• 자원환경지질
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.597-613
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• 1996

The tonnage of copper and tungsten produced at Dalseong mine by Taehan Tungsten Mining Company from 1961 to 1971 was 48,704 tons (M/T) of 4 wt.% Cu and 1,620 tons (S/T) of 70wt.% WO, but the mine was closed in 1974. Kyeongsan mine is a small abandoned cobalt mine with no data of production. To investigate the pollution level of the mine areas, soils, plants (Ohwi and Pampanini), stream waters and stream sediments were taken and Fe, Mn, Cu, Pb, Zn, Ni, Co, Cd and Cr were analysed by ICP. Soils are considerably contaminated by the heavy metals related to ore deposits, The heavy metal contents in plants vary with the species and parts of plants. Stream waters are anomalously high in heavy metals in the vicinity of the mines but the contents decrease downstream in the process of dilution and precipiation. However, heavy metal contents increase very high in stream sediments due to precipiation. To protect environmental damages caused by acid mine drainages wetlands must be constructed outside pits, and it is necessary to fill pits with waters, limestone chips and organic materials, which give reducing and alkaline condition to ores. Under the condition pyrite is protected from oxidation and aqueous iron sulphates precipitate to form stable secondary pyrite.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.353-360
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• 2012

Mastitis is a highly morbid disease that requires detection at the subclinical stage. Tropical countries like India mainly depend on milch buffaloes for milk. The present study was conducted to investigate whether the trace minerals viz. copper (Cu), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), cobalt (Co) and manganese (Mn) and enzyme activity of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in riverine buffalo milk can be used as an indicator of subclinical mastitis (SCM) with the aim of developing suitable diagnostic kit for SCM. Trace elements and enzyme activity in milk were estimated with Atomic absorption Spectrophotometer, GBC 932 plus and biochemical methods, respectively. Somatic cell count (SCC) was done microscopically. The cultural examination revealed Gram positive bacteria as the most prevalent etiological agent. A statistically significant (p<0.01) increase in SCC, Fe, Zn, Co and LDH occurred in SCM milk containing gram positive bacterial agents only. ALP was found to be elevated in milk infected by both gram positive and negative bacteria. The percent sensitivity, specificity and accuracy, predictive values and likelihood ratios were calculated taking bacterial culture examination and $SCC\geq2{\times}10^5$ cells/ml of milk as the benchmark. Only ALP and Zn, the former being superior, were found to be suitable for diagnosis of SCM irrespective of etiological agents. LDH, Co and Fe can be introduced in the screening programs where Gram positive bacteria are omnipresent. It is recommended that both ALP and Zn be measured together in milk to diagnose buffalo SCM, irrespective of etiology.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.9-21
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• 2015

Cancer, a serious public health problem in worldwide, results from an excessive and uncontrolled proliferation of the body cells without obvious physiological demands of organs. The gastrointestinal tract, including the esophagus, stomach and intestine, is a unique organ system. It has the highest cancer incidence and cancer-related mortality in the body and is influenceed by both genetic and environmental factors. Among the various chemical elements recognized in the nature, some of them including zinc, iron, cobalt, and copper have essential roles in the various biochemical and physiological processes, but only at low levels and others such as cadmium, lead, mercury, arsenic, and nickel are considered as threats for human health especially with chronic exposure at high levels. Cadmium, an environment contaminant, cannot be destroyed in nature. Through impairment of vitamin D metabolism in the kidney it causes nephrotoxicity and subsequently bone metabolism impairment and fragility. The major mechanisms involved in cadmium carcinogenesis could be related to the suppression of gene expression, inhibition of DNA damage repair, inhibition of apoptosis, and induction of oxidative stress. In addition, cadmium may act through aberrant DNA methylation. Cadmium affects multiple cellular processes, including signal transduction pathways, cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Down-regulation of methyltransferases enzymes and reduction of DNA methylation have been stated as epigenetic effects of cadmium. Furthermore, increasing intracellular free calcium ion levels induces neuronal apoptosis in addition to other deleterious influence on the stability of the genome.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.139-147
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• 1996

Eight Philoppine forages were studied to obtain the following: 1) nutrient concentrations and digestibility, 2) distribution of the various minerals in fiber fractions through mineral analyses of neutral detergent fiber(NDF) and acid detergent fiber(ADF) residues, and 3) correlation coefficients among the factors affecting forage quality and mineral concentrations. These Philippine forages were paragrass [Brachiaria mutica (Forsk.) Stapf], stargrass (Cynodon plectostachyum Pilger), napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.) calopo (Calopogonium muconoides Desv.), centrocema (Centrocema pubescens Benth.), gliricidia [Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp.] leucaena [Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit.] and sesbania [Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir]. Species differences(p<0.01) were observed on various nutrient fractions including mineral composition and digestibility. The cell wall(NDF) fraction, prepared by boiling in neutral detergent solution, contained the following proportions of the total mineral originally present (%): calcium (Ca), 0.7; phosphorus(P), 14.3; magnesium(Mg), 1.9; potassium(K), 3.7; copper(Cu), 16.4; zinc(Zn), 2.9; molybdenum(Mo), 9.3; cobalt(Co), 16.2; manganese(Mn), 5.6, and iron(Fe), 81.3. The ligno-cellulose(ADF) fraction, prepared by boiling in acid detergent solution, contained the following proportions of the total mineral originally present(%): Ca, 0.2; P, 4.4; Mg, 0.7; K, 2.8; Cu, 32.3; Zn, 1.1; Mo, 8.9; Co, 4.7; Mn, 5.4; and Fe, 36.8. Correlation coefficients among the factors affection forage quality and mineral concentrations were also observed. Evidently, 75 and 45% of the minerals in grasses and legumes was positively correlated to CP and IVDMD, respectively. Moreover, 55, 80 and 75% of the forage minerals was negatively correlated to NDF, ADF and ADL fraction, respetively, implying that most of the minerals reside in the non-structural cell components.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.19-35
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• 2003

In order 새 investigate the spatial and seasonal variations of heavy metal pollution in heavily industrialized urban area, urban roadside sediments were collected for five years from gully pots in Seoul City. A series of studies have been carried out concerning the physicochemical characteristics of the sediments in order to evaluate the contamination of heavy metals such as Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn. Roadside sediments and uncontaminated stream sediments were analyzed for total metal concentrations using acid extraction. The roadside sediments are characterized by very high concentrations of Zn (2,665.0$\pm$1,815.0 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g), Cu (445.6$\pm$708.0 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g), Pb (214.3$\pm$147.9 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g) and Cr (182.1$\pm$268.8 $\mu\textrm{g}$/g), indicating an artificial accumulation of these metals to the sediment chemistry. Comparing with average contents of uncontaminated stream sediments, roadside sediments were shown zinc 14 times (up to 64.4), copper 9 times (up to 181.7), lead 6 times (up to 63.7), cobalt 6 times (up to 168.7), nickel 4 times (up to 98.4), cadmium 2 times (up to 12.8) and chrome 2 times (up to 40.2) high content. The relative degree of heavy metal pollution for roadside sediments collected from each district in Seoul City is evaluated using the “geoaccumulation index”. As a result, heavy-metal contamination is highest centering the oldest residential district and industry area, and contamination level decreases as go to outer block of the city. The factor analysis results indicate that the levels of Cu, Ni, Fe and Cr are strongly related to numbers of factories, whereas the concentrations of Cr, Zn and Cd dependant on pollution index, indicating artificial contamination due to site-specific traffic density.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.560-568
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• 2007

이 연구의 목적은 한국 중등학교 과학 교과서에 기술된 화학적으로 불분명한 ‘중금속' 용어에 대해 정의, 종류 및 의미의 항목으로 알아보았다. 예비 결과에 의하면 교과서중에서 ‘화학 I' 교과서 8종 중 6종에 서 비중을 근거로 중금속을 정의하고 있으며 또 인체에 유해하고 지속적으로 축적되는 금속으로 묘사하고 있 다. 특히 8종의 모든 교과서에서 중금속의 예로 카드뮴, 납 그리고 수은을 제시하고 있으나 비소와 같은 비금 속이나 크롬, 망간, 철, 코발트, 니켈 그리고 구리 같은 인체 필수 미량 금속도 들어 있었다. 금속의 독작용을 이해함에 있어서 금속의 산화상태, 생체 내 존재량, 생체 성분과의 반응성을 고려해야 하지만 교과서에서 이에 대한 단편적인 예만 제시하고 있었다. 화학적으로 정의되지 못한 용어는 학생들로 하여금 중금속은 독소와 동 일할 수 있다는 대안 개념을 유발시킬 수 있으므로 이러한 모호한 정의와 설명은 교과서에서 지양되어야 한다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.265-272
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• 1989

구황식품중 9종류를 감출감도가 높고 시료의 비파괴 분석이 가능한 방사화 분석법으로 무기질을 정량한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 부추에는 K 7099.1mg%, Cu 104.84ppm, Mo 45.45ppm, Br 40.40ppm으로 다른 식품에 비해 많은 함량을 갖고 있었다. 2. 개비름은 Zn 71.06ppm, Co 2.52ppm, La 1.4ppm 등 조혈 필수원소등을 많이 함유하였다. 3. 쑥은 Na, K, Fe, Cu, Co, Zn, Br등 대부분의 무기질이 많이 함유되어 있는 영양학적으로 우수한 식품이라 볼 수 있다. 4. 본 재료들의 K와 Na의 함량비는 부추가 796 : 1로 가장 크며 쑥, 마늘이 147 : 1, 118 : 1이고 그 이외에는 12 : $1{\sim}53$ : 1이다. 5. 부추 개비름 쑥에는 Fe와 더불어 Cu, Co가 많이 함유되어 있다. 6. 생강에는 Hg가 0.14ppm으로 다른 식품보다 $5{\sim}6$배 많았으며 Sc도 25ppb 함유하고 있다. 7. 식품속에서 극미량 존재하는 Au, Sm, Br, La, Sc등도 분석가능 하였다.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.1757-1762
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• 2006

A solvent sublation using salphen as a ligand was studied and applied for the determination of trace Ni(II), Co(II) and Cu(II) in water samples. The fundamental study was investigated by a solvent extraction process because the solvent sublation was done by extracting the floated analytes into an organic solvent from the aqueous solution. The salphen complexes of Ni(II), Co(II) and Cu(II) ions were formed in an alkaline solution of more than pH 8 and then they were extracted into m-xylene. It was known that the each metallic ion formed 1 : 1 complex with the salphen and the logarithmic values of extraction constants for the complexes were 3.3 5.1 as an average value. Based on the preliminary study, the procedure was fixed for the separation and concentration of the analytes in samples. Various conditions such as the pH of solutions, the influence of $NaClO_4$, the bubbling rate and time of $N_2$ gas, and the type of organic solvent were optimized. The metal-salphen complexes could be extracted into m-xylene from the solution of more than pH 8, but the pH could be shifted to acidic solution of pH 6 by the addition of $NaClO_4$. In addition, the solvent sublation efficiency of the analytes was increased by adding $NaClO_4$. The recovery of 97-115% was obtained in the spiked samples in which given amounts of 0.3 mg/L Ni(II), 0.8 mg/L Co(II) and 0.04 mg/L Cu(II) were added.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.641-646
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• 2005

Salmonella typhimurium TML이 Int-407 숙주세포에 부착하는 정도는 S. typhimurium이 낮은 농도의 철이 함유된 배지에서 배양되었을 때보다 LB 액체배지 또는 높은 농도의 철이 함유된 배지에서 생육한 것에서 약 10배 정도의 높은 수준으로 관찰되었다. 고농도의 철이 포함된 배양조건이 살모넬라가 숙주세포에 부착시키는 정도를 향상시키는데 반해, 칼슘, 코발트, 구리, 인산, 마그네슘 그리고 망간과 같은 다른 양이온은 그렇지 않다. 이것은 아마도 철이 Salmonella가 부착에 필요한 요소들의 발현을 활성화하는 역할을 하는 것으로 추정된다. 철 농도에 따른 부착정도의 차이들은 type 1 fimbriae, mannose resistant hemagglutinin과 flagellum등을 생성하지 않는 다양한 S. typhimurium 돌연변이주들에서도 관찰되는 것으로 미루어보아 이들 구조체들과 상관이 없는 밝혀지지 않은 어떤 인자가 부착성 증가에 관여하는 것으로 사료된다. fur유전자가 불활성화된 S. typhimurium 돌연변이주의 부착성이 야생형 Salmonella와 유사한 방식으로 철에 의해 조절되었는데, 이는 철 농도에 따른 부착성의 변화에 관여하는 잠재적인자의 발현이 Fur 단백질과 독립적으로 이루어진다는 것을 나타낸다.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2013

해양광물자원은 크게 해저면에 부존되어 있는 해저광물자원과 해수 중에 녹아 있는 해수광물자원으로 대별된다. 해수에는 막대한 양의 유용광물이 녹아 있어 회수기술 개발이 완료되면 상업화 가능성이 큰 것으로 알려져 있다. 21세기에 들어 육상금속자원의 저품위화 및 매장량 고갈에 따라 자원 보유국들이 자원을 무기화 하는 경향이 심화되고 있다. 따라서 대부분의 금속자원을 수입에 의존하는 우리나라는 삼면이 바다인 지리적 특성을 살려 해수로부터 희유금속 회수기술 개발에 적극적으로 나설 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서 해수로부터 희유금속 회수관련 논문분석 결과, 미국이 495편의 논문을 게재하여 양적 질적으로 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 연구기관별로 보면 Chinese Acad. Sci.가 152편의 논문을 게재하여 양적으로 많은 연구가 이루어졌으며, 31편의 논문을 게재한 Univ. Oxford는 질적으로 가장 우수한 것으로 나타났다.