• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.249-257
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• 2010

Crataegii Fructus is commonly used as a improving digestion, removing retention of food, promoting blood circulation and resolving blood stasis agent in East Asia. Cadmium (Cd) is widely distributed in the environment due to its use in industry. An exposure to Cd causes dysuria, polyuria, chest pain, hepatic and renal tubular diseases. The liver is the most important target organ when considering Cd-induced toxicity because Cd primarily accumulates in the liver. This study investigated the protective effect of Crataegii Fructus water extract against cadmium ($CdCl_2$, Cd)-induced liver toxicity in H4IIE cells, a rat hepatocyte-derived cell line and in rats. Cell viability was significantly reduced in Cd-treated H4IIE cells in a time and concentration-dependent manner. However, Crataegii Fructus water extract (CFE) protected the cells from Cd-induced cytotoxicity via inhibition of PARP cleavage. To induce acute toxicity in rats, Cd (4 mg/kg body weight) was dissolved in normal saline and intravenously injected into rats. The rats then received either a vehicle or silymarin (as a positive control) or CFE (50, 100 mg/kg/day) for 3 days, and were subsequently exposed to a single injection of Cd. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were significantly increased by Cd treatment. In contrast, pretreatment with CFE reduced ALT, AST and LDH. In histopathological analysis, CFE reduced the hepatic degenerative regions and the number of degenerative hepatocytes. These are considered as direct evidences that Crataegii Fructus has favorable inhibitory effects on the Cd-intoxicated liver damages. The efficacy of Crataegii Fructus shows slight lower than that of silymarin in the present study.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.219-227
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• 2001

The silver colloidal effects on the excited-state structure and intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) of p-N,N-dimethylaminobenzoic acid (DMABA) in aqueous cyclodextrin (CD) solutions have been investigated by UV-VIS absorption, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence, and transient Raman spectroscopy. As the concentration of silver colloids increases, the ratio of the ICT emission to the normal emission (Ia /Ib) of DMABA in the aqueous $\alpha-CD$ solutions are greatly decreased while the Ia /Ib values in the aqueous B-CD solutions are significantly enhanced. It is also noteworthy that the ICT emission maxima are red-shifted by 15-40 nm upon addition of silver colloids, implying that DMABA encapsulated in $\alpha-CD$ or B-CD cavity is exposed to more polar environment. The transient resonance Raman spectra of DMABA in silver colloidal solutions demonstrate that DMABA in the excited-state is desorbed from silver colloidal surfaces as demonstrated by the disappearance of νs (CO2-)(1380 cm-1 ) with appearance of ν(C-OH)(1280 cm -1) band, respectively. Thus, in the aqueous B-CD solutions the carboxylic acid group of DMABA in the excited-state can be readily hydrogen-bonded with the secondary hydroxyl group of B-CD while in aqueous and $\alpha-CD$ solutions the carboxylic acid group of DMABA has the hydrogen-bonding interaction with water. Consequently, in the aqueous B-CD solutions the enhancement of the Ia /Ia value arises from the intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interaction between DMABA and the secondary hydroxyl group of B-CD as well as the lower polarity of the rim of the B-CD cavity compared to bulk water. This is also supported by the increase of the association constant for DMABA/ B-CD complex in the presence of silver colloids.

• 한국재료학회지
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.294-300
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• 2010

In this study, we fabricated a polymer light emitting diode (PLED) and investigated its electrical and optical characteristics in order to examine the effects of the PFO [poly(9,9-dioctylfluorene-2-7-diyl) end capped with N,N-bis(4-methylphenyl)-4-aniline] concentrations in the emission layer (EML). The PFO polymer was dissolved in toluene ranging from 0.2 to 1.2 wt%, and then spin-coated. To verify the influence of the TPBI [2,2',2"-(1,3,5-Benzinetriyl)-tris(1-phenyl-1-H-benzimidazole)]electron transport layer, TPBI small molecules were deposited by thermal evaporation. The current density, luminance, wavelength and current efficiency characteristics of the prepared PLED devices with and without TPBI layer at various PFO concentrations were measured and compared. The luminance and current efficiency of the PLED devices without TPBI layer were increased, from 117 to $553\;cd/m^2$ and from 0.015 to 0.110 cd/A, as the PFO concentration increased from 0.2 to 1.0 wt%. For the PLED devices with TPBI layer, the luminance and current efficiency were $1724\;cd/m^2$ and 0.501 cd/A at 1.0 wt% PFO concentration. The CIE color coordinators of the PLED device with TPBI layer at 1.0 wt% PFO concentration showed a more pure blue color compared with the one without TPBI, and the CIE values varied from (x, y) = (0.21, 0.23) to (x, y) = (0.16, 0.11).

• 한국패류학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2006

The embryos of marine bivalves have been commonly used in bioassays for quality assessments of marine environments. Although several standard protocols for the developmental bioassay of bivalves have been proposed, only a few trials for application of these protocols in environmental assessments or for the development of a new protocol with Korean species have been conducted. As such, there is a strong need to establish standard bioassay protocols with bivalves commonly found in Korean waters. To determine the sensitivity of Mytilus galloprovincialis to establish a standard bioassay, their fertilized eggs were exposed to six metals (Ag, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Zn). The order of biological impact was Ag > Cu > Ni > Zn > Cr > Cd and their lowest observed effective concentration were 5, 16.4, 25.4, 142, 187 and 1,500${\mu}g/l$, respectively. The proportion of normal larvae appeared to decrease linearly with the logarithm of each toxicant concentration within the tested range. The average values of median effective concentrations $(EC_{50})$ from the triplicate experiments for Ag, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, and Zn were 6.8, 1,797, 786, 16.6, 68.1, and 139.2${\mu}g/l$, respectively. There was a more than 100-fold difference in $EC_{50}$ values of Cu and Cd. The value of $EC_{50}$ or median lethal concentration of Cu was within the range observed for other bivalve developmental bioassays. The overall sensitivity of M. galloprovincialis in the present developmental bioassay was also similar to that of other marine organisms commonly used in aquatic bioassays (e.g. sea urchins, oysters). Hence, the bioassay using the embryo of M. galloprovincialis is considered to be a useful tool to monitor and evaluate the quality of marine aquatic environments.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제4권1_2호
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• pp.35-45
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• 1989

Studies on the heavy metal content of ginkgo leaves growing in all around Seoul. This study was carried out to investigate the concentration of heavy metals and soluble sulfur in ginkgo leaves. These leaves are found growing in park, residential, commercial and industrial areas all around Seoul. These analyzed the quantity of Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Hg and soluble surfur in separate samples of washed and unwashed leaves. The results were as follows: 1. This order of heavey metal concentration was found in Seoul area,: Fe＞Mn＞Zn＞Ni＞Pb＞Cu＞Co＞Cd＞Hg. 2. Pb concentration was higher in the commercial area than in the other areas, and it concentration in washed leaves was higher 96～100% and unwashed leaves 85～170%. 3. In the residential area Ni concentration was significantly higer where about seven times more Ni as found on the top part of the leaves. 4. Water soluble surfur was higest in the inudstrial area, but the percentage on top of the leaves was only 0.04～0.05% simillar with other area. 5. Fe, Zn and Ni were almost positively correlated to each component but negatively correlated between Mn and souble sulfer. All of content except Mn and Ni were significance between each area in washed and unwashed leaves.

• 한국환경보건학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경보건학회 2002년도 춘계 국제 학술대회
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• pp.20-22
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• 2002

Heavy metal level and distribution in sediments and bivalves from the tidal flats along the mid-western coast, Korea, were investigated. The averages of heavy metal concentrations in sediments from 5 sampling sites ranged from 86.35-187.77mg/kg for Mn, 13.25-17.73mg/kg for Zn, 6.80-11.85mg/kg for Cr, 4.28-6.25mg/kg for Ni, 1.85-3.09mg/kg for Cu, 0.004-0.020mg/kg for Cd and 5.70-10.41mg/kg for Pb, respectively. Among the mussels of the limited body size(8.5-11cm), heavy metal concentration both in the flesh and in the whole soft parts were not strongly related to the body size. It was shown that, in S. strictus, Cu moves fast into the flesh after absorption, but Pb and Fe move very slowly. Overally, the heavy metal concentration in the flesh tends to increase with that in the whole soft parts. The concentration factors(heavy metal concentration in S. strictus/heavy metal concentration in sediment) showed that, of the examined metals, Cd is the most cumulative in the body of S. strictus, followed by Zn and Cu, while Mn, Cr, Ni and Pb are not cumulative.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.135-143
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 오염된 해양 퇴적물로부터 중금속(Cd, Cr, Cu, Zn) 용출 차단과 퇴적물 내에서 안정화를 위한 천연 제올라이트(natural zeolite, NZ)와 모래(sand, SD)의 피복 재료로서 적용성을 평가하였다. NZ와 SD의 중금속 차단 효율성 평가를 위해서 파랑을 발생시키는 임펠러가 부착된 수조에서 실험을 수행하였다. NZ 및 SD의 피복 두께를 0, 10, 30, 그리고 50mm로 달리하면서 실험을 수행하였으며, NZ 및 SD의 성능 평가를 위하여 해수 내 중금속 농도를 모니터링 하였다. 실험 종료 후에는 피복재료 바로 아래에 있는 퇴적물을 대상으로 중금속의 연속 추출 실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과, 미피복 수조와 피복 수조의 pH, EC, 그리고 용존 산소 농도는 뚜렷한 차이를 나타내지 않았다. Cd, Cu 및 Zn과 같은 양이온의 용출은 NZ 및 SD 피복에 의해서 효과적으로 차단되었지만, Cr의 용출 차단은 50 mm 두께의 SD 피복에서만 나타났다. 그러나, 미피복 조건과 비교하여 50 mm의 SD 피복 시 Cr의 안정화는 이루어지지 않았다. NZ와 SD 피복은 Cd, Cu 및 Zn의 안정화에 효과적이었다. 본 연구를 통해 SD와 함께 NZ를 피복 재료로 사용은 Cd, Cr, Cu 및 Zn의 용출 차단 및 안정화에 효과적일 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.250-256
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• 2000

조성이 다른 3곳 갯벌과 적조구제를 위해 사용되는 2곳의 황토를 이용해 금속 (Cu, Cd 및 Pb)의 흡착 kinetic을 밝히고, nonlinear regression model을 이용하여 구한 흡착속도와 갯벌의 조성과의 관계를 평가해 보았다. 중금속흡착에 영향을 주는 갯벌이나 황토의 조성 중에서 강열 감량 (I.L.), 산화철${\cdot}$망간${\cdot}$알루미늄의 함량은 황토가 갯벌보다 $1.5{\~}6$배 높았다. 하지만 니질의 함량은 어은리 갯벌이 다른 시료보다 $4{\~}50$배 많았다. 중금속흡착은 초기 30분 동안에 매우 빠르게 일어났다. 이때 흡착량은 Cu, Cd과 Pb이 각각 $4.1{\~}14.7\;{\mu}g/g,\;42.8{\~}16.7\;{\mu}g/g$ 그리고 $43.3{\~}101.7 {\mu}g/g$으로 3시간 실험 후 총 누적흡착량의 $8{\~}70{\%},\;18{\~}31{\%}$ 그리고 $19{\~}52{\%}$이었다. 흡착실험시 초기 금속농도를 동일 (약$ 0.5{\times}10^(-5)M$)하게 하여 운전한 결과 흡착량은 Pb>Cu>Cd 순으로 많았다. 중금속의 흡착 kinetic은 one-site kinetic model로 표현할 수 있었다. 특히 구리의 경우 non-linear model로 계산된 흡착속도 (Ka)와 3개 갯벌의 I.L., 산화알루미늄 및 니질 함량 사이에는 $R^2=-0.88{\~}-0.99$의 역 상관관계를 나타내었다.

• 대한한의학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.211-224
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• 2002

Background and Objective : In order to investigate the effects of Gilgyunglwedok-tang (GRT) on antitumor activity and antimetastatic activity, studies were done experimentally. Materials and Methods : Experimental studies were perfonned for the cytotoxic effect on BALB/c mouse lung fibroblast cells, the proliferating effect of splenic lymphocyte, the expression of CD3e/CD4, CD3e/CD8, and B220 in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs), the cytotoxic effect on A549, SK-OV-3, SK-MEL-2, MCF-7 cells, the inhibitory effect on the activity of DNA topoisomerase I, the T/C% in ICR mice bearing S-180, the inhibitory effect of Cell adhesive of A549 Cells and SK-OY-3 Cells to complex extracellular matrix, the inhibitory effect on lung colonies, the change of lung tissue, the antiangiogenic activity, and the effect on MMP-2 and MMP-9 gene expression in the RT1080 cell line. Results and Conclusion : The results were obtained as follows : 1. In the cytotoxic effect on BALB/C mouse lung fibroblast Cell, GHT didn't show the significant cytotoxic effect on BALB/C mouse lung fibroblast cell compared to the control group. 2. In thymidine uptake assay, GHT showed the significant proliferating effect of splenic lymphocyte in proportion to the concentration. 3. In the expression of CD3e/CD4, CD3e/CD8, and B220 in peripheral blood mononuclea cells (PBMCs) of mice, GRT had no significant change to the normal group in CD4. However, GRT showed an increase to the normal group in CD8 and GHT in the only $1\mu\textrm{g}/ml$ category showed an increase to the normal group in B220. 4. In the cytotoxic effect of GRT on A549, SK-OY-3, SK-MEL-2 and MCF-7 cells, there was no significant cytotoxic effect compared to the control group. 5. In the inhibitory effect on the activity of DNA topoisomerase I, GHT in the $10\mu\textrm{g}/ml$ category showed the inhibitory effect on the activity of DNA topoisomerase I in proportion to the concentration. 6. In the T/C% in ICRmice bearing S-180, GHTtreated group showed 123.7% of T/C% compared to the control group. 7. In the inhibitory effect of cell adhesive of A549 Cells and SK-OV-3 Cells to complex extracellular matrix, GRT in the only $100\mu\textrm{g}/ml$ category showed the significant inhibitory effect compared to the control group. 8. In the inhibitory effect on lung colonies, GHT showed the significant inhibitory effect on lung colonies compared to the control group. 9. In the change of lung tissue, GHT showed a significant decrease of lung cancer growth, interalveolar fibrosis and hyaline material compared to the control group. In the development of lymphocyte around lung cancer cells and lung parenchymal, GHT showed the significant inducement efficacy compared to the control group. 10. In CAM assay, the antiangiogenic activity of GHT showed 30%. 11. In the effect on MMP-2 and MMP-9 gene expression in the RT1080 cell line, GHT had no significant inhibitory effect on MMP-2 and MMP-9 gene expression compared to the control group. According to the above results, it could be suggested that GHT has an antitumor activity and antimetastatic activity.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.427-434
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• 2009

유류 및 중금속으로 오염된 토양에서 Pb 및 Cd에 내성을 갖는 미생물을 분리하여 미생물 내 중금속 흡착 특성을 조사하였다. 분리한 토착미생물의 Pb 및 Cd의 흡착특성과 흡착에 영향을 미치는 요인 중에 생장단계, 중금속 농도, 생물량, pH, 온도에 따른 영향을 비교하였다. 또한 흡착등온식을 적용하여 중금속의 흡착용량과 흡착강도를 알아보았다. 낮은 중금속 초기 농도와 높은 생물량에서 높은 중금속 제거 효율을 가지며 중금속 마다 다른 흡착 효율을 보여 주었다. 흡착 효율은 미생물 생장 말기, pH 5~9 조건에서 최적의 효율을 나타내었으나, 25~$35^{\circ}C$에서 온도 변화에 따른 영향은 미미하였다. 생물흡착 과정을 Langmuir 등온 흡착식에 적용하면, 이론적 최대 흡착량은 Pb와 Cd에 대해서 각각 62.11과 192.31 mg/g로 나타났고, $R^2$가 0.71과 0.98로 계산되었다. Cd는 세포 표면의 단일 층에 단분자 흡착에 의한 생물흡착이 진행되었으나, Pb는 미생물 대사 작용을 통한 세포 내로의 축적 작용과 미생물 내 음이온과의 반응에 의한 침전물 형성작용 둥을 통하여 생물흡착이 진행된 것으로 판단된다.