• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제57권3호
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• pp.425-431
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• 2019

As rechargeable metal-air batteries will be ideal energy storage devices in the future, an active cathode electrocatalyst is required with bi-functionality on both oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) during discharge and charge, respectively. Here, a class of perovskite cathode catalyst with a micro-tubular structure has been developed by controlling bi-functionality from different Ru and Ni dopant ratios. A micro-tubular structure is achieved by the activated carbon fiber (ACF) templating method, which provides uniform size and shape. At the perovskite formula of $LaCrO_3$, the dual dopant system is successfully synthesized with a perfect incorporation into the single perovskite structure. The chemical oxidation states for each Ni and Ru also confirm the partial substitution to B-site of Cr without any changes in the major perovskite structure. From the electrochemical measurements, the micro-tubular feature reveals much more efficient catalytic activity on ORR and OER, comparing to the grain catalyst with same perovskite composition. By changing the Ru and Ni ratio, the $LaCr_{0.8}Ru_{0.1}Ni_{0.1}O_3$ micro-tubular catalyst exhibits great bi-functionality, especially on ORR, with low metal loading, which is comparable to the commercial catalyst of Pt and Ir. This advanced catalytic property on the micro-tubular structure and Ru/Ni synergy effect at the perovskite material may provide a new direction for the next-generation cathode catalyst in metal-air battery system.

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.86-87
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• 2015

Objectives: Condurango is widely used in various systems of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) against oesophageal and stomach ailments including certain types of cancer. However, until now no systematic study has been conducted to verify its efficacy and dose with proper experimental support. Therefore, we examined if ethanolic extract of Condurango could ameliorate benzo[a]pyrene (BaP)-induced lung cancer in rats in vivo to validate its use as a traditional medicine. Methods: After one month of scheduled BaP feeding (50 mg/kg body-weight), lung cancer developed after four months. BaP-intoxicated rats were then treated with Condurango (0.06 mL) twice daily starting at the end of the four months for an additional one, two and three months, respectively. Effects of Condurango were evaluated by analyzing lung histology, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant biomarkers, DNA-fragmentation, RT-PCR (Reverese Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction), ELISA (Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) and western blot of several apoptotic signalling markers and comparing the results against those obtained for controls. Results: A histological study revealed gradual progress in lung tissue-repair activity in Condurango-fed cancer-bearing rats, showing gradual tissue recovery after three months of drug administration. Condurango has the capacity to generate ROS, which may contribute to a reduction in anti-oxidative activity and to an induction of oxidative stress-mediated cancer-cell death. Condurango-activated pro-apoptotic genes (Bax, caspase-3, caspase-9, p53, cytochrome-c, apaf-1, ICAD and PARP) and down-regulated antiapoptotic-Bcl-2 expression were noted both at mRNA and protein levels. Studies on caspase-3 activation and PARP cleavage by western blot analysis revealed that Condurango induced apoptosis through a caspase-3-dependent pathway. Conclusions: The anticancer efficacy of an ethanolic extract of Condurango for treating BaP-induced lung cancer in rats lends support for its use in various traditional systems of medicine.

• 대한약리학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.79-89
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• 1985

심근 세포의 칼슘 조절에 중요한 역할을 하는 sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR)의 칼슘운반 능력이 허혈 심근에서 현저히 억제됨이 알려져 있다. 이와같은 허혈 심근에서의 SR 칼슘운반승력 저하에 유독성 산소 대사물이 관여할 것으로 생각되고 있으나 그 기전에 관하여는 아직 알려진 바 없다. 본 연구에서는 그 기전의 일단을 규명하기 위하여 산틴 산화효소계에 의하여 발생된 유독성 산소대사물긴 돼지 심실근에서 추출한 sarcoplasmic reticulum의 칼슘흡수 및 막지질 과산화, sulfhydryl group 그리고 단백질 변성에 미치는 영향을 관찰하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 산틴 산화 효소계와 반응시킨 sarcopl smic reticulum의 칼슘흡수는 반응시간 경과에 따라 현저히 억제되었다. 2) sarcoplasmic reticulum 막지질 과산화는 산딘 산화 효소계에 의하여 현저히 증가되었다 3) 항산화제 ${\beta}$-phenylenediamine은 막지질 과산화의 증가는 효과적으로 억제하였으나, 칼슘흡수 억제는 부분적으로 회복시켰다. 4) 산틴 산화 효소계에 의하여 SH-group은 현저히 감소되었으며, 항산화제 첨가에 의하여 그 감소가 일부 억제되었다. 5) sarcoplasmic reticulum을 DTNB로 처리하여 SH-group을 산소 대사물에 의한 산화반응으로부터 보호했을 경우 칼슘흡수의 억제가 부분적으로 방지되었다. 6) Sephadex G-200 크로마토그라피 상에서 산틴 산화효소계와 반응시킨 sarcoplasmic reticulum의 단백질분해가 관찰되었다. 7) 단백질의 polymerization은 관찰되지 않았으며, 아울러 polymerization을 억제하는 semicarbazide로 칼슘흡수 감소를 방지하지 못하였다. 이상의 결과에서 유독성 산소대사물에 의한 sarcoplasmic reticulum의 칼슘흡수 억제는 sarcoplasmic reticulum의 막지질 과산화, SH-group의 산화 및 막 반백절의 분해 등으로 초래되는 복합적인 기전으로 추정되었다.

• 전기화학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.154-161
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• 2022

전세계의 기후 온난화로 인해 탄소 중립 사회의 중요성이 대두되고 있다. 이를 위해 화석연료를 대체할 새로운 에너지 자원으로 수소에 대한 관심이 커지고 있다. 친환경적이며 풍부하게 존재하는 물의 전기분해를 통한 수소 생산은 매우 중요한 분야이다. 하지만 전기분해의 산소 발생 반응의 경우 매우 높은 과전압과 고가의 귀금속 촉매의 사용이 상용화에 걸림돌로 작용하고 있다. 이에 본 총설에서 최근 5년동안 발표된 고분자 전해질막 수전해 시스템의 산소 발생 반응에 쓰이는 귀금속 촉매의 연구 동향에 대해 요약 및 정리하였다. 가장 널리 사용되는 귀금속 촉매로는 Ir과 Ru 기반의 촉매들이다. 이들은 높은 안정성과 성능 때문에 수전해 촉매로 연구되었다. 하지만 높은 가격으로 인해 성능 향상이 우선 과제이며 이를 위해 지지체와의 상호작용, 합금 촉매, 다양한 후처리 공정 등을 적용하고 있다. 본 총설은 귀금속 촉매의 산소 발생 반응에 대한 활성과 내구성을 높이는 전략 수립에 도움이 될 것으로 예상한다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.717-724
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• 2003

A newly isolated Citrobacter sp. Y19 catalyzes the CO-dependent $H_2$ production (biological water-gas shift reaction) by the actions of CO dehydrogenase (CODH) and hydrogenase. Y 19 requires $O_2$ for fast growth, but its $H_2$ production activity is significantly inhibited by $O_2$. In the present study, the effect of $O_2$ on the activities of CODH ard hydrogenase was investigated quantitatively in both whole cells and broken cells, based on CO-dependent or methyl viologen (MV)-dependent $H_2$ production in addition to CO-dependent MV reduction. In crude cell extracts, CODH activity was mostly found in the soluble fraction. Inactivation of CODH and hydrogenase activities by $O_2$ followed the first-order decay kinetics, and the dependence of the rate constants on $O_2$ partial pressure could be expressed by the Michaelis-Menten equation. In whole cells, the maximum deactivation rate constants ($k_{d,max}$ of hydrogenase and CODH were quite similar: $0.07{\pm}0.03 min^{-1}\;and\;0.10{\pm}0.04 min^{-1}$, respectively. However, the first-order rate constant ($k_{d,max}/K_s$) of CODH ($0.25\;min^{-1}\;atm^{-1}$) at low $O_2$ partial pressures was about 3-fold higher than that of the hydrogenase, since the half-saturation constant ($K_s$) of CODH was about half of that of hydrogenase. In broken cells, both enzymes became significantly more sensitive to $O_2$ compared to the unbroken cells, while $k_{d,max}/K_s$ increased 37-fold for hydrogenase and 6.7-fold for CODH. When whole cells were incubated under anaerobic conditions after being exposed to air for 1 h, hydrogenase activity was recovered more than 90% in 2 h suggesting that the deactivation of hydrogenase by $O_2$ was reversible. On the contrary, CODH activity was not recovered once deactivated by $O_2$ and the only way to recover the activity was to synthesize new CODH. This study indicates that $O_2$ sensitivity of $H_2$ production activity of Citrobacter sp. Y19 is an important drawback as in other $H_2-producing$ bactria.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1777-1783
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• 2010

식물체는 대사과정의 부산물로서 또는 생물학적으로 피해를 줄 수 있는 다양한 종류의 외부 스트레스에 직면했을 활성산소(Reactive Oxygen Species, ROS)를 생산한다. 이러한 oxidative 스트레스로부터 자신들을 보호하기 위하여 식물세포들은 다양한 종류의 항산화 단백질들을 보유하고 있다. 하지만 이들의 작용기작은 여전히 자세히 밝혀지지 않았다. Peroxiredoxins (Prxs)은 식물체에 광범위하게 존재하는 thiol-을 함유한 항산화 단백질로 N-말단에 존재하는 cysteine 잔기를 이용하여 hydrogen peroxide를 환원한다. 이러한 과정에서 peroxiredoxins의 활성부위인 cysteine 잔기는 선택적으로 cysteine sulfinic acid로 산화됨으로써 peroxidase activity의 불활성화를 일으킨다. 이러한 산화과정은 비가역적으로 일어난다. 최근 발견된 진핵생물들에 잘 보존된 sulphiredoxin (Srx1)이라 불리는 단백질은 cysteine-sulphinic acid를 환원시키는 기능을 지닌다. 본 논문에서는 애기장대에 존재하는 Prxs와 Srx의 기능에 대하여 서술할 예정이다.

• 공업화학
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.108-114
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• 2020

본 연구에서는, Ru[1]/TiO₂ 촉매 제조 시 소성/환원 조건에 따른 NH₃-SCO (selective catalytic oxidation) 효율을 비교하였다. Ru[1]/TiO₂ red는 Ru[1]/TiO₂ cal에 비하여 NH₃ 전환율 및 NH₃의 N₂ 전환율이 우수하였다. Ru[1]/TiO₂ 촉매의 물리·화학적 특성은 BET, XRD, TEM, XPS, H₂-TPR 분석에 의해 확인되었으며, 활성금속의 분산도와 표면 흡착 산소종(O_β)의 비율에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.168-174
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• 2005

Aluminum tri-butoxide was mixed with the water/ethanol solution and then chloroplatinic acid was added to the solution. The solution was dried at $100^{\circ}C$ for 15hrs to remove the solvent and water then it was calcined at $500^{\circ}C$. The catalyst was activated with a gas mixture. During the activation, the temperature was increased from $150^{\circ}C$ to $500^{\circ}C$. The necessary amount of urea was dissolved in 50mL water and injected. Aqueous urea solution was then mixed with the feed gas stream. At low temperatures, nitrogen containing compounds of urea decomposition are used as reductants in the reducton of $NO_X$. However at high temperatures the nitrogen containing compounds are oxidized to NO and $NO_2$ by oxygen instead of being used in the reduction. The activity of the catalyst was dependent on urea concentration in the feed stream when there was not adequate water vapor in the feed. The maximum conversion was shifted from $250^{\circ}C$ to $150^{\circ}C$ when water concentration was increased from 2 to 17%. It seems that the maximum temperature shifts to lower temperatures because the hydrolysis rate of HNCO increases with water, resulting in higher amounts of $NH_3$.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.308-320
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• 2022

The high internal resistance (R_int) that develops across the sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFC) limits their power production (~4/10 mW m^-2) that can be recovered from an initial oil-contaminated sediment (OCS). In the anolyte, R_int is related to poor biodegradation activity, quality and quantity of contaminant content in the sediment and anode material. While on the catholyte, R_int depends on the properties of the catholyte, the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), and the cathode material. In this work, the main factors limiting the power output of the SMFC have been minimized. The power output of the SMFC was increased (47 times from its initial value, ~4 mW m^-2) minimizing the SMFC R_int (28 times from its initial value, 5000 ohms), following the main modifications. Anolyte: the initial OCS was amended with several amounts of gasoline and kerosene. The best anaerobic microbial activity of indigenous populations was better adapted (without more culture media) to 3 g of kerosene. Catholyte: ORR was catalyzed in birnessite/carbon fabric (CF)-cathode at pH 2, 0.8M Na₂SO₄. At the class level, the main microbial groups (Gammaproteobacteria, Coriobacteriia, Actinobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria) with electroactive members were found at C-anode and were associated with the high-power densities obtained. Gasoline is more difficult to biodegrade than kerosene. However, in both cases, SMFC biodegradation activity and power output are increased when ORR is performed on birnessite/CF in 0.8 M Na₂SO₄ at pH 2. The work discussed here can focus on bioremediation (in heavy OCS) or energy production in future work.

• 환경영향평가
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.582-594
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• 2018

본 연구에서는 생물반응 인공습지 내 용존유기물질의 변동 및 저감특성을 모니터링할 목적으로 수직 수평 흐름 습지를 직렬로 복합 적용하여 호기, 혐기상태의 흐름조건을 만들어 주었고 기능성 여재를 충진한 인공습지를 고안하여 아크릴 반응조로 제작 후 성능평가를 진행하였다. 수직 수평의 인공습지의 경우 호기 및 혐기조건을 평가하기 위해 반응조 내 용존산소(DO) 농도를 측정해본 결과 호기상태의 수직흐름인공습지에서는 2.7 mg/L, 혐기상태의 수평 흐름인공습지에서는 N.D.로 측정되어 운전조건에 부합하였다. 운전시간은 140 min, 80 min, 60 min으로 변경하며 실험을 진행을 하였으며, 운전시간에 따른 자연폭기시간 20 min을 동일하게 설정해 주고 실험을 진행하였다. 운전시간 모두 미생물의 활동으로 인한 결과를 보였으며, 3D-EEM에서는 운전시간을 길게 가져갈수록 난분해성 휴믹계물질구역인 III, V구역의 유기물에서 높은 저감효과를 보이는 것으로 확인되었다. 향후 저감효과에 대한 메커니즘 분석에 대한 연구는 추가로 진행될 필요가 있을 것으로 사료되지만, 본 연구결과는 향후 인공습지를 활용한 난분해성 물질의 저감을 위한 기술발전에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.