• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.347-362
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• 2016

Marine sponges have been considered as a drug treasure house with respect to great potential regarding their secondary metabolites. Most of the studies have been conducted on sponge's derived compounds to examine its pharmacological properties. Such compounds proved to have antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antimalarial, antitumor, immunosuppressive, and cardiovascular activity. Although, the mode of action of many compounds by which they interfere with human pathogenesis have not been clear till now, in this review not only the capability of the medicinal substances have been examined in vitro and in vivo against serious pathogenic microbes but, the mode of actions of medicinal compounds were explained with diagrammatic illustrations. This knowledge is one of the basic components to be known especially for transforming medicinal molecules to medicines. Sponges produce a different kind of chemical substances with numerous carbon skeletons, which have been found to be the main component interfering with human pathogenesis at different sites. The fact that different diseases have the capability to fight at different sites inside the body can increase the chances to produce targeted medicines.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.178-191
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• 2018

The concentrations and chemical compositions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including volatile fatty acids, phenols, indoles, aldehydes, and ketones, which are the main organic compounds generated by swine, were investigated in July and October 2016 and January 2017. In addition, the emission rates and annual emissions of these components from the swine shed were estimated. The concentrations of VOCs in the swine shed averaged $511.3{\mu}g\;m^{-3}$ in summer, $315.5{\mu}g\;m^{-3}$ in fall and $218.6{\mu}g\;m^{-3}$ in winter. Acetone, acetic acid, propionic acid, and butyric acid were the predominant components of the VOCs, accounting for 80-88% of the total VOCs. The hourly variations of VOC concentrations in the swine shed in fall and winter suggest that the VOC concentrations were related to the ventilation rate of the swine shed, the activity of the swine, and the temperature in the swine shed. Accordingly, the emission rates of VOCs from the swine shed were $1-2{\times}10^3{\mu}g(h\;kg-swine)^{-1}$.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.163-174
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• 2011

Butyltin compounds in seawater, sediments and organisms inside Jeju Harbor of Jeju Island, Korea, were quantitatively determined to assess the extent of contamination and to evaluate the bioaccumulation in Thais clavigera (gastropod), Liolophura japonica and Cellana nigrolineata. In addition, imposex in T. clavigera was used to assess the sublethal effect of tributyltin compounds and its usage as a specific biomarker for these compounds was also studied. The main species in seawater was tributyltin (TBT) in March and June, monobutyltin (MBT) in August, but in sediments and organisms it was dibutyltin (DBT) and TBT, respectively, irrespective of survey time. TBT, the most toxic to aquatic organisms among BTs, was found at concentrations which were sufficient to have a serous effect on the sensitive organisms upon chronic exposure. The high correlations (r>0.7) between BTs indicated that DBT and MBT were mainly degraded from TBT based on antifouling paints and their sources were negligible. The sedimentary organic matters have little influence on the distribution of BTs in marine environment and the lipid content in T. clavigera showed a significant correlation with TBT concentrations. Measurement of imposex T. clavigera was expected to be a very helpful tool for preliminary survey of BTs prior to trace analysis of those.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 1998년도 Proceedings of UNESCO-internetwork Cooperative Regional Seminar and Workshop on Bioassay Guided Isolation of Bioactive Substances from Natural Products and Microbial Products
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• pp.171-171
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• 1998

The metabolic behavior of Debaryomyces hansenii was investigated in terms of substrate utilization and by product formation under different cultural conditions. Debaryomyces hansenii exhibited best growth and most tolerant of increased NaCl, sucrose and potassium sorbate at their optimum pH (5.0). A combination of two or more environmental stresses had stronger inhibitory effects on their growth kinetics, utilization of carbohydrate substrates and the production of organic acids, volatile compounds and other metabolites. Significant amounts of glycerol (0.35-4.4 g/L) and arabitol (0.08-9.8 g/L) were produced by D. hansenii. The main organic acids produced were citric (0.6-1.4 g/L), acetic (0.3-2.8 g/L), fumaric (0.2-1.0 g/L) and malic acids (1.1-1.7 g/L). A range of other compounds such as ethyl acetate, n-propanol, isoamyl alcohol, 2-phenylethanol and acetoin were also produced. The concentration of these compounds varied with the cultural conditions. Such compounds would have specific impacts on food quality in which D. hansenii is found.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.184-191
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• 2007

활성탄 공정에서 chloropicrin, DCAN, DBAN 및 TCAN과 같은 질소계 염소 소독부산물의 제거기작은 운전초기에는 흡착이 높은 비중을 차지하나 부착미생물의 활성이 중진되면서 부착미생물에 의한 생분해와 흡착에 의해 제거되었으며, 이들 물질들은 생분해능이 큰 물질들로 조사되었다. 입상활성탄 재질별 chloropicrin, DCAN, TCAN 및 DBAN의 제거 특성은 석탄계와 야자계 재질의 활성탄에서 제거율이 높았고, 목탄계는 상대적으로 낮은 제거능을 보였으며, 안트라사이트 biofilter에서 가장 낮은 제거능을 보였다. 활성탄 재질별 부착 미생물의 생체량과 활성도는 석탄계가 가장 높았고, 야자계, 목탄계, 안트라사이트 순으로 나타났으며, 수온 변화에 따른 chloropicrin, DCAN, TCAN 및 DBAN의 제거 특성은 수온이 $10^{\circ}C$ 이하로 저하될 경우 부착 bacteria의 생체량과 활성도 감소로 제거율이 감소하였다. 안트라사이트를 이용한 생물여과 공정은 수온의 변화에 아주 민감하게 변하는 양상을 나타내었으며, 이는 부착 bacteria에 의한 직접적인 생물분해가 주 제거 메카니즘이기 때문인 것으로 나타났다. Chloropicrin, DCAN, TCAN 및 UBAN과 같은 질소계 염소소독부산물들의 유입농도가 높은 경우 이들의 제거시에는 수온의 영향이 매우 중요하며, 흡착능이 소진된 활성탄이나 흡착능이 없는 여재를 사용한 생물여과 공정에서는 수온이 낮은 동절기에는 이들의 유출 가능성이 있었다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.352-357
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• 2003

참당귀의 전초 (꽃봉우리, 줄기, 잎)와 뿌리의 정유성분을 분석한 결과 전초의 정유 함량은 0.063%로 뿌리의 0.389%에 비해서 아주 적은 함량을 나타내었다. 주요 성분에 있어서 전초와 뿌리의 정성적 차이는 없었으나, 함량에 있어서는 큰 차이를 보였다. 주요 휘발성 성분은 nonane, ${\alpha}$-pinene, limonene + ${\beta}-phellandrene$이였으며, 이 중 nonane과 ${\alpha}-pinene$의 경우 전초에서는 각각 7.5%와 14.6%이었으나, 뿌리에서는 각각 24.5%와 31.7%로 많은 양을 나타내었다. 이 외에 ${\gamma}-terpinene$, germacrene-d, (E,E)-${\alpha}-farnesene$, ${\beta}- eudesmol$의 경우 전초에서는 5%에서 8% 사이로 나타났으나, 뿌리 에서는 1% 안팎의 적은 함량을 보였다. 참당귀와 일당귀를 분석한 결과 줄기와 잎에서 각각 0.068%, 0.127%와 0.153%, 0.243%로 정유의 함량은 일당귀가 더 높았고, 부위별로는 잎이 줄기의 약 2배 정도 높았다. 참당귀 줄기와 잎의 성분으로는 각각 18개, 32개로 잎에서 더 다양한 향기성분이 분포되어 있었고, 주요 휘발성 성분으로는 ${\alpha}-pinene$, myrcene, limonene, germacrene-d, eudesmol and butylphthalide로 잎에서 germacrene-d가 높았고, butylphthalide가 낮은 차이를 보였다. 일당귀줄기와 잎의 휘발성 정유 성분으로는 각각 21개, 32개로 참당귀와 같이 잎에서 더 다양했고, 성분은 ${\gamma}-terpinene$과 butylphthalide로 butylphthalide가 70%에 육박하는 주성분을 차지했다. 그러므로 Angelica gigas와 Angelica acutiloba는 관능적으로 확연히 다른 차이를 느낄 수 있지만, 분석결과로도 전혀 다른 향기성분임을 알수 있었다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권7호
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• pp.765-769
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• 2005

The essential oil fraction of Ostericum koreanum was analyzed by GC-MS. Inhibiting activities of this oil and its main components were tested by the broth dilution assay and disk diffusion test against one antibiotic-susceptible and two resistant strains of Salmonella enteritidis and S. typhimurium, respectively. The GC-MS analysis revealed thirty-four compounds; the main components were $\alpha$-pinene (41.12%), $\rho$-cresol (17.99%) and 4-methylacetophenone (7.90%). The essential oil of O. koreanum and its main components were significantly effective against the tested antibiotic-susceptible strains as well as against the resistant strains of the two Salmonella species, with MICs (minimum inhibitory concentrations) ranging from 2 mg/mL to 16 mg/mL. The anti-Salmonella effects of the oils were dose-dependent on $M\"{u}ller-Hinton$ agar plates in this experiment. Additionally, checkerboard titer test results demonstrated significant combined effects of streptomycin and O. koreanum oil or cresol, one of the main components of this oil, against the two streptomycin resistant strains of S. typhimurium, with FICIs ranging from 0.12 to 0.37.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.466-469
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• 2008

방향성 약초인 산국을 열풍건조기를 이용하여 각각 4O, 50, $60^{\circ}C$ 에서 수분함량 $23{\pm}1%$ 에 도달할 때까지 건조하였다. 건조시간은 8.5-69시간이 소요되었으며, 소요된 건조시간의 log값은 건조 온도와 높은 역 상관관계를 나타내었다. 건조온도 상승에 따라 산국의 색도 L 값과 b 값은 감소하였고, a 값은 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 산국의 휘발성분 함량의 총합을 $60^{\circ}C$ 건조조건의 것을 100% 로 하였을 때 $50^{\circ}C$ 건조에서는 98.4%, $40^{\circ}C$ 건조에서는 85.4%로 건조 온도가 낮을수록 낮은 휘발성분이 검출되었다. 모든 건조조건의 산국에서 가장 많이 검출된 휘발성분은 germacrene D이었으며, 가장 높은 함량은 $60^{\circ}C$ 건조에서 33.9%이었고, 같은 조건에서 camphor는 23.1%가 검출되었다.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.274-288
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• 2018

Quantitative data of 50 non-polar organic compounds constituting $PM_{2.5}$ were continuously collected and analyzed from June 2016 to October 2017 (approximately 17 months) at Ichihara, one of the largest industrial areas in Japan. Target non-polar organic compounds including 21 species of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), 24 species of n-alkanes and 5 species of phthalate esters(PAEs) were simultaneously measured by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Basically, the average concentrations of the total PAHs, n-alkanes and PAEs in each season remained nearly level, and seasonal variations were little throughout the study period. These results suggest that the emission sources, which are not influenced by the seasons, are the dominant inputs for the target organic compounds. Diagnostic ratios of PAHs, assessment of n-alkane homologue distributions, carbon preference index, and the contribution of wax n-alkanes from plants were used to estimate source apportionments. These results indicate that anthropogenic sources were the main contributor for most PAHs and n-alkanes throughout the study period. The concentrations of PAEs selected in this study were low because emission amounts of these chemicals were little within the source areas of the sampling site. To our knowledge, this study is the first attempt to simultaneously measure a high number of non-polar organic compounds in $PM_{2.5}$ collected from the ambient air of Japan, and the resultant data will provide valuable data and information for environmental researchers.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.205-214
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• 2007

Surface water and sediment samples collected from the Mokpo coast of Korea were analyzed for molecular markers of organic municipal wastewaters, i.e., 11 fecal sterols including coprostanol (Cop) and nonylphenolic compounds (NPs), to characterize the main routes of these wastewaters to the coast and to assess contamination levels. Concentrations of Cop ranged from 94 to 7,568 ng/L in surface water and from 43 to 38,108 ng/g dry weight in sediments. Concentrations of NPs [nonylphenol (NP) and nonylphenol mono- and di-ethoxylates ($NP_{1-2}EOs$)] ranged from 123 to 4,729 ng/L in surface water and from 4 to 2,119 ng/ng dry weight in sediments. The levels of these compounds were much higher at stations near the rivers that pass through the urban center of Mokpo and the outfall of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The spatial distribution of Cop levels was statistically similar to that of NPs (r=0.809 and 0.982 in surface water and sediments, respectively), indicating that these compounds may have similar discharge points, transport, mixing, and deposition in the study area. These results suggest that considerable amounts of organic wastewater compounds are discharged through rivers and WWTP effluent to the Mokpo coast.