• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제22권2호통권57호
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• pp.165-170
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• 2007

Elevation of homocysteine levels is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and liver diseases. It has been reported that both streptozotocin-induced type I diabetic rats and obese type II diabetic rats have plasma total homocysteine lower than each control rats. We determined the effects of lean type II diabetes on homocysteine levels using type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats. The concentrations of serum glucose were increased to ${\sim}two-fold$ of control levels and the total cholesterol levels were also increased in GK rats. Hepatic aspartate, histidine, threonine, alanine and methionine levels were significantly increased in GK rats. Plasma aspartate and glutamate levels were elevated, but threonine and arginine levels were decreased in GK rats. Plasma total homocysteine levels were not changed in GK rats, but hepatic total homocysteine levels were increased to ${\sim}three-fold$ of control levels. These results suggest that hepatic metabolism of sulfur-amino acid may be altered in diabetic condition.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제36권8호
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• pp.811-818
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• 2003

We investigated the effects of dietary folate supplementation on plasma homocysteine, vitamin B$_{12}$ and hepatic levels of S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) and S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) in diet-induced hyperhomocysteinemic rats. All animals were fed 0.3% homocysteine diet for 2 weeks, then they were placed either on a 0.3% homocystine or no homocystine with or without 8 mg/kg folate diet for 8 weeks. Homocystine diet induced hyperhomocysteinemia up to 3.5-fold at 10 weeks (28.0 $\pm$ 4.8 $\mu$mol/l vs. 7.9 $\pm$ 0.3 $\mu$mol/l). Dietary folate supplementation caused a significant decrease in plasma homocysteine levels which had been increased by a homocystine-diet. Also, dietary folate supplementation made them return to control levels at 4 wk when the diet was free of homocystine. Plasma folate levels were markedly decreased with homocystine diet with no folate supplementation. Plasma vitamin B$_{12}$ did not differ between groups. Dietary homocystine increased hepatic levels of SAM in folate supplementation group at 10 weeks (p<0.05). Dietary folate supplementation increased hepatic levels of SAM/SAH ratios in homocystine group (p<0.05). In conclusion, dietary folate supplementation can effectively ameliorate the detrimental effects of hyperhomocysteinemia.mia.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.250-256
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• 2000

Hyperhomocysteinemia has been shown to be associated with increased risks for macrovascular angiopathy. The present study was conducted to document the relationship between plasma homocysteine levels and the presence of macrovascular angiopath in patients with Type II diabetes mellitus. Plasma total homocysteine was determined by a HPLC-fluorescence detection method in a total of 238 subjects, 127 diabetic patients and 111 control. Dietary information including folate intake was assessed by a 24-hour recall in a total 113 subjects, 70 diabetic patients and 43 control. Folate intake was significantly lower inn patients with diabetes mellitus than that in the control. The lowered folate intake in the diabetic patients was mainly due to reduced intakes of fruits and vegetables. The average plasma homocysteine level of patients with MA was 14.2$\mu$㏖/L, which was significantly higher than that of either the patients without MA(11.4$\mu$㏖/L) or the control(11.5$\mu$㏖/L). Twenty five percent of the diabetic patients were positively correlated with age (r=0.20), body weight (r=0.28), body mass index (r=0.28), body mass index (r=0.18), diastolic blood pressure (r=0.20), and total cholesterol (r=0.14). cigarette smokers had significantly higher levels of plasma homocysteine than the non-smokers. Further prospective studies are needed to investigate whether folate or other B vitamin supplementation could be beneficial for the prevention of hyperhomocysteinemia or macrovascular angiopathy in the diabetic patients.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.193-200
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• 2011

Objectives: Blood lead and hyperhomocysteinemia have been found to be associated with cardiovascular disease. The objective of the present study was to assess the relationship of lead biomarkers on plasma homocysteine and blood pressure. Methods: To evaluate the effect of lead biomarkers including blood lead on plasma homocysteine and blood pressure in retired lead workers, 66 retired lead workers without any occupational exposure to organic solvent, mercury and arsenic were agreed to participate this study. For the control subjects 42 controls were recruited from same area of retired lead workers with consideration of demographic characteristics. Results: The mean levels of blood lead and ZPP of retired lead workers were significantly higher than control group. There were positive significant correlations between blood lead and plasma homocysteine, also systolic and diastolic blood pressure. The multiple linear regression analysis also reveled that plasma homocysteine was significantly associated with blood lead after adjusting for age, gender, body mass index, lead exposure, smoking and drinking. Diastolic blood pressure was significantly associated with blood lead, plasma homocysteine, and total cholesterol; whereas, systolic blood pressure was significantly associated with plasma homocysteine only. Conclusions: Blood lead showed significant association with plasma homocysteine and blood pressure even after more than mean 10 years from their retirements.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.457-463
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• 1987

2-브로모프로피오닐화된 수지를 이용해 insulin A (1-21) 사슬을 합성하였다. 시스테인의 결사슬은 각각 acetamidomethyl, benzyl, 그리고 benzhydryl기로 보호하였으며 그루타민과 아스파라긴은 p-nitrophenyl기로 활성화하여 합성에 이용하였다. 매 짝지음단계마다 DCC/HOBT coupling agent로 각 아미노산을 축합하였으며 반응의 완결여부는 닌히드린시험으로 측정하였다. 생성물은 NH$_3$/MeOH-Dioxane(v/v 1:1)로 수지로부터 분리하여 DEAE Sephadex A-25와 Sephadex LH-20으로 정제하였으며 최종생산물은 HPLC, electrophoresis로 확인한 결과 순수한 것(>99.9%)으로 나타났으며 총수득율은 6%이었다.

• 약학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.278-285
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• 1993

The anticlastogenic effect of N-acetylcysteine was tested in vivo in mouse bone-marrow micronucleus assay. The frequencies of micronuclei induced by adriamycin (5 mg/kg i.p.) in bonemarrow cells were decreased by the oral administration of N-acetylcysteine at 12 h before adriamycin injection. The observed suppressing effect was not a reflection of a delay in the formation of micronuclei by the cytotoxic effect of N-acetylcysteine. The anticlastogenic effects of SH compound including N-acetylcysteine, cysteine, cystine, S-carboxy methylcysteine and glutathione were also investigated by the multiple pretreatment. Each SH compound was administered orally every day for 5 days and adriamycin (5 mg/kg i.p.) was injected at 24h after the last dose of test compound. N-acetylcysteine and glutathione showed significantly the suppressive effect at dose of 10 and 25 mg/kg for N-acetylcysteine and at the dose of 25 mg/kg for glutathione. Our study suggests that N-acetylcysteine is capable of protecting the chromosomal damages in the normal cells during cancer chemotherapy by adriamycin, and may act as an anticlastogen against induction of micronuclei by superoxide generating agent such as adriamycin.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.1045-1052
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• 2002

Hyperhomocysteinemia, resulted from an interaction between the mutation of MTHFR gene and B vitamin deficiency, is suggested as a possible cause for complications and adverse outcomes of pregnancy. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the intakes of B vitamins and serum homocysteine concentrations with the C677T mutation in the MTHFR genotypes in 135 normal pregnant women of 24-28 weeks of gestation. Dietary intake of B vitamins did not differ among the three genotypes, but the negative correlation between dietary folate intake and the serum homocysteine level was the strongest in the T/T type (r ＝ -0.249) than in other genotypes (C/T: r＝ -0.040, C/C:r＝ 0.126, p＜0.05). Among the subject with the T/T type, the pregnant women who consumed folate less than 50% of the RDA had higher serum homocysteine levels than those who consumed folate greater than 125% of the RDA (10.4$\pm$5.9 vs 7.0$\pm$1.5 $\mu$mol/L, p＜0.05). Serum homocysteine levels were higher in the women with micronutrient supplements than those with no supplements in the T/T type, but such relation was not present in the C/C or the C/T type. In conclusion, serum homocysteine concentrations were influenced by the interrelationship between the MTHFR polymorphisms and dietary folate intake or micronutrient supplementation.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2008

Chemicals for cosmetics, including skin, the skin absorbs some of the research in the field of science or pharmacy recently, about the environment and the health of the heightened interest in skin absorption, and many other human attributes and absorption evaluation studies are underway in various areas. In this study, The effects of commercial permanent wave products to skin which are composed with cysteine and bases using rat. Results are as follows; the content of penetration 4 hours later with steady state and no significant changeable after 20 hours later. In cysteine groups lag time and permeability coefficient of young skin is 3.32hr and $0.102{\mu}g/cm^2{\cdot}hr$, lag time and permeability coefficient of old skin is 4.04hr and $0.106{\mu}g/cm^2{\cdot}hr$. In conclusion of study lag time and permeability coefficient in old skin and wounded skin are faster than healthy skin. We notified that fine rinkle and rash of skin were changeable in the case of treating with permanent wave drugs than normal skin.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.396-404
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 체계적 문헌고찰을 통해 월경곤란증에 관한 요가의 효과를 확인하는 것이다. 자료수집은 체계적 문헌고찰 보고지침(preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis[PRISMA])에 따라 진행하였다. 분석대상 논문은 1966년부터 2018년 11월까지 CINAHL, Cochrane Library, Embase, CycINFO, PubMed 및 KoreaMed 등 전자데이터베이스와 "footnote chasing"를 통해 최종 7편이 추출되었다. 주요 결과는 요가를 적용한 실험군에서 대조군에 비해 생리통 강도 및 기간, 스트레스, 삶의 질, 우울, 불안 및 분노 등에서 유의하게 감소되었고, 생리통 유발인자인 호모시스테인, 성선자극 호르몬, 여포자극호르몬, 황체형성호르몬, 프로락틴 등이 유의하게 감소하는 것으로 보고되었다. 이러한 결과는 요가가 월경곤란증의 완화를 위한 적절한 중재방법임을 암시한다.

• 공업화학
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.579-581
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• 2011

과산화수소에 의한 모발의 화학적 손상을 SEM/EDS, CLSM, FT-IR을 통해 평가하였다. SEM/EDS상에서 과산화수소 처리된 모발은 미처리 모발에 비해 표면의 비늘구조 사이의 간격이 벌어졌고, 구성원소를 분석한 결과 황의 비율이 감소하였으며 산소의 비율은 상대적으로 증가하였다. CLSM 관찰 결과 미처리 모발은 강한 형광을 나타내었지만, 탈색모발은 낮은 형광을 보여주었다. 이는 미처리 모발의 경우 자동형광을 나타낼 수 있는 방향족 아미노산이 많이 존재하는데 비해, 탈색모발은 방향족 아미노산이 파괴되어 형광이 낮게 나온 것으로 볼 수 있다. 또한 FT-IR 분석결과 탈색의 증가에 따라 시스테인산(cysteic acid)이 증가되었으며, 이는 폴리펩타이드 사슬사이에 다리결합을 하고 있는 시스틴의 산화에 의한 것으로 볼 수 있다. 이러한 결과들은 산화적 손상이 S-S 결합을 파괴하고 모발 섬유의 인장력을 낮추어 주는 것을 의미한다.