• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.285-289
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• 2005

In this double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we assessed the efficacy and safety of beef tallow extract (BTE) including Cis-9-cetylmyristoleate in patients with arthritis. Between May and December 2003, we selected 80 patients (n=80) who showed/manifested arthritic symptoms and whose radiological findings were suggestive of arthritis, and randomly assigned them to placebo-controlled (n=40) and treatment group (n=40). The placebo (corn starch 350 mg) and BTE (208 mg) were orally administered to placebo-controlled and treatment group three times a day, respectively. We assessed the efficacy and safety based on the visual analogue scale (V AS) and modified knee society knee scores (MKSKS) at baseline and endpoint, respectively. To assess the safety, we monitored the adverse effects noted in liver, kidney, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal system for 3 weeks. Then, we performed not only a questionnaire study but also laboratory tests (e.g., liver function test, kidney function test, urinalysis, electrocardiography [EKG], complete blood cell counts [CBC] and chest X-ray). For statistical analysis, Student (-test and paired (-test were done using SPSS■ Version 11.0. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. The scores between V AS and MKSKS showed statistical significance (p < 0.05) with an improvement of $69.2\%$ (27/39) and $3.8\%$ (21/39) of treatment-group patients, respectively. Abnormal laboratory findings were noted in neither placebo-controlled nor treatment group. In conclusion, our results indicate that the administration of BTE was a safe and effective treatment regimen for patients with arthritis. In addition, the efficacy of BTE was more remarkable in alleviating the symptoms rather than improving the function.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.155-160
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• 2011

현재 지구온난화 등의 환경문제로 인해 각종 산업분야에서 정량화에 대한 요구가 증대되어 해양산업에도 그 수요가 증가하고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 차세대 경량화 재료인 마그네슘이 활용되기 위해서 반드시 극복해야할 가장 중요한 특성인 내식특성에 대하여 고찰하고, 그 내식특성 향상을 위한 마그네슘 박막의 Morphology나 결정배향성의 영향을 해명하고자 하였다. 실험결과로부터 제작한 Mg 박막의 전기화학적 내식특성은 Ar 가스압이 높은 조건에서 제작한 막일수록 내식특성이 우수하였다. 이러한 경향은 표면 및 단면의 Morphology와 결정배향성과의 상관관계를 통하여 설명 가능하였다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.119-128
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• 2017

본 연구는 최근 식생활 개선과 더불어 건강식의 원료로 수요가 크게 증가하고 있는 국내 유통 잡곡류에 대한 비소의 농도 수준을 확인하고, 비소를 구성하고 있는 화학종들을 분리 및 정량하여 섭취량에 따른 위해 수준을 확인하고자 하였다. 잡곡 12품목 188점을 현지 수거 후 분석에 활용하였는데, 총비소 분석은 일정량의 시료에 질산과 microwave를 이용하여 전처리한 후 ICP-MS를 이용하여 분석을 하였다. 비소 화학종 분리 및 정량을 위하여 HPLC로 화학종을 선택적으로 분리하고 검출기 역할을 하는 ICP-MS를 결합한 형태인 HPLC-ICP-MS를 이용하여 비소 화학종을 분리 분석하였다. 추출 용매로는 증류수, 말론산, 질산을 이용하여 추출 효율을 비교한 결과 1% 질산이 비소 화학종 모두에서 양호한 추출효율을 보여 최종적으로 1%질산을 추출용매로 선택하였고, 비소 화학종이 적절한 pH에서 전하를 띄는 특성을 고려하여 이동상으로는 ammonium carbonate, ammonium phosphate를 gradient 조건으로 분석하였다. 분석법 검증을 위하여 검출한계, 정량한계, 직선성 및 회수율 모두 AOAC에서 권장하는 기준을 만족하여 총비소 및 비소 화학종 분리 분석 결과에 대한 신뢰성을 확인하였다. 품목별 총비소 평균 농도는 찹쌀 $0.267{\pm}0.090mg/kg$, 검정현미 $0.241{\pm}0.137mg/kg$, 혼합곡 $0.183{\pm}0.045mg/kg$의 순으로 나타났고 무기비소 평균 농도는 찹쌀$0.149{\pm}0.056mg/kg$, 검정현미 $0.136{\pm}0.075mg/kg$, 혼합곡 $0.110{\pm}0.035mg/kg$의 순으로 총비소 결과값과 동일한 순서를 보였다. 총비소와 무기비소 농도의 상관 분석결과 총비소 농도가 높으면 무기비소 농도 또한 높은 농도를 보여 강한 양의 상관관계가 있음을 확인하였다. 위해 평가는 국민건강영양조사 자료(2012)를 근거로 잡곡에 대한 무기비소 위해 정도를 평가하였는데 품목별 무기비소 노출량은 혼합곡에서 $19.91{\mu}g/day$로 가장 높은 노출량을 보였고, 찹쌀 $1.07{\mu}g/day$, 검정현미 $0.77{\mu}g/day$, 보리 $0.13{\mu}g/day$, 콩 $0.11{\mu}g/day$ 순으로 나타났다. 품목별로는 혼합곡이 PTWI 대비 16.89%로 가장 높은 수준을 보였고, 찹쌀 0.91%, 검정현미 0.65%, 보리 0.11%, 콩 0.09%의 순으로 나타났다. 노출량에 따른 위해 수준은 잡곡 12품목 모두 일시에 섭취한다고 가정할 경우 PTWI 대비 18.69% 수준으로, 잡곡류에 대한 무기비소의 인체 노출 및 위해수준은 안전한 것으로 평가되었다.

• 공업화학
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.649-659
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• 2023

This study was initiated to evaluate the phosphorus (P) removal and diesel oil degradation by bacteria isolated from industrial wastewater. The bacteria isolated were identified as Bacillus sp. The P removal efficiencies by Bacillus sp. were 99% at the initial 20 mg/L P concentration. The diesel degradation efficiencies by Bacillus sp. were 86.4% at an initial 1% diesel concentration. Lipophilicity by bacteria was the highest in the log phase, whereas it was the lowest in the death phase. As the diesel was used as a carbon source, P removal efficiencies by Bacillus sp. were 68%. When glucose, acetate, and a mixture of glucose and acetate as second carbon sources were added, the diesel degradation efficiencies were 69.22%, 65.46%, and 51.46%, respectively. The diesel degradation efficiency was higher in the individual additions of glucose or acetate than in the mixture of glucose and acetate. When P concentration increased from 20 mg/L to 30 mg/L, the diesel degradation efficiency was increased by 7% from 65% to 72%, whereas when P concentration was increased from 30 mg/L to 40 mg/L, there was no increase in diesel degradation. One of the five proteins identified by proteome analysis in the 0.5% diesel-treated samples may be involved in alkane degradation and is known as the cytochrome P450 system. Also, two of the sixteen proteins identified in the 1.5% diesel-treated samples may be implicated in the fatty acid transport system and alcohol dehydrogenation.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.237-243
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• 2005

유자를 과육과 과피로 분리하여 methanol, ether, ethylacetate 및 물로 추출하며 전자 공여능, 아질산염 소거능 및 NDMA생성에 미치는 영향을 검색하였다. 유자 과육 추출물의 경우 10 mg/ml이상 첨가시 ether추출물을 제외한 모든 실험구에서 $50\%$이상의 전자 공여능을 나타내었다. 과피 메탄올 추출물을 40 mg/ml 첨가시에는 BHA 및 ascorbic acid의 효능과 유사한 수준인 $99.2{\pm}0.37\%$의 전자 공여능이 나타났다. pH 1.2에서 아질산염 소거작용은 1mg/ml 첨가시 $40\%$ 이상의 소거능을 보였으며 시료량이 증가할수록 상승하였다. 또한 과육보다는 과피에서 아질산염 소거능이 다소 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 유자 과육 추출물의 NDMA생성 억제 효과는 메탄을 추출물을 pH 1.2의 반응 용액에 40 mg/ml 첨가시 $31.7{\pm}1.25\%$로 가장 높게 나타났다. pH 4.2 및 6.0의 반응 조건에서는 모든 시료 첨가구에서 $20\%$미만의 억제 효과가 있었다.

• 한국가스학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2016

포름아미드(formamide)는 암모니아 냄새의 무색 액체로 흡입 시 자극성이 강하며, 급성독성 $LD_{50}$ 5,577 mg/kg(랫드), 표적장기(간장) 전신독성의 무유해영향농도(NOAEL)는 113 mg/kg/day) 및 생식독성물질(1B)로 작업환경 노출기준은 10 ppm이었다. 포름아마이드 취급사업장에 대한 작업환경 측정결과는 25개 시료 모두가 노출기준보다 매우 낮은 농도를 보였다. 그러나 작업강도, 국소배기장치의 가동 및 보호구(방독마스크)의 착용 여부 등 작업환경에 따라 노출농도가 변할 수 있어 가상 노출 시나리오별 노출량을 산출한 결과 노출량은 $5.16mg/m^3$, $1.72mg/m^3$, $0.43mg/m^3$으로 산출되었다. 이를 전신독성 및 생식독성의 유해성을 고려한 위험성을 평가한 결과 평균값은 0.02-0.58, 누적 90% 값은 0.02-0.66, 95% 값은 0.02-0.69로 모두 1보다 낮은 대체로 안전한 값으로 산출되었다. 단, 작업 상황에 따라 순간적 고농도에 노출될 위험도 있으며, 간독성 및 생식독성 물질이기에 건강장해 예방을 위해 노출되지 않도록 취급 시 주의가 요망된다.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.22.1-22.12
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• 2023

Background: Citric acid (CA) and sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) have been used to disinfect animals to protect them against avian influenza and foot-and-mouth disease. Objectives: We performed a good laboratory practice (GLP)-compliant animal toxicity study to assess the acute toxic effects of CA and NaOCl aerosol exposure in Sprague-Dawley rats. Methods: Groups of five rats per sex were exposed for 4 h to four concentrations of the two chemicals, i.e., 0.00, 0.22, 0.67, and 2.00 mg/L, using a nose-only exposure. After a single exposure to the chemicals, clinical signs, body weight, and mortality was observed during the observation period. On day 15, an autopsy, and then gross findings, and histopathological analysis were performed. Results: After exposure to CA and NaOCl, body weight loss was observed but recovered. Two males died in the CA 2.00 mg/L group and, two males and one female died in the 2.00 mg/L NaOCl group. In the gross findings and histopathological analysis, discoloration of the lungs was observed in the CA exposed group and inflammatory lesions with discoloration of the lungs were observed in the NaOCl exposed group. These results suggest that the lethal concentration 50 (LC50) of CA is 1.73390 mg/L for males and > 1.70 mg/L for females. For NaOCl, the LC50 was 2.22222 mg/L for males and 2.39456 mg/L for females. Conclusions: The Globally Harmonized System is category 4 for both CA and NaOCl. In this study, the LC50 results were obtained through a GLP-based acute inhalation toxicity assessment. These results provide useful data to reset safety standards for CA and NaOCl use.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.297-300
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• 2019

In countries with FMD vaccination, as in Korea, typical clinical signs do not appear, and even in FMD positive cases, it is difficult to isolate the FMDV or obtain whole genome sequence. To overcome this problem, more rapid and simple NGS system is required to control FMD in Korea. FMDV (O/Boeun/ SKR/2017) RNA was extracted and sequenced using Ion Torrent's bench-top sequencer with amplicon panel with optimized bioinformatics pipelines. The whole genome sequencing of raw data generated data of 1,839,864 (mean read length 283 bp) reads comprising a total of 521,641,058 (≥Q20 475,327,721). Compared with FMDV (GenBank accession No. MG983730), the FMDV sequences in this study showed 99.83% nucleotide identity. Further study is needed to identify these differences. In this study, fast and robust methods for benchtop next generation sequencing (NGS) system was developed for analysis of Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) whole genome sequences.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.94-99
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• 2005

The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of treatment of mesoglycan. This study was conducted between September 2003 and May 2004. A total of 292 patients with vascular disorders including cerebral infarction were enrolled. The patients were administered with 50-100mg of mesoglycan by an oral route everyday for eight weeks. Subjective physicians' assessments of efficacy had ratings of 'improvement', 'invariability', 'exacerbation' and 'not being able to assess'. An improvement was observed in 241 patients out of 274; 18 patients were rules out. The efficacy rate was influenced statistically significantly by the duration of therapy (p=0.0392) and daily mean drug dose (p<0.0001). The adverse events were reported in 8 patients (9 cases) out of 292 patients: skin/appendages disorders (0.7%), liver/biliary system disorders (0.7%), cardiovascular system disorders (0.7%), neurologic disorders (0.3%). respiratory disorders (0.3%) and gastrointestinal system disorders (0.3%). There showed no serious adverse events. These results indicate that mesoglycan was well tolerated and effective for the prevention of vascular disorders.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권9호
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• pp.1470-1477
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• 2019

${\beta}_2$-adrenergic receptor (${\beta}_2-AR$) was expressed efficiently using Bac-to-Bac Baculovirus Expression System in Sf9 cells as a bio-recognition element for multianalyte screening of ${\beta}$-agonist residues in pork. Sf9 cells were selected as the expression system, and codon optimization of wild-type nucleic acid sequence and time-dependent screening of expression conditions were then carried out for enhancing expression level and biological activity. Under optimum conditions of multiplicity of infection (MOI) = 5 and 48 h post transfection, the protein yield was up to 1.23 mg/ml. After purification by chromatographic techniques, the purified recombinant protein was applied to develop a direct competitive enzyme-linked receptor assay (ELRA) and the efficiency and reliability of the assay was determined. The IC50 values of clenbuterol, salbutamol, and ractopamine were 28.36, 50.70, and $59.57{\mu}g/l$, and clenbuterol showed 47.61% and 55.94% cross-reactivities with ractopamine and salbutamol, respectively. The limit of detection (LOD) was $3.2{\mu}g/l$ and the relevant recoveries in pork samples were in the range of 73.0-91.2%, 69.4-84.6%, and 63.7-80.2%, respectively. The results showed that it had better performance compared with other present nonradioactive receptorbased assays, indicating that the genetically modified ${\beta}_2-AR$ would have great application potential in detection of ${\beta}$-agonist residues.