• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.145-148
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• 1981

A study has been conducted to ascertain persistency of p-chlorophenoxy acetic acid (CPA), a plant growth substance, in soil. CPA was extracted from soil and then converted to a gIc (ECD) sensitive derivative, 2-chloroethyl p-chlorophenoxy acetate (CPA ester) with $BCI_3$ as catalyst. Total recovery of CPA including the chemical conversion was 49.4% and detection limit of CPA in soil, a minimum concentration of the compound which can be identified on chromatogram, was 0.03 ppm. Half life of CPA in clay loam under field conditions was 20 days and that of CPA under laboratory condition was 27.4 days respectively.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.155-161
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• 1989

Coprecipitates of chlorpropamide (CPA)-sodium deoxycholate (DC-Na) were prepared at various ratios of CPA to the DC-Na. The X-ray diffraction and DSC measurements indicated that CPA in 1:1 and 1:3 w/w CPA-DC-Na coprecipitates did not exist in amorphous form, but the others were amorphous. The dissolution rate of CPA from the CPA-DC-Na coprecipitates increased in distilled water and KP V 2nd disintegration test fluid (pH 6.8), but decreased extremely in KP V 1st disintegration test fluid (pH 1.2). The dissolution rates of CPA-DC-Na coprecipitates were compared with those of CPA alone and CPA-DC-Na physical mixtures. Especially, it was found that the dissolution rate of CPA markedly increased in the case of 1:5 CPA-DC-Na coprecipitate. The concentration of CPA dissolved from CPA-DC-Na coprecipitate reached a plateau within 5-10 min, and thereafter gradually decreased, indicating that CPA released from the coprecipitate was recrystallized.

• Journal of Veterinary Clinics
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.346-351
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• 1998

As an antitumor agents cyclophosphamide (CPA) is frequently used in animal clinic. Important adverse effects of its administration are leukopenia, thrombocytopenia and anemia. We investigated the effects of chicken egg white derivatives (EWD and EF-203) on the changes of blood cells and the neutrophil phagocytosis of rats administered with CPA. Rats were administered CPA peritoneally at dose of 50 mgag once a day far 3 days plus either EWD or EF-203 orally at dose of 200 mg/kg once a day far 3 days. Thereafterl the changes of blood cells by automatic blood cell counter and the phagocytosis of neutrophils by flow cytometry were examined far 7 days. There was no change in RBC values regardless of administration of either EWD or EF-203 throughout experimental period. But rats receiving CPA plus either EWD or EF-203 showed a significant higher PCV values than those of CPA alone (p<0.01). The numbers of peripheral blood platelets and WBC and the differential count of neutrophils in the ra% receiving CPA plus either EWD or EF-203 were significantly higher (p<0.05 to 0.01) than those of CPA alone. Moreover, these rats showed significanly enhanced phagocytoses of neutrophils when compared to rats with CPA alone (p<0.01). These result suggested that chicken egg white derivatives including EWD and EF-2% have immunomodulatory effects in regard to the increase of platelets, WBC, differential count of neutrophils, PCV, and the enhancement of phagocytic activity of neutrophils in immunosuppressed rats by CPA. Thus, co-adminstration of chicken egg white derivatives will be able to reduce the side effects in the animals treated with antitumor agents.

• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.379-390
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• 1997

Background : It has long been suggested that neutrophils and their products are implicated as the central mediators of the acute lung injuries. Contrary to the dominant role of neutrophils in ARDS, many cases of ARDS has occurred in the setting of severe neutropenia without pulmonary neutrophil infiltration. Therefore it is certain that effector cell(s) other than neutrophil play an important role in the pathogenesis of ARDS. This experiment was performed to define the mechanism of ARDS in the setting of neutropenia, 1) by comparing the severity of endotoxin-induced lung injury, 2) by measurement of hydrogen peroxide production and cytokine concentration in the bronchoalveolar lavage cells and fluids obtained from different rats with and without cyclophosphamide-pretreatment. Method : The male Sprague-Dawleys were divided into the normal control (NC)-, endotoxin (ETX)-, and cyclophosphamide (CPA)-group in which neutropenia was induced by injecting cyclophosphamide intraperitoneally. Acute lung injury was evoked by injecting lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into a tail vein. The bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was performed at 3 and 6 hour after administration of LPS to measure the change of cell counts and concentrations of protein and cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Hydrogen peroxide (HPO) production from BAL cells was measured at 6 hour after LPS administration by phenol red microassay with and without zymosan stimulation. Results : The results were as follows. A change of leukocyte counts in the peripheral blood after treatment with CPA : More than 95% of total leukocytes and neutrophils were reduced after CPA administration, resulting in severe neutropenia. A change of BAL cells : In the ETX-group, the number of total cells (p < 0.01) and of macrophage and neutrophil (p < 0.05) were increased at 3 and 6 hour after LPS administration compared to those of NC-group. In the CPA-group, the number of total leukocyte and macrophage were not changed after LPS administration, but neutrophil counts were significantly reduced and it took part in less than 0.1% of total BAL cells (p < 0.01 vs NC-group). BAL cells in this group were almost all macrophages (99.7%). A change of protein concentration in the BALF : In the ETX-group, protein concentration was increased at 3 hour and was more increased at 6 hour after LPS administration (p < 0.05 and < 0.01 vs NC-group, respectively). In the CPA-group, it was also significantly elevated at 3 hour after LPS administration (p < 0.05 vs NC-group), but the value was statistically not different from that of ETX-group. The value measured at 6 hour after LPS administration in the CPA-group became lower than that of ETX-group (p < 0.05), but showed still a higher value compared to that of NC-group (p < 0.05). A change of cytokine concentration in the BALF : TNF -alpha and IL-6 were elevated in the ETX - and CPA-group compared to those of NC-group at both time intervals. There was no statistical difference in the values of both cytokines between the ETX- and CPA-groups. Measurement of hydrogen peroxide production from BAL cells : There was no intergroup difference of HPO production from resting cells. HPO production after incubation with opsonized zymosan was significantly elevated in all groups. The percent increment of HPO production was highest in the ETX-group (89.0%, p < 0.0008 vs NC-group), and was 42.85 in the CPA-group (p = 0.003 vs NC-group ). Conclusion : Acute lung injury in the setting of neutropenia might be caused by functional activation of resident alveolar macrophages.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.20-25
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• 2001

In this study we fed control diet and tryptophan supplemented diets containing 0.35% tryptophan to ICR mice for 2 weeks. The concentrations of serotonin and 5-HIAA were changed by injection of the serotonin synthesis inhibitor, p-CPA and the serotonin precursor, serotoninP and the change of brain serotonin concentration negatively correlated with that of pain sensitivity, and p-CPA and serotoninP also changed the analgesic effect of morphine. The injection of naloxone, the opiate antagonist, resulted in an increase in the writhing frequency, but its antagonistic effect was not significant. The concentration of 5-HIAA elevated in mice brain at least 3hr after administration of morphine hydroxide indicates that the changes in brain serotonin metabolism may be associated with the acute effects of morphine analgesia. In short, these results not only suggest that tryptophan supplemented diet suppress pain sensitivity in mice, but also indicate that at least in part analgesic mechanism of serotonin may be associated with morphine analgesia.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.161-169
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• 2002

high pressure and temperature conditions. However, those results are not consistent with one another, and phase boundary between ilmenite and perovskite phases determined only from the quenching method may be not so reliable at all. Therefore, in-situ high pressure-temperature (hP-T) X-ray diffraction measurements were performed up to 19 GPa and $700^{\circ}C$ in a large volume press apparatus using synchrotron radiation. Experimental results show that perovskite phase is stable at pressures above 16 GPa, and transforms back to $LiNbO_3$phase near 15 CPa at room temperature, and that the perovskite-ilmenite transition is back and forth near 15 CPa at $500^{\circ}C$. LiNbO$_3$phase transforms to ilmenite at 13 CPa and $300^{\circ}C$ and at 10.8 CPa and $400^{\circ}C$, respectively. These data indicate that $LiNbO_3$phase may have a stability region in the hP-T phase diagram and that the perovskite-ilmenite phase boundary would be quite different from that previously reported.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.423-429
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• 1974

The rate constant of the addition of hydrogen cyanide to $ ${\alpha}$-cyano-\beta-piperonylacrylic$ acid (CPA) were determined by UV spectrophotometry at various pH and a rate equation which can be applied over wide pH range was obtained. From this equation, one may conclude that below pH 3 the reaction is started by the addition of hydrogen cyanide molecule to CPA, however, at pH 6~8, hydrogen cyanide is added to $ {\alpha}$-cyano-$ {\beta}$-piperonyl acrylate anion. From pH 3 to 6, these two reaction are competitive. Above pH 9, the reaction is proceeded by the addition of cyanide ion to $ {\alpha}$-cyano-$ {\beta}$-piperonyl acrylate ion. From pH 3 to 9, the complex reaction mechanism can also be fully explained by the rate equation obtained.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.328-335
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• 2009

This study was undertaken to investigate the influence of exposure and removal of four different cryoprotectants (CPAs) on the ATP content of cumulus cell-enclosed (COs) and cumulus cell-denuded (DOs) immature porcine oocytes. The in vitro nuclear maturation of the COs, exposed to and removed from the CPAs was also assessed. Both COs and DOs were exposed to 1.5 M concentrations of each CPA (ethylene glycol (EG); propylene glycol (PG); dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO); and glycerol (G)) for durations of 5, 15, and 30 minutes at room temperature ($23.5{\pm}1.5^{\circ}C$), and immersed in physiological saline supplemented with 20% (v/v) fetal bovine serum for 5 minutes ($39^{\circ}C$) to remove each CPA. Before, during and after exposure to each CPA, the ATP content of both the COs and the DOs was measured. After removal from each CPA an aliquot of the COs was matured for 44${\pm}$2 h, and their nuclear maturation rates were measured up to the metaphase stage of the second meiotic division (the M-II stage). The maturation rates up to the M-II stage were not significantly different between all the groups that were exposed to each CPA for 5 minutes. For 15 and 30 minute exposures, the maturation rates of the COs exposed to PG, DMSO and EG were almost the same as those of the control groups; however, the rates of G group exposed for 15 and 30 minutes were significantly lower (p<0.05) than the control group. These groups were also found to have a decrease in the ATP content of COs and DOs during and after exposure for the same periods (p<0.05). In addition, although the ATP contents of the COs after exposure to EG for any period were the same as the controls, the ATP content of the DOs exposed to EG for any period were significantly lower (p<0.05) than those of the controls. When the ATP content of the COs and DOs of each CPA were compared, the DOs exposed to PG were found to have a significantly greater level (p<0.05) than DOs exposed to G for any duration. In addition, the ATP content of DOs exposed to PG for 30 min and removal was also higher (p<0.05) than when exposed to DMSO for the same period. These findings indicate that PG may be a useful CPA for the cryopreservation of immature porcine oocytes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.39-41
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• 2020

충돌 회피를 위한 위험도 평가에서 CPA 계산은 핵심 요소이며, AIS의 도입 이후 AIS 정보를 이용한 CPA 계산이 필수적으로 활용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 CPA 계산에 이용되는 AIS 정보와 실제 특성을 확인하고, 선박 위치 추정에 관련된 선행 연구들을 분석하며, 이를 가상 디지털 항로 표지 서비스에 적용할 방안을 강구한다, P. Last 등의 연구는 ROT의 중요성을 강조하고 있으나, 대부분의 선박이 필요로 하는 정확한 ROT 값을 전송하지 못하고 있는 상황을 확인했고, Ling-Zhi Sang 등의 연구는 4가지 요소를 반영한 간단한 식으로 구현하여 전 해역의 데이터로 비교한 결과 2가지 요소만을 적용한 방법에 대한 정확도의 향상을 확인할 수 없었다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.77-81
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• 2012

We assessed the toxicity of cryoprotectant agents (CPAs) to gametophytic thalli of red alga Porphyra yezoensis at room temperature. The CPAs used were: dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), ethylene glycol (EG), glycerol (GC), 1,2-butanediol (1,2-BD), 1,3-butanediol (1,3-BD), 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BD), 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PD) and propylene glycol (PG). CPA concentrations of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50% were employed with 30 or 60 s immersion. The toxicity of the eight CPAs to gametophytic thalli of P. yezoensis was in the order: 1,3-BD < DMSO ${\approx}$ 2,3-BD ${\approx}$ PG ${\approx}$ EG < GC < 1,3-PD ${\approx}$ 1,2-BD. All thalli were more sensitive to high CPA concentrations, and most (>75%) thalli survived exposure to 10-25% CPA for 60 s. These data will facilitate selection of the optimal cryoprotectant concentration for cryopreservation of P. yezoensis thalli.