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Effect of Hydrothermal Treatment on the Antioxidant Activity of Rice Hull Extracts

  • Park, Sun-Min;Lee, Seung-Cheol
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.1435-1438
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    • 2009
  • Hydrothermal treatment of rice hull was hydrothermal carried out at 105, 110, $121^{\circ}C$ for 15, 30, 60 min, respectively, using a conventional autoclave. Antioxidant activity of the hydrothermal treated rice hull extract was evaluated by determining total phenol contents (TPC), 1,1-diphenyl-2-picylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity (RSA), reducing power, and ABTS RSA. TPC, DPPH RSA, reducing power, and 2,2-azinobis(3-ethylenebenzothiozoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) RSA of the extract were significantly increased with increasing treated temperature and time. For example, hydrothermal extracts at $121^{\circ}C$ for 60 min increased the TPC, DPPH RSA, reducing power, and ABTS RSA to 0.840 mg/mL, 64.77%, 1.437, and 92.11%, respectively, while those of the extracts treated at $105^{\circ}C$ for 60 min were 0.508 mg/mL, 51.23%, 0.819, and 45.22%, respectively. The results indicated that hydrothermal treatment of rice hull was very effective to increase phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity of rice hull extract.

Photocatalytic Decomposition of Rhodamine B on PbMoO4 Using a Surfactant-assisted Hydrothermal Method

  • Hong, Seong-Soo
    • Clean Technology
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.206-211
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    • 2018
  • Lead molybdate ($PbMoO_4$) were successfully synthesized using a facile surfactant-assisted hydrothermal process and characterized by XRD, Raman, PL, BET and DRS. We also investigated the photocatalytic activity of these materials for the decomposition of Rhodamine B under UV-light irradiation. From XRD and Raman results, well-crystallized $PbMoO_4$ crystals have been successfully synthesized with a facile surfactant-assisted hydrothermal process and had 52-69 nm particle size. The $PbMoO_4$ catalysts prepared at $160^{\circ}C$ showed the highest photocatalytic activity. The PL peak was appeared at about 540 nm at all catalysts and it was also shown that the excitonic PL signal was proportional to the photocatalytic activity for the decomposition of Rhodamine B.

Controlling Size, Shape and Polymorph of TiO2 Nanoparticles by Temperature-Controlled Hydrothermal Treatment

  • Kwon, Do Hun;Jung, Young Hee;Kim, Yeong Il
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.59 no.3
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    • pp.238-245
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    • 2015
  • The crystallization and morphology change of amorphous titanias by hydrothermal treatment have been investigated. The amorphous titanias were prepared by pure water hydrolysis of two different precursors, titanium tetraisopropoxide (TTIP) and TTIP modified with acetic acid (HOAc) and characterized prior to hydrothermal treatment. In order to avoid complicate situation, the hydrothermal treatment was performed in a single solvent water with and without strong acids at various temperatures. The effects of strong acid, temperature and time were systematically investigated on the transformation of amorphous titania to crystalline TiO2 under simple hydrothermal condition. Without strong acid the titanias were transformed into only anatase phase nanoparticle regardless of precursor type, temperature and time herein used (up to 250 ℃ and 48 hours). The treatment temperature and time effected only on the crystalline size, not on the crystal phase et al. However, it was clearly revealed that the strong acids such as HNO3 and HCl catalyzed the formation of rutile phase depending on temperature. HCl was slightly better than HNO3 in this catalytic activity. The morphology of rutile TiO2 formed was also a little affected by the type of acid. The precursor modifier, HOAc slightly reduced the catalytic activity of the strong acids in rutile phase formation.

Investigation of the effect of Blueberry hydrothermal extracts on myoblast differentiation (블루베리 열수 추출물의 근아세포의 근분화에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Youngsoo;Kim, Eunmi;Choi, Sunkyung;Lee, Woonghee;Han, Hyosang;Kim, Keekwang
    • The Korea Journal of Herbology
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    • v.35 no.3
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    • pp.25-32
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    • 2020
  • Objectives : At present, aging-related degenerative muscle diseases are considered a serious problem. However, the effects on muscles regarding the efficacy of blueberry have not been studied. In this study, we tried to find out the correlation between blueberry and muscle. Methods : 2,2'-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS) assay was performed to confirm the antioxidant efficacy of blueberry hydrothermal extract. To determine the effect of blueberry hydrothermal extracts (BHE) on myoblast activity, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium (MTS) assay was performed. To confirm the effect of blueberry hydrothermal extracts on the differentiation of myoblast into myotubes, protein expression levels of myosin heavy chain 3 (Myh3) and paired box 3/7 (pax3/7) were confirmed by immunoblot analysis. In addition, immunofluorescence microscopy was performed to confirm the effect on myotube formation of blueberry hydrothermal extracts. Results : Antioxidative efficacy and low toxicity were confirmed through ABTS assay and MTS assay of blueberry extract for myoblasts. As a result of immunoblot analysis and immunofluorescence analysis, the decrease in myogenic marker Pax3/7 was not confirmed, but myotubes The specific expression inhibitory activity of the forming protein Myh3 was confirmed. Through this, it was confirmed that the blueberry extract has a negative activity against myoblast differentiation. Conclusion : This experiment confirmed that blueberry hydrothermal extract has excellent antioxidant efficacy and negative results in inhibiting the differentiation and proliferation of myoblast. This requires deep study of certain ingredients and requires reassessment of the dietary intake of blueberries.

Comparison of CTD Cast and CTD Tow-yo Methods for Detecting Hydrothermal Plume (열수 플룸 검출을 위한 CTD Cast와 CTD Tow-yo 방법 비교)

  • Son, Juwon;Joo, Jongmin;Ham, Dong Jin;Yang, Seungjin;Kim, Jonguk
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.179-187
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    • 2014
  • Directly searching for undiscovered hydrothermal vent sites is inefficient due to the practical difficulty of comprehensively imaging vent fields. Thus, most searches for hydrothermal vent sites rely on the detection of hydrothermal plumes from water column observation. Detecting and measuring the hydrothermal plumes are the most efficient way to infer the presence and distribution of hydrothermal vents. Both the array of vertical casting and lateral towing are the most common methods to discover hydrothermal plumes. In this study, we compared results of cast and tow-yo operations along the same section of a spreading center with a distance of 20.5 km in the North Fiji Basin for mapping hydrothermal plumes. Operation of CTD tow-yo provides a detailed pattern of plumes which enable us to locate the hydrothermal vents. On the other hand, identification of hydrothermal activity can be determined effectively by CTD cast with additional analysis of geochemical tracers. Reduction in the operating time is another advantage of CTD cast operation, especially for regional-scale survey. Our results show that the combination of CTD cast and tow-yo would improve the efficiency of the hydrothermal plume survey to locate new hydrothermal vent sites.

Wrinkle Improvement, Whitening Effect of Boseong Camellia sinensis Vaccum Distilled Extract and Antioxidant, Antibacterial Efficacy of its Hydrothermal Extract (보성녹차 감압증류추출물의 주름개선, 미백 효능과 열수추출물의 항산화, 항균효과)

  • Lee, Kwang Won;Hong, Jung Hyun;Chung, Sun Hwa;Kim, Young Kyun;Park, Shinsung;Park, Su In;Shin, Moon Sam
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.845-855
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    • 2021
  • In this study, Camellia sinensis Leaf cultivated in Boseong was extracted by vacuum distillation and hydrothermal extraction methods, and we performed in vitro experiments such as antioxidant, anti-wrinkle, whitening, and antibacterial activity test and HPLC analysis. Wrinkle improvement (elastase inhibition assay) and whitening effect (mushroom tyrosinase inhibition assay) of Boseong vacuum distilled extract have excellent results and IC50 values of vacuum distillation extract was measured at a lower concentration than that of the hydrothermal extract. The antioxidant activity of the Boseong hydrothermal extract was excellently measured in DPPH radical and ABTS+ radical scavenging activity, SOD-like activity, and total polyphenol content. In the antibacterial experiment, the Boseong hydrothermal extract formed a clear zone for the Staphylococcus aureus and Cutibacterium acnes strain. As a result of HPLC analysis, EGCG and caffeine in the hydrothermal extract were 40.29 mg/g, 9.94 mg/g respectively, and caffeine in the vacuum distilled extract was 3.40 mg/g. Therefore, we examined that Boseong Camellia sinensis vacuum distilled extract has excellent anti-wrinkle and whitening effect, and its hydrothermal extract has good antioxidant and antibacterial efficacy.

Hydrothermal Synthesis, Characterization and Improved Activity of a Visible-Light-Driven ZnSe-Sensitized TiO2 Composite Photocatalyst

  • Zhu, Lei;Peng, Mei-Mei;Cho, Kwang Youn;Ye, Shu;Sarkar, Sourav;Ullah, Kefayat;Meng, Ze-Da;Oh, Won-Chun
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.50 no.6
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    • pp.504-509
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    • 2013
  • In this study, ZnSe-$TiO_2$ composites were synthesized by a facile hydrothermal-assisted sol-gel process and characterized by nitrogen adsorption isotherms (77 K), X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry. The photocatalytic activity was investigated by decoloration methylene blue (MB), methyl orange (MO), and rhodamine B (Rh.B) in an aqueous solution under visible light irradiation. The results revealed that the photocatalytic activity of the ZnSe-$TiO_2$ photocatalyst was much higher than that of pure$TiO_2$. The ZnSe nanoparticles, which act as a photosensitizer, not only extend the spectral response of $TiO_2$ to the visible region but also reduce charge recombinations.

Tyrosinase Inhibitory Activity and Neuronal Cell Protection of Hydrothermal Extracts from Watermelons (수박 열수 추출물의 Tyrosinase 저해능과 신경세포 보호효과)

  • Heo, Da-Jeong;Kim, Su-Jung;Choi, Ae-Ran;Park, Hae-Ryong;Lee, Seung-Cheol
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.42 no.10
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    • pp.1707-1711
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    • 2013
  • In our study, each part (flesh, white rind, and green rind) of watermelon was extracted using hydrothermal extraction method at temperatures ranging from 100 to $300^{\circ}C$ at the intervals of 10, 30, and 60 min. We found that hydrothermal treatment has a significant bearing not only on tyrosinase inhibitory activity but also on neuronal cell protection of watermelon parts. The peak tyrosinase inhibitory activity (about 93%) was observed in both the flesh and green rind extracts at $300^{\circ}C$ for 60 min. In addition, we observed that hydrothermal extracts of watermelon parts at $300^{\circ}C$ for 60 min also evidenced significant protection effect for neuronal cell against $H_2O_2$ in a concentrationdependent manner. The results of this study confirm that hydrothermal treatment may be an efficient processing method for the purpose of obtaining potent bioactive substances from watermelon.

Provenance of Sediments and Evidence of Hydrothermal Venting Adjacent to the Fonualei Rift and Spreading Center, Lau Basin, Southwest Pacific (남서태평양 라우분지 푸누아레이 열곡확장대 인근 퇴적물의 기원과 열수 분출의 증거)

  • Kim, Mun Gi;Hyeong, Kiseong;Seo, Inah;Yoo, Chan Min
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.33-47
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    • 2020
  • The bulk and partition geochemistry was studied in two sediment cores collected from the axial valley of the north-central Fonualei Rift and Spreading Center (FRSC), Lau back-arc Basin, southwest Pacific. The sediments consist of mostly volcanic ash, although minor amounts of biogenic and other components were present in some intervals. The major element composition of bulk sediments recalculated to a carbonate-free basis was in good agreement with the magma compositions of the adjacent Tofua Arc and the FRSC, with only significant difference in Mn content. The enrichment of Mn and other associated elements (e.g. Cu, Co, Ni, and P) is attributed to hydrothermal input to the sediments, as evidenced by their significant partitioning in the non-detrital phases according to the partition geochemistry. Hydrogenetic and diagenetic inputs were assessed to be relatively insignificant. Estimated hydrothermal Mn fluxes during the Holocene ranged between 5.0 and 37.1 mg cm-2 kyr-1, with the higher values in younger sediments, suggesting enhanced hydrothermal activity. The hydrothermal Mn fluxes comparable to or higher than those reported from other spreading centers with strong hydrothermal activities may indicate the presence of unknown hydrothermal vent sites and/or topographic restriction on the dispersal of hydrothermal plumes in the northern part of the FRSC.