• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.168-173
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• 2000

Two diterpenes and one new sucrose isovaleryl ester having inhibitory effects on melanogenesis in B16 mouse melanoma were isolated from Euphorbiae Lathyridis Semen which has been used in traditional medicine for cancer, tumors and warts. New sucrose isovaleryl ester was identified as ${\alpha}-D-glucopyranoside$, $3,4,6-tris-O-(3-methyl-l-oxobutyl)-{\beta}-D-fructofuranosyl$, 2,6-bis(3-methylbutanoate) and two diterpenes were identified as ingenol-20-palmitate and 5,10-diacetyl-3-benzoyllathyrol$(Euphorbia\;factor\;L_3)$ from their spectral data.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.221-226
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• 1990

To detect prophages and bacterioeins, twenty strains of Bacillus circulans were treated with mitomycin C. The resulted lysates were subjected to electron microscopy, and also examined for killing and plaque-forming activities. Fifteen strains showed killing activity on two or more strains of Bacillue circulans. Killing agents were centrifuged in linear 5 to 20% sucrose gradient, and studied with electron microscopy which revealed the presence of particles.They looked morphologically like phage tail of 190 nm long with fiber (FA9, FA5) or without fiber (FA1, FA6), T even phage-like particle with a head of 50 nm in diameter and a tail of 140 nm long (FA7), or T7 phage-like particle with a head of 70 nm in diameter and a tail of 20 nm long (FA17). The killing agent of FA17 showed phage-forming activity on several strains different from killing sensitive strains of Bacillus circulans.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.79-82
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• 1985

The experiment of protoplast regeneration and reversion were undertaken to provide a basic techniques for protoplast manipulation. Protoplasts of Pleurotus florida and Pleurotus ostreatus were reverted to normal hyphal growth and the reversion frequency of both fungal protoplasts were $0.24{\sim}3.19%$. Reversion medium stabilized with 0.6 M potassium chloride and sucrose was better than the other stabilized one. The protoplast reversion frequency was increased when various amino acid and vitamin compounds were added to the hypertonic mushroom complete agar medium.

• Food Quality and Culture
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.13-19
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• 2008

Recently, though mulberry's superiority as a functional food has been proven, its use as a food material is limited. Therefore, in this study, to develop jelly using mulberry that is compatible with Korean tastes as health functional food by grafting the method to manufacture jelly consumed as a dessert or a snack in the west, according to the central composite design, mulberry jelly was produced by varying the content of citric acid ($X_1$), sucrose ($X_2$), and gelatin ($X_3$) at 5 levels. And by applying the response surface methodology, rheology and sensory preference experiment results were analyzed, the optimization of mulberry jelly manufacturing condition was carried out, and studies on the analysis of composition were performed. As the sensory preference of mulberry jelly, except the flavor, the remaining hardness, elasticity, sweetness, color, and the overall quality were found to be significant. And similarly, it was found to be influenced greatly by gelatin content generally. Based on the overlapped part of categories, in the range of factors that satisfy all the sensory categories, the value located in the middle was calculated, the optimization point was obtained, and it was found to be 6.2 g citric acid, 141.0 g sugar, and 13.5 g gelatin.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.51-55
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• 2004

The most commonly used inorganic nutrient compositions such as Murashige & Skoog medium have been optimized for heterotrophic growth. Therefore, they may not be optimal for photomixotrophic and photoautotrophic growth of plantlets. In photomixotrophic micropropagation, emdium sugar level is often lowered, while light and $CO_2$ levels in vessel are raised, and chlorophyllous explants are used to facilitate photosynthetic carbon acquisition. In a factorial experiment effect of addition (+) and omission(_) of organic materials (OM, 0.5 g ${\cdot}$ $m^{-3}$ each of thiamine, nicotinic acid and pyridoxine and 100 ${\cdot}$ $m^{-3}$ myo-inositiol) combined with three sucrose levels (0, 15, and 30 kg ${\cdot}$ $m^{-3}$) was tested on the growth of potato plantlets. Each of nodal cuttings with a leaf was cultured on 0.1${\times}$$10^{-4}m^{-3}$) MS agar ( 8 kg ${\cdot}$ $m^{-3}$) medium (pH 5.80 before autoclave) in glass test tubes (100 mm${\times}$25mm) capped with a sheet of transparent film with a 6 mm diameter gas permeable filter (5.1 air exchanges ${\cdot}$$h^{-1}$). Cultures were maintained in a room for 27 days at $23^{\circ}C$, 50% RH, 350-450${\mu}mol\;{\codt}\;mol^{-1}CO_2$, 16 h ${\cdot}$ $d^{-1}$ photoperiod at 13${\mu}mol\;{\codt}\;m\;{\codt}\;s^{-1}$ PPFD provided by white cool fluorescent lamps. Growth of potato plantlet in the +OM and -OM treatments were similar, while medium pH was 0.2 scale lower in the latter. Dry weight, % dry matter, and stem diameter enhanced, while shoot to root dry weight ratio, leaf area, chlorophyll concentration per gram dry weight, and medium pH decreased with increasing initial sucrose level. Interaction between OM and sucrose levels was observed in shoot length and medium pH. Results indicate that OM can be omitted from the medium without detrimental effect while addition of sucrose was beneficial for the photomixotrophic growth of potato plantlets under raised light and $CO_2$.

• Journal of Embryo Transfer
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.19-24
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency of slow freezing with that of vitrification method for the cryopreservation of human embryos. Human embryos were derived from in vitro fertilization (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and the mixed solution of propanedial (1.5, 1.0, 0.5M PROH) and sucrose (0.1M), ethylene glycol (7.5, 15%), dimethyl sulfoxide (7.5, 15% DMSO), sucrose (0.5, 1.0M) and SPS (Serum Protein Substitute) was used for a cryoprotectant for slow freezing and vitrification solution, respectively. Rates of recovery after thawing, morphological normality, post-thaw viability, arrest, morphological abnormality and preimplantation development were compared between two protocols. After freezing-thawing, recovery and survial rate of slow freezing was (88.6% and 73.4%), whereas vitrification was (99.2% and 96.2%) (p<0.05). The arrest rate of slow freezing was significantly lower compared with those of vitrification(8.7% vs 29.9%) (p<0.05). Preimplantation development to the 2-cell (83.8% vs 67.7%), 4-cell (69.0% vs 47.2%) and 8-cell (62.4% vs 37.8%) stages 24, 48 and 72 h after thawing, respectively, were higher in the slow freezing than the vitrification. After slow freezing and vitrification of human embryo at 2-8cell stage, the rate of recovery rate, survival rate and partial damage rate were 92.0% vs 100%, 80.4% vs 96.2% and 52.2% vs 19.0%, respectively. And partial damage rate was significantly lower than those of slow freezing method (p<0.05). These results demonstrate that a slow freezing using PROH is more efficient than a vitrification for cryopreserving the human zygotes, although the vitrification yielded better recovery, survival and partial damage of frozen-thawed 2-8 cell stage embryos than slow freezing method.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.46 no.7
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• pp.822-832
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• 2017

This study analyzed contents of organic acids, free sugars, and volatile flavor compounds by type of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.). Organic acids in dried Jerusalem artichoke were mainly composed of malic acid, citric acid, and succinic acid. Sucrose, fructose, and glucose were the major sugar components of dried Jerusalem artichoke. Free sugars were more abundant in the white colored sample than in the purple colored sample. In contrast, purple colored sample contained more organic acids than the white colored one. Volatile compounds in Jerusalem artichoke were investigated using the solid-phase micro-extraction method of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. A total of 117 volatile compounds were identified in Jerusalem artichoke, and chemical classification was as follows: 5 acids, 13 alcohols, 19 aldehydes, 12 hydrocarbons, 15 ketones, 8 miscellaneous, 27 pyrazines, and 18 terpenes in all samples. Terpene was the most abundant in Jerusalem artichoke, and ${\beta}$-bisabolene was the main component in terpenes. The second most common compound was aldehyde, and hexanal was the highest. Pyrazines were the most abundant in the roasted samples, and 2,5-dimethyl-3-ethylpyrazine was present at the highest level, followed by 2,5-dimethylpyrazine. Compared with purple samples, main compounds contained in white samples were aldehydes and hydrocarbons, whereas the major compounds in purple samples were terpenes and alcohols.

• Journal of Embryo Transfer
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.245-250
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• 2001

This study was performed to evaluate whether vitrification method using ethyle glycol and eletron microscopic (EM) grid could be used far the cryopreservation of human oocytes in ART program. Surplus oocytes were obtained from consented IVF patients. These surplus human oocytes were frozen with our vitrification method, Oocytes were exposed to 1.5M ethylene glycol (EG) in DPBS far 2,5 minutes, followed by 5.5M EG plus 1.0M Sucrose in DPBS for 20 seconds. Then oocytes were transferred onto the EM grid and the grid was plunged into LN2 for storage. For thawing, oocytes containing EM grid were sequentially transferred in 1.0M, 0.5M, 0.25M, 0.125M and 0 M sucrose in DPBS solution at the intervals of 2.5 minutes. Thawed and survived oocytes were provided for ICSI. Embryos from vitrified oocytes were transferred to uterus of the patient on 4 to 5 days after ovulation in natural cycles of on 15 to 17 day of hormone replacement cycles. A total of 370 oocytes from 26 patients were thawed and 159 (43.0%) of them survived. One hundred thirty four oocytes (84.3%) were fertilized normally and 126 pre-embryos were transferred to 26 patients, resulting in 5 clinical pregnancies. The pregnancy rate per transfer was 19.2% and implantation rate was 4.0%. Among the five pregnant, 4 patients delivered 4 healthy babies and the one patient was 32-week ongoing pregnancy. From this results, vitrification using ethylene glycol as cryoprotectant and EM grid is a rapid and simple method that can be effectively applied for the cryopreservation of human oocytes in ART program.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.281-285
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• 2005

To establish the mass proliferation system of Ardisia pusilla DC, the shoot tips of Ardisia pusilla DC were cultured on the MS and half-strength MS medium supplemented with $0{\sim}5.0$ mg/L BA or $0{\sim}0.5$ mg/L thidiazuron(TDZ), respectively. A few multiple shoot formation observed when the shoots were cultured on MS medium containing TDZ. However, the frequency of multiple shoot formation was reached up to 82.4%, when the shoots were cultured on half-strength MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg/L BA. Also the number of shoot per explant was 7.1. To promote rooting from multiple shoot, newly formed shoots were transferred to half-strength MS medium containing 0.5 mg/L IBA or 0.5 mg/L NAA, respectively. Regenerated plantlets were grown to normal mature plants in soil.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.105-110
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• 1993

Inulin fructotransferase from Enterobacter sp. S45 was purified with DEAE-cellulose column chromatography and fast protein liquid chromatography. The purified enzyme gave a single band on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The molecular weight was estimated to be 42,800 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The optimal pH and temperature for the enzyme reaction were pH 5.5 and $55^{\circ}C$, respectively. $Mg^{2+}$ activated the enzyme activity, but $Fe^{3+}$, $Cu^{2+}$, $Hg^{2+}$ significantly inhibited. After exhaustive digestion of inulin by the enzyme, DFA III, sucrose, 1-kestose and nystose were produced. Sucrose, 1-kestose, raffinose and melezitose can't be used as substrates by the enzyme, but nystose and 1-F-fructofuranosyl nystose were hydrolysed. The Km and Vmax for inulin of the enzyme were 1.4 mM and $0.196\;{\mu}mole/min$, respectively.