• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.61-67
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• 1980

As a part of the environmental base line survey of the Onsan Industrial Base, Korea, marine algal communities were investigated using the quadrat method in Onsan-myon on the east coast of Korea from March to December of 1978. It was learned that the representative dominat species along the coast in the Onsan area throughout the year are Ulva pertusa, Pachymeniopsis elliptica, and Sargassum thunbergii. Both the number of algal species occurring in the quadrat (50$\times$50cm) and the total coverage were higher in March and September than in June and December. A total of 94 species (1 blue-green, 16 green, 25 brown, and 52 red algae) of marine algae was identified in this study.

• 한국환경과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경과학회 1996년도 가을 학술발표회 초록집
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• pp.54-55
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• 1996

• ALGAE
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.305-311
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• 2007

The summer algal flora and community of 15 uninhabited islands in Dochodo, southwestern coast of Korea, were investigated from 9 June to 16 September 2007. A total 53 species (10 green, 14 brown and 29 red algae) of marine algae were identified. Among 15 uninhabited islands, the number of species observed was the highest as 33 species at Jeongdo and Gyeongchido the least as 24 species at Hugdo and Mido. The dominant species were Enteromorpha compressa, Ishige okamurae, Gloiopeltis furcata, Ulva pertusa and Sargassum thunbergii. The algal zonation of intertidal zone was figured out by Gloiopeltis furcata, Caulacanthus okamurae – Ulva pertusa, Sargassum thungergii – Gelidium amansii, Sargassum horneri from upper to lower zone. The flora investigated could be classified into six functional groups such as coarsely branched form (39.6%), filamentous form (25.8%), sheet form (14.1%), thick leathery form (9.9%), jointed calcarious form (5.6%) and crustose form algae (4.9%).

• ALGAE
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.165-174
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• 2014

Ecklonia cava is a common edible brown algae that is plentiful in Jeju Island of Republic of Korea. Polyphenols from E. cava have strong anti-inflammatory activity. However, a large number of the by-products from E. cava processing are discarded. In the present study, to utilize these by-products, we assessed the anti-inflammatory activity of the polyphenol-rich fraction (PRF) from E. cava processing by-product (EPB) in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RAW264.7 macrophage cells. Four compounds, namely eckol, eckstolonol, dieckol, and phlorofucofuroeckol-A, were isolated and identified from PRF. We found that PRF suppressed the production of nitric oxide (NO), inducible nitric oxide synthase, and cyclooxygenase-2 in the LPS-induced cells. Furthermore, the protective effect of PRF was investigated in vivo in LPS-stimulated inflammation zebrafish model. PRF had a protective effect against LPS-stimulated toxicity in zebrafish embryos. In addition, PRF inhibited LPS-stimulated reactive oxygen species and NO generation. According to the results, PRF isolated from EPB could be used as a beneficial anti-inflammatory agent, instead of discard.

• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.245-249
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• 2007

High quality of purified alginate and fucoidan is required for the medical uses to prevent the unexpected side effects from the contaminated endotoxin present in the materials. We attempted to establish an efficient and fast mass scale production method for the highly purified poly-G alginate from the sea weeds. In addition, lab scale method was established to obtain the fraction of higher purity from the commercially available fucoidan source (about 85% purity).

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.199-204
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• 1977

8종의 식용해조류 지질의 지방산을 GLC로 분석하고 해조류 종속간에 어떤 특징이 있나, 검토하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1) 해조류의 지질함량은 녹조류 $1.51\%$, 갈변류 $2.81\%$, 강조류 $1.02\%$로서 갈조류의 지질함량이 가장 높았다. 2) 지방산조성의 해조류 종속간의 함량 차이을 보면, 녹조류는 $C_{16:0}$산의 함량이 가장 높은 치를 나타내며, 동시에 $C_{18:1},\;C_{18:2},\;C_{18:3}$산의 함량도 높았다. 갈조류는 $C_{16:0}$ 및 $C_{18:1},\;C_{18:2},\;C_{18:3}$산의 함량이 비교적 높은 반면, $C_{18:0}$산은 다른 해조류에 비해 아주 낮은 함량치를 나타내고 있다. 홍조류는 $C_{16:0}$산의 함량이 높은 반면, $C_{14:0},\;C_{18:1},\;C_{18:2}$산의 함량이 매우 낮았다. 3) 조성지방산의 탄소수 $C_{14},\;C_{15},\;C_{16:},\;C_{18},\;C_{22}$의 분포를 보면, 녹조류는 $C_{16},\;C_{18}$산을, 녹조류는 $C_{16},\;C_{18},\;C_{22}$산을 각각 주요성분으로 하고 있다.

• ALGAE
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.21-32
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• 2012

We report an oxidative burst triggered by prostaglandin $A_2(PGA_2)$ in the brown algal kelp Laminaria digitata, constituting the first such discovery in an alga and the second finding of an oxidative burst triggered by a prostaglandin in a living organism. The response is more powerful than the oxidative burst triggered by most other chemical elicitors in Laminaria. Also, it is dose-dependent and cannot be inhibited by diphenylene iodonium, suggesting that another source than NAD(P)H oxidase is operational in the production of reactive oxygen species. Despite the very strong oxidative response, rather few effects at other levels of signal transduction pathways could be identified. $PGA_2$ does not increase lipolysis (free fatty acids) in Laminaria, and only one oxylipin (15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid; 15-HETE) was found to be upregulated in Laminaria. In a subsequent set of experiments in the genome model Ectocarpus siliculosus, none of 5 selected candidate genes, all established participants in various stress responses, showed any significant differences in their expression profiles.

• ALGAE
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.453-461
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• 2006

This study is intended to clarify the structure and seasonal dynamics of warm tolerant benthic marine algal community in Korea. The species composition and biomass of marine algae at the discharge canal of Wolseong nuclear power plant on the East Coast of Korea were investigated seasonally from February 2001 to October 2005. As a result, 43 species (6 blue-green, 8 green, 9 brown and 20 red algae) of marine algae were found at the discharge canal during the past five years. In general, the number of species observed was abundant during winter to summer and less in autumn. Lyngbya confervoides and Enteromorpha compressa always occurred at the discharge canal during the past five years, and Oscillatoria brevis, Padina arborescens and Caulacanthus ustulatus were common species found more than 80% frequency during the study period. Seasonal fluctuations of mean biomass were 2-659 g dry wt m–2 and dominant species in biomass were Caulacanthus ustulatus (contribution to a total biomass proportion 37%), Enteromorpha compressa (26%) and Padina arborescens (24%). Results showed that, in the floristic composition, the green algae occurred as common algal group at the discharge canal of Wolseong nuclear power plant. In the quantitative aspect, however, the red algae such as Caulacanthus ustulatus and Ahnfeltiopsis flabelliformis appeared as predominant group at the discharge canal, in contrast to Kori nuclear power plant where there was a definite green algal dominance. Differences in algal communities developed at the discharge canals of three nuclear power plants on the East Coast of Korea can probably be related to local environmental factors.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.31-37
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• 2008

As a part of an ongoing search for antioxidants from marine sources, antioxidant activities of 24 kinds of seaweeds (4 green algae, 8 brown algae, and 12 red algae) were investigated. The seaweeds were extracted by acetone/dichloromethane and methanol, respectively. The antioxidant properties of both extracts were evaluated using four different activity tests, including degree of occurrence of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), NO, lipid peroxidation, and GSH (glutathione) in mouse macrophage Raw 264.7 cells. The levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and GSH were measured using 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin diacetate (DCFDA) and monobromobimane as fluorescence probe, respectively. Moreover, the generation of NO and lipid peroxidation products were determined by each method based on the Griess reaction and TBARS assay. Solvent extracts from seaweeds such as Scytosiphon lomentaria, Prionitis cornea, Laruencia okamurae, Callophyllis japonica, Sargassum horneri, Dictyopteris divaricata, Lomentaria catenata, Corallina confuse, Ishige okamurae, and Ahnfeltiopsis flabelliformi exhibited high antioxidant activities in cellular oxidizing systems.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.208-215
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• 1998

제주도 근해에서 다량 채취되고 있는 해양갈조류인 톳의 살아있지 않은 건조한 생물질을 Ca-alginate법(Ca-ALG), Ba-alginate법(Ba-ALG), polyethylene glycol법(PEG), $\kappa$-carrageenan법(CARR) 등으로 고정화시켜 고정화방법에 따른 Cu의 흡착기능을 검토하였다. 생물질의 첨가량이 증가함에 따라서 Cu의 제거율은 증가하였으나 흡착량은 감소하였다. 그러나 초기농도가 증가함에 따라서는 cu의 흡착량이 증가하였다. 고정화법에 따른 Cu의 흡착량은 Ca-ALG>Ba-ALG>PEG>CARR순으로 감소하엿다. 고정화된 생물질에 으한 Cu의 흡착은 Freundlich 흡착 등온식 보다는 Langmuir 흡착 등온식을 잘 따름을 알 수 있었다.