• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.81-95
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• 2006

표고버섯 골목의 바이오에탄올 생산 자원으로서의 활용 가능성을 모색하고, 새로운 당화 공정으로 주목받고 있는 초임계수 가수분해 공정에 대한 기초 기술을 제공하기 위하여 버섯 골목으로 사용되는 상수리나무 정상재를 다양한 초염계수 가수분해 공정에 적용하고 분해산물의 분석을 실시하였다. 초임계수 가수분해 반응 시간 및 온도의 증가에 의하여 수용성 분해산물 및 비수용성 잔사의 색 진해짐, 분해율의 증가 그리고 비수용성 잔사의 결정화도가 증가하였다. 반응 압력의 증가는 낮은 반응 온도와 짧은 반응 시간 조건에서만 분해 산물의 색변화 및 분해율의 증가에 영향을 주었다 초염계수 가수분해는 반응 초기에 hemicellulose의 분해가, 반응 후기에는 cellulose 분해가 진행되었다. 반응 시간의 증가는 당화 수율을 향상시켰고 반응 온도의 증가는 $415^{\circ}C$까지는 당화 수율을 증가시켰지만 $415^{\circ}C$ 이상에서는 급격히 감소시켰다. 낮은 반응 온도조건에서 반응 압력의 증가는 당화 수율을 증가시컸지만, 높은 반응 온도 조건에서는 오히려 당화 수율을 감소시켰다. 확인된 당화 수율의 결과를 토대로 상수리나무 정상재의 최적 초엄계수 가수분해 조건은 $415^{\circ}C$, 23 MPa, 60초로 결정하였으며, 당화 수율은 2.68%로 확인되었다. 결정된 최적 조건에서 골목의 초임계수 가수분해를 실시한 결과 당화 수율이 3.58%로 정상재의 당화 수율보다 높았다. GC-MS를 이용한 수용성 분해산물의 분석 결과, 주요 분해 산물은 1,1'-oxybis-benzene과 1,2-benzendicarboxylic acid로 확인되었고, 낮은 분해율을 보인 반응 조건에서는 pentadecanoic acid, 14-methyl-heptadecanoic acid 등과 같은 지방산류가 공통적으로 검출되었다. 반응 온도 및 시간이 증가함에 따라 phenol, benzene류의 증가가 확연되었지만 비수용성 잔사에서는 반응 압력의 차이에 의한 분해 산물의 변화는 없었다. 비수용성 잔사의 성분 분석 결과 60.6~79.2%의 holocellulose를 함유하고 있었고, 산 촉매 가수분해에 의하여 49.2~67.5%의 당화 수율을 보여주었다. 희산을 이용한 수용성 분해산물의 2차 가수분해에 의하여 수용성 분해 산불 내 당화 수율이 큰 폭으로 향상되었다.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.281-294
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• 2017

Tropical forests constitute almost half of the global forest cover, account for 35% of the global net primary productivity and thereby have potential to contribute substantially to sequester atmospheric $CO_2$ and offset climate change impact. However, deforestation and degradation lead by unsustainable management of tropical forests contribute to the unprecedented species losses and limit ecosystem services including carbon sequestration. Sustainable forest management (SFM) in the tropics may tackle and rectify such deleterious impacts of anthropogenic disturbances and climatic changes. However, the existing dilemma on the definition of SFM and lack of understanding of how tropical forest sustainability can be achieved lead to increasing debate on whether climate change mitigation initiatives would be successful. We reviewed the available literature with a view to clarify the concept of sustainability and provide with a framework towards the sustainability of tropical forests for enhanced carbon stock and climate change mitigation. We argue that along with securing forest tenure and thereby reducing deforestation, application of reduced impact logging (RIL) and appropriate silvicultural system can enhance tropical forest carbon stock and help mitigate climate change.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.600-612
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• 2015

We investigated the optimization of the organosolv pretreatment of yellow poplar for bioethanol production. Response surface methodology was used to determine the optimal conditions of three independent variables (reaction temperature, reaction time, and sulfuric acid (SA) concentration). Reaction temperature is the most significant variable in the degradation of xylan and lignin in the presence of an acid catalyst, and ethanol production increased with a decrease in the lignin content. The highest ethanol concentration ($42.80g/{\ell}$) and theoretical ethanol yield (98.76%) were obtained at $152^{\circ}C$ (2.5 bar) with 1.6% SA for 16 min. However, because of excessive degradation of the raw material, the overall ethanol yield was less than under other pretreatment conditions which has approximately 50% of WIS recovery rate after pretreatment. The optimal conditions for the maximum overall ethanol yield ($146^{\circ}C$ with 1.22% SA for 15.9 min) were determined with a predicted yield of 17.11%, and the experimental values were very close (17.15%). Therefore, the quadratic model is reliable.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.177-184
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• 2006

The characteristic biodegradation of monomeric styrene by Phanerochaete chrysosporium KFRI 20742, Trametes versicolor KFRI 20251 and Daldinia concentrica KFRI 40-1 was carried out to examine the resistance, its degradation efficiency and metabolites analysis. The estrogenic reduction effect of styrene by the fungi was also evaluated. The mycelium growth of fungi differentiated depending on the concentration levels of styrene. Additionally P. chrysosporium KFRI 20742 showed superior mycelium growth at less than 200 mg/l, while D. concentrica KFRI 40-1 was more than 200 mg/l. The degradation efficiency reached 99 % during one day of incubation for all the fungi. Both manganese-dependent peroxidase and laccase activities in liquid medium were the highest at the initial stage of incubation, whereas the lowest was after the addition of styrene. However, both activities were gradually recovered after. The major metabolites of styrene by P. chrysosporium KFRI 20742 were 2-phenyl ethanol, benzoic acid, cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione, butanol and succinic acid. From one to seven days of incubating the fungi, the expression of pS2 mRNA widely known as an estrogen response gene was decreased down to the level of baseline after one day. Also, the estrogenic effect of styrene completely disappeared after treatment with supernatant of P. chrysosporium KFRI 20742 from one week of culture down to the levels of vehicle.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.633-638
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• 2018

우리는 각종 언론 보도를 통해 북한 내 식량난의 심각성을 지속적으로 전달받고 있다. 최근 들어서는 그 심각성이 날로 높아져 국제기구와 구호단체에서도 우려의 목소리가 커지고 있다. 식량난과 땔감의 부족으로 인해 주민들은 산에 있는 나무를 불법으로 벌목하여 산림의 황폐화도 아시아에서 3번째로 빠르게 진행되고 있는 지역에 해당된다. 그러나 북한의 경우 직접적인 산림의 황폐화 정도를 측정할 수 없으므로, 위성영상을 이용한 원격탐사기법을 적용해야한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 산림의 황폐화에 대한 심각성을 파악하기 위해 북한의 산림 변화 특성을 분석하고자 하였다. 이를 위해 Landsat 5 TM 위성영상과 Landsat 8 OLI TIRS의 2시기 위성영상을 획득하고, 영상 분류를 수행하였다. 그 결과, 남포특별시 지역과 평양직할시 지역에서 산림이 황무지로 변한 것을 알 수 있었으며, 반면에 양강도 북부지역에서는 황무지가 산림지역으로 변한 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 또한, 전체 지역에 대한 면적은 2006년에 비해 2017년에 산림의 변화는 매우 적었으나 수계($4,416.22km^2$)와 주택지가($2,017.03km^2$) 감소하고, 감소된 면적과 유사한 값으로 농경지가 $6,625.74km^2$ 증가한 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.328-334
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• 2017

Background: In this study, we evaluated the anti-cancer activity and potential molecular mechanism of 70% ethanol extracts of the root of Aralia cordata var. continentalis (Kitagawa) Y. C. Chu (RAc-E70) against human colorectal cancer cells. Methods and Results: RAc-E70 suppressed the proliferation of the human colorectal cancer cell lines, HCT116 and SW480. Although RAc-E70 reduction cyclin D1 expression at the protein and mRNA levels, RAc-E70-induced reduction in cyclin D1 protein level occurred more dramatically than that of cyclin D1 mRNA. The RAc-E70-induced downregulation of cyclin D1 expression was attenuated in the presence of MG132. Additionally, RAc-E70 reduced HA-cyclin D1 levels in HCT116 cells transfected with HA-tagged wild type-cyclin D1 expression vector. RAc-E70-mediated cyclin D1 degradation was blocked in the presence of LiCl, a $GSK3{\beta}$ inhibitorbut, but not PD98059, an ERK1/2 inhibitor and SB203580, a p38 inhibitor. Furthermore, RAc-E70 phosphorylated cyclin D1 at threonine-286 (T286), and LiCl-induced $GSK3{\beta}$ inhibition reduced the RAc-E70-mediated phosphorylation of cyclin D1 at T286. Conclusions: Our results suggested that RAc-E70 may downregulate cyclin D1 expression as a potential anti-cancer target through $GSK3{\beta}$-dependent cyclin D1 degradation. Based on these findings, RAc-E70 maybe a potential candidate for the development of chemopreventive or therapeutic agents for human colorectal cancer.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.698-704
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• 2019

Quercus mongolica (QM), which belongs to fagaceae, is one of the oak native to Korea. We evaluated the anti-inflammatory effect of branches extracted with 70% ethanol of QM (QM-B) and elucidated the potential signaling pathway in LPS-induced RAW264.7 cells. The QM-B showed anti-inflammatory activity through inhibition of NO production. The QM-B dose-dependently suppressed NO production by inhibiting iNOS, COX-2 and IL-6 expression in LPS-induced RAW264.7 cells. The QM-B inhibited the degradation and phosphorylation of IκB-α and NF-κB activation. The QM-B suppressed the phosphorylation of p38 and ERK1/2. Also, the QM-B increased HO-1 expression. These results suggested that QM-B may utilize anti-inflammatory activity by suppressing NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathway and inducing HO-1 expression indicated that the QM-B can be used as a natural anti-inflammatory drugs.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.416-426
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• 2007

Polypropylene (PP) composites with wood flour/wax/coupling agent were manufactured by melt compounding and injection molding. The influence of wood flour(WF), wax, and coupling agent on the mechanical and thermal properties of the composites was investigated. The addition of wood flour to neat PP has the higher tensile modulus and strength compared with neat PP. The presence of wax also improved the tensile modulus. At the same loading of PP and WF, the addition of coupling agent highly decreased the tensile modulus, and increased the tensile strength. From thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), the addition of wax improved the thermal stability of the composites in the later stages of degradation. The presence of MAPP and wood flour in turn decreased thermal stabilities of composites. From differential scanning calorimetry analysis (DSC), neither the loading of wax. nor the presence of MAPP has shown significant effect on the thermal transition of composites.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.77-87
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• 2019

The first grade zones in Ecology and Nature Map are important regions for the conservation of the ecosystem, but it would be degraded by various anthropogenic factors. This study analyzes the relationship between potential land cover change and degradation of the first grade zones using land cover transition probability. As a result, it was shown that most of the first grade zones with degraded were converted from forest to urban(5.1%), cropland(27.2%), barren(11.0%) and grass(27.5%) in Gangwon and forest to urban(18.0%), cropland(15.3%), grass(28.4%), barren(12.3%) in Gyeonggi. The result of the logistic regression analysis showed that the probability of degradation of first grade zone was higher in area where was expected the higher probability of urban, cropland, barren, grass transition. The barren transition probability was the most influential and grass was the next highest. There were regional differences in the probability of urban transition and cropland transition, and the urban transition probability was more influential in Gyeonggi-do. This is because development pressure such as housing site development is high in Gyeonggi-do. Due to the limitations of the Act on Mountain Districts Management, even in the first grade zones, the grade may be degraded. Therefore, if Ecology and Nature Map are used to prevent deforestation or conversion of mountainous districts, it may contribute to the preservation of the ecosystem.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.302-310
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• 2016

The loss and degradation in tropical forest region are some of the current global concern. Hence, these issues elevated the role of rehabilitated forests in providing ecological products and services. The information on the carbon stock is important in relation to global carbon and biomass use, but lacking from the tropical region. This paper reports the assessment of tree and soil carbon stock in a chronosequence rehabilitated tropical forest stands in Malaysia. The study site was at the UPM-Mitsubishi Forest Rehabilitation Project, UPMKB. $20{\times}20m$ plot was established each and assessed in 2009 at 1-, 10- and 19-year-old sites while an adjacent ${\pm}23-year-old$ natural regenerating secondary forest plot was established for comparison. The overall total carbon stock was in the order of 19-year-old>${\pm}23-year-old$>10-year-old>1-year-old. When forest carbon stock is low, the soil component plays an important role in the carbon storage. The forest carbon recovery is crucial to increase soil carbon stock. The variations in the carbon stock showed the different stages of the forest recovery. Species survived after 19-years of planting are potential species for carbon sequestration activities in rehabilitated forest. Human intervention in rehabilitating degraded forest areas through tree planting initiatives is crucial towards recovering the forest ecological role especially in forest carbon stock capacity.