• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2007

Six week-old ICR mite which were divided into four groups including NC, RC, RR and RS were injected with sun ginseng (RS), red ginseng (RR) and saline (RC) intraperitonedlly as an amount of 60 mg/g body weight at 1 hour, 12 hours and 36 hours before the irradiation of high-energy X-ray and the mire were sacrificed at three and a half days after the irradiation. The RS group were significant increase in the weight of spleen (p<0.01) and the numbers of jejunal crypt cells (P<0.01), WBC (p<0.05), lymphocytes (p<0.05) and neutrophils (p<0.05) in comparison with the RC group. The RR group were significant increase in the numbers of jejunal crypt cells (p<0.001), WBC (p<0.05) and neutrophils (p<0.05) in comparison with the RC group. The RS group exhibited a more increase in the weights of spleen and thymus and the numbers of jejunal crypt cells and all items of hematological examination than the RR group. The values of ALT (alanine transaminase) and AST (aspartate transaminase) were significantly elevated (p<0.05) by radiation and they were significantly decreased (p<0.05) in the RS group to the values of the NC group. Taken together the above results, sun ginseng demonstrated a jejunal crypt survival effect, the protective effects on hepatocytes and immune and hematopoietic cells in mice irradiated with high-energy X-ray, and those radiation protective effects were a little higher in comparison with red ginseng.

• Advances in Traditional Medicine
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.245-251
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• 2006

We examined the radioprotection effects of acupoint (acupuncture point) stimulation during organogenesis stages of ICR mice. Pregnant mice received 1.5 Gy whole body X-irradiation on day 8 of gestation, which is the early stage of organogenesis. The embryonic death rate and teratogenesis rate by radiation were examined. Electroacupuncture to the leg acupoints and/ or transcutaneous stimulation to the back acupoints on the pregnant mice showed no protective effect against irradiation on embryonic or fetal death rate. On the contrary, the strong stimulation resulted in increase in the mortality after irradiation rather than protection. However acupoint stimulation to the pregnant mice never showed harmful effects by itself on embryos. It tended to reduce the skeletal malformations induced by X-ray irradiation. We suspect that acupoint stimulation removed the cells injured by irradiation during embryonic development, resulting in an increase in embryonic death rate and reduction in skeletal anomalies.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 1995

본 연구에서는 유전자 손상회복에 관여하는 단백질을 이용하여 돌연변이 생성을 억제시키는 물질로서 알려진 cobaltous chloride가 유전자 손상회복에 미치는 영향을 연구하므로서 방사선으로 인한 손상방지 및 방사선 방어효과에 대한 적용가능성을 평가하였다. Cobaltous chloride가 RecA 단백질의 기능에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과 RecA 단백질에 의한 DNA strand exchange 반웅에 있어 cobaltous chloride 처리로 RecA 단백질이 $_{ss}DNA$로 부터 SSB 단백질과 더 효과적으로 경쟁함으로써 안정된 $RecA-_{ss}DNA$ complex의 형성을 유도하고, 증가된 ATPase활성에 의한 ATP 가수분해로 손상된 DNA의 회복이 촉진될 수 있다는 사실을 입증 해주고 있다. 또한 RecA단백질은 UV에 의해 손상된 supercoiled DNA에 더 효과적으로 결합됨이 관찰되었으며 UV 선량과도 상관관계가 있음을 확인하였다. 따라서 이와 같은 연구결과들은 방사선으로 인한 유전적인 손상방지 및 방사선 방어효과에 관한 연구에 적용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.287-299
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• 2011

Pharmacological effects of Panax ginseng have been demonstrated in cardiovascular system, endocrine secretion and immune system, together with antitumor, anti-stress and anti-oxidant activities. Modern scientific data show protective effect of ginseng against bone marrow cell death, increased survival rate of experimental animals, recovery of hematopoietic injury, immunopotentiation, reduction of damaged intestinal epithelial cells, inhibition of mutagenesis and effective protection against testicular damages, caused by radiation exposure. And also, ginseng acts in indirect fashion to protect radical processes by inhibition of initiation of free radical processes and thus reduces the radiation damages. The research has made much progress, but still insufficient to fully uncover the action mechanism of ginseng components on the molecule level. This review provides the usefulness of natural product, showing no toxic effects, as an radioprotective agent. Furthermore, the further clinical trials on radioprotection of ginseng need to be highly done to clarify its scientific application. The effective components of ginseng has been known as ginsenosides. Considering that each of these ginsenosides has pharmacological effect, it seems likely that non-saponin components might have radioprotective effects superior to those of ginsenosides, suggesting its active ingredients to be non-saponin series. These results also show that the combined effects of saponin and non-saponin components play an important role in the radioprotective effects of ginseng.

• 고려인삼학회:학술대회논문집
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• 고려인삼학회 2002년도 학술대회지
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• pp.385-391
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• 2002

Panax ginseng (family- Araliaceae) is a native plant of Korea and has been used for past several years among oriental people. To evaluate the radioprotective potential of P. ginseng on the formation of giant cells in the testis of Swiss albino mice, the animals were divided into four groups: -(I)-Only vehicle was administered. (II)P. ginseng treated group: -The animals received 10 mg/kg body weight P. ginseng root extract (in DDW) i.p. continuously for 30 days. (III) Irradiated group: -The animals were exposed to 8 Gy gamma radiation at the dose rate of 1.69 Gy/min at the distance of 80 ems. (IV) Combined treatment group: -Animals were given P. ginseng extract for four days and on fourth day they were irradiated to 8 Gy gamma radiation after 30 minute of extract administration. The animals of these three groups were autopsied on day 1,3, 7, 14 and 30 days. In ginseng treated group, active spermatogenesis was observed without any toxic effect. Histopathological studies of irradiated group (II) revealed reduction in germ cell count, loss of sperms and formation of multinucleated giant cells on day 7th. These giant cells were formed by round nuclei of early or late spermatids. In combination group (III), although germinal epithelium was still disorganized with loss of cells in few tubules, but no giant cell formation was observed. In order to know the mechanism of radioprotection of ginseng, LPO and GSH were estimated. It was observed that pretreated irradiated animals showed inhibition of LPO and increase in GSH. Thus the present study suggests ginseng protects male gonads. This may be attributed to the inhibition of LPO and increase synthesis of GSH byginseng.

• 한국방사선학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.247-255
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 항산화 식품으로 알려진 흰점박이꽃무지 유충 추출물의 방사선 방호효과를 규명하는 것이다. 90 마리의 암컷 Sprague-Dawley Rat을 일반군(NC Group), 흰점박이꽃무지 유충추출물투여군 (PBE Group), 방사선조사군 (IR Group), 흰점박이꽃무지 유충 추출물 투여후 방사선조사군 (PBE+IR Group), 방사선조사 후 흰점박이꽃무지 유충 추출물 투여군 (IR+PBE Group)의 5개 군으로 분류하였다. 방사선은 7 Gy의 Co-60 감마선을 전신조사 하였고, 흰점박이꽃무지 유충 추출물은 14일 동안 1 일 1 회 200 mg/kg으로 경구투여 하였다. 방사선 조사 후 1 일, 7 일, 21 일 후의 혈구 성분변화, 항산화 (SOD) 활성변화, 비장 지수 변화, 자궁과 난소의 조직병리학적인 변화를 관찰하였다. 실험결과 혈구 성분은 21일차에 림프구, 적혈구에서 IR Group보다 PBE+IR (p<0.01, p<0.05)와 IR+PBE Group (p<0.01, p<0.01)에서 유의한 방사선 방호가 나타났다. 항산화 활성도에서는 IR Group 보다 PBE+IR (p<0.01)와 IR+PBE Group (p<0.01)에서 유의하게 증가한 활성이 나타났다. 비장 지수는 IR Group 보다 PBE+IR Group (p<0.05)과 IR+PBE Group (p<0.01)에서 유의한 방사선 회복이 나타났다. 조직병리학적인 변화에서는 IR Group과 비교하여 난소에서는 PBE+IR Group에서, 자궁에서는 PBE+IR Group과 IR+PBE Group에서 세포질의 팽창과 핵의 응축 및 세포 고사가 다소 감소된 것이 관찰되었다. 이는 흰점박이꽃무지 유충 추출물이 방사선 조사에 따른 혈구 및 생식기에 대한 방사선 방호효과가 있는 것으로 판단되고 방사선 방호제 연구에 유용하게 사용될 것으로 기대된다.

• 환경생물
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.543-549
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• 2004

Ixeris dentata is a typical oriental herb. It is a widely distributed perennial in Korea, Japan and China, which belongs to the Compositae Family. The whole plant of I. dentata has been used for the treatment of pneumonia, contusion, tumor and hepatitis. It has also been used for the treatment of allergic diseases as a folk therapy in Korea. I. dentata is known to have aliphatics, triterpenoids and sesquiterpene glycosides in its composition. The present study was designed to explore the protective effects of water- and ethanol- extracts from I. dentata on irradiated rodents. For oral administration (twice per day), the extractive powder of I. dentata and the positive control (ascorbic acid) were dissolved at a concentration of 0.5 and 250mg $ml^{-1}$ in saline, respectively. Thirty days after irradiation, the ratio of the weight of the testis to the body weight was lower than 50% in the radiation groups than the control group. The ALP concentrations in the group treated with the water-extracts of the leaf were $79.68\pm{1.39%}$ (p<0.05) of those of the radiation control. Both of the SGOT and SGPT in the group treated with the ethanol-extract of the root were $72.68\pm{0.95}\;and\;77.87\pm{5.74}$ (p<0.05) of those of the radiation control, respectively. The levels of DNA damage induced by gamma radiation decreased in the experimental group to which the extracts of I. dentata were administered before irradiation. In conclusion, these results indicate that the extracts of I. dentata have an excellent ability to reduce the radicals and they have a protective effect on DNA breakage caused by radiation.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.206-219
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• 2010

To establish the fundament for EBM of Traditional Korean Medicine, the papers on Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang) frequently used in medical institutions of Traditional Korean Medicine were analyzed through researching domestic and international papers. The papers were classified by the registration of domestic or international journals, the year of publishment, experimental fields and the kinds of studies on biological activities. Of total 228 papers on Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang), 121 volumes were selected according to creteria. 47 volumes were published in domestic journals, 71 in Chinese journal, 2 in Japanese journal, and 1 in Taiwan journal. The papers on instrumental analyses were preceeded by HPLC, MS, GC with standard compounds of herbal medicine in Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang). The papers on biological activities of Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang) showed improvement of gastrointestinal activity and blood circulation, immunoactivity, anti-cancer, anti-oxidant, anti-fatigue, anti-stress, pharmacokinetics, hepatic protection, radioprotection, muscular activity, hematopoiesis and nontoxical effect. Further studies including gastrointestinal disorder, immune related disease, cancer, oxidative injury and pharmacokinetic study need to be preceeded to establish the fundament for EBM of Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang).

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제56권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2016

When exposed to gamma-rays, hair follicular cells immediately go through apoptosis, which hampers their rapid differentiation essential for the regeneration of hair. Phloroglucinol (PG) is a phenolic compound of Ecklonia cava, brown algae abundant in Jeju island, Korea. Containing plentiful polyphenols, PG is known for its instructive effects by inhibiting apoptosis, scavenging oxygen radicals, and protecting cells against oxidative stress. In this study, we demonstrate that PG rescues radiosensitive hair follicular cells from gamma radiation-induced apoptosis and DNA damage. To identify protective capacity of PG on hair follicles, we irradiated with 8.5 Gy (1.5 Gy/min) of gamma-rays to the whole body of C57BL/6 mice at day 6 after depilation with or without PG. In mice exposed to radiation, the expression of proapoptotic molecule p53 was downregulated in the skin of PG treated group. On immunohistochemical observation of the skin, PG inhibited the immunoreactivity of p53 and cleaved caspase-3. PG treatment protected hair follicular cells from cell death due to gamma-radiation. Our results suggest that PG presents radioprotective effects by inhibiting apoptosis of radiosensitive hair follicular cells and can protect hair follicular cells from gamma-ray induced damage.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 1982

Cysteamine(Mercaptoethylamine, MEA), S-2-Aminoethyl isothionronium Bromide HBr(AET) 및 S-2(2-Aminoethyl) Dihydrogen phosphorothioate(WR-638)들을 합성(合成)하고 이들 각각(各各) 또는 그들의 혼합물(混合物)의 $^{60}Co$ ${\gamma}$-선(線) 방사선(放射線)에 대(對)한 장해방호효과(障害防護效果)를 ICR생쥐를 사용(使用)하여 검토(檢討)하였다. 조사전(照射前) 15분(分)에 복강내(腹腔內)에 약제(藥劑)를 투여(投與)하고 그 효과(效果)를 검토(檢討)한바 MEA, AET 및 그들 혼합물(混合物)에 있어서는 약독작용(藥毒作用)이 관찰(觀察)되었으나 WR-638 및 AET와의 혼합물(混合物)에서는 약독작용(藥毒作用)이 경미(輕微)하거나 또는 거의 없었다. 시험(試驗)한 각각(各各)의 화합물(化合物) 및 그 혼합물(混合物)들은 $^{60}Co$ $\gamma$-선(線) 방사선(放射線)에 대(對)한 방호효과(防護效果)를 나타냈으며 AET와 WR-638의 혼합물(混合物)에 있어서는 부가(附加)된 방사선(放射線) 방호효과(防護效果)가 관찰(觀察)되었다.