• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제48권3호
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• pp.159-166
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• 2022

Background: A quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model was adopted in the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH, EU) regulations as well as the Act on Registration, Evaluation, etc. of Chemicals (AREC, Republic of Korea). It has been previously used in the registration of chemicals. Objectives: In this study, we investigated the correlation between the predicted data provided by three prediction programs using a QSAR model and actual experimental results (acute fish, daphnia magna toxicity). Through this approach, we aimed to effectively conjecture on the performance and determine the most applicable programs when designating toxic substances through the AREC. Methods: Chemicals that had been registered and evaluated in the Toxic Chemicals Control Act (TCCA, Republic of Korea) were selected for this study. Two prediction programs developed and operated by the U.S. EPA - the Ecological Structure-Activity Relationship (ECOSAR) and Toxicity Estimation Software Tool (T.E.S.T.) models - were utilized along with the TOPKAT (Toxicity Prediction by Komputer Assisted Technology) commercial program. The applicability of these three programs was evaluated according to three parameters: accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. Results: The prediction analysis on fish and daphnia magna in the three programs showed that the TOPKAT program had better sensitivity than the others. Conclusions: Although the predictive performance of the TOPKAT program when using a single predictive program was found to perform well in toxic substance designation, using a single program involves many restrictions. It is necessary to validate the reliability of predictions by utilizing multiple methods when applying the prediction program to the regulation of chemicals.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.222-228
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• 2020

Background: 20(S)-ginsenoside-Rg3 (C₄₂H₇₂O₁₃), a natural triterpenoid saponin, is extracted from red ginseng. The increasing use of 20(S)-ginsenoside Rg3 has raised product safety concerns. Methods: In acute toxicity, 20(S)-ginsenoside Rg3 was singly and orally administrated to Kunming mice and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats at the maximum doses of 1600 mg/kg and 800 mg/kg, respectively. In the 26-week toxicity study, we used repeated oral administration of 20(S)-ginsenoside Rg3 in SD rats over 26 weeks at doses of 0, 20, 60, or 180 mg/kg. Moreover, a 4-week recovery period was scheduled to observe the persistence, delayed occurrence, and reversibility of toxic effects. Results: The result of acute toxicity shows that oral administration of 20(S)-ginsenoside Rg3 to mice and rats did not induce mortality or toxicity up to 1600 and 800 mg/kg, respectively. During a 26-week administration period and a 4-week withdrawal period (recovery period), there were no significant differences in clinical signs, body weight, food consumption, urinalysis parameters, biochemical and hematological values, or histopathological findings. Conclusion: The mean oral lethal dose (LD₅₀) of 20(S)-ginsenoside Rg3, in acute toxicity, is above 1600 mg/kg and 800 mg/kg in mice and rats, respectively. In a repeated-dose 26-week oral toxicity study, the no-observed-adverse-effect level for female and male SD rats was 180 mg/kg.

• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경성돌연변이발암원학회 2004년도 KSOT/KEMS Fall Annual Meeting
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• pp.122-122
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• 2004

• 한국화재소방학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2002

본 연구는 플라스틱재료 중 비드발포폴리스티렌폼, 압출발포폴리스티렌폼, 연질폴리우레탄폼, 경질폴리우레탄폼, 경질PVC파이프, 비닐장판, 폴리에틸렌폰(비난연), 폴리에틸렌폼(난연)를 대상으로 연소가스 독성평가를 위하여 NES 713 방법에 따라 발생되는 연소가스를 가스텍(GASTEC) 가스검지관을 이용하여 조사하였다. 연구결과 플라스틱재료의 연소시 발생되는 연소가스에 인간이 30분 동안 노출될 경우 사망에 이르는 독성지수 1 이상을 갖고 있었으며, 각 실험체의 독성지수 결과는 4.3∼179.2로 나타났으며 경질 PVC파이프가 179.2로 가장 높았다.

• 생약학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.125-130
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• 1981

Thirty species of Korean medicinal plants which have been frequently used in Oriental herb prescriptions were evaluated on their acute toxicity and potential antitumor activities against P-388 lymphocytic leukemia. The criteria for toxicity evaluation of measuring weight loss, toxicity day survivors and computing log cell kill indicated that 11 species possessed acute toxicity according to the doses administered. No significant antitumor activities were observed while the root of Angelica gigas Nakai (Umbelliferae) exhibited only 24% increased life span.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.919-924
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• 2006

다양한 독성물질 및 이들의 대사산물의 효율적인 생물독성 평가시스템이 지속적으로 개발되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 대분비계 교란물질인 endosulfan, bisphenol A, vinclozolin 및 3,5-dichloroaniline을 대상으로 인간 간암세포주, 지렁이, 효모를 이용한 세포독성 및 성장억제 효과를 평가하였다. 인간 간암세포주 독성평가에서는 endosulfan, 3,5-dichloroaniline, bisphenol A의 순으로 독성이 나타났으며, 지렁이 독성평가에서는 endosulfan, bisphenol A, 3,5-dichloroaniline의 순으로 독성이 나타났다. 효모를 이용한 독성평가에서는 3,5-dichloroaniline, endosulfan, bisphenol A의 순으로 독성이 나타나 다른 시스템과는 부분적인 차이가 나타났으며, vinclozolin의 경우 3가지 독성평가 시스템에서 모두 독성이 나타나지 않았다. 이러한 결과는, 동일한 물질을 서로 다른 생물 독성평가 시스템을 사용하여 평가하는 경우, 부분적인 오류가 나타날 수 있음을 암시하고 있으며, 독성 유무 판단은 가능하더라도, 독성 정량평가 및 독성 정도를 비교하는 것은 어렵다는 것을 제시하고 있다. 또한 본 결과는, 다양한 물질 및 이들의 대사산물의 일차적 독성평가에는 지렁이 및 효모시스템이 빠르고 경제적임을 암시하고 있으며, 독성이 인정될 경우 인간세포주 및 동물시험에 의한 검증이 효율적이라고 판단된다.

• Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.263-269
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• 2006

Deficiencies in the early ADMET(absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination and toxicity) information on drug candidate extract a significant economic penalty on pharmaceutical firms. Microscale cell culture analogue-microscale gastrointestinal(${\mu}CCA-{\mu}GI$) device using Caco 2, L2 and HEp G2/C3A cells, which mimic metabolic process after absorption occurring in humans was used to investigate the toxicity of the model chemical, acetaminophen(AAP). The toxicity of acetaminophen determined after induction of CYP 1A1/2 in Caco 2 cells was not significant. In a coculture system, although no significant reduction in viability of HEp G2/C3A and L2 cells was found, approximately 5 fold increase in the CYP 1A1/2 activity was observed. These results appear to be related to organ-organ interaction. The oral administration of a drug requires addition of the absorption process through small intestine to the current ${\mu}CCA$ device. Therefore, a perfusion coculture system was employed for the evaluation of the absolution across the small intestine and resulting toxicity in the liver and lung. This system give comprehensive and physiologic information on oral uptake and resulting toxicity as in the body. The current ${\mu}CCA$ device can be used to demonstrate the toxic effect due to organ to organ interaction after oral administration,

• 생물정신의학
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.46-55
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• 1998

Any compound which disrupts the integrity of psychological aspects of performance, in particular, cognitive ability and psychomotor function analogous to the psychological behaviors of routine life, is known to be behaviorally toxic. A significant level of behavioral toxicity will interfere with patient safety and quality of life, and also may be counter-therapeutic by exacerbating the condition that the drug was prescribed for. Now, behavioral toxicity of psychotropic drugs has become one of the main growth areas of psychopharmacological research. Evaluation of the potential of drug-induced behavioral toxicity is important not only to the experimental researcher involved in human psychopharmacology, but also to the clinical practitioner treating psychiatric patients. This article attempts to describe behavioral toxicity of the three classes of psychotropic drugs - benzodiazepines, antidepressants and neuroleptics. After a brief discussion of some methodological issues arising in the investigation of behavioral toxicity, each of these drug classes is reviewed in the context of practical importance rather than purely scientific concern. The last session summarizes some suggestions for future studies on drug-induced behavioral toxicity.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.108-113
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• 2006

독성물질의 무독화 연구의 화학적 분석방법의 문제점을 보완하고, 난분해성 독성물질의 분해 미생물을 효율적으로 탐색하기 위해, 지렁이와 microplate를 이용한 빠르고 간편한 독성평가 시스템을 구축하였다. 본 방법은 지렁이의 사육이나 특수시설이 필요하지 않으며, 치사 및 무게감소가 현저하게 나타나지 않는 저농도, 단기간 처리시에도 신속하게 독성의 정량평가가 가능하다 실제 endosulfan 및 다양한 endosulfan 유도체, 구조적 유사체 등을 대상으로 독성 평가한 결과, endosulfan, endosulfan sulfate, aldrin 및 dieldrin 에서만 독성이 나타나 기존의 연구결과와 잘 일치하였다. 이를 이용하여 endosulfan분해 및 무독화 균주 선별을 시도한 결과, 기존 endosulfan분해 및 무독화 균주로 선별된 KE-1, KE-8, KS-2P균주 처리의 경우에는 지렁이의 독성이 거의 나타나지 않았으나, E. coli, B. subtilis, 및 YSU 균주들을 처리한 경우에는, 지렁이 사멸과 함께 심각한 독성이 나타났다. 따라서, 본 시스템은 독성물질의 독성평가뿐 아니라, 독성물질의 분해 및 무독화 미생물 선별에 매우 유용함을 확인하였다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.229-238
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• 2000

The purpose of reproductive toxicity studies is to evaluate all effects resulting from paternal or maternal exposure that interfere with conception, development, birth, and maturation of offspring. In 1966, the US Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) published guidelines for a three-segment study for drug testing to examine adverse effects on fertility and pregnancy. Three segments were proposed: Segment I, Study of Fertility and General Reproductive Performance, to provide information on breeding, fertility, nidation, parturition, neonatal effects and lactation: Segment II, Teratological study, to provide information on embryo toxicity and teratogenicity: and Segment III. perinatal and Postnatal Study, to provide information on late fetal development, labour and delivery, neonatal viability, and growth and lactation. The classic guideline is still used to this day with only monor modification throughout the world. In the present review, the principles and methods of reproductive toxicity studies are discussed with special attention given to scientific issues.