• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2023

Purpose: In patients with glufosinate poisoning, severe neurological symptoms may be closely related to a poor prognosis, but their appearance may be delayed. Therefore, this study aimed to determine whether the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) score could predict the neurological prognosis in patients with glufosinate poisoning who present to the emergency room with alert mental status. Methods: This study was conducted retrospectively through a chart review for patients over 18 years who presented to a single emergency medical center from January 2018 to December 2022 due to glufosinate poisoning. Patients were divided into groups with a good neurological prognosis (Cerebral Performance Category [CPC] Scale 1 or 2) and a poor prognosis (CPC Scale 3, 4, or 5) to identify whether any variables showed significant differences between the two groups. Results: There were 66 patients (67.3%) with good neurological prognoses and 32 (32.8%) with poor prognoses. In the multivariate logistic analysis, the APACHE II score, serum amylase, and co-ingestion of alcohol showed significant results, with odds ratios of 1.387 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.027-1.844), 1.017 (95% CI, 1.002-1.032), and 0.196 (95% CI, 0.040-0.948), respectively. With an APACHE II score cutoff of 6.5, the AUC was 0.826 (95% CI, 0.746-0.912). The cutoff of serum amylase was 75.5 U/L, with an AUC was 0.761 (95% CI, 0.652-0.844), and the AUC of no co-ingestion with alcohol was 0.629 (95% CI, 0.527-0.722). Conclusion: The APACHE II score could be a useful indicator for predicting the neurological prognosis of patients with glufosinate poisoning who have alert mental status.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.383-393
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• 2019

Streptozotocin (STZ, 45 mg/kg body weight)으로 유도된 Sprague Dawley (SD)계 수컷 흰쥐에 5% 울금을 섭취시켰을 때, 혈청 크레아티닌(creatinine) 및 blood urea nitrogen (BUN)의 농도와 alkaline phosphatase (ALP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), aminotransferase (AST, ALT), 카탈라아제(catalase), 아밀라아제(amylase) 및 리파아제(lipase) 활성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해 본 실험을 수행한 결과, 기본식이를 급여시킨 대조군(control)인 정상군은 BD군, 기본식이 실험군에 5% 울금 급여군(BT군), 당뇨 유발 실험군(BS군)인 질환 모델 대조군(control-diabetic)과 질환 실험군(diabetic, BS군)에 5% 울금을 급여시킨 실험군(ST군)으로 나누었다. 흰쥐의 혈청 크레아티닌 및 BUN 농도와 ALP, AST 및 ALT 활성은 유사한 경향으로 5% 울금의 급여가 감소시킨 것으로 확인되었다. SD계 수컷 흰쥐의 혈청 LDH 활성은 BS군에서 유의적인 차이를 나타내며 높은 활성을 보였으나(p<0.05), 5% 울금의 급여가 감소 효과를 나타내었다(p<0.05). 카탈라아제 활성은 BS군에서 유의적으로 낮은 활성을 나타내었고, ST군에서 활성을 증가시켰다(p<0.05). 혈청 아밀라아제 및 리파아제의 활성은 5% 울금의 급여가 감소시킨 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구 결과, SD계 수컷 흰쥐를 통한 in vivo 실험에서 5% 울금의 섭취가 당뇨, 내인성 항산화 효소 및 간 기능 개선에 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Advances in pediatric surgery
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.100-109
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• 1998

The anomalous pancreaticobiliary duct union (APBDU) might cause the formation of choledochal cyst and malignancies of hepatopancreaticobiliary system. The purpose of this study is to make an experimental animal model of APBDU similar to that of human. One to two-month-old Mongrel dogs (n=12) were divided into two groups; the control group (n=2) had a sham operation performed, and in the experimental group (n=10) the end of distal ' common bile duct (CBD) was anastomosed to the side of the dorsal pancreatic duct making APBDD. Serum was obtained for chemical analysis on the 10th postoperative day. The dogs were sacrificed at the 5th week (n=3), the 6th week (n=3), the 7th week (n=2), the 8th week (n=2) and the 6th month (n=2) after the experimental surgery. With sacrifice, operative cholangiogram was taken, and bile juice was obtained for chemistry and bacterial culture. The en-bloc specimens of the hepatopancreaticobiliary system were removed for microscopic examination. Serum and bile juice amylase levels were elevated in the experimental group(n=10), but not in the control group(n=2). Operative cholangiograms of control group revealed no evidence of bile duct dilatation.. On the other hand, the bile duct in the experimental group was markedly dilated without any evidence of stenosis at the anastomosis site (n=10). Histologic examination of the hepatopancreaticobiliary system in the experimental group resembled the findings of choledochal cyst in human. The APBDU of this animal model can produce bile duct dilatation by pancreaticobiliary reflux. We think that this animal model can be potentially promising for the research about the APBDU associated hepatopancreaticobiliary diseases.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.728-734
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• 1999

Thirty new born crossbred (Bos taurus${\times}$Bos indicus) calves, divided randomly in a $3{\times}2$ factorial design, were fed calf starters containing one of three protein sources i.e., groundnut cake (GN), cottonseed meal (CS) and meat and bone meal (MB) along with either raw (M) or gelatinized maize (MG) for 90d. Milk was fed upto 56d of age. Green oats and respective calf starters were offered from 14d of age onwards ad lib. Clinical profile of serum suggested significantly (p<0.05) higher albumin and lower alanine aminotransferase activity due to CS feeding. Alklaine phosphatase activity varied significantly (p<0.05) among dietary treatments showing interaction between protein and starch sources. Inclusion of gelatinized maize resulted in significantly higher concentration of serum globulin (p<0.05) and alkaline phosphatase activity (p<0.01). reduced (p<0.05) ruminal pH was accompanied by a significant decrease (p<0.01) in $NH_3-N$ concentration in the strained rumen liquor (SRL) of MG fed calves. Ruminal amylase activity was lower (p<0.05) on MG diets. Alanine aminotransferase activity in the rumen exhibited a significant (p<0.01) interaction between protein and starch sources. While feeding of CS significantly (p<0.01) reduced alanine aminotransferase activity, inclusion of thermally processed maize reduced (p<0.01) both aspartate and alanine aminotransferase activities in the rumen. The overall blood picture was similar among treatments, whereas rumen metabolites especially enzyme activities, seems to be altered with source of degradable protein an starch.

• 대한임상독성학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.56-59
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• 2017

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis and portomesenteric venous gas are uncommon radiological findings, but are found commonly in cases of bowel ischemia, or as a result of various non-ischemic conditions. A 72-year-old man visited an emergency center with altered mental status 2 hours after ingestion of an unknown pesticide. On physical examination, he showed the characteristic hydrocarbon or garlic-like odor, miotic pupils with no response to light, rhinorrhea, shallow respiration, bronchorrhea, and sweating over his face, chest and abdomen. Laboratory results revealed decreased serum cholinesterase, as well as elevated amylase and lipase level. We made the clinical diagnosis of organophosphate poisoning in this patient based on the clinical features, duration of symptoms and signs, and level of serum cholinesterase. Activated charcoal, fluid, and antidotes were administered after gastric lavage. A computerized tomography scan of the abdomen with intravenous contrast showed acute pancreatitis, poor enhancement of the small bowel, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, portomesenteric venous gas and ascites. Emergent laparotomy could not be performed because of his poor physical condition and refusal of treatment by his family. The possible mechanisms were believed to be direct intestinal mucosal damage by pancreatic enzymes and secondary mucosal disruption due to bowel ischemia caused by shock and the use of inotropics. Physicians should be warned about the possibility of pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis and portomesenteric venous gas as a complication of pancreatitis following anticholinesterase poisoning.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.446-452
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• 2000

This study was designed to observe the body growth and components of edible mugwort(Artemisia sp.) and medicinal mugwort(Kanghwa medicinal mugwort) . Twenty-four young rats of Sprague Dawley strain, body weight of about 89g were used in this study. They were fed on the basal diet(control diet) supplemented with 5% edible mugwort powder ( EM diet) and 5% medicinal mugwort powder( MM diet) for 4 weeks respectively. In proximate composition of nutrients of mugwort in dry basis(100g). crude protein (16.4g) and crude ash(11.8g) contents of EM were higher to about 2% than that of MM, but crude lipid content(4.3g) of EM was lower to about 2% than that of MM. However, the contents in calcium(6.9g) of MM was higher to 5.3 times than that of EM. but in Mn(17mg), Zn(0.5mg), Fe(131mg), Mg(337mg) of EM were higher to 2.8∼2.3 times and vitamin A(39,776 IU) of EM was higher to 2.9 times than that of MM respectively. Body wight gain rate and diet efficiency ratio of EM and MM diet group were similar to that of the control group. The contents of total protein, albumin, urea nitrogen. creatinine, uric acid, total cholesterol, HDL-C, LDL-C, glucose, amylase, transaminase (GOT, GPT) in serum exhibited no remarkable difference among of the EM and MM diet group but the level of LDH activity of MM diet group were significantly lower than that of the control group and EM diet group.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.260-266
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• 2009

The effects of ${\beta}$-glucosidase on the overall growth performance and a set of physiological parameters of broilers were investigated. 240 male, one-day old Avine broiler chickswere randomly allocated to four treatment groups and fed with a corn-soybean meal supplemented with 0% (control), 0.2%, 0.4% and 0.6% ${\beta}$-glucosidase. The 0.2% ${\beta}$-glucosidase group, but not the 0.4% and 0.6% ${\beta}$-glucosidase groups, showed a significantly increased average daily weight gain (p<0.05) over that of the control. All three ${\beta}$-glucosidase feed groups showed significantly higher feed conversion ratios than the control group (p<0.05). Feed supplementation of 0.2% ${\beta}$-glucosidase significantly raised the contents of serum isoflavone aglycones as shown by decreases of genistin and daizin (p<0.01) and an increase of daidzein (p<0.01). The 0.2% ${\beta}$-glucosidase feeding significantly increased the intestinal amylase activity while it had little effect on lipase and trypsin activities (p>0.05). 0.2% ${\beta}$-glucosidase feeding also significant elevated the levels of highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol and malate dehydrogenase while lowering the level of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). Finally, ${\beta}$-glucosidase improved the anti-oxidative activities of the animals; the 0.2% ${\beta}$-glucosidase feed group had higher activities of superoxide dismutase (p<0.05), glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase in the liver (p<0.05), and malondialdehyde level in the serum (p<0.05).

• 대한약침학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.13-19
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• 2014

Objectives: The present study investigated the protective effect of Wattakaka (W.) volubilis leaf extract against streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in rats. Methods: Male Wistar rats were divided into five groups (with six rats in each group) and were fed ad libitum. The rats were fasted for sixteen hours before diabetes was induced by injecting a single dose of 90 mg/kg body weight of STZ in 0.9-percent normal saline through an intraperitoneal route. The five groups were as follows: Group 1: normal control (saline-treated), Group 2: untreated diabetic rats, Groups 3 and 4: diabetic rats treated orally with petroleum ether cold maceration extract (PEME) of W. volubilis (50 and 100 mg/kg body weight), and Group 5: diabetic rats treated orally with metformin (250 mg/kg body weight). All rats received treatment for 21 days. For the STZ-induced diabetic rats, the blood-glucose, ${\alpha}$-amylase, total protein and alanine transaminase (ALT) levels were measured on days 7, 14 and 21 of the treatment with PEME of W. volubilis and the treatment with metformin. Histopathological changes in the liver were examined with hematoxylin-eosin staining. Morphological changes in the liver were also examined with glutaraldehyde fixation. Results: The treatments with PEME of W. volubilis and with metformin in experimental rats by oral injections for 21 days produced reductions in the levels of serum biochemical markers. Histopathology and scanning electron microscopy results showed that the administrations of PEME of W. volubilis and of metformin suppressed the generation of abnormal liver cells in the STZ-treated rats. Conclusion: These results suggest that both PEME of W. volubilis and metformin have a protective effect against STZ-induced diabetes.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.519-526
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• 1991

평균 체중이 $137.51{\pm}4.84g$인 Sprague-Dawley종 수컷 22마리를 세 군으로 나누어 각각 68% cornstarch 식이(cornstarch군)와 20% sucrose+48% cornstarch 식이(sucrose군), 그리고 20% glycosylsucrose+48% cornstarch 식이(glycosyl-sucrose군)로 6주간 사육하여 glycosyl-sucrose가 혈당 및 혈청 지질 농도, 당 가수분해 효소의 활성에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 사료 섭취량, 체중 증가량 및 사료 효율에 있어서는 세 군간에 유의적인 차이를 볼 수 없었다. Glycosyl-sucrose군에서 공복시의 혈당 농도는 sucrose군과 비교해 차이가 없었으나 포도당 투여 30분 후, 60분 후의 혈당치는 낮은 경향을 보였다. 또한 충혈당바응면적(total integrated blood glucose response area)도 sucrose군에 비해 낮은 경향을 보였다. 혈청 지질 함량은 분석한 지질(중성 지방, 인지질, 총콜레스테롤, HDL-콜레스테롤) 모두에 있어 세 군간에 통계적 유의성은 없었다. 췌장-amylase 활성은 glycosyl-sucrose 군에서 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 소장 점막, 특히 공장과 회장에서의 서당 가수분해 효소 활성은 glycostyl-surcose군이 다른 두 군에 비해 유의적으로 감소되었다. 맥아당 가수분해 효소의 활성은 cornstarch군에 비해 glycostyl-surcose군의 공장과 회장 부위에서 낮게 나타났으며 특히 공장에서는 sucrose군보다도 유의적으로 낮은 수치를 보였다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제39권10호
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• pp.1439-1445
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 체중조절 효과가 우수하고, 부작용이 없는 천연소재를 개발하기 위해 문헌 조사 및 소화 효소 억제실험을 통하여 녹차잎 추출물, 포도씨 추출물, 상엽추출물을 소재로 하여 체중조절 효과가 우수하고 체지방 개선 효능이 있는 식물혼합 추출물(PEM)을 선별하였다. 고지방식이에 의해 유도된 비만 마우스의 몸무게, 지방조직 무게(부고환, 복막후, 장간막 지방) 및 혈청 지질 농도에 식물혼합 추출물이 어떤 영향들을 미치는지 연구하기 위하여, 6주령의 ICR 마우스를 1주일간 적응시킨 후 정상식이를 급여한 정상식이군, 고지방식이(lard 20%; 200 g/kg)를 급여한 고지방식이군과 고지방식이에 식물혼합 추출물을 1%(10 g/kg)을 급여한 PEM군으로 나누어 6주간 사육하였다. 고지방식이를 섭취한 군은 정상식이를 섭취한 정상식이군과 비교하여 혈청 지질 수준, 몸무게, 지방조직 무게가 현저하게 증가하였다. 반면 식물혼합 추출물을 함유하고 있는 식이는 몸무게, 지방조직 무게 및 혈중 총 콜레스테롤, LDL-콜레스테롤, 그리고 중성지방을 고지방식이와 비교하여 현저하게 감소시키는 것을 알 수 있다. 결론적으로 고지방식이 급여로 증가된 체중 및 지방조직 무게를 감소시키고, 혈청지질 조성을 개선시킨 식물혼합 추출물은 고지방 식사로 인한 고지혈증 및 비만과 같은 지질대사 이상을 개선시키는데 긍정적인 영향을 나타내므로 항비만용 건강기능성 식품 소재로써 이용될 가능성을 시사하고 있다.