• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.313-317
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• 2010

This study was conducted in the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) for the occurrence of various surgical affections with their clinical management. During the period of January 2006 to June 2008, a total of 68 adult crocodiles were considered as reference population from the Reptiles Farm Ltd. at Bhaluka, Mymensingh. The occurrence of surgical affections of adult female (88.9%) was significantly (P<0.01) higher than male (11.1%). Prevalence of common surgical affections were wound: 72.2%, fibroma: 11.1% abscess: 5.6%, fracture: 5.6%, tail necrosis: 2.8%, myiasis: 2.8%. Wound was the highest among the affections. Among the identified wounds, biting wound was higher. In summer (57.7%) the occurrence of wound was higher compared to other seasons. In winter season (7.7%) the occurrence of abscess, myiasis, fibroma were higher compared to other seasons. Wounds and fibroma are the major surgical affections in salt water crocodile. The most common site of surgical affection was recorded in crocodile's tail (30.6%). It was suggested that minimal stress, allowing constant and easy access to water, removal of roots of the tree in the basking land of crocodiles pen, basking land of the pen is better filling up by sand, clinical surgical managements are essential for better health and production.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.146-152
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• 2009

Traditional surgical method or injection using filler is performed for soft tissue augmentation. Surgical methods have disadvantage of surgical morbidity. Commercially available injectable materials have the disadvantages such as resorption, short-term effect. repeated application and hypersensitivity. Significant shortcoming of cell therapy using autologous fibroblasts is delay of treatment effect. Chitosan/${\beta}$-glycerol phosphate (GP) solution has thermosensitive property and allows sol-gel transition at physiologic pH and temperature. These properties may resolve the delay of treatment effect. The purposes of this study are to evaluate the viscosity and pH changes of chitosan/${\beta}$-GP solutions and to evaluate the effect of chitosan/${\beta}$-GP solution on fibroblast proliferation and production of collagen. We measured the viscosity and pH as function of temperature, of the solution containing 1:0.7, 1:0.75, 1:0.8 chitosan (1, 10, 100, 700 kDa) /${\beta}$-GP. Fibroblasts from ears of 5 rats were cultured in chitosan/${\beta}$-GP solutions for 3 weeks. Cell proliferation and collagen contents were measured every week with WST (water-soluble tetrazolium salt) assay and Collagen assay respectively. The Results are 1) Chitosan(100 kDa<)/${\beta}$-GP solution (1:0.75) showed sol-gel transition at physiologic pH and body temperature and injectable properties. It will enable to resolve the delay in treatment effect 2) Cell proliferation and total collagen contents of the control group were increased with time. However, these decreased after the 1st week in experimental group 3) Collagen contents in the experimental group are higher than that of control group. Chitosan/${\beta}$-GP solution may provide favorable conditions for cell function

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.44-50
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• 2003

가시파래의 자연 서식지에서 자연채묘 방법과 실내에서 포자방출에 의한 인공종묘생산 기술을 개발하고, 양성시험에 의한 완전한 양식방법을 개발하여 대량생산 가능성을 조사하였다. 가시파래 자연채묘는 자연 서식지의 사니질로 조성된 해역이 적합하였으며, 하계의 착생밀도는 채묘틀이 지면에서 20cm 높이에 시설하는 것이 높았고, 추계에는 40cm 높이에 시설하는 것이 효과적이었다. 가시파래 인공종묘 생산은 성숙한 모조를 12~24시간 음건하여 포자를 방출하고, 포자액이 들어있는 수조에 채묘망을 넣고 24시간 암흑처리하면 포자 착생률이 높게 나타났다. 가시파래 양성은 수심이 낮고 저질이 니질 또는 사니질로 조성된 해역은 지주식으로 시설하며, 수심이 깊고 유속이 빠른 해역은 부류식으로 시설하는 것이 좋았다. 양성장소는 영양염이 풍부하고 파랑에 의한 엽체의 탈락과 시설물 파손이 적은 해역이 양호하였으며, 광합성률을 높이기 위하여 표층노출식으로 시설하는 것이 생산량이 많았다.

• 청정기술
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.325-328
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• 2011

플로렌 구조를 가진 다양한 아크릴계 에폭시 고분자화합물 합성의 전구물질인 9, 9'-비스[4-(2'-하이드록시-3'-아크릴로일옥시프로폭시)페닐]플루오렌 (3)에 대한 원자 효율적 (atom-efficient) 제조방법을 연구하였다. 사차 암모늄 또는 인산염을 촉매를 사용하여 9, 9'-비스[4-(글라이시딜옥시)페닐]플루오렌 (1)을 아크릴산과 개환 에스터화의 효율적 반응을 통하여 9, 9'-비스[4-(2'-하이드록시-3'-아크릴로일옥시프로폭시)페닐]플루오렌 (3)을 높은 수율로 얻을 수 있었다. 알킬 사차염의 종류와 반응조건이 반응에 미치는 영향에 대해 조사한 결과, 촉매의 종류가 반응에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 브롬화사부틸인 촉매(3 mol%) 존재 하에 플로레닐에폭사이드를 아크릴산과 $110^{\circ}C$에서 반응시켰을 때 원하는 생성물을 90% 수율로 얻을 수 있었다. 이 반응은 반응물질 사용량과 화학적 폐기물의 생성량을 최소화한 청정반응이다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.277-286
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• 2007

전 세계적으로 물 부족 문제를 해결하기 위한 한 가지 대안으로서 해수 담수화 기술이 높은 관심을 받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 해수 담수화를 위한 고효율 저에너지 소모 공정으로 떠오르고 있는 역삼투막의 제조를 위해 cellulose triacetate(CTA)의 적용 가능성을 살피고자 하였다. 염소에 대한 안정성과 유기물에 대한 저항성을 가지는 CTA를 사용하여 막을 제조할 시 아세틸화도, 용매, 첨가제와 같은 제막 조성의 변화가 막의 성능에 미치는 것으로 나타난다. 높은 아세틸화도와 CTA의 용매인 다이옥산과 아세톤의 비에서 다이옥산의 함량이 높을수록 높은 유량과 염 제거율을 가지는 막의 제조가 가능하다. 첨가제로는 acetic acid와 maleic acid가 선호된다. 실제 해수 담수화 플랜트에 상용화된 CTA 막($HOLLOSEP^{(R)}$)을 적용해 본 결과 다른 화학적 처리 없이 계속적인 염소 처리만으로 장기간 안정된 유량과 수질을 나타낸다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.263-270
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• 1992

채소 등 작물의 부패균인 Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora의 생육을 억제하는 길항세균을 경작지 표토층으로부터 분리하고 배양조건에 따른 억제력변화를 조사하고, 길항관련 유전자의 소재를 확인하였다. 분리균들중 가장 우수한 억제력을 갖는 S4, S14, S65 균주를 최종 선발하고 Pseudomonas 근연종으로 동정하였다. 523 배지를 사용하여 배양조건에 따른 억제력 변화를 조사한 결과 배지초기 pH를 7-8로 조정하여 $30^{\circ}C$에서 3일간 배양하였을 때 가장 높은 억제력을 보였고, 배지성분중 탄소원으로 mannitol과 sorbitol, 무기염으로 CaCl2를 첨가했을 때 효과적이었으나 질소원에 대한 감수성은 낮았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권11호
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• pp.1891-1907
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• 2016

Yeasts that are present in marine environments have evolved to survive hostile environments that are characterized by high exogenous salt content, high concentrations of inhibitory compounds, and low soluble carbon and nitrogen levels. Therefore, yeasts isolated from marine environments could have interesting characteristics for industrial applications. However, the application of marine yeast in research or industry is currently very limited owing to the lack of a suitable isolation method. Current methods for isolation suffer from fungal interference and/or low number of yeast isolates. In this paper, an efficient and non-laborious isolation method has been developed and successfully isolated large numbers of yeasts without bacterial or fungal growth. The new method includes a three-cycle enrichment step followed by an isolation step and a confirmation step. Using this method, 116 marine yeast strains were isolated from 14 marine samples collected in the UK, Egypt, and the USA. These strains were further evaluated for the utilization of fermentable sugars (glucose, xylose, mannitol, and galactose) using a phenotypic microarray assay. Seventeen strains with higher sugar utilization capacity than the reference terrestrial yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC 2592 were selected for identification by sequencing of the ITS and D1/D2 domains. These strains belonged to six species: S. cerevisiae, Candida tropicalis, Candida viswanathii, Wickerhamomyces anomalus, Candida glabrata, and Pichia kudriavzevii. The ability of these strains for improved sugar utilization using seawater-based media was confirmed and, therefore, they could potentially be utilized in fermentations using marine biomass in seawater media, particularly for the production of bioethanol and other biochemical products.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.883-892
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• 2018

Probiotics, including Enterococcus faecium, confer a health benefit on the host. An Enterococcus strain was isolated from healthy chicken cecum, identified as E. faecium by 16S rDNA gene sequence analysis, and designated as E. faecium L11. To evaluate the potential of E. faecium L11 as a probiotic, the gastrointestinal tolerance, immunomodulatory activity, and lifespan extension properties of the strain were assayed. E. faecium L11 showed >66% and >62% survival in artificial gastric juice (0.3% pepsin, pH 2.5) and simulated small intestinal juice (0.5% bile salt and 0.1% pancreatin), respectively. Heat-killed E. faecium L11 significantly (p < 0.05) increased immune cell proliferation compared with controls, and stimulated the production of cytokines (IL-6 and $TNF-{\alpha}$) by activated macrophages obtained from ICR mice. In addition, E. faecium L11 showed a protective effect against Salmonella Typhimurium infection in Caenorhabditis elegans. In addition, feeding E. faecium L11 significantly (p < 0.05) extended the lifespan of C. elegans compared with the control. Furthermore, genes related to aging and host defense were upregulated in E. faecium L11-fed worms. In conclusion, E. faecium L11, which prolongs the lifespan of C. elegans, may be a potent probiotic supplement for livestock.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2015

Objectives : Persicaria tinctoria belongs to the Polygonaceae family and it has been used as the natural dye traditionally. Also, it is well known that the Persicaria tinctoria is used for treating the following symptoms such as fever, inflammation and edema. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effective source of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agent from various parts of Persicaria tinctoria.Methods : We investigated the antioxidative and anti-inflammatory properties of the Persicaria tinctoria extracts. Antioxidant activities were measured by 1,1-diphenyl-2- picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2, 2'-Azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) radical scavenging activity, Fe²⁺ chelating activity and Reducing power of Persicaria tinctoria extracts. And its inhibitory effect against oxidative DNA damage was evaluated in non-cellular system using φX-174 RF I plasmin DNA. The anti-inflammatory effect of Persicaria tinctoria was measured by using the inhibitory efficacy for the amount of nitric-oxide (NO) produced in LPS induced RAW264.7 cells.Results : The extracts from stem part showed better DPPH scavenging activity compared to those of the leaf and root extracts. Their IC₅₀s were measured as 7.17, 144.40 and 165.07 ug/ml, respectively. These results were similar to that of ABTS radical scavenging assay and reducing power. Also, Persicaria tinctoria showed the protective effects of DNA damage against oxidative stress and anti-inflammatory effect by suppression of NO production in LPS induced RAW264.7 cells.Conclusions : These results showed that various parts of Persicaria tinctoria can be used as an effective source of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents via antioxidative activities and anti-inflammatory effect.

• 대한본초학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2008

Objectives : This study was evaluated to elucidate the inhibitory potential of Bodusan (BDS) and its components, Strychnos ignatii semen (SIS) and Glycyrrhizae Radix (GR), on human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMC) migration and production of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 by $TNF-{\alpha}$ treatment. Methods : Cytotoxic activity of BDS and its components on HASMC was using 5-(3-caroboxymeth- oxyphenyl)-2H-tetra-zolium inner salt (MTS) assay. Effect of BDS, SIS and GR on $TNF-{\alpha}-induced$ HASMC migration underside of matrigel filter was stained with hematoxylin-eosin. And total number of cells that migrated to the underside of the filter was counted. MMP-2 and MMP-9 activity was evaluated by gelatin zymography assay. Results : The matrigel migration assay showed that BDS effectively inhibited the $TNF-{\alpha}-induced$ migration of HASMC. Moreover, BDS significantly inhibited MMP-9 activity. Our present study demonstrates that BDS and its components inhibits $TNF-{\alpha}-induced$ HASMC migration and MMP-9 activity. The inhibitory effect of BDS extract is more potent than that of its component herb extracts. Conclusions : These results provide evidence that BDS has multiple effects in the inhibition of HASMC migration and may offer a therapeutic approach to block HASMC migration.