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FECAL BOLl COUNT, A NEW CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING THE ANTI-STRESS EFFECT OF GINSENG

  • Chang Y.S.
    • 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 고려인삼학회 1993년도 학술대회지
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    • pp.164-170
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    • 1993
  • Panax ginseng has been reported to protect animals or to help them recover from physical, chemical, or biological stress. The antistress effects of ginseng were evaluated through the measurement of adrenal ascorbic acid, rectal temperature, and plasma level of glucose. lipids and corticosterone. During the treadmill experiments of the antifatigue study, the groups of rats receiving P. ginseng or P. quinquefolius extracts were consistently found to leave fewer fecal boli on the wheel compared with controls. This phenomenon may be due to the reported antistress effects of ginseng. Another possibility could be that the Panax species examined produced anticholinergic effects which in turn inhibited the production of fecal boli. After an anticholinergic study. employing physostigmine and atropine as controls, anticholinergic effect was found not essential for the decrease of fecal boli number left on the wheels during antifatigue studies. The results were consistent with the antistress activity reported previously. Even though the active constituents responsible for the antistress effects of ginseng remained to be determined, the fecal boli counts for stressed rats can be employed as a new protocol for evaluating the antistress effects of ginseng.

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LPS로 유발된 우울증에 대한 감초(甘草)의 효과 (Effect of Glycyrrhizae Radix Water Extract on the depression induced by LPS in Rats)

  • 고성렬;김도훈;이태희
    • 대한본초학회지
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    • 제29권5호
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    • pp.9-16
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    • 2014
  • Objectives : Investigation of the antidepressant effect of Glycyrrhizae Radix (GR) through the anti-inflammatory effect. Methods : Depression in rats was induced by LPS (i,p.3days). The rats were treated with GR100 mg/kg (GR 100) or GR400 mg/kg (GR 400). The depressive immobility was examined with Tail Suspension Test(TST) and Forced Swimming Test(FST). The expression of nuclear factor-${\kappa}B$(NF-${\kappa}B)$, $I{\kappa}B$ was measured with western blotting. The concentration of corticosterone, cytokine in plasma was measured with ELISA. The expression of c-Fos in the paraventricular nucleus(PVN) and tyrosine hydroxylase(TH) in the locus coeluleus(LC) were measured with immunostaining method. Results : In the TST, GR400 group significantly decreased immobility time compared with the LPS group. In the FST, GR100, GR400 group significantly decreased immobility time comparing with the LPS group. c-Fos expression in GR100 and GR400 group was decreased comparing with the lipoplysaccharide(LPS) group. The $I{\kappa}B$ expression of GR100 and GR400 group was increased comparing with the LPS group. The level of corticosterone of GR100 group was decreased comparing with the LPS group. The concentration of cytokine of GR100 and GR400 group was decreased comparing with the LPS group. TH expression in the LC was increased in LPS group, but in GR100 and GR400 group was not shown significant decrease. Conclusion : According to this results obtained, GR has antidepressant effects by the anti inflammatory action through the suppression of HPA axis activity, not through the action against the catecholaminergic system.

육계에서 품종 및 사육 밀도가 생산성 및 생리적 적응성 지표에 미치는 영향 (The Effect of Stocking Density and Strain on the Performance and Physiological Adaptive Responses in Broiler Chickens)

  • 장인석;윤서현;고영현;김세윤;송민혜;김종선;손시환;문양수
    • 한국가금학회지
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    • 제41권3호
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    • pp.205-215
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    • 2014
  • 본 실험은 육계 품종(Ross vs. Cobb) 및 사육 밀도(표준 밀도구, $0.046m^2$/수 vs. 고밀도구, $0.023m^2$/수)가 생산성, 장기무게, 혈액 corticosterone, 친염증 사이토카인과 항산화 효소의 mRNA 발현에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 실시하였다. 전체 사육 기간 동안 품종에 따른 생산성 지표들은 차이가 없었으나, 사육 밀도에 따른 사양 성적은 두 품종 모두 고밀도 사육구(HD)에서 표준 밀도구(SD)에 비해 체중과 사료 섭취량이 유의적으로 감소하였다(P<0.05). 간과 비장의 상대적 무게는 품종에 따른 유의적 차이가 나타났으나(P<0.05), 사육 밀도에 따른 차이는 없었다. 혈액 corticosterone 농도는 품종 및 사육 밀도에 따른 통계적 차이는 없는 것으로 나타났다. 육계 품종 및 사육 밀도에 따른 친염증 사이토카인과 항산화 효소의 mRNA 발현 양상으로 간 조직에서 이들 사이토카인(IL-$1{\beta}$, IL-6, IL-18 및 IFN-${\gamma}$) mRNA 발현은 품종과 사육 밀도에 따른 차이가 없었다. 한편, 항산화 유전자인 GPX mRNA 발현은 품종에 따라 현저한 반응의 차이를 보였으며(P<0.05), Ross 품종이 Cobb 품종보다 GPX mRNA 발현이 낮았다. 사육 밀도 요인에 따른 차이를 보면, SOD, GPX 및 CAT의 mRNA 발현이 모두 고밀도 사육구에서 현저히 증가되는 것으로 나타났다(P<0.05). 비장조직에서 대부분의 친염증 사이토카인은 품종 및 사육 밀도에 따른 차이가 없었으나, IL-18 mRNA 발현은 고밀도 사육 시 Cobb 종에서 발현이 감소되었다(P<0.05). 항산화 효소 mRNA 발현은 품종 및 사육 밀도 요인에 따라 SOD와 CAT에서 유의적 차이가 있었다(P<0.05). 이와 같은 결과로 보아 사양 성적은 육계 품종에 따른 요인에 영향을 받지 않았지만, 사육 밀도는 생산성을 감소시켰다. 친염증 사이토카인의 mRNA 발현은 품종 및 사육 밀도에 따른 차이는 적었으나, 항산화 효소는 품종, 사육 밀도 및 장기조직에 따른 발현의 차이가 나타나 체내 항상성 조절에 중요한 지표로서 지속적인 연구가 요구된다.

식이지방과 스트레스가 신경전달물질의 수준에 미치는 영향 (Effect of Dietary Lipids and Stress on Neurotransmitters in Rats)

  • 한효나
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • 제29권5호
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    • pp.472-479
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    • 1996
  • To investigate the effect of dietary lipids and stress on brain catecholamine and serotonin concentration, sixty three weanling male Sprague-Dawley rats(mean body weight$\pm$SD : 171$\pm$3g) were fed a diet containing fish oil, soybean oil or beef tallow and than, each was exposed to three different types of stress, isolated, grouped or cold, respectively. Cold stress seemed to be most severe and living together in a large cage with some playing equipments is more stressful than living alone in a classical small cage evidenced by plasma corticosterone level. Average food intake and body weight gain were not significantly different among exprimental groups. In adrenal catecholamines, norepinephrine was significantly affected by diet and stress and dopamine was by stress. Norepinephrine concentration of the fish oil group was lowest among diet groups. Adrenal epinephrine, however, was not. It was also shown than the cold stress significantly increased the brain norepinephrine concentration. The cold stress significantly induced higher content of brain serotonin than the grouped stress. However, the concentratin of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid(5-HIAA), the metabolite of serotonin, was not significantly different among groups. Therefore, this results suggest that stress affects sympathetic neuronal activity, and fish oil might lighten the burden of stress.

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Anti-stress Effects of Nelumbo nucifera in ICR Mice

  • Kim, Young-Ock;Noh, Huyng-Jun;Lee, Ji-Hyun;Kim, Hyung-Don
    • 한국자원식물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국자원식물학회 2010년도 정기총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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    • pp.4-4
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    • 2010
  • The aim of this study is to investigate anti-stress effect of Nelumbo nucifera extract (NNE) inimmobilization - stressed ICR mice. Stress exposure has induced adrenal gland weight, plasma glucose and level in NNE. The experiments were performed with the use of 9 weeks of age male ICR mice (20-25g) at the time of first treatment with NNE. Animals of the normal group were not exposed to any stress and the control group were exposed to stress. The rats of NNE and Diazepam (BZ) supplementary group were orally administered once a day, 100 mg of NNE, 5 mg of BZ extract/kg body weight and they were exposed to stress. Animals were given supplements for 7 days without stress, and then were given supplements for 5 days with restraining. NNE was effective in decreasing scopolamine induced deficit in passive avoidance test and levels of blood corticosterone which was increased by stress in the mice.

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The Effects of the Hot, Humid Tropical Climate and Early Age Feed Restriction on Stress and Fear Responses, and Performance in Broiler Chickens

  • Al-Aqil, A.;Zulkifli, I.;Sazili, A.Q.;Omar, A.R.;Rajion, M.A.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • 제22권11호
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    • pp.1581-1586
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    • 2009
  • The present study was conducted to determine the effects of two types of housing systems and early age feed restriction on stress and fear reactions, and performance in broiler chickens raised in a hot, humid tropical climate. On day 1, chicks were housed either in windowless environmentally controlled chambers (temperature was set at 32$^{\circ}C$ on day 1 and gradually reduced to 23$^{\circ}C$ by day 21) or in conventional open-sided houses (OH) with cyclic temperatures (minimum, 24$^{\circ}C$; maximum, 34$^{\circ}C$). An equal number of chicks from each housing system was subjected to either ad libitum feeding (AL) or 60% feed restriction on day 4, 5 and 6 (FR). The CH birds showed greater weight gain, higher feed consumption and better feed conversion ratios (FCR) than their OH counterparts. Feeding regimen had negligible effect on overall performance. Neither housing nor feeding regimen had a significant (p<0.05) effect on mortality rate. Although the CH birds were less stressed, as measured by plasma corticosterone concentration (CORT), than those of OH, the former showed longer TI duration suggesting higher magnitude of underlying fearfulness. A significant (p<0.05) effect of housing on heterophil/lymphocyte ratios was only noted among the AL birds where the CH birds had higher values than OH. Collectively, these results suggest that although OH birds had poorer performance and higher level of stress than CH, the former were less fearful. Although FR had negligible effect on growth performance, the regimen alleviated both stress and fear reactions in broilers.

시호(柴胡)와 산장(酸漿) 복합제가 LPS로 유도된 우울증에 미치는 효과 (Effect of Mixture extracted from Bupleuri Radix and Physalidis Herba on the LPS-induced depression in Rats)

  • 이원행;김도훈;이태희
    • 대한본초학회지
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.69-76
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    • 2015
  • Objectives : The effect of mixture extracted from Bupleuri Radix and Physalidis Herba(BR+RH) on the LPS-induced Depression in rats was investigated. Methods : Rats were administered intragastrically BR+PH after injectio of LPS to induce deprssion. Immobility was examined using Tail Suspension Test(TST), Forced Swimming Test(FST). The level of plasma corticosterone was measured by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay(ELISA) method. The expressions of c-Fos, Corticotropin Releasing Factor(CRF), NADPH-d in the Paraventricular nucleus(PVN) and TH in the Locus coeruleus(LC) were measured by immunohistochemical method. Results : In the effect of BR + PH on TST, immobility was significantly decreased comparing with the LPS group. In FST, immobility was shown decrease tendency in the BR+PH group. The expression of c-Fos in the PVN was significantly decreased at BR + PH400 group, comparing with the LPS group. The expression of CRF in PVN was shown dto have the decrease tendency in the BR+PH group, comparing with the LPS group. The expression of NADPH-d in PVN was not significantly decreased at BR+PH groups, comparing with the LPS group. The expression of TH in the LC was shown to have the decrease tendency at BR + RH groups, but not significantly, comparing with the LPS group. Conclusions : Anti-depressant effect of mixture after extracted from Bupleuri Radix and Physalidis Herba was through the anti-inflammatory effect via inhibition of HPA axis. NO and catecholamine system is not involved.

닭에서 사육밀도 및 Lipopolysaccharide 투여가 면역장기 무게, 혈액 생화학적 성상 및 친염증 사이토카인 mRNA 발현에 미치는 영향 (Effects of Stocking Density and Lipopolysaccharide on Immune Organ Weights, Blood Biochemical Profiles and the mRNA Expression of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines in Chicks)

  • 장인석;송민혜;김하나;문양수;손시환
    • 한국가금학회지
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    • 제43권3호
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    • pp.149-157
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구는 닭에서 사육밀도[(대조군(SSD) $495cm^2$/수 vs. 고밀도사육군(HSD) $245cm^2$/수] 및 LPS 투여(5 mg/kg BW)가 다른 각종 생리적 스트레스 지표에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위해 실시되었다. 대조군, HSD군 및 LPS군(5 mg/kg BW)에서 체중 및 장기 무게를 조사한 결과, SSD군과 HSD군간 비교 시 체중은 고밀도사육 시 현저히(p<0.05) 감소하였으나, 간, 비장 및 흉선 무게는 차이가 없었다. LPS 투여군에서는 대조군에 비해 흉선과 F-낭 무게가 유의적(p<0.05)으로 증가하였다. 혈액 생화학적 성분에서 AST, ALT 및 BUN 수준은 SSD군과 HSD군 간에는 차이가 없었지만, LPS군에서 증가되었다(p<0.05). 혈중 Ca, P, CK, uric acid 수준 모두 LPS군에서유의하게(p<0.05) 높았다. 혈중 corticosterone 수준은 LPS군에서 SSD군과 HSD군에 비해 유의적(p<0.05)으로 증가되었으나, SSD와 HSD군 간에는 차이가 없었다. 친염증 사이토카인 mRNA 발현을 조사한 결과, 간 조직의 $IL-1{\beta}$, IL-6 및 iNOS mRNA 발현은 LPS군에서 SSD군에 비해 증가되었으나(p<0.05), SSD군과 HSD군 간에는 차이가 없었다. 흉선 $IL-1{\beta}$, IL-6, IL-18 mRNA 유전자 역시 LPS군에서 다른 군들에 비해 유의하게(p<0.05) 증가되었다. HSD군에서 흉선의 $IL-1{\beta}$는 SSD군에 비해 현저히(p<0.05) 증가되었다. F-낭의 $IL-1{\beta}$ 발현은 LPS군에서 SSD군에 비해 증가되었으나(p<0.05), 다른 사이토카인은 차이가 없었다. 이상의 결과, 고밀도사육에 따른 만성스트레스 요인은 닭의 환경적응성에 따라 생산성을 제외한 다른 지표들의 변화는 적었으나, LPS 투여는 혈액생화학성분 및 친염증 사이토카인 mRNA 발현을 현저하게 변화시켰다.