• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.439-444
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• 1993

The aerobic oxidation of the Fe(II) complex of 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane, [Fe(cyclam)$(CH_3CN)_2](ClO_4)_2$, in MeCN in the presence of a few drops of $HClO_4$ leads to low spin Fe(III) species [Fe(cyclam)$(CH_3CN)_2](ClO_4)_3$. The Fe(III) cyclam complex is further oxidized in the air in the presence of a trace of water to produce the deep green binuclear bismacrocyclic Fe(II) complex $[Fe_2(C_{20}H_{36}N_8)(CH_3CN)_4](ClO_4)_4{\cdot}2CH_3CN$. The Fe(II) ions of the complex are six-coordinated and the bismacrocyclic ligand is extensively unsaturated. $[Fe_2(C_{20}H_{36}N_8)(CH_3CN)_4](ClO_4)_4{\cdot}2CH_3CN$ crystallizes in the monoclinic space group $P2_1/n$ with a= 13.099 (1) ${\AA}$, b= 10.930 (1) ${\AA}$, c= 17.859 (1) ${\AA}$, ${\beta}$= 95.315 $(7)^{\circ}$, and Z= 2. The structure was solved by heavy atom methods and refined anisotropically to R values of R= 0.0633 and $R_w$= 0.0702 for 1819 observed reflections with F > $4{\sigma}$ (F) measured with Mo K${\alpha}$ radiation on a CAD-4 diffractometer. The two macrocyclic units are coupled through the bridgehead carbons of ${\beta}$-diimitie moieties by a double bond. The double bonds in each macrocycle unit are localized. The average bond distances of $Fe(II)-N_{imine}$, $Fe(II)-N_{amine}$, and $Fe(II)-N_{MeCN}$ are 1.890 (5), 2.001 (5), and 1.925 (6) ${\AA}$, respectively. The complex is diamagnetic, containing two low spin Fe(II) ions in the molecule. The complex shows extremely intense charge transfer band in the near infrared at 868 nm with ${\varepsilon}$= 25,000 $M^{-1}cm^{-1}$. The complex shows a one-electron oxidation wave at +0.83 volts and two one-electron reduction waves at -0.43 and-0.72 volts vs. Ag/AgCl reference electrode. The complex reacts with carbon monoxide in $MeNO_2$ to form carbonyl adducts, whose $v_{CO}$ value (2010 $cm^{-1}$) indicates the ${\pi}$-accepting property of the present bismacrocyclic ligand.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.117-127
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 오렴매 추출물의 항산화, 성분 분석 및 elastase 저해 효과를 알아보았다. 추출물의 free radical(1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, DPPH) 소거활성($FSC_{50}$)은 50% ethanol 추출물(114.3 ${\mu}g/mL$)$Fe^{3+}-EDTA/H_2O_2$ 계에서 생성된 활성산소종(reactive oxygen species, ROS)에 대한 오렴매 추출물의 총항산화능은 aglycone 분획($OSC_{50},\;3.30{\mu}g/mL$)<50% ethanol 추출물(1.21)$1{\sim}25{\mu}g/mL$)으로 광용혈을 억제하였다. 특히 당을 제거시킨 플라보노이드 aglycone 분획은 25 ${\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 ${\tau}_{50}$이 175.05 min으로 매우 큰 세포보호 효과를 나타내었다. 오렴매 추출물 중 ethyl acetate 분획의 당 제거 반응 후 얻어진 aglycone 분획은 TLC에서 2개의 띠로 분리되었으며, HPLC 실험(360 nm)에서 2개의 피이크로 분리되었다. 분리된 2가지 성분은 luteolin, apigenin이었으며, 그들의 성분비는 각각 47.50%, 52.50%로 나타났다. 오렴매 추출물의 ethyl acetate 분획의 TLC 크로마토그램은 3개의 띠로 분리되었고, HPLC 크로마토그램은 4개의 피이크를 보여주었다. TLC와 HPLC의 띠와 피이크를 확인한 결과, HPLC의 4개의 피이크는 용리순서로 peak 1(조성비 11.14%)은 luteolin-7-O-${\beta}$-D-glucopyranoside, peak 2(15.38%)는 apigenin-7-O-${\beta}$-D-glucuronopyranoside, peak 3(23.55%)는 luteolin, peak 4(49.92%)는 apigenin로 확인되었다. Aglycone 분획은 elastase 저해활성($IC_{50}$)이 70.5 ${\mu}g/mL$로 활성을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과들은 오렴매 추출물이 $^1O_2$ 혹은 다른 ROS를 소광시키거나 소거함으로써 그리고 ROS에 대항하여 세포막을 보호함으로써 생체계, 특히 태양 자외선에 노출된 피부에서 항산화제로서 작용할 수 있음을 가리키며, 성분 분석과 이와 같은 항산화 활성을 통하여 화장품 원료로서 응용 가능성이 있음을 시사한다.

• 대한화장품학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.233-244
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• 2008

본 연구는 구아바 잎 추출물의 항산화 성분 분석 및 tyroinase와 elastase 저해 효과에 관한 조사를 수행하였다. 추출물의 free radical (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, DPPH) 소거활성 $(FSC_{50})$은 50% 에탄올 추출물$(7.05{\mu}g/mL)$ < ethyl acetate 분획 (3.36) < 당을 제거시킨 플라보노이드 aglycone 분획 (3.24) 순으로 증가하였다. Luminol-의존성 화학발광법을 이용한 $Fe^{3+}-EDTA/H_2O_2$계에서 생성된 활성산소종(reactive oxygen species, ROS)에 대한 구아바 잎 추출물의 총 항산화능은 50% 에탄을 추출물$(OSC_{50},\;2.17{\mu}g/mL)$ (ethyl acetate분획(0.64) < aglycone분획(0.39) 순으로, aglycone 분획에서 가장 큰 환성을 나타내었다. 구아바 잎 추출물에 대하여 rose-bengal로 증감된 사람 적혈구의 광용혈에 대한 억제 효과를 측정하였다. 구아바 잎 추출물의 경우 $1{\sim}10{\mu}g/mL$의 농도에서 광용혈을 억제하였다. 특히 당을 제거시킨 플라보노이드 aglycone 분획은 $1{\mu}g/mL$ 농도에서 ${\tau}_{50}$이 107.5 min으로 매우 큰 세포보호 효과를 나타내었다. 구아바 잎 추출물 중 ethyl acetate 분획의 당 제거 반응 후 얻어진 aglycone 분획은 TLC와 HPLC (360 nm)에서 1개의 피이크로 나타났으며, 그 성분이 quercetin 임을 확인하였다. 구아바 잎 추출물의 ethyl acetate 분획의 TLC 크로마토그램은 5개의 띠로 분리되었고, HPLC 크로마토그램도 5개의 피이크를 나타내었다. TLC와 HPLC의 띠와 피이크를 확인한 결과, HPLC의 5개의 피이크는 용리순서로 피이크 1 (10.32 %)은 quercetin 3-O-gentobioside, 피이크 2 (13.30 %)는 quercetin 3-O-${\beta}$-D-glucoside (isoquercitin), 피이크 3 (11.34 %)는 quercetin 3-O-${\beta}$-D-galactoside (hyperin), 피이크 4 (19.70%)는 quercetin 3-O-${\alpha}$-L-arabinoside (guajavarin) 피이크 5 (45.33%)는 quercetin 3-O-${\beta}$-L-rhamnoside (quercitrin)로 확인되었다. 미백 및 주름억제 효과측정으로는 각파 tyrosinase 및 elastase의 활성 저해 효과를 측정하였다. Tyrosinase의 활성 저해 효과$(IC_{50})$는 50% 에탄올 추출물 $(149.67{\mu}g/mL)$ (ethyl acetate분획(30.67) < aglycone 분획(17.10) 순으로 나타났으며, elastase의 활성 저해 효과 $(IC_{50})$는 50% 에탄올 추출물$(6.60{\mu}g/mL)$ < aglycone 분획(5.66) < ethyl acetate 분획(3.44) 순으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과들은 구아바 잎 추출물리 $^1O_2$ 혹은 다른 ROS를 소광시키거나 소거함으로써 그리고 ROS에 대항하여 세포막을 보호함으로써 생체계, 특히 태양 자외선에 노출된 피부에서 항산화제로서 작용할 수 있음을 가리키며, 구아바 잎 성분에 대한 분석과 ethyl acetate분획의 당 제거 실험 후 얻어진 aglycone분획의 elastase 저해활성은 구아바 잎 추출물이 주름개선 기능성 화장품원료로서 응용 가능성이 있음을 시사한다.

• 동의생리병리학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.183-188
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• 2013

Ultraviolet (UV) B irradiation induces the production of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), which are responsible for the degradation or synthesis inhibition of collagenous extracellular matrix in connective tissues, causing skin photoaging. In this study, we examined the inhibitory effect of MMP-1 expression of yam extract in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-${\alpha}$)-stimulated human dermal fibroblast neonatal (HDFn) cell and preventive effect of UVB-induced damage in hairless mice skin. The synthesis of procollagen and the release of MMP-1 in HDFn cells were measured by EIA kit and MMP-1 assay kit, respectively. UVB radiation was applied to the backs of the mice three times a week for 8 weeks. Mice were randomly divided into three groups, and were topical application with the Dioscorea batatas (DB, 6%) or vehicle. Reduction of TNF-${\alpha}$-induced procollagen synthesis was increased by DB (50 ug/ml), which was higher than positive control group (TGF-${\beta}$). Also, pre-treatment of HDFn cells with DB inhibited TNF-${\alpha}$-induced release of MMP-1. In vivo study, we found that preventive effect of DB against UV-induced epidermal thickness. DB suppressed the expression of MMP-3 and MMP-13 induced by UVB irradiation. Our results show that DB have preventive effect of UV-induced skin damage in hairless mice.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.245-252
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• 2014

Human METCAM/MUC18, a cell adhesion molecule (CAM) in the immunoglobulin-like gene super family, plays a dual role in the progression of several epithelium cancers; however, its role in the nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) remains unclear. To initiate the study we determined human METCAM/MUC18 expression in tissue samples of normal nasopharynx (NP), NPCs, and metastatic lesions, and in two established NPC cell lines. Immunoblotting analysis was used for the determination in lysates of frozen tissues, and immunohistochemistry (IHC) for expression in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections of 7 normal nasopharynx specimens, 94 NPC tissue specimens, and 3 metastatic lesions. Human METCAM/MUC18 was expressed in 100% of the normal NP, not expressed in 73% of NPC specimens (or expressed at very low levels in only about 27% of NPC specimens), and expressed again in all of the metastatic lesions. The level of human METCAM/MUC18 expression in NPC tissues was about one fifth of that in the normal NP and metastatic lesions. The low level of human METCAM/MUC18 expression in NPC specimens was confirmed by a weak signal of RT-PCR amplification of the mRNA. Low expression levels of human METCAM/MUC18 in NPC tissues were also reflected in the seven established NPC cell lines. These findings provided the first evidence that diminished expression of human METCAM/MUC18 is an indicator for the emergence of NPC, but increased expression then occurs with metastatic progression, suggesting that huMETCAM/MUC18, perhaps similar to TGF-${\beta}$, may be a tumor suppressor, but a metastasis promoter for NPC.

• 대한기계학회논문집 C: 기술과 교육
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.57-63
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• 2014

태양광 모듈의 과열을 방지하여 효율을 향상시키기 위해 스털링기관을 이용한 새로운 공랭식 냉각 시스템을 개발하였다. 베타 타입 스털링기관에 냉각팬을 연결하고 태양광 모듈의 뒷면에 반원형의 에어가이드를 부착함으로써 스털링기관 작동에 의해 발생된 강제대류가 에어가이드를 따라 이동하면서 태양광 모듈의 후면을 냉각하는 방식이다. 할로겐 조명을 활용한 하절기 모사 성능 평가 실험 결과 본 연구를 통해 개발된 새로운 냉각시스템을 적용할 경우 태양광 모듈의 온도가 냉각을 적용하지 않은 경우에 비해 약 $12^{\circ}C$ 낮아지고 출력 전압은 약 25% 향상되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.55-58
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• 2008

Alanine racemase, a bacterial enzyme belonging to the fold-type III group of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzymes, has been shown to catalyze the interconversion between L- and D-alanine. The alanine racemase from the pathogenic bacterium Enterococcus faecalis v583 has been overexpressed in E. coli and was shown to crystallize an enzyme at 295 K, using polyethylene glycol (PEG) 8000 as a precipitant. X-ray diffraction data to $2.5{\AA}$ has been collected using synchrotron radiation. The crystal is a member of the orthorhombic space group, $C222_1$ with unit cell parameter of a=94.634, b=156.516, $c=147.878{\AA},\;and\;{\alpha}={\beta}={\gamma}=90{\AA}$. Two or three monomers are likely to be present in the asymmetric unit, with a corresponding $V_m\; of\;3.38{\AA}^3\;Da^{-1}\;and\;2.26{\AA}^3\;Da^{-1}$ and a solvent content of 63.7% and 45.5%, respectively.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.143-162
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• 1972

Based on the concentration of $^{40}K$ naturally occurring radioisotope of potassium, a method for the determination of total potassium in soils and plants was developed. The method was extended to evaluate the potassium supplying power of soils by taking the ratio of exchangeable potassium to total potassium $(K_{ex}/K_t)$, termed the potassium buffering capacity. Using this as index, it was observed that the release of potassium from soil fellows the from order reaction. A linear relationship was found between the potassium buffering capacity and the release constant of potassium or mica content of the clay. Similarly the potassium buffering capacity was also closely correlated with total uptake of potassium by rice plant. Hence it is concluded that the method for determining of the potassium buffering capacity could be veil applied to characterize the potassium availability of soils. The method for the determination of potassium is characterized by (1) The efficient measurement of the weak beta activity emissions from the samples, (2) identification of $^{40}K$, (3) calculation of total potassium content using the proportional constant of $^{40}K$ of samples to that of the standard. Difference in the potassium supplying power of soils due to soil types was also evaluated with the use of this technique. The degree of the potassium supplying power was in the order of soil types as red-yellow podzolic and lateric soils, basaltic materials(Rvd)> low-humic gley and alluvial soils, alluvial plains and food plains(Apa)> low-humic gley soils, nearly level to sloping local alluvial plains and slopes(Afb)> low-humic gley and alluvial soils, fluvio-marine plains (Fma).

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.469-478
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• 2012

Sex hormones have long been considered to play an important role in bone turnover rate, periodontal diseases, and wound healing. We have studied the effect of porcine testis steroid extract (PTSE), an extract of porcine testes, which holds a good ratio of 19-nortestosterone (nandrolone), testosterone, androstenedione, $17{\beta}$-estradiol, and estrone, on the healing rate of a standardized full-thickness linear wound on the back of the rat. Skin punch or carbon dioxide ($CO_2$) laser methods were used to create the deep skin injury in two groups of animals. The animals were treated with the PTSE cream, control cream and Vaseline (control) to find out the effect in re-epithelialization, contraction, and formation of granulation and scar tissues. Histological examination after 21 days showed 100, 87.4, and 80.5% recovery of epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis, respectively in the PTSE-treated animals. Similarly, on the 15th day of treatment, complete healing of intact skin was observed in the PTSE cream-treated animals among the laser radiation group. Even though the beginning of re-epithelialization phase and completion of serum crust formation was also observed in the base cream- and Vaseline-treated animals respectively, the complete healing cycle was observed only in the PTSE-treated group. The white blood cell count in the PTSE-treated group showed that PTSE cream is nontoxic to animals.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.531-538
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• 2004

Ginsan, a polysaccharide isolated from Panax ginseng, has been shown to be a potent immunomodulator, producing a variety of cytokines such as TNF-a, IL-1$\beta$, IL-2, IL-6, IL-12, IFN-${\gamma}$ and GM-CSF, and stimulating lymphoid cells to proliferate. In the present study, we analyzed some immune functions 1$^{st}$-5$^{th}$ days after ginsan i.p. injection, including the level of non-protein thiols (NPSH) as antioxidants, heme oxygenase (HO) activity as a marker of oxidative stress, zoxazolamine-induced paralysis time and level of hepatic cytochrome P-450 (CYP450) as indices of drug metabolism system, and activities of serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), total bilirubin, and albumin level as indicators of hepatotoxicity. Ginsan in the dose of 100 mg/kg caused marked elevation (1.7-2 fold) of HO activity, decrease of total CYP450 level (by 20-34%), and prolongation of zoxazolamine-induced paralysis time (by 65-70%), and showed some differences between male and female mice. Ginsan treatment did not seem to cause hepatic injury, since serum AST, ALT, and ALP activities and levels of total bilirubin and albumin were not changed.d.