. Tolclofos-methyl 분해 미생물 Sphingomonas sp. 224를 인삼경작지 토양에 처리하여 이들 토양에 잔류되어 있는 tolclofos-methyl에 대한 분해능을 확인 한 결과, 20 mg/Kg 농도의 토양 잔류 tolclofos-methyl에 대하여 14일 이내에 약 50%의 분해력을 보이는 것으로 확인되었다. 이것은 단일 미생물을 이용한 배지 및 토양 내 tolclofosmethyl의 생분해 효과를 처음으로 확인한 연구 결과이다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.207-211
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• 1997

Bentazon의 잔류를 제거하기 위한 미나리의 생물학적 정화능력을 검정코자 $^{14}C-Bentazon$의 흡수(uptake)와 이행(translocation), 그리고 분해(metabolism) 실험을 통하여 비교 실험하였다. 잎에 처리한지 2일 후에 있어서 $^{14}C$의 21%가 처리된 잎에서 관측되었고, 66%는 잎 표면을 물로 세척한 곳에 잔류하고 있었으며, 나머지 13%는 epicuticular wax층에서 발견되었다. Bentazon을 처리한 잎으로부터 $^{14}C$의 79%가 검출되었으며, 뿌리에는 9%만이 검출되어 잎으로부터 뿌리로의 이행은 매우 적었다. 처리한 2일후에 $^{14}C$의 methanol 추출물 분석에서 잎에 처리된 제초제의 60% 이상이 모든 식물체 부위에서 분해되었다. 본 실험에서 발견된 주요 bentazon의 분해물(Metabolites)은 bentazon이나 6-hydroxy 혹은 8-hydroxy bentazon 보다 덜 이온화(Polar)된 알려지지 않은 신 물질(unknown compound)이었다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.202-208
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• 2009

유기염소계 살충제 endosulfan과 이의 토양 중 주 분해산물인 endosulfan sulfate의 ZVI에 의한 분해정도와 분해산물을 조사하였다. ZVI처리에 의해서 수용액내에서 endosulfan과 endosulfan sulfate는 pH가 낮을수록 분해율이 높았으며 pH 3.0에서 ${\alpha}$-endosulfan은 28%, endosulfan sulfate는 90%정도 분해되었고 acetone/water(50/50, v/v) 용액에서는 ${\alpha}$-endosulfan은 65%, endosulfan sulfate는 92%정도 분해되었다. ZVI에 의해 ${\alpha}$-endosulfan 및 endosulfan sulfate는 분해되어 2개의 미확인 물질을 생성하였다. 반응시간에 따른 반응속도와 반감기를 비교해 보면 endosulfan sulfate가 ${\alpha}$-endosulfan에 비해 빠르게 분해되는 양상을 보였다. ZVI의 처리에 인해 ${\alpha}$-endosulfan과 endosulfan sulfate에서 생성된 2개의 미확인 물질은 GC-MS로 분석한 결과, 하나의 $Cl^-$가 $H^+$로 치환된 구조이성질체로 나타났다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.340-345
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• 1995

A nebumetone tablet in development $(Navuton^R)$ was tested for its bioequivalence to the erference tablet $(Uniton^R)$. Seventeen healthy Korean male subjects participated in this study. Each subject received a 1-g dose of nabumetone (2tables each) in an unbalanced, randomized, two-way crossover investigation. Serum concentrations of 6-methoxy-2-na-phthylacetic acid (6-MNA), a major metabolite of nebumetone, were measured over 120 hr interval by a high-performance liquid chromatography. The maximum serum concentration $(C_{max})$ and time to reach the maximum concentration$(T_{max})$ were read directly, but area under the serum concentration time curve from time 0 to 120 hr (AUC) and mean residence time serum curves showed multiple peaks of 6-MNA in most subjects, and the $C_{max}$ and $T_{max}$ were read from the highest serum peaks. calculated bioavailability parameters for test and reference tablets were 148.6 : 1377.9 $\mug \cdot hr/ml$ for AUC; 25.2:23.1 $\mu/ml$ for $C_{max}$; 11.8:16.4 hr for $T_{max}$, and 42.6 : 43.8 hr for MRT, respectively. The paired t-test revealed no significant differences in all the parameters between the two tablets. Analysis ofl variance (ANOVA) revealed no significant differences between groups and formulations in all the parameters ($C_{max}$ and $T_{max}$, AUC and MRT) indicating the crossover design of the experiment was properly performed. But significant differences (p<0.05) between subject/groups and periods were found for all the parameters indicating substantial intersubject and interperiodic variations for these parameters.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.534-541
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• 2011

Retinoic acid (RA)는 Vitamin A의 대사산물로서 토끼 관절 연골세포의 탈분화를 유도하는 물질로 알려져 있다. 그러나 RA가 탈분화를 조절하는 정확한 메커니즘은 잘 알려져 있지 않다. 따라서, Nitric Oxide (NO)가 유도하는 탈분화에 미치는 RA의 분자적 기전에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 그 결과, RA는 NO가 유도하는 탈분화를 촉진시키는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 이와 같은 결과는 Western blot analysis를 통해 연골세포 분화의 표지 단백질인 type II collagen 및 Sox-9의 발현양상을 통해 확인 할 수 있었으며, Alcian blue staining을 통해 연골세포의 기질을 구성하고 있는 단백질인 sulfated proteoglycan의 발현량을 통해서도 확인 할 수 있었다. 또한, RA는 NO 가 유도하는 ERK의 활성을 더욱 증가 시켰다. ERK의 억제자인 PD98059를 사용하여 ERK의 활성을 억제하였을 때 RA가 감소시키는 type II collagen 및 Sox-9의 발현과 sulfated proteoglycan의 생성 양상이 PD98059에 의해 다시 회복되는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 이러한 모든 결과를 종합해 볼 때, RA는 NO가 유도하는 탈분화를 ERK 신호전달경로를 통해 조절하는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• 약학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.513-518
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• 1998

Fluoxetine is a nontricyclic antidepressant which blocks serotonin reuptake selectively. Its N-demethyl metabolite, norfluoxetine is also selective inhibitor of serotonin uptake . This study was carried out to compare the bioavailability of Myung-in fluoxetine (20mg/cap.) with that of Prozac$^{\circde{R}}$. The bioavailability was conducted on 24 healthy volunteers who received a single dose (80mg) of each drug in the fasting state, in a randomized balanced 2-way crossover design. After closing, serial blood samples were collected for a period of 48 hours, Plasma was analyzed for fluoxetine and norfluoxetine by a sensitive and validated HPLC assay. The major pharmacokinetic parameters ($AUC_{0-48\;hr}$, Cmax, Tmax , $AUC_{inf.}$, MRT. $T_{1/2}$, Vd and Cl) were, calculated from the plasma fluoxetine concentration-time data of each volunteer. The microcomputer program, 'WinNonlin' was used for compartmental analysis. A two-compartment model with first-order input, first-order output and no lag time was chosen as the most appropriate pharmacokinetic model. The data were best described by using a weighting factor of $1/y^2$. Though the plasma fluoxetine concentrations of Myung-in fluoxetine were higher than those of Prozac$^{\circde{R}}$ at all observed time from 7.9% to 16.9% (P<0.05 at 6.7 and 10 hr), the bioavailability of Myung-in fluoxetine appeared to be bioequivalent with that of Prozac$^{\circde{R}}$. There were no statistical significant differences between the two drugs in all pharmacokinetic parameters including $AUC_{0-48\;hr}$ of norfluoxetine.

• 약학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.473-479
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• 1998

Lovastatin (LOVA), a fungal metabolite isolated from cultures of Aspergillus terreus, is a competitive HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor used for the treatment of primary hyper cholesterolemia, and has also been shown to suppress growth in a variety of non-glioma tumor cell lines. A sensitive reversed-phase high-perfonnance liquid chromatographic method with ultraviolet (UV) absorbance detection has been developed to quantitate LOVA in human plasma and urine samples using liquid-liquid extraction procedure. Baseline separation of LOVA and internal standard, simvastatin was achieved on a Novapak $C_{18}$ analytical column with a mobile phase containing 0.025M $NaH_2PO_4$: CAN (35:65, v/v%), adjusted pH to 4.5. The flow rate was set at 1.5ml/min, and the column effluent was monitored by a UV detection at 238nm. The limit of quantification was determined to be 0.5${\mu}$g/ml while extraction efficiency of LOVA ranged from 73.4-82.9% at LOVA concentrations of 0.5 to 10${\mu}$g/ml. Good linearity with correlation coefficients greater than 0.999 was obtained in the range of LOVA concentrations from 0.5 to 10${\mu}$g/ml. The accuracy and the precision were proven excellent with relative standard deviation (RSD, %) and relative error (RE, %) of less than 4.2 and 4.0, respectively. Intraday precision, evaluated at five LOVA concentrations (0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10${\mu}$g/ml) and expressed as RSD ranged from 0-1.82% while the interday precision at the same concentrations ranged from 0.7-10.5%. The analytical method described was then successfully employed for the determination of LOVA concentrations in plasma samples obtained during a phase II clinical trial using high doses of LOVA (30-40mg/kg/day). This method could be further utilized for the ongoing pharmacolkinetic studies and therapeutic drug monitoring of the high-dose LOVA therapy in adenocarcinoma patients.