• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.1082-1085
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• 2012

CdTe 나노입자로부터 형성된 나노리본은 독특한 광학적 특성을 나타낸다. 용액 내 CdTe의 $Te^{2-}$ 이온의 산화는 나노입자에 불규칙적인 결함을 유발하며 이때 여러 층의 나노결정으로 구성된 나노리본을 형성하게 된다. 본 연구에서는 자기조립 된 CdTe 나노입자가 나노리본을 형성하는 과정에서 빛을 조사하였다. 빛은 용액 내 CdTe 나노입자의 표면에 위치한 $Te^{2-}$의 산화를 촉진시키는 촉매 역할을 수행한다. 합성된 3차원 나노리본의 형태와 특성을 투과전자현미경(TEM)으로 조사하였다. TEM 결과 안정제가 완전히 제거된 부분에서 부분적으로 접힌 꼬인 형태의 다결정 나노리본을 관찰할 수 있었다. Photoluminescence (PL) 측정 결과 550 nm에서 544 nm로 나노입자가 나노리본으로 형성될 때 Blue shift 되었음을 확인하였다. 본 연구에서 제안된 새로운 합성법은 나노물질을 합성하는 새로운 대안을 제시한다.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제17권9호
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• pp.4367-4375
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• 2016

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the anticancer and radio-sensitizing efficacy of a Withania somnifera extract/Gadolinium III oxide nanocomposite (WSGNC) in mice. WSGNC was injected to solid Ehrlich carcinoma-bearing mice via i.p. (227 mg/kg body weight) 3 times/week during 3 weeks. Irradiation was performed by whole body fractionated exposure to 6Gy, applied in 3 doses of 2 Gy/week over 3 weeks. Biochemical analyses as well as DNA fragmentation were performed. Treatment of solid Ehrlich carcinoma bearing mice with WSGNC combined with ${\gamma}$-radiation led to a significant decrease in the tumor size and weight associated with a significant decrease in mitochondrial enzyme activities, GSH content and SOD activity as well as a significant increase in caspase-3 activity, MDA concentration and DNA fragmentation in cancer tissues. Combined treatment of WSGNC and low dose of ${\gamma}$-radiation showed great amelioration in lipid peroxidation and antioxidant status (GSH content and SOD activity) in liver tissues in animals bearing tumors. It is concluded that WSGNC can be considered as a radio-sensitizer and anticancer modulator, suggesting a possible role in reducing the radiation exposure dose during radiotherapy.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.16-33
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• 2004

In Oriental medicine, aging is just a natural process like change of seasons. Ancient Oriental people accepted it as a natural thing to be growing older and to die at last. The science of aging has advanced dramatically. In the last 2 decades, advances in genetics and molecular biology have led to extraordinary new understandings in how cells age, how apoptosis programs cells to die, and how neuroendocrinology plays a role in the lifespan of organisms. Today, the matter of primary concern about aging is a cellular and mitochondrial damage of human body induced by reactive oxygen species(ROS). The skin aging can be divided into two areas, intrinsic(chronologic)-aging and photo-aging. There are lots of photo damage about skin aging. The skin is increasingly exposed to ultraviolet(UV) irradiation in life. Therefore, the risk of photo-oxidative damage of the skin induced by reactive oxygen species(ROS) has increased substantially. Nowadays, many people believe that they can stop or at least delay the process of aging. There are lots of treatments that promise to slow the process of aging and the associated ailments. Many of these treatments, for example, exercise, Vit E, Vit C therapy, hormone therapy, restrict diet, are gradually being subjected to clinical trials. But in spite of all efforts, researches and investigations, there is no single method or treatment which is revealed to be truly effective for delaying progress of aging. Every methods insisted on effect for delaying aging process, has its dark side. All we can do is just keeping ourself healthy until the time of death.

• 공업화학
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.934-938
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• 1997

셀룰로오스에 공기중에서 $\gamma$-선을 조사한 후 상온에서 20일 동안 보관하여 과산화물을 형성시킨 다음, 산과 금속염 존재하에서 아크릴산과 접촉시켜 그라프트 반응을 수행할 때 금속염과 산의 첨가효과에 대하여 고찰하였다. 그라프트 반응시 산과 금속염을 그라프트 용액에 동시에 첨가하면 금속염만 첨가한 경우보다 그라프트율은 향상되었고 반응온도가 높은 경우에 높은 그라프트율을 나타내었으며 사용한 금속염중에서 $CuSO_4{\cdot}5H_2O$보다는 $FeSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$가 그라프트 반응에 효과적이었다. 산의 종류에 따른 첨가효과는 $H_2SO_4>HCl>HNO_3>CH_3COOH$순 이었으며, 황산을 첨가한 경우 $7{\times}10^{-2}$몰 농도까지는 계속 상승하였으나 그 이상부터는 거의 변화가 없었다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.527-536
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• 2009

A potent protein degrading bacterium was isolated from soil samples of different environments. Polyphasic taxonomic studies and phylogenetic 16S rRNA sequence analyses led to identify the isolate IB No. 11 as a strain of Bacillus subtilis. The isolated strain was recognized to produce protease constitutively, and the maximum production (1.64 units/ml) was attained in a shake flask culture when the isolate was grown at $40^{\circ}C$, for 32 h in basal medium supplemented with starch (0.25%) and gelatin (1.25%) as sole carbon and nitrogen source, respectively. The optimum pH and temperature for the protease activity were determined to be pH 7.0 and $50^{\circ}C$, respectively. $Ca^{2+}$ and $Mn^{2+}$ enhanced remarkably the protease activity but neither showed positive effect on the protease's thermal stability. In addition, it was observed that the protease was fairly stable in the pH range of 6.5-8.0 and at temperatures below $50^{\circ}C$, and it could be a good candidate for an animal feed additive. The inhibition profile of the protease by various inhibitors indicated that the enzyme is a member of serine-proteases. A combination of UV irradiation and NTG mutagenesis allowed to develop a protease hyper-producing mutant strain coded as IB No. 11-4. This mutant strain produced approximately 3.23-fold higher protease activity (6.74 units/mg) than the parent strain IB No. 11 when grown at $40^{\circ}C$ for 32h in the production medium. The protease production profile of the selected mutants was also confirmed by the zymography analysis.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.141-155
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• 1994

담배(Nicotiana tabacum)와 까마중(Solanum migrum)의 솩간 원형질체 융합으로 유도된 켈러스를 재료로하여 캘러스의 전체 단백젤과 틸라코이드막 단백질의 양태변화를 중심으로 식물생장 조절물질과 단색광의 생리적 상호효과를 조사하였다. 여러 단색 광선을 캘러스에 조사하였을때, 적색 및 청색광이 캘러스의 전체 단백질과 킬라코이드막 단백질의 합성을 촉진하였으며 , NAA+$ extrm{GA}_3$ 와 NAA+BA의 조합구에서 캘러스의 전체 단백질과 틸라코이드막 댄백질의 축척이 활발히 일어났으며, NAA+$ extrm{GA}_3$처리구에서 더욱 효과적 이였다. NAA+$ extrm{GA}_3$ 처리구에 청색광, 적색광 및 근적외광을 제각각 처리하였을때 캘러스의 전체 단백질과 킬라코이드막 단백질의 합성은 적색광에 의하여 가장 촉진되었다. 따라서 적색광과 NAA+$ extrm{GA}_3$구의 동시처리가 캘러스의 전체 단백질 및 킬라코이드막 단백질의 합성을 상승적으로 촉진함을 보였다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.646-653
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• 1999

This study was done to investigate the effect of ${\gamma}$ irradiated beef feeding on antioxidant vitamin levels and defense enzyme activities in diethylnitrosamine(DEN) initiated rats. Weaning Sprague Dawley male rats were fed the diet containing ${\gamma}$ irradiated ground beef at the dose 0, 3, 5 kGy as a 20% of protein source for 8 weeks. One week after feeding, rats were intraperitoneally injected twice with a dose of DEN(50mg/kg BW). As a promoter, 0.05% phenobarbital was fed in drinking water from one week after DEN treatment until the end of experiment. At the end of 8th week, serum level of vitamin C, serum and hepatic levels of retinol and tocopherol were determined. In addition, activities of cytosolic glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione S transferase, catalase and hepatic superoxide dismutase(SOD) were measured. By ${\gamma}$ irradiation, there was no significant effect on serum and hepatic levels of vitamin C and tocopherol except a significant decreasing effect on hepatic retinol level. There was also no significant effect on the activities of enzymes involved in antioxidative defense system, However, DEN treatment led to a significant increase in activities of glutathione reductase and glutathione S transferase while the activity of glutathione peroxidase was decreased. The activities of hepatic SOD and catalase were not changed by DEN treatment. Overall results indicate that the consumption of low dose of ${\gamma}$ irradiated beef does not affect antioxidative defense system.

• Fibers and Polymers
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2004

Living nature of photoinduced cationic polymerization of isobutyl vinyl ether (IBVE) in the presence of various combinations of diphenyliodonium halide (DPIX), a photocationic initiator and zinc halide $(ZnX_2)$ in methylene chloride has been investigated. Attainment of $100\%$ conversion and a linear relationship between $\%$conversion and number average molar mass of the resulting polymer, strongly suggests the living nature of this system. Livingness of the polymerization system was observed irrespective to the type of halide anion of the initiator and zinc salts unless the reaction temperature is not higher than $-30^{\circ}C$. The rate of polymerization decreases in the order of iodide > bromide > chloride when halide salt of DPIX and $ZnX_2$ are used. It is postulated that the cationic initiation is started by the insertion of weakly basic monomer in to the activated C-X terminal of the monomer adduct which is a reaction product of monomer and HX, a photolytic product of DPIX, formed in situ during the photo-irradiation process. It was concluded that polymerization is initiated by the insertion of weakly basic monomer into activated C- X terminal of monomer adduct due to the pulling action of$ZnX_2$, which successively producing a new polarized C-X terminal for the propagation in cationic nature. This led us to a conclusion that the living nature of this cationic polymerization is ascribable to the polarized C-X growing terminal, which is stable enough to depress the processes of chain transfer or termination process.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.205-209
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• 2012

The objective of the present study was to establish the method of measurement of hydrogen peroxide and to estimate the anti-oxidative effect of genistein in the skin. UVB induced skin oxidation and anti-oxidative effect of genistein formulations were evaluated by determining levels of hydrogen peroxide. The mechanism involved in the determination of hydrogen peroxide is based on a color reaction between ferric ion ($Fe^{3+}$) and xylenol orange, often called FOX assay and subsequent monitoring of absorbance values of the reactant at 540 nm. The reaction was to some extent pH-dependent and detection sensitivity was greatest at pH 1.75. Genistein liposomal gel demonstrated better anti-oxidative effect with regard to lowering hydrogen peroxide levels elevated by UVB irradiation compared to genistein-suspended gel. A linear relationship has been observed between anti-oxidative effect of genistein and drug deposition in the skin tissue. Genistein liposomal gel resulting in the localization of the drug in the deeper skin led to improved anti-oxidative effect compared to genistein gel. The suggested method for evaluation of oxidation of the skin can be used as a tool to screen effective anti-oxidative agents and their delivery systems acting on the skin.

• 한방안이비인후피부과학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.62-74
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• 2017

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of laser therapy for diabetic ulcer by using methods of systematic review. Methods : In this review, PubMed, Cochrane library, Web of Science, CNKI, CiNii, J-STAGE, NDSL and OASIS were used as the search engines. The search period is from the start date of the search engine to October 3, 2016. Randomized controlled trials(RCTs) using laser therapy for diabetic ulcer were searched and extracted by two independent researchers. Risk of bias(RoB) of Cochrane was used to assess methodological quality of studies. Results : Finally, five RCTs were selected. The follow-up period ranged from 15 days to 20 weeks. InGaAlP laser, GaAlAs laser and light emitting diode(LED) were used to treat diabetic ulcer. The clinical trials used sham laser irradiation or standard treatment as control in comparison to laser therapy. The endpoints included ulcer size, rate of healing and time to healing with follow-up period. The RCTs demonstrated therapeutic outcomes with no adverse effect. Most items of RoB were unclear and methodological quality was low. Conclusions : Our analysis suggests that laser therapy has therapeutic effects for diabetic ulcer. However, more systematic and stringent clinical trials will be required.