• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2001

Heavy metal level and distribution in sediment and bivalves from the tidal flats along the mid-western coast, Korea. were investigated in this study. 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, 0.004-0.02()mg/kg for Cd and 5.70-10.41 mg/kg for Pb, respectively. From the results of heavy metal concentrations in mussels, the levels of Mn and Fe concentrations in S. strictus collected from S1 antral S2 sites were particularly high. Deviations of heavy metal concentrations am(Ing the individual mussels from the same site could be largely minimized by selecting mussel samples of the limited range in body size(8.5-11cm). Among the mussels of the limited body size, heavy metal concentrations both in the flesh and in the whole soft part were not strongly related to the body size. It was shown that ,in S. strictus, Cu moves fast into the flesh parts after absorption, while Pb and Fe move fast into the non-flesh parts. Overally. the heavy metal concentration in the tends to increase with that in the whole soft parts. The concentration factors(heavy metal concentration in 5. strictus/heavy metal concentration in sediment) showed that, of the examined meta1s. 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.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.53-65
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• 2014

The concentration of 5 metals such as As, Cd, Co, Cr and Pb in 5 frequent using herbal medicinal prescriptions in Korea were analyzed according to the consuming area. The ready prepared 5 prescription samples were obtained from Korean regional hospitals nationwide. All the sample were well powdered and pre-treated to being a solution, and then analyzed by ICP/MS. As was detected the highest concentration of 0.55 mg/kg in Ojeoksan of Gyunggi-do, the lowest was 0.01 mg/kg of Sipjeondaebotang of Seoul C. The highest concentration of Co was found to be in Bojoongikgitang of Seoul B and the lowest was also detected in Bojoongikgitang of Seoul A. Cd concentration, Ojeoksan of Chungcheong-do, Bojoongikgitang of Seoul B and yookmijihwangtang of Chungcheong-do showed the low level of 0.1 mg/kg. In turn, the highest level of Cr was 5.59 mg/kg in Ojeoksan of Gyunggi-do B. The lowest concentration of Cr was 0.04 mg/kg in Sipjeondaebotang of Seoul C and the highest was 0.94 mg/kg in Samooltang of Gangwon-do. Finally, the lowest concentration of Pb was 0.00 mg/kg in Sipjeondaebotang of Chungcheong-do and the highest was 0.134 mg/kg in Ojeoksan of Jeju-do. As a result it seems that the same prescription can not guaranteed the safety from toxic metals since those metal concentrations are dramatically varied according to the area where the each prescribed medicine available.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.171-181
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• 2018

제니스테인(genistein)은 대두에서 추출한 대표적인 이소 플라본 화합물 중 하나이며 노화 방지 및 항염증 활성 효과에 대한 연구가 많이 이뤄졌다. 그러나 제니스테인은 유기용매에 높은 용해도를 보일지라도 물에 대한 수용성은 매우 낮아 생체이용률이 떨어진다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 제니스테인의 수용성과 안정성이 크게 향상된 제니스테인 cyclodextrin 포접체(genistein CD complex)를 제니스테인과 직접 비교 분석하고자 하였다. 우선 세포독성 실험을 위해 RAW264.7 대식세포를 대상으로 CCK-8 assay를 시행하였고, 제니스테인 및 제니스테인 cyclodextrin 포접체 모두 $10{\mu}g/mL$ 농도부터 세포독성이 나타나 최대 농도는 $10{\mu}g/mL$로 설정하고 실험을 진행하였다. LPS에 의해 활성화 된 RAW264.7 세포에서 NO(nitric oxide) 생성 및 iNOS mRNA 발현을 관찰한 결과 제니스테인 CD 포접체가 제니스테인 자체 보다 더 효과적으로 억제하였다. 또한 $IL1-{\alpha}$, $IL1-{\beta}$, IL-6 및 $TNF-{\alpha}$와 같은 염증성 사이토카인의 mRNA 발현이 농도 의존적으로 감소됨을 확인하였다. 이 뿐 아니라 인간 각질형성세포인 HaCaT 세포를 이용해 TEER 및 피부장벽 강화 효과를 관찰한 결과 제니스테인 CD 포접체 처리군에서 TEER이 농도 의존적으로 증가되었고, 세포 이동 실험에서도 동일한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 따라서 제니스테인 CD 포접체에 대한 피부 재생 및 장벽 강화에 관한 임상 연구등이 수행된다면, 효과적인 아토피 피부염 또는 피부장벽 개선 기능성 화장품 원료로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.137-154
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• 2010

본 연구는 청주시와 충주시를 대상으로 도시녹지(가로수 및 도시공원)에 의한 중금속 및 누적이산화탄소 고정량을 산출한 결과를 토대로 도시녹지의 환경개선효과를 평가하고자 하였으며, 얻은 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 청주시와 충주시 가로수 전체에 대한 누적이산화탄소 고정량을 산출한 결과, 청주시의 총량은 약1,230,000kg-C로, 충주시는 약 1,270,000kg-C로 산출되었다. 청주시 발산공원과, 충주시 대가미체육공원에 누적이산화탄소 고정량을 산출한 결과, 청주시 발산공원의 총량은 약 25,000kg-C로, 충주시 대가미체육공원은 약 6,400kg-C로산출되었다. 2. 청주시 가로수에 가장 많이 축적된 중금속은 Zn이었으며, 가장 적게 축적된 중금속은 Ni이었다. 청주시 가로수를 대상으로 중금속을 측정한 결과 Zn > Cu > Cr > Ni > 순으로 나타났다.. 청주시 용도지역별 가로수의 중금속총함량은 주거지역(157.26 mg/kg) > 공업지역(141.71 mg/kg) > 상업지역(118.55 mg/kg) > 녹지지역(61.95 mg/kg)의 순으로 나타났다. 3. 대체적으로 충주시는 청주시보다 모든 항목에서 낮은 함량을 보였는데 이는 도시규모와 교통량의 차이에 따른 대기오염물질 발생량이 다르기 때문이다. 용도지역별 가로수의 중금속 총함량은 상업지역(84.48 mg/kg) > 주거지역(83.70 mg/kg) > 녹지지역(48.23 mg/kg)의 순으로 나타났다. 4. 청주시 용도지역별 가로수 식재지 토양의 중금속 함량은 Zn > Cu > Pb( > Ni > Cr > As > Cd)의 순으로 Zn이 가장 높게 나타났으며, Cd가 가장 낮게 축적된 것으로 분석되었다. 용도지역별 가로수 식재지 토양의 총 중금속 총 함량은 상업지역(91.82mg/kg) > 공업지역(85.96mg/kg) > 주거지역(67.55mg/kg) > 녹지지역(43.13mg/kg)의 순으로 나타났다. 5. 충주시 용도지역별 가로수 식재지 토양의 중금속 함량은 Zn > Pb > Cu( > Ni > Cr > As > Cd)의 순으로 Zn이 가장 높게 나타나 청주시와 유사한 경향을 보였다. 용도지역별 가로수 식재지 토양의 중금속 총함량은 상업지역(87.66mg/kg) > 녹지지역(72.73mg/kg) $${\geq_-}$$ 주거지역(70.10mg/kg)의 순으로 나타났다.

• 대한예방한의학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.66-85
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• 2002

Traditional herbal medicine is used extensively among the Korean populations, and other Asian countries employ similar therapies as well In recent years, extensive focus was laid on adulteration of the herbal medicine with heavy metals. This may be mainly due to a soil contamination by an environmental pollution. The objective of this study is to identify the contents of various heavy metals in the blood from OhJeokSan-Decoction (OD) treated-rats. For this study, 13 kinds of metals including essential and heavy metals, i.e. Al, As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se and Zn were analyzed by a slight modification of EPA methods and the following results are obtained. ; 1. There is no significant difference between the OD-treated groups and control group in liver, kidney, bone, brain, weight, food intake. 2. The amount of each metal analyzed in the liver are as follows; Al ; $0.235{\sim}4.215mg／kg$, As ; $0.103{\sim}0.461mg／kg$, Cd ; $0.005{\sim}0.010mg／kg$, Co ; $0.017{\sim}0.046mg／kg$, Cr ; $0.137{\sim}0.403mg／kg$, Cu ; $1.736{\sim}4.827mg／kg$, Fe ; $54.472{\sim}381.447mg／kg$, Hg ; not detected, Mn ; $1.159{\sim}2.803mg／kg$, Ni ; $0.007{\sim}0.095mg／kg$, Pb ; not detected, Se ; $0.682{\sim}1.887mg／kg$, Zn ; $10.213{\sim}26.119mg／kg$, by groups, respectively. In control and other experimental group, several metal (Co, Cu, Mn, Zn, As, Cr) has a significant difference, but in experimental I and other experimental II, III, IV, V groups, there are no significant difference. 3. The amount of each metal analyzed in the kidney are as follows; Al ; $1.712{\sim}31.230mg／kg$, As ; $0.062{\sim}0.439mg／kg$, Cd ; $0.010{\sim}0.062mg／kg$, Co ; $0.000{\sim}0.101mg／kg$, Cr ; $0.125{\sim}0.636mg／kg$, Cu ; $3.385{\sim}12.502mg／kg$, Fe ; $41.148{\sim}99.709mg／kg$, Hg ; $0.000{\sim}0.270mg／kg$, Mn ; $0.433{\sim}2.301mg／kg$, Ni ; $0.000{\sim}0.221mg／kg$, Pb ; $0.000{\sim}0.584mg／kg$, Se ; $0.540{\sim}1.600mg／kg$, Zn ; $8.775{\sim}17.060mg／kg$, by groups, respectively. The concentration of Cu, Se, Cr, and Hg are variated significantly in control and other experimental group, and Cu, Se, Cd, Cr are variated significantly in experimental I and other experimental II, III, IV, V groups. 4. The amount of each metal analyzed in the bone(tibia and fibula) are as follows; Al ; $9.557{\sim}119.464mg／kg$, As ; $0.139{\sim}12.250mg／kg$, Cd ; $0.000{\sim}0.295mg／kg$, Co ; $0.022{\sim}0.243mg／kg$, Cr ; $0.239{\sim}1.999mg／kg$, Cu ; $0.000{\sim}2.291mg／kg$, Fe ; $240.249{\sim}841.956mg／kg$, Hg ; $0.000{\sim}0.983mg／kg$, Mn ; $0.214{\sim}7.353mg／kg$, Ni ; $5.473{\sim}11.453mg／kg$, Pb ; $0.000{\sim}8.502mg／kg$, Se ; $0.000{\sim}3.005mg／kg$, Zn ; $61.158{\sim}195.038mg／kg$, by groups, respectively. The concentration of Se, Cd are variated significantly in control and other experimental groups, and Se is variated significantly in experimental I and other experimental II, III, IV, V groups. 5. Exceptionally several metal concentration is increased or decreased. but there is no significant harmful difference of metal concentration in the liver, kidney and bone, from the OD-treated-rats compared to those of the control group even if higher dosage($1{\sim}8$ times dosage of person) of OD was administered. Thus, it is expected that the herbal decoction in the traditional herbal medicine would not lay any burden on the body and the heavy metal toxins would not affect our physiological system. However, other kinds of herbal treatment, such as i.v. and i.p. should be considered in terms of metal toxicity in the body since the level of certain metal.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.211-219
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• 1999

Surface complexation models(SCMs) have been performed to predict metal ion adsorption behavior onto the mineral surface. Application of SCMs, however, requires a self-consistent approach to determine model parameter values. In this paper, in order to determine the metal ion adsorption parameters for the triple layer model(TLM) version of the SCM, we used the zeta potential data for Zeolite and Kaolinite, and the metal ion adsorption data for Pb(II) and Cd(II). Fitting parameters determined for the modeling were as follows ; total site concentration, site density, specific surface area, surface acidity constants, etc. Zeta potential as a new approach other than the acidic-alkalimetric titration method was adopted for simulation of adsorption phenomena. Some fitting parameters were determined by the trial and error method. Modeling approach was successful in quantitatively simulating adsorption behavior under various geochemical conditions.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.265-270
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• 1993

Trace amount of heavy metals in rain waters were determined after preconcentration by coprecipitaion technique. Indium was selected as a coprecipitating reagent and concentrated heavy metals were analyzed by a conventional AA spectrometer. Two areas, Cheng-Won and Tae-Ahn, were selected and comparison. The concentrations of Pb and Cd in Cheong-Won (raural) area were 14.3 .pm. 8.0 ppb and 2.77 .pm. 5.37 ppb, respectively. These values are higher than those of Tae-Ahn, which indicates that even a rural area is polluted by a nearly industrial area (Cheong-Ju). The isotope ratios of lead in rainwaters were very similar to theos of aerosol particles.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제29A권10호
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• pp.42-48
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• 1992

RoA is an important figure of merits for estimating the performance of p-n junction infrared detectors. This paper presents the tunneling current contribution to RoA of $Hg_{1-x}Cd_{x}$Te n$^{+}$-p juction photodiodes. Then, a diffusion model, a thermal generation-recombination model, an indirect tunneling model via trap, and a band-to-band direct tunneling model are considered to calculate RoA. Using these models, RoA depending on temperature, doping concentration, and mole fraction is calculated. Also from these results, under various operating conditions the dominant dark current mechanisms cna be understood.

• ALGAE
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.471-477
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• 2006

Amphora costata W. Smith 1853 is a down thrown diatom species and also known as metal corrosive ship-fouling organism. A. costata was isolated from Alang ship breaking yard, Alang and evaluated the toxicity tolerance and growth responses of the cultures exposed to different doses of toxic and relatively accessible heavy metals, such as Fe, Mn, Cd, Co, Cu, Zn, Ni, and Pb in the constantly monitored laboratory culture conditions. The strongest toxic effect was observed on A. costata exposed to Cd even at relatively low concentrations as compared to other metals. The following trend of decreasing order of toxicity i.e. Cd>Zn>Ni>Co>Pb>Cu>Fe was observed, when they were exposed to equal concentration and expose time.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.59-73
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• 1989

To investigate the effect of cadmium and cadmium binding protein on the electron transport system and conformational changes of rat kidney mitochondria, various cadmium concentration were treated in vitro and respiration rate, NADH-CoQ reductase activity were measured. Ultrastructural changes at state IV respiration were also observed. CdBP was isolated from the rat liver by Sephadex G-75 column fractionation and treated in vitro with cadmium. Also mitochondrial state IV respiration rate was measured. When cadmium was treated in vitro, state IV respiration and enzyme activity were decreased and ultrastructural transformation of mitochondria from a condensed to an orthodox conformation was inhibited under state IV respiration. In case cadmium and CdBP were treated together, oxygen consumption was more increased than cadmium only. Conformational changes of mitochondria from a condensed to orthodox conformation were also observed. This indicates that CdBP have a protective effect against cadmium toxicity.