• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.93-98
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• 2010

The Chongmyung-tang (CMT) has been used as an oriental herbal medicine for the purpose of enhanced learning and memory. Recently, since fermentation may give a positive effect on pharmacological actions of herbal medicine, many studies are focused to find fermented medicinal herbs with improved bioactivity. In the present study, memory enhancing, antioxidant and reducing power activity of CMT and fermented CMT with Aspergillus oryzae (FCMT-A) or Saccharomyces cerevisiae (FCMT-S) were determined. To evaluate the memory enhancing activities of CMT, FCMT-A and FCMT-S, we performed passive avoidance test using scopolamine induced amnesia model. Administration of CMT, FCMT-A and FCMT-S showed a significant memory enhancing effect about 72.5, 78.3, 71.8% of the normal group respectively. CMT, FCMT-A and FCMT-S also exhibited strong $DPPH{\bullet}$, ${\bullet}{O_2}^-$, $NO^{\codt}$, $ABTS^{{\cdot}+}$ scavenging activities and reducing ower. It was also found that fermented CMT has slightly higher scavenging activities on $DPPH{\bullet}$, $ABTS^{{\cdot}+}$ radicals compared to CMT. These results revealed that CMT, FCMT-A and FCMT-S had memory enhancing and radical scavenging activities. In addition, the fermentation of CMT was more or less important for elevated memory enhancing and antioxidant activities of CMT.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.83-93
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• 2019

Food spoilage by fungi is responsible for considerable food waste and economical losses. Among the food products, fermented dairy products are susceptible to deterioration due to the growth of fungi, which are resistant to low pH and can proliferate at low storage temperatures. For controlling fungal growth in dairy products, potassium sorbate and natamycin are the main preservatives used, and natamycin is approved by most countries for use in cheese surface treatment. However, a strong societal demand for less processed and preservative-free food has emerged. In the dairy products, lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are naturally present or used as cultures and play a key role in the fermentation process. Fermentation is a natural preservation technique that improves food safety, nutritional value, and specific organoleptic features. Production of organic acids is one of the main features of the LAB used for outcompeting organisms that cause spoilage, although other mechanisms such as antifungal peptides obtained from the cleavage of food proteins and competition for nutrients also play a role. More studies for better understanding these mechanisms are required to increase antifungal LAB available in the market.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.8-13
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• 1989

Transformant TSD-14와 C. tropicalis간의 이속 간 융합체인 FSC-14-75의 산업적 이용가능성을 검토하기 위하여 mini-jar fermentor(working volume=2.5liters)를 사용하여 ethanol 발효의 최적조건 및 ethanol productivity를 조사하였다. Thermamyl(u-amylase, Novo Co.)로서 액화시킨 liquefied potato starch를 15%, 20%, 25% 농도로서 발효를 한 경우 총당에 대해 약 80%의 발효율을 나타내었으며 이는 yeast extract의 첨가에 의해 향상되었다. Ethanol 발효조건으로는 pH 4.2가 pH 5.5에 비해 효과적이었으며, seed volume을 공업적 수준인 10%로 하면 4일만에 20%의 liquefied potato starch로부터 11.0%(v/v)의 ethanol을 생성하여 현재의 공업적 사용균주의 성적에 필적할만 하였다. 또한 본 균주는 현재의 공업적 ethanol 발효생산에서 발효기질로 실제 이응하고 있는 Cassava starch 혹은 barley 및 sweet potato starch 등을 원료로 하였을 때도 8.5%(v/v) 및 7.6%(v/v)의 ethanol을 직접적으로 발효 생산하였으며, 한편 이와 같은 raw starch를 원료로 할 경우는 yeast extract를 첨가하지 않아도 무방하여 이상의 결과로 본 효모균주는 당화, 발효를 동시에 찰 수 있는 효모로서 공업적 이용이 가능할 것으로 기대되었다.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.100-110
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• 2000

음식찌꺼기의 사료화를 위한 발효처리시 수분조절제로 이용되는 재료 (톱밥, 버섯폐재, 밀기울, 야자박 등)와 발효방법 (호기성파 혐기성)및 발효기간이 음식찌꺼기 사료의 사료가치에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위한 일련의 시험을 실시하였다. 본 연구의 시험설계는 농가 지도자료로 활용 될 수 있도록 하였다. 참나무 톱밥과 소나무 톱밥의 NDF(중성세제 불용성 섬유)함량은 각각 건물기준 93.5%와 95.4%로써 사료로 이용하기는 어려운 재료라고 할 수 있다. 톱밥을 수분조절제로 50% 혼합하여 $30^{\circ}C$에서 2일간 호기성발효를 했을때 NDF 함량은 발효 전 재료에 비하여 12% 증가했고 in vitro DDM (인공반추위 건물소화율)은 48% 감소했다. 참나무 톱밥은 소나무 톱밥에 비하여 양호하였으며, 버드나무 톱밥(80%)과 밀기울(20%)을 혼합하여 팽이버섯재배의 배지로 이용된 후의 폐재는 톱밥류에 비하여 사료가치가 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 발효된 사료의 NDF함량과 건물소화율은 이용된 수분조절제의 NDF함량에 주로 관계된다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 버섯폐재를 밀기울로 대체 했을때 밀기울의 대체율이 증가함에 따라 발효된 사료의 NDF함량은 직선적으로 감소했고 소화율은 직선적으로 증가했다. NDF함량이 높은 수분조절제를 이용한 호기성발효는 발효기간이 길어질수록 NDF함량은 증가되었고 건물소화율은 감소되었다. 그러나 밀기울 만을 이용하거나 밀기울이 함유된 수분조절제는 발효기간이 연장됨에 따라 조단백질 함량이 증가되었다. 혐기성발효는 호기성 발효에 비해 전 처리구에서 NDF함량은 감소되었고 건물소화율은 향상되었다. 버섯폐재와 밀기울을 수분조절제로 이용하여 실온에서 30일간 혐기적으로 발효한 사료를 유기산 조성과 pH가를 기준으로 발효상태를 판정할 때 우수한 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.197-203
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• 2014

Various parameters such as solvent selection, concentration, solid/liquid ratio, soaking time, temperature, stationary, shaking conditions, and repeated extractions were investigated in order to determine the optimum extraction conditions of ${\beta}$-glucosidase from bagasse fermented by mixed culture of Aspergillus niger NRC 7A and Aspergillus oryzae NRRL 447. Among various solvents tested, non ionic detergents gave the best results than the inorganic or organic salt solutions and distilled water. The optimum conditions for extraction of ${\beta}$-glucosidase were 30 min soaking time at $40^{\circ}C$ under shaking condition at 150 rpm, with solid/liquid ratio 1:15 (w/v), which yielded $2882.74{\pm}95.52U/g$ fermented culture (g fc) of enzyme activity. With repeated washes under the above optimum conditions, the results showed that enzyme extracted in the $1^{st}$ and $2^{nd}$ washes represents about 90% of the total activity.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.1403-1406
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• 2007

An antiproliferative agent, streptochlorin, was isolated from the fermentation broth of a marine actinomycete isolated from marine sediment. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence indicated that the strain belongs to the genus Streptomyces. Bioactivity guided fractionation of the culture extract by solvent partitioning, ODS open flash chromatography, and reversed-phase HPLC gave a pure compound, streptochlorin. Its structure was elucidated by extensive 2D NMR and mass spectral analyses. Streptochlorin exhibited significant antiproliferative activity against human cultured cell lines.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.76-79
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• 2000

Complex, ill-defined mixtures of natural origin are often used as nutrients in the production of biological products through microbial fermentation. Product yields are affected by variation in these natural products. Yeast extract is a typical example of these natural products. Since it is a mixture of amino acids, peptides and nucleic acids, its composition is not well characterized. In this study, we investigated the properties of thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin and pyridoxine hydrochlride in yeast extract by using a gel filtration chromatography, ion exchange chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography. Yeast extract solution was fractionated by gel filtration chromatography and ion exchange chromatography, and then, each fraction was analyzed by using a high performance liquid chromatography.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2012

Objectives: Bioaerosols released by treating organic-waste resources cause a variety of environmental and hygiene problems. The objective of this study was to investigate the distribution characteristics of the airborne bacteria emitted from a pig manure composting plant, a principal site for organic-waste resource facilities. Methods: Three types of pig manure composting plant were selected based on fermentation mode: screw type, rotary type and natural-dry type. Each site was visited and investigated on a monthly basis between September 2009 and August 2010. A total of 36 air samplings were obtained from the pig manure composting plants. The air sampling equipment was a six-stage cascade impactor. Quantification and qualification of airborne bacteria in the air samples was performed by agar culture method and identification technique, respectively. Results: The mean concentrations of airborne bacteria in pig manure composting plant were 7,032 (${\pm}1,496$) CFU $m^{-3}$ for screw type, 3,309 (${\pm}1,320$) CFU $m^{-3}$ for rotary type, and 5,580 (${\pm}1,106$) CFU $m^{-3}$ for natural dry type. The screw type pig manure composting plant showed the highest concentration of airborne bacteria, followed by the natural dry type and the rotary type. The ratio of respirable to total airborne bacteria was approximately 40-60%. The predominant genera of airborne bacteria identified were Micrococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp. and Escherichia spp. Conclusion: Monthly levels of airborne bacteria were highest in August and lowest in November regardless of fermentation mode. There was no significant correlation relationship between airborne bacteria and environmental factors such as temperature, relative humidity and particulate matters in pig manure composting plants.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.254-264
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• 2010

To obtain an efficient natural lignocellulolytic complex enzyme, we screened an efficient lignocellulose-degrading composite microbial system (XDC-2) from composted agricultural and animal wastes amended soil following a long-term directed acclimation. Not only could the XDC-2 degrade natural lignocelluloses, but it could also secrete extracellular xylanase efficiently in liquid culture under static conditions at room temperature. The XDC-2 degraded rice straw by 60.3% after fermentation for 15 days. Hemicelluloses were decomposed effectively, whereas the extracellular xylanase activity was dominant with an activity of 8.357 U/ml on day 6 of the fermentation period. The extracellular crude enzyme noticeably hydrolyzed natural lignocelluloses. The optimum temperature and pH for the xylanase activity were $40^{\circ}C$ and 6.0. However, the xylanase was activated in a wide pH range of 3.0-10.0, and retained more than 80% of its activity at $25-35^{\circ}C$ and pH 5.0-8.0 after three days of incubation in liquid culture under static conditions. PCR-DGGE analysis of successive subcultures indicated that the XDC-2 was structurally stable over long-term restricted and directed cultivation. Analysis of the 168 rRNA gene clone library showed that the XDC-2 was mainly composed of mesophilic bacteria related to the genera Clostridium, Bacteroides, Alcaligenes, Pseudomonas, etc. Our results offer a new approach to exploring efficient lignocellulolytic enzymes by constructing a high-performance composite microbial system with synergistic complex enzymes.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.134-143
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• 2016

Lycii fructus has been traditionally used as a preventive and therapeutic medicine to treat enervation and diverse chronic diseases. In this study, we investigated whether fermentation of Lycii fructus extract (LE) increases the enzymatic activity of the alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). The fermentation of LE by Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae IFO 2376 was shown to increase the enzymatic activity of ADH and ALDH. TLC analysis of LE and fermented LE (FLE) showed that ADH and ALDH activities increased in different spots. Fraction No. 66 of LE and fraction No. 68 of FLE by Silica gel chromatography showed increased ADH activity of 129.1% and 148.9%, respectively. Fractions No. 128 of LE and FLE by Silica gel chromatography showed increased ALDH activity of 134.1% and 148.1%, respectively. The fraction No. 68 of FLE obtained by HPLC showed new peaks at $R_t$ 11.938min, $R_t$ 22.072min and $R_t$ 28.842min, indicating that ADH activity was increased. The LE and FLE fractions with the greatest increases in ADH activity peaked at the same time ($R_t$ 13min),whereas the LE and FLE fractions with the greatest increases in ALDH activity peaked at different times ($R_t$ 16.307min and $R_t$ 36.640min, respectively).