• 약학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.249-254
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• 2005

The ethanol extracts of the mixed vegetables (Bioactive Vegetables, BV) and the mixed fruits (Bioactive Fruits, BF) were evaluated for their in vivo antioxidant activities. Four weeks treatment of oral administration was performed to mice. A $KBrO_3$ as a potent oxidant was used to induce the oxidative stress for in vivo experiment. BV and BF were shown to possess the significant inhibitory effect of lipid peroxidation as measured by the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) formation although the potencies were not higher than those of well-known antioxidants such as vitamin C, trolox and quercetin. Furthermore, BV and BF inhibited DNA damage assessed by single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) and reduced the micronucleated reticulocyte (MNRET) formation of peripheral blood. Antioxidants tested also revealed potent inhibitory activities higher than BV and BF. These antigenotoxic activity profiles were similar to that of abovementioned inhibition of lipid peroxidation. Therefore, BV and BF having mild antioxidant activity as functional food candidates may be useful natural antioxidants by the inhibiting of lipid peroxidation and the protecting oxidative DNA and chromosomal damage.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.775-783
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• 2005

The ethanol extract of the peony root (Paeonia Lactiflora Pall, Paeoniaceae) as well as its major active components including gallic acid and methyl gallate were evaluated for their protective effects against free radical generation and lipid peroxidation. In addition, the protective effects against hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative DNA damage in a mammalian cell line were examined. The ethanol extracts of the peony root (PREs) and its active constituents, gallic acid and methyl gallate, exhibited a significant free radical scavenging effect against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazine (DPPH) radical generation and had an inhibitory effect on lipid peroxidation, as measured by the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) formation. The PREs did not have any pro-oxidant effect. They strongly inhibited the hydrogen peroxide-induced DNA damage from NIH/3T3 fibroblasts, as assessed by single cell gel electrophoresis. Furthermore, the oral administration of 50% PRE (50% ethanol extract of peony root), gallic acid and methyl gallate potently inhibited the formation of micronucleated reticulocytes (MNRET) in the mouse peripheral blood induced by a $KBrO_3$ treatment in vivo. Therefore, PREs containing gallic acid and methyl gallate may be a useful antigenotoxic antioxidant by scavenging free radicals, inhibiting lipid peroxidation and protecting against oxidative DNA damage without exhibiting any pro-oxidant effect.

• 분석과학
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2003

본 연구는 화학공장의 실내작업장에서 화학적/생물학적 모니터링 방법을 동시에 이용하여 유해물질의 존재를 평가하고자 하였다. 실내작업장의 VOCs 분석을 위하여 Tenax TA 400 mg이 충전된 흡착관을 이용하여 시료 채취하였다. 채취한 시료는 가스크로마토그래피/질량분석법 (GC/MS)으로 분석하였다. 동시에 유해성 평가를 위해 Tradescantia BNL 4430 클론을 실내 작업장에 노출시켰다. GC/MS 분석결과 trichloroethylen, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, styrene, trimethylbenzene과 같은 다양한 VOC가 검출되는 것으로 나타났다. 자주달개비 미세핵 (Trad-MCN) 분석결과 실내 작업장의 다양한 유해물질에 의한 생성률 증가가 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 실외에서는 자연적 발생범위에 해당하는 미세핵 생성률을 보였다. 결론적으로, Tradescantia 미세핵 생성률의 결과로 보아 화학공장 실내 작업장의 휘발성물질은 근로자들에게 만성적으로 건강에 위해를 끼칠 것으로 판단된다. 화학적 모니터링과 생물학적 유해성 평가방법을 병행함으로서 실내 작업장에서 유해물질을 평가하는데 매우 효과적인 것으로 나타났다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.311-324
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• 2018

Arsenic is one of the most toxic environmental toxicants. More than 150 million people worldwide are exposed to arsenic through ground water contamination. It is an exclusive human carcinogen. Although the hallmarks of arsenic toxicity are skin lesions and skin cancers, arsenic can also induce cancers in the lung, liver, kidney, urinary bladder, and other internal organs. Arsenic is a non-mutagenic compound but can induce significant cytogenetic damage as measured by chromosomal aberrations, sister chromatid exchanges, and micronuclei formation in human systems. These genotoxic end points are extensively used to predict genotoxic potentials of different environmental chemicals, drugs, pesticides, and insecticides. These cytogenetic end points are also used for evaluating cancer risk. Here, by critically reviewing and analyzing the existing literature, we conclude that inorganic arsenic is a genotoxic carcinogen.

• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2002년도 Current Trends in Toxicological Sciences
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• pp.134-134
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• 2002

In order to investigate whether genetic polymorphisms in the mEH exon3 (Tyr139His), exon4 (His113Arg) interact with the formation of MN in benzene exposed workers, the PCR-RFLP based genotyping of 76 exposed and 115 controls were performed and cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) analysis of 56 exposed and 53 controls was employed.(omitted)

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.343-348
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• 2004

Cytogenetic and hematological analysis was performed in peripheral blood of cattle in the vicinity of Uljin nuclear power station and control area. The frequency of micronuclei(MN) in peripheral blood lymphocytes from cattle was used as a biomarker of radiobiological effects resulting from exposure to environmental radiation. An estimated dose of radiation was calculated by a best fitting linear-quadratic model based on the radiation-induced MN formation from the bovine lymphocytes exposed in vitro to radiation over the range from 0 Gy to 4 Gy. MN ratio in lymphocytes of cattle from Uljin nuclear power station and control area were 8.90/1,000 and 9.60/1,000, respectively. There were no significant differences in MN frequencies and hematological values in cattle between Uljin and control area.

• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.151-151
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• 2003

The ethanol extracts of mixed vegetables (Bioactive V, BV), mixed fruits (Bioactive F, BF) and their liquid formulation (Chungpae Plus(R)) were evaluated for antioxidative and antigenotoxic activity. They were shown to possess the significant free radical scavenging effect against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazine (DPPH) radical generation and were revealed to show the inhibitory effect of lipid peroxidation as measured by malondialdehyde (MDA) formation.(omitted)

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.107-112
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• 2016

본 연구는 발효 탐라오가피(fermented A. koreanum) 추출물의 유전독성을 연구하기 위하여, 미생물복귀돌연변이 시험, 마우스 골수세포를 이용한 소핵시험, 염색체 이상시험을 연구하였다. 미생물복귀돌연변이 연구에서 발효 탐라오가피 추출물은 Salmonella typhimurium TA98, TA100, TA1535, TA1537와 Escherichia coli WP2uvrA에 대하여 대사활성계의 존재(+S-9 Mix) 및 부재(-S-9 Mix) 하에서 돌연변이 유도를 보이지 않았다. 또한, ICR 마우스를 이용한 소핵실험에서 발효 탐라오가피 추출물은 500, 1,000, 2,000 mg/kg 농도에서 MNPCE/2,000 PCE 와 PCE/200 RBC의 소핵형성을 유발하지 않았다. 한편, CHO-K1 세포를 이용한 염색체 이상실험에서 발효 탐라오가피 추출물은 대사활성계의 존재 6시간 처리군, 대사활성계 부재 6시간 처리군 및 대사활성계 부재 24시간 처리군에서 염색체 이상을 보이지 않았다. 따라서, 본 연구결과 발효 탐라 오가피 추출물은 유전독성을 나타내지 않음을 알 수 있었다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.1773-1777
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• 2016

Diagnostic and therapeutic radiation fields are planned so as to reduce side-effects while maximising the dose to site but effects on healthy tissues are inevitable. Radiation causes strand breaks in DNA of exposed cells which can lead to chromosomal aberrations and cause malfunction and cell death. Several researchers have highlighted the damaging effects of high dose radiation but still there is a lacuna in identifying damage due to low dose radiation used for diagnostic purposes. Blood is an easy resource to study genotoxicity and to estimate the effects of radiation. The micronucleus assay and chromosomal aberration can indicate genetic damage and our present aim was to establish these with lymphocytes in an in vitro model to predict the immediate effects low dose radiation. Blood was collected from healthy individuals and divided into 6 groups with increasing radiation dose i.e., 0Gy, 0.10Gy, 0.25Gy, 0.50Gy, 1Gy and 2Gy. The samples were irradiated in duplicates using a LINAC in the radiation oncology department. Standard protocols were applied for chromosomal aberration and micronucleus assays. Metaphases were stained in Giemsa and 200 were scored per sample for the detection of dicentric or acentric forms. For micronuclei detection, 200 metaphases. Giemsa stained binucleate cells per sample were analysed for any abnormality. The micronuclei (MN) frequency was increased in cells exposed to the entire range of doses (0.1-2Gy) delivered. Controls showed minimal MN formation ($2.0%{\pm}0.05$) with triple MN ($5.6%{\pm}2.0$) frequency at the lowest dose. MN formation increased exponentially with the radiation dose thereafter with a maximum at 2Gy. Significantly elevated numbers of dicentric chromosomes were also observed, even at doses of 0.1-0.5Gy, compared to controls, and acentric chromosomes were apparent at 2Gy. In conclusion we can state that lymphocytes can be effectively used to study direct effect of low dose radiation.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1137.2-1245
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• 2001

생약재의 기능성 식품 및 대체의약 원료로의 이용증대에 따라 위생적 저장.유통을 위한 감마선조사 기술의 이용 가능성을 검토할 목적의 일환으로 실제 이용선량의 최고선량 인 10 kGy의 감마선 조사 생약재 3종의 유전독성학적 안전성을 평가하고자 하였다. 공시 재료는 감마선 조사된 생약재료 감초, 진피 및 시호로 하였다. 시험은 Salmonella typhimurium 균주를 이용한 유전자 복귀돌연변이 시험(Ames test)과 배양된 Chinese hamster ovary(CHO) 세포를 이용한 in vitro 소핵유발 시험으로 시행하였다. 시료는 오염유기체 완전 구제 선량인 10 kGy의 감마선으로 조사된 감초, 진피 및 시호의 열수 추출물이었으며, 시료의 농도는 복귀돌연변이 시험의 경우 5 mg/plate로, 소핵유발 시험의 경우 50%의 세포증식 억제를 나타내는 농도를 최고 농도로 하였다. 시험은 대사 활성화시키지 않은 경우와 S9 mix 첨가로 대사 활성화시킨 경우로 나누어 시행하였다. 복귀돌연변이 시험 결과 각 시료에 의한 복귀변이 집락수의 증가를 인정할 수 없었으며, 각 용량단계에서 감마선 비조사군과 조사군간의 차이도 볼 수 없었으므로 음성으로 판정하였다. 소핵유발 시험에서 cytokinesis-blocked binucleated(CB) cells 내에 생성된 소핵을 계수한 결과, 음성 대조군의 경우 소핵 출현빈도가 20~30/1,000 CB cells(2~3%) 정도였으며, 비조사 시료군과 감마선 조사 시료군의 각 용량단계에서 모두 2~4%의 소핵 출현빈도를 보여 시료에 의한 소핵 출현빈도의 증가를 인정할 수 없었다. 따라서 감마선이 조사된 각 시료가 직접변이원이나 간접변이원으로 작용하지 않으며, 세포분열 중에 유전학적으로 독성을 나타내지 않음을 확인할 수 있었다. 이 결과로 보아 생체내 유전독성시험, 만성독성시험 및 생식독성시험 등이 추가된다면 감마선 조사 생약재의 안전성을 명확히 밝힐 수 있을 것으로 사료된다