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Syntheses of 3-Pyrimidyl- and 3-Pyranyl-5,6-benzocoumarin Derivatives

  • El-Deen, Ibrahim M.;Al-Wakeel, El-Sayed I.;El-Mawla, Ahmed G.
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.610-612
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    • 2002
  • A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the quantitative detection of organophosphorus insecticide cyanophos. An analogue (hapten) of cyanophos was synthesized and was coupled to BSA to produce polyclonal antibodi es from rabbits. The antisera were screened against another hapten coupled to ovalbumin (OVA). Using the sera of highest specificity, an antigen-coated ELISA was developed, which showed an I50 of 310 ng/mL with the detection limit of 20 ng/mL. The antibodies showed negligible cross-reactivities with other organophosphorus pesticides except for parathion-methyl, which makes the assay suitable for the selective detection of cyanophos.

A Study on the Cytotoxic Effects of Several Plant Extracts on the Cell viability and Cell Adhesion Activity in Cultured NIH3T3 Fibroblast (몇 가지 식물추출물이 배양 NIH3T3 섬유모세포의 세포생존율과 세포부착률에 미치는 세포독성에 관한 연구)

  • Rim, Yo-Sup;Song, Won-Seob;Seo, Young-Mi;Park, Seung-Taeck;Kim, Shin-Moo
    • Korean Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.116-124
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    • 2010
  • This study was aimed to clerify the cytotoxicity of some plant extracts such as Hosta longissima HONDA (HL), Hemerocallis fulva var. Kwanso REGL (HFVK), Hemerocallis fulva L (HF), Macrocapium officinale NAKAI (MO) and Mentha canadensis var. piperascens HARA (MCVP), the cultured NIH3T3 fibroblasts were treated with 25, 50, 100, 150 and $200{\mu}g/mL$ of five kinds of plant extracts for 48 hours, respectively. The cytotoxicity of plant extracts was measured by MTT and NR assays for the cell viability, and XTT assay for the cell adhesion activity. In this study, HL, MO and FHVK extracts showed the range of midtoxic-non toxic by the criteria of chemical cytotoxicity. While, the HF and MCVP extracts showed midtoxic. In the extract cytotoxicity, HL, MO and FHVK extracts showed non-toxic by the criteria of extract cytotoxicity. While, HF extract was determined as lower-toxic. In the responsive sensitivity of each plant extract on colorimetric assays, HF extract was sensitive to mitochondrial enzyme by MTT assay, lysosomal enzyme by NR assay and mitochondrial nucleus by XTT assay. While, MCVP extract was sensitive to mitochondrial enzyme by MTT assay and lysosomal enzyme by NR assay than other assays. While, HL, HFVK and MO extracts were most sensitive to NR assay. Cell culture is one of useful materials in the screening of cytotoxic and recovary effect on the putative chemical agents or plant extract. And also, colorimetric assay is regarded as very useful tools for quantitative measurement of cytotoxic effect on plant extracts in vitro.

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Paper-Based Neuraminidase Assay Sensor for Detection of Influenza Viruses (인플루엔자 바이러스 검출을 위한 종이 기반 neuraminidase 효소 활성 평가 센서 개발)

  • Hwang, Cheol-hwan;Jeong, Seong-Geun;Park, Han-Kyu;Lee, Chang-Soo;Kim, Yun-Gon
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.54 no.3
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    • pp.380-386
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    • 2016
  • In this study, we described a paper-based neuraminidase assay sensor (PNAS) which can be applied to detect the infection by influenza viruses. The PNAS was designed and manufactured to quantitatively identify the levels of neuraminidase in the sample, which is based on colorimetric analysis using the X-Neu5Ac substrate. The limit of detection of the PNAS was determined as 0.004 U/mL of neuraminidase. According to the amount of neuraminidase in human serum, the PNAS could monitor the enzyme activity with a good linearity ($R^2$ > 0.99). In addition, the initial performance of the PNAS has been maintained up to 70 days in the $4^{\circ}C$. Finally, we demonstrated whether the Michaelis-Menten kinetics is applied to the PNAS, which can show the reliability of the enzyme reactions. The kinetic studies indicated that the PNAS provides the good condition for enzyme reactions ($K_m=8.327{\times}10^{-3}M$), but they were performed on paper chip nonetheless. The paper-based neuraminidase assay sensor may be useful in a wide range of rapid and safe detection of influenza virus.

Nanopatterning of Proteins Using Composite Nanomold and Self-Assembled Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

  • Kim, Sung-Kyu;Kim, Byung-Gee;Lee, Ji-Hye;Lee, Chang-Soo
    • Macromolecular Research
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.232-239
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    • 2009
  • This paper describes the simple nanopatterning of proteins on polyelectrolyte surfaces using microcontact printing with a nanopatternable, hydrophilic composite nanomold. The composite nanomold was easily fabricated by blending two UV-curable materials composed of Norland Optical Adhesives(NOA) 63 and poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate(PEG-DMA). NOA 63 provided stable nanostructure formation and PEG-DMA induced high wettability of proteins in the nanomold. Using the composite mold and functionalized surface with polyelectrolytes, the fluorescent, isothiocyanate-tagged, bovine serum albumin(FITC-BSA) was successfully patterned with 8 nm height and 500 nm width. To confirm the feasibility of the protein assay on a nanoscale, a glycoprotein-lectin assay was successfully demonstrated as a model system. As expected, the lectins correctly recognized the nano-patterned glycoproteins such as chicken ovalbumin. The simple preparation of composite nanomold and functionalized surface with a universal platform can be applied to various biomolecules such as DNA, proteins, carbohydrates, and other biomolecules on a nanoscale.

Evaluation of effect of rapid mixing intensity on chemical phosphorus removal using Al hydrolysis speciation (가수분해 산물 분포를 이용한 급속혼화강도가 화학적 인 제거 효율에 미치는 영향의 규명)

  • Kim, Seung-Hyun;Yoon, Dong-Soo;Moon, Byung-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.367-373
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    • 2011
  • Mechanism of rapid mixing effect on chemical phosphorus removal is evaluated in this study. Assuming that chemical phosphorus removal is unaffected by mixing time, only rapid mixing intensity is evaluated. In order to find out the mechanism, it is hypothesized that rapid mixing affects the Al hydrolysis speciation, and that formation of more monomeric species ($Al^a$) results in better removal of phosphorus. According to a ferron assay, more $Al^a$ formed at higher mixing intensity than at lower intensity. Subsequent experiments revealed that better phosphorus removal was obtained at higher intensity than at lower intensity, in terms of the molar ratio of $Al_{added}/P_{removed}$. The proposed hypothesis was proved in this study. Chemical phosphorus removal is affected by rapid mixing intensity due to its effect on the Al hydrolysis speciation.