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Extracts from Pinus densiflora Siebold et Zuccarini Sawdust Inhibit the Mycelial Growth of Lentinus edodes (Berk.) Sing., Edible Mushroom

  • Hong, Seong-Cheol;Choi, Myung-Suk;Lim, Bu-Kug;Lee, Jong-Yoon;Rinker, Danny L.;Yang, Jae-Kyung
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.349-354
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    • 2004
  • The extracts of Pinus densiflora sawdust by n hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol solvent were investigated to identify their mycelial growth inhibition against Lentinus edodes. The yields of n hexane soluble fraction, ethyl acetate-soluble fraction, and methanol soluble fraction from P. densiflora sawdust were obtained 1.36%, 2.21% and 4.03% using organic solvent, respectively. The mycelial growth inhibition of L. edodes was the greatest for n hexane extract, ranging from 36.5% to 47.6% at concentrations of 125 ppm to 1,000 ppm, with the values for all concentrations significantly different from one another. After direct extraction of P. densiflora sawdust using n hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol, each extract was separated into three fractions by silica gel column chromatography and then the fractions were isolated on the values of $R_f$ by thin layer chromatography. The mycelial growth inhibition against L. edodes was recognized in the fractions II (33.5%) and III (37.6%) of n hexane extract, the fraction II (21.4%) of ethyl acetate extract and the fraction II (26.4%) of methanol extract. The fractions III of n-hexane extract showed the highest growth inhibition among the nine fractions of the organic solvent extract.

Gas Permeation Characteristics of Silica Membrane Prepared by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis (초음파 분무 열분해법에 의해 합성한 실리카 막의 기체 투과 특성)

  • Lee Kew-Ho;Youn Min-Young;Park Sang-Jin;Lee Dong-Wook;Sea Bongkuk
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.105-113
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    • 2005
  • Silica membranes were prepared on a porous metal sheet by ultrasonic spray pyrolysis method for gas separation at high temperatures. In order to improve the permselectivity, silica was deposited in the sol-gel derived $silica/\gamma-alumina$ intermediate layer by pyrolysis of tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) at 873 K. The pyrolysis with forced cross flow through the porous wall of the support was very effective in plugging mesopores, Knudsen diffusion regime, that were left unplugged in the membranes. At permeation temperature of 523 K, the silica/alumina composite membrane showed $H_2/N_2$ and water/methanol selectivity as high as 17 and 16, respectively, by molecular sieve effect.

Micro Emulsion Synthesis of LaCoO3 Nanoparticles and their Electrochemical Catalytic Activity

  • Islam, Mobinul;Jeong, Min-Gi;Ghani, Faizan;Jung, Hun-Gi
    • Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.121-130
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    • 2015
  • The micro emulsion method has been successfully used for preparing perovskite LaCoO3 with uniform, fine-shaped nanoparticles showing high activity as electro catalysts in oxygen reduction reactions (ORRs). They are, therefore, promising candidates for the air-cathode in metal-air rechargeable batteries. Since the activity of a catalyst is highly dependent on its specific surface area, nanoparticles of the perovskite catalyst are desirable for catalyzing both oxygen reduction and evolution reactions. Herein, LaCoO3 powder was also prepared by sol-gel method for comparison, with a broad particle distribution and high agglomeration. The electro catalytic properties of LaCoO3 and LaCoO3-carbon Super P mixture layers toward the ORR were studied comparatively using the rotating disk electrode technique in 0.1 M KOH electrolyte to elucidate the effect of carbon Super P. Koutecky-Levich theory was applied to acquire the overall electron transfer number (n) during the ORR, calculated to be ~3.74 for the LaCoO3-Super P mixture, quite close to the theoretical value (4.0), and ~2.7 for carbon-free LaCoO3. A synergistic effect toward the ORR is observed when carbon is present in the LaCoO3 layer. Carbon is assumed to be more than an additive, enhancing the electronic conductivity of the oxide catalyst. It is suggested that ORRs, catalyzed by the LaCoO3-Super P mixture, are dominated by a 2+2-electron transfer pathway to form the final, hydroxyl ion product.

A comparative evaluation of $CO_2$ and erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet laser therapy in the management of dentin hypersensitivity and assessment of mineral content

  • Belal, Mahmoud Helmy;Yassin, Abdulaziz
    • Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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    • v.44 no.5
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    • pp.227-234
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    • 2014
  • Purpose: Dentin hypersensitivity is a potential threat to oral health. Laser irradiation may provide reliable and reproducible treatment but remains controversial. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of $CO_2$ or erbium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet (Er:YAG) laser therapy, and to assess mineral content. Methods: Eighteen human single-rooted teeth affected with advanced periodontitis were obtained. Buccal and lingual surfaces were planed to form 36 specimens. Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid gel (24%) was applied to remove the smear layer and simulate hypersensitive teeth. The experimental groups were: group 1, control (no irradiation); group 2, $CO_2$ laser (repetitive pulsed mode, 2 W, $2.7J/cm^2$); and group 3, Er:YAG laser (slight contact mode, 40 mJ/pulse and 10 Hz). To evaluate dentinal tubule occlusion, six specimens per group (2-mm thickness) were prepared and observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for calculation of the occlusion percentage. To evaluate the mineral content, six specimens per group (0.6-mm thickness) were used, and then the levels of Ca, K, Mg, Na, and P were measured by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. In addition, the surface temperature of the specimens during laser irradiation was analyzed by a thermograph. Results: The SEM photomicrographs indicated melted areas around exposed dentinal tubules and a significantly greater percentage of tubular occlusion in the $CO_2$ and Er:YAG laser groups than the control, and in the Er:YAG group than the $CO_2$ laser group. In addition, no significant differences were noted among the experimental groups for the mineral elements analyzed. The $CO_2$ laser group showed an evident thermal effect compared to the Er:YAG group. Conclusions: $CO_2$ and Er:YAG laser are effective in treating dentin hypersensitivity and reducing its symptoms. However, the Er:YAG laser has a more significant effect; thus, it may constitute a useful conditioning item. Furthermore, neither $CO_2$ nor Er:YAG lasers affected the compositional structure of the mineral content.

Alkaloids from the Tuber of Aconitum chiisanense (지리바꽃 괴경의 알카로이드)

  • Lee, Moo-Taek;Sung, Hwan-Kil;Whang, Wan-Kyunn;Kim, Il-Hyuk
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.161-173
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    • 1997
  • Tuber of Aconitum chiisanense(Ranunculaceae) a specific medicinal plant in Korea, which is known to have the activity to recover reduced metabolism of feeble patients and has been used to symptoms such as pain, paralysis, atonia and coldness of extremities, etc. were studied. The powdered tubers of the plant were extracted with 10% EtOH 3 times and the combined extract was dissolved in 1N HCl solution and washed with ethyl acetate. The aqueous layer was basified with solid $Na_2CO_3$ and extracted with $CHCl_3$ to obtain an alkaloidal fraction. The alkaloidal fraction was subjected to column chromatography using silica gel, alumina and Sephdex LH 20, etc. From the alkaloidal fraction, five diterpene alkaloids, mesaconitine, aconitine, hypaconitine, 8-O-ethyl 14-benzoylmesaconine and talatizamine, were isolated and identified on the basis of their physico-chemical properties and spectroscopic evidences($^1H$-, $^{13}C$-NMR, EI-MS, IR, 2D-NMR) respectively. Especially the Compound IV, 8-O-ethyl 14-benzoylmesaconine, was assumed to be an artifact resulting from mesaconitine during extraction procedures. The contents of mesaconitine, aconitine and hypaconitine in the mother tuber of this plant were 0.300%, 0.024%, and 0.068%. And that of the attached tuber(new one) of this plant were 0.336%, 0.034% and 0.240% respectively.

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A Cytotoxic Activity of Panax Ginseng Extract Against Bome Cancer Cells In Vivo and In Vitro.

  • Hwang, Woo-Ik;Park, Gil-Hong;Paik, Jeong-Mi
    • Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference
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    • 1987.06a
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    • pp.29-37
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    • 1987
  • This study was devised to observe the cytotoxlc activities of petroleum-ether extract of Panax ginseng root(crude Gx) and its partially purified fraction from silicon acid column chromatography(7:3 CX) against sarcoma-180(5-180) and Walker carcinosarcoma 256(Walker 256) in vivo, and murine leukemic lymphocytes(L1210) and human rectal cancer cell(HRT-18) and human colon cancer cells(HT-29 and HCT-48) in vitro . Each cell-line was cultured in medium containing serial concentrations of the crude Gx or 7:3 Gx in vitro. A highly lipid soluble compound in the extract of Panax ginseng root was cytocidal to murine leukemic cells and human colon and rectal cancer cells in vitro In the meantime, ginseng saponin derivatives did not cytotoxic effects at its corresponding concentration. The growth rates of the cancer cells in medium containing ginseng extracts were inhibited gradually to a significant degree roughly in proportion to the increase of the extract concentration. The cytotoxic activity of 7:3 Gx was about 3 times more potent than that of crude Gx, one unit of cytotoxic activity against L121f cells being equivalent to 2.54$\mu\textrm{g}$ and 0.88 $\mu\textrm{g}$ for the crude Gx and 7:3 Gx, respectively. The Rf value of the active compound on silica -gel thin layer chromatography with petroleum-ether/ethyl ether/acetic acid mixture (90:10:1, v/v/v) as a developing solvent was 0.23. The survival times of mice inoculated with S-180 cells were extended about 1.5 to 2 times by the 7:3 Gx treatment compared with their control group. The significantly decreased hemoglobin values of rats after inoculation with Walker 256 were recovered to normal range by oral administration of the crude Gx. The synthetic levels of protein, DNA and RNA in human colon and rectal cancer cells were significantly diminished by treatment with the crude Gx, which can explain a part of the origin of its anticancer activity.

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Isolation and Evaluation of Protective Effect against Fusarium Wilt of Sesame Plants of Antibiotic Substance from Bacillus polymyxa KB-8

  • Hyun, Jae-Wook;Kim, Young-Hoon;Lee, Yong-Se;Park, Won-Mok
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.152-157
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    • 1999
  • An antibiotic compound was isolated from the culture of an antagonist against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. sesami, Bacillus polymyxa strain KB-8, and tested for the control of Fusarium wilt of sesame in greenhouse conditions. Optimum conditions for culturing the antagonist to obtain the maximum antibiotic activity were determined using different culture media, initial medium acidity, and incubation periods for which yeast -malt extract agar with the initial acidity of pH 5 and over 13 days culture were best. Antibiotic substances extracted by methanol had 2 main fractions, KB-8A and KB-8B, in thin layer chromatography (OLC) with Rf values of 0.35 and 0.67 in a solvent system of chloroform : methanol = 7 : 3. The fraction KB-8A wa purified further by XAD-2, silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, and crystalization. Its minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) were $12.8\mu\textrm{g}$/ml for F. oxysporum and Alternaria mali, $6.4\mu\textrm{g}$/ml for Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Rhizoctonia solani, and $3.2\mu\textrm{g}$/ml for Phytophthora capsici. Soil drenching of antibiotic KB-8A in the concentrations of $13.0\mu\textrm{g}$/ml and $26.0\mu\textrm{g}$/ml effectively inhibited the Fusarium wilt of sesame in a greenhouse test, which appeared to be comparable to the fungicide benlate of $6.5\mu\textrm{g}$ a. i./ml.

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Preparation of Field Effect Transistor with $(Bi,La)Ti_3O_{12}$ Ferroelectric Thin Film Gate ($(Bi,La)Ti_3O_{12}$ 강유전체 박막 게이트를 갖는 전계효과 트랜지스터 소자의 제작)

  • Suh Kang Mo;Park Ji Ho;Gong Su Cheol;Chang Ho Jung;Chang Young Chul;Shim Sun Il;Kim Yong Tae
    • Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.221-225
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    • 2003
  • The MFIS-FET(Field Effect Transistor) devices using $BLT/Y_2O_3$ buffer layer on p-Si(100) substrates were fabricated by the Sol-Gel method and conventional memory processes. The crystal structure, morphologies and electrical properties of prepared devices were investigated by using various measuring techniques. From the C-V(capacitance-voltage) data at 5V, the memory window voltage of the $Pt/BLT/Y_2O_3/si$ structure decreased from 1.4V to 0.6V with increasing the annealing temperature from $700^{\circ}C\;to\;750^{\circ}C$. The drain current (Ic) as a function of gate voltages $(V_G)$ for the $MFIS(Pt/BLT/Y_2O_3/Si(100))-FET$ devices at gate voltages $(V_G)$ of 3V, 4V and 5V, the memory window voltages increased from 0.3V to 0.8V as $V_G$ increased from 3V to 5V.

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Investigation of Liposomes Labelled with Tc-99m Added EDTA, DTPA and NTA for Tumor Seeker ($^{99m}Tc-Liposomes$과 킬레이트제 표지반응의 효과)

  • Ryu, Yong-Wun;Kim, Jang-Hwi;Kang, Tae-Woong;Yu, Ju-Hyun
    • The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.137-143
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    • 1985
  • Using chelating agents such as Nitrilotriaceticacid(NTA), ticacid(DTPA) and Ethylenediaminenitrilotetraceticacid(EDTA), with TC-99m were determined in vitro and in vivo. Methods.of separation and determination of TC-99m-liposomes added chelating agents were practiced by thin layer chromatogram scan and gel filtration. Biodistributions of Tc-99m-liposomes in normal and sarcoma 180 cells bearing mice were observed. The results were as follows: 1) Maximum amount of $Sn^{+2}$ to reduction from pertechnetium$(10\sim20{\mu}ci)$ by adding 0, 1, 10 and $100{\mu}g$ of $SnCl_2$ in 0.2 ml of oxygen free water was $10{\mu}g$. 2) The large amounts of $SnCl_2$ were not changed but the small amounts of $SnCl_2$ were much changed by labeling with TC-99m to add chelating agents. EDTA in small amounts of $SnCl_2$ were reduced more strongly than DTPA or NTA. Using a hydrophilic chelate, DTPA, the uptake of liposomes could not accumulated in liver and spleen by a lipophilic chelate NTA were significant in vivo. 3) Uptake by tumor was achived 1.14% of injected dose per gram tissue and tumor to organ ratios were measured in low with TC-99m-NTA-liposomes(+).

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졸겔 스핀코팅 방법으로 성장된 ZnO 박막에서 씨앗층이 구조적 및 광학적 특성에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Yeong-Gyu;Park, Hyeong-Gil;Nam, Gi-Ung;Yun, Hyeon-Sik;Kim, Ik-Hyeon;Park, Yeong-Bin;Park, Seon-Hui;Mun, Ji-Yun;Kim, Dong-Wan;Kim, Jin-Su;Kim, Jong-Su;Im, Jae-Yeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2014.02a
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    • pp.291.2-291.2
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    • 2014
  • ZnO 박막(thin film)은 씨앗층(seed layer)의 종류, 두께, 증착 조건 등에 따라 그 특성이 달라지는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 씨앗층의 종류에 따른 박막의 특성변화를 알아 보기 위해, 졸겔 스핀코팅(sol-gel spin-coating) 방법으로 4가지 종류의 씨앗층(Al-ZnO, Co-ZnO, Cu-ZnO, In-ZnO) 위에 ZnO 박막을 성장 한 후 성장된 ZnO 박막의 구조적, 광학적 특성을 field emission scanning electron microscope, X-ray diffractometer, UV-visible spectrometer를 통해 조사하였다. ZnO 박막의 표면구조는 씨앗층의 종류에 따라 변하였으며, 씨앗층 위에 성장된 ZnO 박막들의 c축 배향성과 결정성이 씨앗층 없이 성장된 ZnO 박막보다 더 우수하게 나타났다. 투과도(transmittance) 측정값을 통해 계산된 광학적 밴드갭(optical bandgap)과 Urbach 에너지는 씨앗층에 따라 다른 값을 나타내었다. 광학적 밴드갭은 Al-ZnO 씨앗층 위에 성장된 ZnO 박막에서 가장 크게 나타났으며, Urbach 에너지는 Co-ZnO 씨앗층 위에 성장된 ZnO 박막에서 가장 낮았다. 따라서 ZnO박막 성장 시 용도에 맞게 적절한 씨앗층을 사용하는 것은 소자의 성능을 향상시키는데 매우 중요한 역할을 할 수 있다.

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