• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.319-325
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• 1998

Streblocera planispina sp. nov.을 신종으로 기재하고, S. macroscapa와 S.dentiscapa를 한국 미기록종으로 보고한다. 한국산 Streblocera 속의 종에 대한 새로운 검색표를 작성하였다.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2007

Liposome-entrapped atypical Aeromonas hydrophila antigen was prepared to investigate the potential protective efficacy for A. hydrophila infection. Carp (Cyprinus carpio) were immunized orally with liposome-entrapped A. hydrophila antigen. After immunization, significantly more antigen-specific antibodies were detected in serum, intestinal mucus and bile than non-immunized control group. The immunized carp were then challenged by immersion with $1{\times}10^{6}$ cfu/ml of A. hyrdophila for 60 min. Of the eight non-immunized carp, three carp died (62.5% survival), whereas five out of six (83.5%) of the immunized survived. Furthermore, development of skin ulcers was significantly inhibited in carp immunized with liposomes containing A. hydrophila antigen. These results suggest that liposomes containing A. hydrophila antigen have a potential for induction of protective immune responses against atypical A. hydrophila infection and also suggest the possibility of developing a vaccine that may ultimately be used for prevention of fish diseases.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.100-111
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• 2017

The species of the genus Athalia Leach from South Korea are reviewed. Six species are listed, one of which is a new record from South Korea (Athalia tanaoserrula Chu and Wang). In South Korean Athalia, we were not able to find any specimens of A. kashmirensis Benson, while many specimens identified as such were a misidentifications of A. tanaoserrula. Therefore, we think that A. kashmirensis should be excluded from the faunal list of South Korea. A key to the species of South Korean Athalia, diagnosis, photographs of the diagnostic characters, distribution and recorded hosts for each species are also provided.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제61권3호
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• pp.231-239
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• 2023

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular parasitic organism affecting all warm-blooded vertebrates. Due to the unavailability of commercialized human T. gondii vaccine, many studies have been reported investigating the protective efficacy of pre-clinical T. gondii vaccines expressing diverse antigens. Careful antigen selection and implementing multifarious immunization strategies could enhance protection against toxoplasmosis in animal models. Although none of the available vaccines could remove the tissue-dwelling parasites from the host organism, findings from these pre-clinical toxoplasmosis vaccine studies highlighted their developmental potential and provided insights into rational vaccine design. We herein explored the progress of T. gondii vaccine development using DNA, protein subunit, and virus-like particle vaccine platforms. Specifically, we summarized the findings from the pre-clinical toxoplasmosis vaccine studies involving T. gondii challenge infection in mice published in the past 5 years.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.46-54
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• 2023

The announcement of the US Environmental Protection Agency that it will stop conducting or funding experimental studies on mammals by 2035 should prioritize ongoing efforts to develop and use alternative toxicity screening methods to animal testing. Toxicity screening is likely to be further developed considering the combination of human-induced pluripotent-stem-cell-derived organ-on-a-chip and multielectrode array (MEA) technologies. We briefly review the current status of MEA technology and MEA-based neuropharmacological drug screening using various cellular model systems. Highlighting the coronavirus disease pandemic, we shortly comment on the importance of early prediction of toxicity by applying artificial intelligence to the development of rapid screening methods.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.53-66
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• 1999

폐기물 발생량 증가뿐만 아니라 매립장 고갈과 재정부족으로 인해 폐기물처리비용 절감을 위한 계획적인 접근이 요구되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 지리적으로 연접한 경상남도 창원, 마산, 진해 3개 도시의 주거 및 상업 지역으로부터 발생하는 음식물쓰레기를 적정하게 관리하기 위한 대안들을 설정한 후 비용평가를 위해 WRAP모델을 적용하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1, 집단급식소, 음식점, 시장 등 상업시설에서의 음식물쓰레기 발생량은 비교적 적은 반면에 가정에서 발생하는 음식물쓰레기가 약 80%로 대부분을 차지하였다. 2. 음식물쓰레기 관리를 위한 톤당비용은 발생원분포 및 처리시설 위치 등의 각 도시별 상황에 따라 차이가 있었으며, 특히 해안매립지 조성에 많은 비용이 소요된 진해시에서 톤당비용이 가장 높게 나타났다. 3. 음식물쓰레기 관리대안별 비교검토에서 사료판매수입을 포함하는 경우 음식물쓰레기 사료화대안이 가장경제적인 것으로 나타났으며, 톤당비용이 매립대안의 60~70%로 나타났다. 또한 음식물쓰레기 퇴비화대안이 매립보다 경제적이었으며, 소각대안이 가장 비용이 많이 소요되는 것으로 나타났다. 4. 3개 도시지역이 공동으로 음식물쓰레기 처리시설들을 운영하는 광역적 관리시스템인 경우 사료화를 제외하고는 개별적 독립관리시스템으로 운영하는 대안들보다 경제적인 것으로 나타났다. 이에 따라 광역적인 관리시스템에 대한 검토가 요구된다.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.629-641
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• 2023

Objective: This study investigated the effects of extruded flaxseed with and without herbs mixture on egg performance, yolk fatty acids (FAs), lipid components, blood biochemistry, serological enzymes, antioxidants, and immune system of Hy-Line W-36 hens for nine weeks. Methods: Two hundred forty laying hens were randomly distributed to eight treatments, resulting in six replicates with five hens. Graded levels of dietary extruded flaxseed (0, 90, 180, and 270 g/kg) with and without herbs mixture (24 g/kg: garlic, ginger, green tea, and turmeric 6 g/kg each) were designed as treatments. Results: The two-way analysis of variance indicated that hens fed herbs mixture had a higher value of egg production, yolk high-density lipoprotein (HDL), superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, and white blood cell and lower contents of yolk cholesterol, glucose, and blood low-density lipoprotein than those fed diets without herb mixtures (p<0.05). The Flx27 (270 g/kg flaxseed) (153.5 g/kg n-3 FAs) and Flx27+H (270 g/kg flaxseed plus 24 g/kg herbs mixture) (150.5 g/kg n-3 FAs) groups were the most promising treatments in terms of yolk n-3 FAs content. In-teraction effect (herbs- flaxseed) for blood cholesterol, HDL, malondialdehyde, glutaredoxin, alanine transaminase, (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), haemoglobin and immune parameters was significant (p<0.05). The results showed layers fed herbs mixture (Flx9+H, Flx18+H, and Flx27+H) had a better value of total antibody, immunoglobulin M, immunoglobulin G, ALT, AST, and blood HDL as compared with representative flaxseed levels without herbs. Conclusion: High inclusion levels of extruded flaxseed (270 g/kg) without herbs to enrich eggs with n-3 appears to impair the antioxidant system, immunohematological parameters, and sero-logical enzymes. Interestingly, the herbs mixture supplementation corrected those effects. Therefore, feeding layers with flaxseed-rich diets (270 g/kg) and herbs mixture can be a promising strategy to enrich eggs with n-3 FAs.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.9-22
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• 2008

This work has been conducted as a part to set up the regulations and the scientific evaluation systems for the functional dairy products with health claims in Korea. Toward this end, current regulations, requirements, and all kinds of provisions related to the functional dairy products overseas were taken into accounts and feasible recommendations of new initiatives on the current regulations as well. By doing so, not only protecting hopefully the innocent consumers from the false labeling statements and fake advertisements, but also eventually to revitalize the stagnated domestic dairy industries. Currently, functional daily products are simply regarded as "Dietary Supplements" in the United States, and subjected to the regulations under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, established m 1994. Manufacturers and sales distributors should notify their products to the FDA, which is in charge of the dietary supplements on nutrition and labeling, in advance when they start marketing a new dietary ingredient or any foods containing it in the States. For EU countries, there exists keen interests about the functional food products between the member countries of the European Union even though the products are categorized into "Food Supplements" similar to those in the United States. Therefore, they maintain a cautious attitude in applying the health claims to the functional food products. On the other hand, under the Japanese health food system, functional foods are qualified to the functional health foods in terms of legal status as long as any traditional foods can meet the legal standards in its effectiveness, safety as well as quality, along with significant scientific evidences related to the products, thus categorized into "Foods for Specified Health Uses and "Foods with Nutrient Function Claims". Through this study, we may have some expectations and potential utilizations as follows: Legal regulations of dietary supplements especially for the dairy products will be implemented by the outcomes of this research and proposed a tentative amendment of functional ingredients for the sake of consumer protection from the false advertisements and overstatement labeling. Current regulations on the animal foods processing and advertisements will be amended and supplemented in order to revitalize the current downturn dairy sales and to harmonize the international Codex recommendations. The results obtained from this study will make the consumers a wise selection of the dairy products with health claims and be utilized for consumer education and advertisement of the functional products as well.

• 한국한의학연구원논문집
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.137-143
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• 2008

In this research, as a method for verifying the efficacy of Ssangwhatang and fungus-fermentated Ssangwhatang, a comparative study on the liver protection effect was conducted using animal experiments by inducing the liver toxicity with the $CC_{l4}$ treatment. Inducing the liver damage resulted in the increase in the serum AST and ALP activity, and one day administration of the test material($CCI_4$: 0.5 ml/kg/day) caused 520 IU/L of the ASP activity leading to 29% enhancement in comparison with the normal group and 93% and 81% reductions in the fungus-fermentated Ssangwhatang-administered groups, BFST1 and BFST2, respectively. ALT is 42 IU/L for the normal group and 99 IU/L for the negative control group leading to 135% enhancement. 15 ml/kg/day and 30 ml/kg/day administrations of fungus-fermented Ssangwhatang(BFST) resulted in 51% and 45% decreases in the ALT concentration, respectively. One day administration of 30 ml/kg Ssangwhatang and fungus-fermentated Ssangwhatang caused the LDH in the plasma to tend to decrease. $CCI_4$(1.0 ml/kg/day) administered at the 0th and 4th days led to the observation of the tendency toward the decrease in AST, ALT, and LDH contents. The results indicate that the function of Ssangwhatang is partly reinforced under the fungus-fermentated Ssangwhatang performed in order to verify the efficacy of Ssangwhatang' s effect on the recovery from fatigues.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.1035-1040
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• 2007

Epidemiologic studies have shown important relationships between oxidative stress and Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain. In this study, free radical scavenging activity and neuronal cell protection effect of aqueous methanol extracts of Acanthopanax senticosus (A. senticosus) were examined. $H_2O_2$-induced oxidative stress was measured using 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCF-DA) assay. Pretreatment with the phenolics of A. senticosus prevented oxidative injury against $H_2O_2$ toxicity. Since oxidative stress is known to increase neuronal cell membrane breakdown, leading to cell death, lactic dehydrogenase release, and trypan blue exclusion assays were utilized. We found that phenolics of A. senticosus have neuronal cell protection effects. It suggests that the phenolics of A. senticosus inhibited $H_2O_2$-induced oxidative stress and A. senticosus may be beneficial against the oxidative stress-induced risk in AD.