• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.35-47
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• 2023

Myelophycus caespitosus, a brown alga belonging to genus Myelophycus, has been traditionally used as a food and medicinal resource in Northeastern Asia. However, few studies have been conducted on its pharmacological activity. In this study, we evaluated whether methanol extract of M. caespitosus (MEMC) could protect against oxidative damage caused by hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) in C2C12 murine myoblasts. Our results revealed that MEMC could suppress H₂O₂-induced growth inhibition and DNA damage while blocking the production of reactive oxygen species. In H₂O₂-treated cells, cell cycle progression was halted at the G2/M phase, accompanied by changes in expression of key cell cycle regulators. However, these effects were attenuated by MEMC. In addition, we found that MEMC protected cells from induction of apoptosis associated with mitochondrial impairment caused by H₂O₂ treatment. Furthermore, MEMC enhanced the phosphorylation of nuclear factor-erythroid-2 related factor 2 (Nrf2) and expression and activity of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) in H₂O₂-treaetd C2C12 myoblasts. However, such anti-apoptotic and cytoprotective effects of MEMC were greatly abolished by HO-1 inhibitor, suggesting that MEMC could increase Nrf2-mediated activity of HO-1 to protect C2C12 myoblasts from oxidative stress.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제4권3_4호
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• pp.105-112
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• 1971

1970넌 6월부터 1971넌 5월까지 여수 오동도의 2개 조사지점에서 월 2회 조사한 해조 군락은 아래와 같다. 1. 총출현종은 69종으로 녹조류 12종, 갈조류 17종 및 홍조류 40종이며, 조사 장소에 따른 출현종의 뚜렷한 차이는 없었다. 2. 계절별 해조 군락은 대부분 주년 출현종으로 층위가 형성되어 출현종의 변화가 적으나 Ulva pertusa, Enteromorpha sp., Sphacelaria sp., Scytosiphon iomentaria, Colpomenia sinuosa, Sargassum thunber gii, Pterocladia tenuis, Amphiroa ephedrea, Carpopeltis affinis, Gigartina tenera, Polysiphonia yendoi, Chondria crassicaulis, Symphyocladia atiuscula등은 피도의 증감이 많았다. 3. 층위의 출현종은 대체로 변화가 적어, $200\~150cm$층은 Gloiopeltis complanata, G. furcata, Enteromorpha sp.등이고 $150\~100cm$층은 Ulva pertusa, Chondria crassicaulis, Sargassum thunbergii등이며, $100\~50cm$층은 Gigartina tenera, Pterocladia tenuis, Scytosiphcn lomentaria, Polysiphonia yendoi 등이고, 제일 아래층인 50cm 이하에는 Sargassum sagamianum, Cystophyllum sisymbrioides, Gelidium amansii, Acresorium yendoi, Microcladia elegance등으로 층위가 형성되었다. 4. A, B 두 조사지점은 100cm층을 중심으로 아래층에는 차이가 적으나 위층에는 차이가 있어, A지점에는 Gloiopeltis complanata, Corallina pilulifera, Chondria crassicaulis, Sargassum thunbergii, Polysiphonia yendoi 및 Ulva pertusa등으로 층위가 형성되나, B지점에는 Gloiopeltis complanata, G. furcata, Enteromurpha sp. 및 Ulva pertusa등으로 층위가 간단하였다. 5. Taniguti의 해조 군락 분류에 의하면 Myelophycus caespitosus 군단의 Gigartina intermedia-Sargassum sagaminnum군집 (Sargasseto-Gigartinetum Taniguti)에 속한다.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.51-56
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• 1975

Continued to the previous papers, the present investigation is carried out to clarify cesium-137 activities and potassium contents among 54 samples of edible marine algae collected along the coast of Korea during September, 1973 and April, 1974. The potassium contents are variable, 1.5-29.6%, and 11.36% on an average, while most of the members contain them about 10-16% generally. Among the algal phyla, they are 13.49% in green, 10.82% in brown and 16.46% in red algae, respectively. Cesium-137 activities are variable, 0.19-8.13 pCi$\^$137/ Cs/g K, and 2.35 pCi$\^$137/Cs/g K on an average in the samples investigated. Among the algal phyla they are 4.35 in green, 2.17 in brown and 0.89 pCi $\^$137/Cs/g K in red algae, respectively. Green algae contain especially higher activities compared with the other two groups. The brown alga, Myelophycus caespitosus shows the highest activities, 8.13 pCi$\^$137/Cs/g K, among the members investigated. Considering the concentration factor, this plant would be an indicator plant of cesium-137 among the marine algae along the coast of Korea.