• KSBB Journal
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.296-301
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• 2015

Eggshell-based biocomposites have become attractive due to their exquisite nanostructure and biological properties, which are mainly composed of highly organized calcium carbonate crystals controlled by organic macromolecules such as proteins and polysaccharides. Here, we designed the recombinant fusion protein of a putative eggshell matrix protein named as GG1234 and a fluorescent reporter protein of DsRed. The protein was successfully over-expressed in E. coli and purified by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. In vitro calcium carbonate crystallization was conducted in the presence of the fusion protein, and morphological change was investigated. The protein inhibited the calcite growth in vitro, and spherical calcium carbonate micro-particles with the diameter of about $20-30{\mu}m$ were obtained. We expect that this study would be helpful for better understanding of eggshell-based biomineralization.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2017

This review paper evaluates different kinds of synthesis methods for calcite precipitated calcium carbonates by using different materials. The various processing routes of calcite with different compositions are reported and the possible optimum conditions required to synthesize a desired particle sizes of calcite are predicted. This paper mainly focuses on that the calcite morphology and size of the particles by carbonation process using loop reactors. In this regard, we have investigated various parameters such as $CO_2$ flow rate, Ca $(OH)_2$ concentration, temperature, pH effect, reaction time and loop reactor mechanism with orifice diameter. The research results illustrate the formation of well-defined and pure calcite crystals with controlled crystal growth and particle size, without additives or organic solvents. The crystal growth and particle size can be controlled, and smaller sizes are obtained by decreasing the Ca $(OH)_2$ concentration and increasing the $CO_2$ flow rate at lower temperatures with suitable pH. The crystal structure of obtained calcite was characterized by using X-ray diffraction method and the morphology by scanning electron microscope (SEM). The result of x-ray diffraction recognized that the calcite phase of calcium carbonate was the dominating crystalline structure.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.665-675
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 하수슬러지를 매립지 복토재로 재활용하기 위해 래들슬래그, 시멘트, 인회석, 소석회를 첨가하여 하수 슬러지 내 중금속(Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn)의 용출을 평가하였다. 하수슬러지의 용출 평가는 EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid) 추출법과 TCLP (Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure)를 통해 이루어졌으며, 중금속 결합 기작은 연속추출(sequential extraction)을 통해 평가하였다. EDTA 용출 결과 하수슬러지에 래들슬래그/시멘트/소석회의 투입량이 증가할수록 하수슬러지 내 중금속의 용출이 감소하였다. 그러나 인회석을 투입했을 때는 중금속 용출의 감소 효과가 거의 나타나지 않았으며, 이는 EDTA가 인회석에 의한 중금속 고정화를 방해하였기 때문이다. TCLP 용출 결과 하수슬러지 내 슬래그, 시멘트 또는 소석회의 투입량이 증가하여 용출액의 pH가 7 이상일 때는 Cu의 용출 농도가 원하수슬러지의 용출농도보다 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 인회석은 투입량이 증가할수록 중금속의 용출 농도가 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 혼합 고화제를 투입한 하수슬러지의 중금속 용출 결과, 하수슬러지의 중량비 100%를 기준으로 래들슬래그 20%와 소석회 10%를 투입한 혼합물이 최적의 고화 혼합 비율이며, 이 때 EDTA 추출법과 TCLP로 용출한 중금속의 농도가 가장 낮게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 하수슬러지 내 중금속 결합이 약한 결합인 exchangeable fraction과 carbonate fraction에서 강한 결합인 organic fraction으로 이동하였음을 연속추출(SM&T, formaly BCR)을 통해 확인할 수 있었다. 하수슬러지와 고화제를 최적의 비율로 혼합한 혼합물을 폐기물공정시험법으로 중금속 용출을 평가한 결과 Cu가 기준농도 이상으로 검출되었다. 그러나 TCLP에 따른 하수슬러지의 용출시험 결과 Ba, Cd, Cr, Pb의 항목에서 미국 환경보호청의 용출 기준을 만족하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제33권7호
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• pp.1156-1166
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• 2020

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of compound organic acid calcium (COAC) on growth performance, hepatic antioxidant status and intestinal barrier of male broilers under high ambient temperature (32.7℃). Methods: Nine hundred healthy one-d-old Cobb-500 male broiler chicks were randomly assigned into three groups with six replicates of 50 birds each. A basal diet supplemented with 0% (control), 0.4% and 0.8% COAC, respectively were fed to birds for 6 weeks. All treatments were under high ambient indoor temperature of 32.7℃, and had a constant calcium and available phosphorus ratio. Results: The results showed that, compared with control, the average daily gain of broilers in 0.4% and 0.8% was significantly increased and the ratio of feed to gain in in 0.4% and 0.8% was significantly decreased at 1 to 21, 22 to 42 and 1 to 42 days of age (p<0.05). Compared with control, 0.8% COAC slightly decreased (p = 0.093) the content of malondialdehyde in liver at 42 days of age while 0.4% COAC significantly decreased (p<0.05) the activity of alkaline phosphatase. Furthermore, 0.4% COAC significantly enhanced the intestinal barrier function via increasing jejunal and ileal ocln transcription, promoting jejunal mucin 2 transcription at 42 days of age (p<0.05), and decreasing jejunal toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2) and ileal TLR-15, inducible nitric oxide synthase compared with control group (p<0.05). Whereas, no significant differences on the transcription of interleukin-1β in jejunum and ileum were observed among three treatments (p>0.05). Overall, heat stress caused by high natural environment temperature may induce the damage to hepatic antioxidation and intestinal barrier. Conclusion: Dietary inclusion of COAC can improve the tolerance of broilers to thermal environment through the modification of antioxidative parameters in liver and the mRNA expression of genes in intestinal barrier, resulting in an optimal inclusion level of 0.4%.

• 펄프종이기술
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.8-15
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• 2008

Wastewoods (logging residues) generated in Korea were used to make lignocellulosic fillers for papermaking. Lignocellulosic fillers could play great roles to increase retention efficiency and thus decrease turbidity of white water in papermaking process. In addition, lignocellulosic fillers could be used to improve physical properties of paper through their high affinity to cellulosic fibers, leading to the less use of chemical additives like retention aids. Wastewoods including Pinus densiflora and Quercus variabilis were chemically and mechanically treated for making fine particles passing through 100 mesh wire. The newly generated fillers showed larger particle size distribution than ground calcium carbonates but similar distribution to talc. In particular, pretreatment by hot water was more effective to generate smaller particle size than by alkali treatment. Lignocellulosic particles mixed with ground calcium carbonates under intense hybridizing condition greatly contributed to surface coverage of organic fillers in addition to filling to lumen and pits.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.109-118
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• 2021

국내 석회암지대에 서식하는 참나무류의 뿌리에서 외생균근균(ectomycorrhizal fungi, ECM)의 다양성을 분석하였다. 분자분석을 통해 참나무류에 공생하고 있는 45속의 ECM을 확인하였다. ECM의 종 다양성 지수는 pH, 칼슘 농도, 유효인산 농도가 증가할수록 감소하는 경향을 보였고, 전질소 함량과 유기물 함량이 증가할수록 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 군집분석 결과 석회토양의 특징인 pH와 칼슘 농도와 양의 상관관계를 갖는 ECM은 Sebacina, Tomentella, Tuber, Densospora, Inocybe, Suillus, Piloderma속에 속하는 균주들 이였으며, 이들은 토양 안정성이 약화된 석회암지대의 생태복원에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 공업화학
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.112-116
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 생체재료 표면개질의 방법으로 유-무기 박막 형성에 관한 방법을 연구하였다. Collagen의 분해 시 얻어진 gelatin을 polystyrene 배양접시에 2 h 동안 흡착시켜 gelatin 흡착층을 형성하였다. Gelatin 흡착중에 calcium과 phosphorus 과포화 이온용액을 주입하여 calcium phosphate (CaP) 박막을 제조하였다. 박막 형성 초기에 박막의 핵들이 나타나는 것을 관찰하였다. 처리시간에 따라 CaP 박막에 성장하여 배양접시의 바닥표면 전체에 형성된 것을 볼 수 있었다. 형성된 gelatin/CaP 복합 박막의 특징은 3차원 공간에서 다공성이 높은 표면 구조를 형성하였다. Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR)을 이용하여 CaP 박막의 화학적 성질을 분석한 결과, 박막 형성 초기에는 무결정 형태의 박막이 형성되고, 시간이 경과됨에 따라 결정성이 약간 증가하지만, 결정성이 낮은 CaP에서 나타나는 흡수피크의 존재 등을 통하여 본 연구에서 제조한 CaP 박막은 poorly crystalline CaP 박막임을 확인하였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.426-431
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• 2015

This study examined the effect of calcium (AC) extracted from salt fermented anchovy Engraulis japonicus on osteoporosis in ovariectomized (OVX) SD female rats. After AC treatment for 8 weeks, the body weight of the OVX-AC group decreased, while the weight of the OVX group (control) increased 43.9%. The blood osteocalcin, calcium, and ALP levels were examined as physiological markers for osteoporosis. The concentrations of all markers were elevated in the OVX-AC group compared to the OVX group. Thus, anchovy calcium is useful as an organic calcium supplement.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.168-177
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• 2015

Shell waste from the butter clam Saxidomus purpuratus and littleneck clam Ruditapes philippinarum is a large by-product of shellfish aquaculture, and it is desirable to convert it into value-added products for industrial applications. In this study, calcium carbonate (CaC) polymorphs from butter clam (BCSP) and littleneck clam (LCSP) shell powders and commercial CaC were characterized using Fourier transmission infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results revealed that the optimal calcination conditions to eliminate organic substances and improve solubility for both BCSP and LCSP were $800^{\circ}C$ for 8 h in an electrical furnace. Calcination improved the white index of the butter clam (BCCP) and littleneck clam (LCCP) calcined powder compared with shell powders. The calcium content in BCCP (51.1%) was higher than that of LCCP (44.9%) or commercial calcium oxide (CaO, 44.7%). The XRD patterns of BCCP and LCCP were similar to that of CaO. Cubic-like crystals of CaC and irregular crystals of BCCP and LCCP were observed by SEM. The FT-IR and XRD analyses revealed the presence of calcite and aragonite in the BCSP and aragonite in the LCSP, whereas the CaC contained calcite. These results indicate that butter and littleneck clam shells are potential biomass resources for calcium carbonate and calcium oxide.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제104권1호
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• pp.84-89
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• 2015

'대보' 박피밤의 갈변 및 품질에 화학물질(ascorbic acid, citric acid, calcium chloride: 1% 용액)과 물리적(진공포장, $50^{\circ}C$ 증류수) 처리가 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 박피밤 색도의 L값은 모든 처리구에서 저장기간이 경과함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 나타낸 반면, ${\Delta}E$값은 점차 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 일반포장 처리구가 급격히 색 변화가 일어나는데 비해 화학 및 물리적 처리구는 완만한 변화를 보였다. 특히 calcium chloride 처리구는 색 변화가 거의 일어나지 않았다. 관능적 품질평가 결과, 상품성은 일반포장 처리구가 10일간 유지되었던 반면 화학 및 물리적 처리구들은 35일간 상품성이 유지되었다. 따라서 '대보' 박피밤의 화학 및 물리적 처리는 갈변을 억제시킴으로써 박피밤의 관능적 품질유지에 효과적이였고, 특히 1% calcium chloride 침지 후 진공포장하는 것이 박피밤의 품질유지와 갈변 억제에 가장 효과적인 것으로 판단되었다.