• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.67-73
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• 2019

We carried out basic research to evaluate covering material for improving and managing contaminated benthic environments in coastal areas. Changes in nutrient concentration such as phosphate, hydrogen sulfide of contaminated sediment, and pH, Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) were investigated through mesocosm experiments for 6 months by covering contaminated sediment with granulated coal ash. Calcium oxide eluted from the granulated coal ash was confirmed to neutralize acidified sediment by increasing pH through hydrolysis. Also, calcium oxide and silica eluted from the granulated coal ash adsorbed and precipitated with phosphate in the sediment. The concentration of phosphate in the sediment investigated decreased by ca. 84.31 %. Similarly, the concentration of hydrogen sulfide decreased by 133.5 mg/L in one month. The hydrogen sulfide is considered to have reacted with substances such as manganese oxide which were eluted from the granulated coal ash and precipitated. Also, it was concluded that the hydrogen sulfide was reduced since anaerobic conditions in the sediment weakened. According to the results of these mesocosm experiments, granulated coal ash was found to be effective to remediate and manage benthic environments by covering the surface layer of sediment.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.1073-1081
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• 2000

The photo-oxidation of an aqueous humic acid solution using $TiO_2$ sols. which is transparent in visible range, was studied. The $TiO_2$ sols were prepared by a process wherein hydrogen peroxide was added to a gel of $TiO(OH)_2$ originated from hydrolysis of $TiCl_4$, and the resulting titanium peroxo solution(TPS) was heated. The concentration of $TiO_2$ used for photo-oxidation was about 100ppm, determined by comparing the photoluminescence(PL) intensity measured as a function of $TiO_2$ concentration. $TiO_2$ sols aged at $100^{\circ}C$ for more than 12h were found to exhibit a maximum rate in photocatalytic decomposition of humic acid. and the efficiency was better than that of Degussa P25. In addition, the resulting aqueous humic acid after photocatalytic decomposition with sols had an excellent transmittance of visible light, while that treated with Degussa P25 was still turbid. caused by $TiO_2$ particles.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.314-319
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• 1997

Sugars in Korean jujube fruit and jujube fruit drinks were studied. The sugars in Korean jujube fruit were extracted by boiling with water for 30min and stirring for 1 hour at 7$0^{\circ}C$ after soaking in the water for 24 hours at 4$^{\circ}C$ followed by crushing. Korean jujube fruit was found to contain 25% of sucrose, 21.2% of fructose and 20.7% of glucose. Korean jujube fruit drinks of V company and H company were found sugar composition of 5.9% and 6.9% of sucrose, 2.2% and 2.1% of fructose and 2.4% and 2.4% of glucose, respectively. No other mono- and oligosaccharides were detected in the test of TLC and HPLC. A viscous material in jujube fruit and jujube fruit drinks was separated by ethanol fractionation, and identified as pectin by 1H-NMR and carbazole analysis. Pectin of Korean jujube fruit, jujube drink of V company and jujube drink of H company was found to contain 61, 58 and 55% of galacturonic acid, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.552-557
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• 1993

Effects of amino acid composition and average hydrophobicity of soybean peptides on serum cholesterol in rats were investigated. Soybean protein(ISP), casein(SCN), their peptic hydrolyzates fractionated by acid precipitations(SHT, SH8, SH6, SH4, CHT), and amino acid mixtures of the same composition as the proteins(SAA, CAA) were prepared to feed to rats. The amino acid composition of the peptides was analyzed by HPLC and the concentration of serum cholesterol in the rats was measured. By data analysis, it was found that there was no relationship between ratio of Lys/Arg or molar ratio of hydrophobic amino acids and serum cholesterol level. And also there was no relationship between the concentration and average hydrophobicity calculated by the method of Tanford, Manavalan, for Meirovitch, only except by the method of Krigbaum(r=-0.736); the higher the average hydrophobicity of Krigbaum was, the lower the concentration of serum cholestrol became.

• Resources Recycling
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.32-38
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• 2004

Recently, Orimulsion (a bitumen-in emulsion) has received increasing attention as an alternative fuel. Orimulsion combusion produces an ash rich in V, Ni and Mg which are processed to recover metals. As a basic study to recover V from Orimulsion ash, physico-chemcial properties and leaching behaviours were investigated. Orimulsion ash was fine size grains ($d_{50}$ 5.9 $\mu\textrm{m}$) with 16% V, 4 % Ni and 9% S. Vanadium was easily leached in water because Orimulsion ash was mainly constituted of metal sulfates. However, the increase of leaching temperature decreased the extraction percentage of vanadium because of hydrolysis of V(V) to vanadium pentoxide. The addition of sulfuric acid could increase the leaching percentage vanadium. In case of alkaline leaching for selective recovery of vanadium, the oxidzing agent such as $H_2$$O_2$ is required to improve the leaching per-centage

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.39-42
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• 1997

Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors were isolated and purified from pig blood plasma. Pig blood plasma was obtained after removing blood cells by centrfugation, followed by the addition of anticoagulant to whole pig blood. To precipitate plasma proteins, pig blood plasma was treated with 4% trichloroacetic acid (TCA) as a final concentration. ACE inhibitors were isolated from plasma protein hydrolysates and TCA supernatant, using ultrafiltration, gel permeation chromatography, and reverse-phase high pressure liquid chromatography. ACE inhibitors isolated from plasma hydrolysates and TCA supernatant had $IC_{50}$ values of $23\;{\mu}M$ and $2\;{\mu}M$, pentapeptide, respectively.

• The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.68-74
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• 1998

벼멸구의 카보후란에 대한 저항성 기작을 구명하기 위해 실내에서 카보후란으로 30세대 도태하여 얻은 저항성계통($LD_{50};\;20.3{\mu}g/g$)과 약제를 12년 동안 처리하지 않은 벼멸구 감수성 계통($LD_{50};\;0.3{\mu}g/g$)을 완충용액과 마쇄하여, 105,000g에서 2시간 원심분리하여 얻은 상등액(에스테라제층)과 침전물(P450-산화효소층)을 효소액으로 하여 $^{14}C$-카보후란을 반응시켜 계통 간 대사물 량의 차이를 조사한 바 저해제(piperonyl butoxide; 산화효소저해제, diethylmalate; 글루타치온 전이효소 저해제, iprobenfos; 에스테라제 저해제)와 보조인자 (NADPH; P-450 산화효소, 글루타치온; 글루타치온전이효소)에 상관없이 카보후란의 대사물과 그 양이 계통간 차이가 없었다. 이상의 결과로부터 저항성 벼멸구에서 일반적으로 곤충에서 생화학적 저항성 기구로 잘 알려진 가수 분해 효소의 일종인 에스테라제와 p-450 산화효소, 글루타치온 전이효소의 활성 증가가 저항성 발달에 관여하지 않음을 알 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.37 no.10
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• pp.933-937
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• 2000

고기능성 전자재료용 TiO$_2$분말 및 박막제조에 사용되는 중간생성물인 TiCl$_4$는 99% 이상의 고순도가 요구된다. 고순도.미립의 TiO$_2$분말 및 TiCl$_4$는 황산법으로 제조한 저순도 TiO$_2$원료를 사용하여 염소화법으로 Ti-염화물 및 염화불순물로 제조한 후, 대부분의 염화불순물들은 3단계 과정을 거쳐 고순화 하였다. 대부분의 염화불순물은 분리.응축 및 분별증류로, VOCl$_3$는 mineral oil을 첨가하여 비등점을 변화시켜, 그리고 미량의 염화불순물은 열가수분해하여 침전시킨 후 유기용제 처리하여 제거하였다. 유기용제 처리는 TiO$_2$분말의 고순도화에 도움이 되었으며, 입자간의 응집을 적게 하여 TiO$_2$입자크기도 작아졌다. 또한 anatase에서 rutile 결정구조로의 전이온도도 낮아지는 부수적인 효과를 보였다.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.23 no.12
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• pp.1486-1494
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• 2013

A high protease-producing strain was isolated and identified from the digestive tract of octopus vulgaris by detecting a hydrolysis circle of protease and its activity. The strain was identified by morphology observation, biochemical experiments, and 16S rRNA sequence analysis. The protease obtained from the strain was purified by a three-step process involving ammonium sulfate precipitation, carboxy methyl-cellulose (CM-52) cation-exchange chromatography, and DEAE-Sephadex A50 anion-exchange chromatography. The properties of protease were characterized as well. The strain Bacillus sp. QDV-3, which produced the highest activity of protease, was isolated. On the basis of the phenotypic and biochemical characterization and 16S rRNA gene-sequencing studies, the isolate was identified as follows: domain: Bacteria; phylum: Firmicutes; class: Bacilli; order: Bacillales; family: Bacillaceae; and genus: Bacillus. The isolate was shown to have a 99.2% similarity with Bacillus flexus. A high active protease designated as QDV-E, with a molecular weight of 61.6 kDa, was obtained. The enzyme was found to be active in the pH range of 9.0-9.5 and its optimum temperature was $40^{\circ}C$. The protease activity retained more than 96% at the temperature of $50^{\circ}C$ for 60 min. Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF) inhibited the enzyme activity, thus confirming that this protease isolated from Bacillus sp. QDV-3 is an alkaline serine protease. Metal ions, $Mn^{2+}$ and $Mg^{2+}$, were determined to enhance the protease activity, whereas $Ba^{2+}$, $Zn^{2+}$, and $Cu^{2+}$ were found to inactivate the enzyme.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.130-139
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• 2016

A bacterial strain, producing an excellent lipolytic enzyme, was isolated from the intestinal tracts of an earthworm (Eisenia fetida). The strain was identified as Aeromonas hydrophila by phenotypic, chemotaxonomic characteristics and 16S ribosomal DNA analysis, and was designated as Aeromona hydrophila PL43. The lipolytic enzyme from A. hydrophila PL43 was purified via 35−45% ammonium sulfate precipitation, DEAE-sepharose fast flow ion-exchange, and sephacryl S-300HR gel filtration chromatography. The yield of the purified enzyme was 3.7% and 2.5% of the total activity of crude extracts with p-nitrophenyl butyrate (pNPB) and p-nitrophenyl palmitate (pNPP) as substrates, respectively. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was approximately 74 kDa using gel filtration, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and zymography. The optimal activity of purified enzyme was observed at 50℃ and pH 8.0 using pNPB, and 60℃ and pH 8.0 using pNPP. The purified enzyme was stable in the ranges 20− 60℃ and pH 7.0−10.0. The activity of purified enzyme was inhibited by PMSF, pepstatin A, Co²⁺, Cu²⁺, and Fe²⁺, but was recovered by metal chelating of EDTA. The K_m and V_max values of the purified enzyme were 1.07 mM and 7.27 mM/min using pNPB and 1.43 mM and 2.72 mM/min using pNPP, respectively.