• 한국안광학회지
• /
• 제2권1호
• /
• pp.85-90
• /
• 1997

안구의 각막과 결막은 외계에 노출되어 있어서 손상을 받기 쉽고, 손상부위에 병균이 감염되면 염증이 유발되어 심한 시력장애를 초래하기도 하는데, 누액 속에 포함되어 있는 lysozyme은 이러한 병균에 대해 항균작용을 가지므로 평소에는 안구가 노출되어 있어도 각 결막염이 발생하지 않는다. 본 연구는 lysozyme의 항균효과를 조사하고자 각 결막염의 원인균 중 5가지를 선별하여 배양하였고, 그 배양액에 lysozyme을 농도별로 첨가하면서 생육저해 정도를 측정하였다. 그 결과, 배지 중의 lysozyme 농도가 증가할수록 공시균의 생육은 저해되었다. 1mM 농도의 lysozyme에 의해 Pseudomonas는 43%, Neisseria는 41%, KlebsielIa는 35%, Staphylococus는 22% 생육이 저해되었고, 그람음성균은 그람양성균인 Staphylococus보다 lysozyme에 대한 감수성이 약 1.5~2.0배 큰 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 lysozyme은 진균인 Fusarium의 생육에는 매우 미약한 저해양상을 나타내었다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• /
• 제5권3호
• /
• pp.178-182
• /
• 2002

The authors identified 68 Vibrio strains from Gwangan beach seawater from June to October in 2001. We identified them as 19 strains of Vibrio alginolyticus, 15 strains of V. vulnificus, 15 strains of V. parahaemolyticus, 11 strains of V. cholerae non O1, 7 strains of V. fluvialis and just one strain of V. hollisae. They showed their typical biochemical characteristics by API 20E kit (bioMerieux), respectively. It was examined whether their cultural supernatants had enzymatic activities such as hemolysin, protease or urease. The 46 strains showed hemolytic activities and/or protease activities. But we could not find any strain which had urease activity. All isolates of V. cholerae non O1 showed $\beta$ hemolysis. The others showed $\alpha$ hemolysis or did not show clear zones on sheep blood agar plates. These results of Kanagawa phenomenon were not always correspondant with hemolytic activities of cultural supernatants at late log phase. Some strains had higher hemolytic activities despite of showing protease activities on skim milk agar plates and in litmus milk media. On the other hand, some strains showed protease activities but did not show hemolytic activities. Therefore we could guess that there were the relationships between hemolysins and proteases produced by pathogenic vibrios.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
• /
• 제12권1호
• /
• pp.105-121
• /
• 2004

This report describes the studies as follows through the research into the data of Fructus Forsythiae main blended prescriptions from Dongeuybogam. Through investigation on prescriptions from Dongeuybogam with Fructus Forsythiae as an ingredient, the following conclusions were reached. 1. All kinds of infection in a boil and the malignant tumor recorded the largest number of clinical frequency of the prescriptions in therapeutic use when Fructus Forsythiae was taken as a principle medicine. 2. The prescriptions are compounded with Fructus Forsythiae as a principle medicine can apply to eye disease, nose and ear disease, throat disease, trauma, the malignant tumor, skin disease, dental disease and heat pathogenic disease. 3. Various pathogenic factors such as wind-heat, heat, fire, wind, qi, poison, cold are put to practical use. 4. The dosage of Fructus Forsythiae is 2bun(about 0.75 gram) to 3jeon(about 11.25 gram), however 1joen(about 3.75 gram) has been taken the most for clinical application. 5. With examination the formulae of presciptions containing Fructus Forsythiae, I found the basic prescriptions as well as the medicines are in conjunction with Fructus Forsythiae and the theoretic grounds of formula in combining Fructus Forsythiae as a group of medicine for prescription through this research.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
• /
• 제26권2호
• /
• pp.129-145
• /
• 2018

Objectives : This report describes 70prescriptions related to the use of Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata mainly blended from Dongeuibogam. Methods : The following conclusions were drawn through investigations on the pre-scriptions that use Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata as a key component. Results : Prescriptions that Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata was taken as a monarch drug are utilized for 31 therapeutic purposes, for example, cold disease, stool disease, child disease. In particular, 17.3% of prescriptions appear in the chapter of cold. Prescriptions that utilize Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata as the main component are used in the treatment of cold, diarrhea and child disease, Bi syndrome due to pathogenic wind, cold and damp and they are also used for treating 55 different types of disease. Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata is used in pathogenic factors such as wind, cold and dampness and used in pathology related to the kidney and spleen and stomach system. The dosage of Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata is 2pun(about 0.75g) to 5don(about 18.8g), however 1don(about 3.75g)~1don 5pun(about 5.63g) has been taken the most for clinical application. Conclusions : Gangbutang and Ijungtang are the most useful base prescriptions which use the Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata as the main ingredient.

• 한국동물위생학회지
• /
• 제21권4호
• /
• pp.413-429
• /
• 1998

Escherichia coli is recovered from a wide variety of infections in many animals species. It may be a primary or secondary agent. Nursing and young animals are particularly susceptible, and urinary tract infections are frequent. The various serotypes of E coli are intestinal inhabitants of animals including humans and probably infect most mammals and birds : therefore, they have a cosmopolitan distribution. Colibacillosis refers to any totalized or systemic infection caused entirely or partly by E coli. Collibacillosis in mammals is most often a primary enteric disease, whereas collibacillosis in poultry is typically a secondary located or systemic disease occurring when host defenses have been impaired or overwhelmed. Other opportunistic bacteria, which can be identified by culture, may play a similar role to that of I coli in secondary infections. Collectively, infections caused by E coli are responsible for significant economic losses to the animal performance. From the standpoint of pathogenic mechanisms and diseases, four major categories of E coli are recognized : enterotoxigenic(ETEC), enteropathogenic (EPEC), enteroinvasive(EIEC), and enterohemorrhagic(EHEC). In addition, two less-well-defined E coli categories are recognized in animals and humans : enteroaggregative and cytotoxin necrotizing factor-positive. The aforementioned categories are represented by different serotypes. Certain serotypes show a host preference and are encountered more frequently in some disease syndromes. Of the four major categories, ETEC is the most common cause of diarrhea in calves, lambs, and pigs. Strains in the other categories cause the less-common diarrhea and other disease syndromes. Enterotoxins and pilus antigens are the two most prominent virulence factors thus far identified for ETEC. Two enterotoxins, one heat-stable(ST) and one heat-labile(LT), are produced by enterotoxigenic strains of E coli : not all culture produce both of these plasmid-based enterotoxins.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
• /
• 제35권5호
• /
• pp.419-429
• /
• 2020

식품 매개 병원균에 의한 문제는 식품산업뿐 아니라 세계 공공 보건에서도 문제가 된다. 최근 몇 년 간, 발효기술은 식품 내 병원성 미생물의 불활성화 및 이를 조절하기 위한 값 싸고 안전한 방법이라는 것이 밝혀졌다. 유산균 발효는 병원성 세균 및 바이러스에 대해 유의적인 항균효과를 갖는 과학적 증거를 보였다. 유기산, 박테리오신 및 과산화수소와 같은 유산균 대사체는 식품 매개 병원균에 대해 악영향을 미치고 이는 이들의 저해작용으로 이어진다. 이 화합물들은 물리적 결함만을 야기하는 것이 아니라 병원균의 유전자 발현에 대해서도 유의적인 저해 효과를 나타낸다. 게다가, 식품 내 유산균의 존재는 병원균에 대해 영양적인 경쟁을 제공하며 모든 요인이 그 성장을 억제한다. 본 연구는 유산균의 항균력, 분자생물학적 메커니즘 및 식품 매개 병원균의 불활성화를 위한 응용에 대하여 우리의 현 지식을 검토한다.

• 한국환경농학회지
• /
• 제30권3호
• /
• pp.346-356
• /
• 2011

BACKGROUND: Chemical fungicides not only may pollute the ecosystem but also can be environmentally hazardous, as the chemicals accumulate in soil. Biological control is a frequently-used environment-friendly alternative to chemical pesticides in phytopathogen management. However, the use of microbial products as fungicides has limitations. This study isolated and characterized a three-antifungal-enzyme (chitinase, cellulase, and ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase)-producing bacterium, and examined the conditions required to optimize the production of the antifungal enzymes. METHOD AND RESULTS: The antifungal enzymes chitinase, cellulase, and ${\beta}$-1,3-glucanase were produced by bacteria isolated from an sawmill in Korea. Based on the 16S ribosomal DNA sequence analysis, the bacterial strain AM50 was identical to Streptomyces sp. And their antifungal activity was optimized when Streptomyces sp. AM50 was grown aerobically in a medium composed of 0.4% chitin, 0.4% starch, 0.2% ammonium sulfate, 0.11% $Na_2HPO_4$, 0.07% $KH_2PO_4$, 0.0001% $MgSO_4$, and 0.0001% $MnSO_4$ at $30^{\circ}C$. A culture broth of Streptomyces sp. AM50 showed antifungal activity towards the hyphae of plant pathogenic fungi, including hyphae swelling and lysis in P. capsici, factors that may contribute to its suppression of plant pathogenic fungi. CONCLUSION(S): This study demonstrated the multiantifungal enzyme production by Streptomyces sp. AM50 for the biological control of major plant pathogens. Further studies will investigate the synergistic effect, to the growth regulations by biogenic amines and antifungal enzyme gene promoter.

• 한국농공학회논문집
• /
• 제53권1호
• /
• pp.29-36
• /
• 2011

HPAI (High pathogenic avian influenza) which is a disease legally designated as an epidemic generally shows rapid spread of disease resulting in high mortality rate as well as severe economic damages. Because Korea is contiguous with China and southeast Asia where HPAI have occurred frequently, there is a high risk for HPAI outbreak. A prompt treatment against epidemics is most important for prevention of disease spread. The spread of HPAI should be considered by both direct and indirect contact as well as various spread factors including airborne spread. There are high risk of rapid propagation of HPAI flowing through the air because of collective farms mostly in Korea. Field experiments for the mechanism of disease spread have limitations such as unstable weather condition and difficulties in maintaining experimental conditions. In this study, therefore, computational fluid dynamics which has been actively used for mass transfer modeling were adapted. Korea has complex terrains and many livestock farms are located in the mountain regions. GIS numerical map was used to estimate spreads of virus attached aerosol by means of designing three dimensional complicated geometry including farm location, road network, related facilities. This can be used as back data in order to take preventive measures against HPAI occurrence and spread.

• 한국의사학회지
• /
• 제32권1호
• /
• pp.33-42
• /
• 2019

Objective : Describe the phenomenon of "clear qi below, turbid qi above" as found in the Somun Eumyangeungsangdaelon (Major Essay on Yinyang Resonances and Appearances 素問 陰陽應象大論) and compare this pattern with water-grain dysentery and flatulence symptom patterns in the Sanghallon (Treatise on Cold Damage). Method : Study the annotation of the Hwangjenaegyeong (Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic 黃帝內經) and compare the results with the Sanghallon's water-grain dysentery and flatulence. Conclusions and Results : The causes of water-grain dysentery and flatulence are associated with the ascending and descending properties of Yin and Yang. Additionally, these symptoms can also be caused by pathogenic heat, turbid pathogenic factors, and interruption of the movement of clear and turbid qi. Aspects of water-grain dysentery resemble several patterns found in the Sanghallon. If caused by a weakness of yang qi, it resembles Sayeoktang (四逆湯) syndrome. Weakness of spleen qi resembles Ijungtang (理中湯) syndrome. Flatulence is similar to fullness in the chest syndrome, which in the Sanghallon is caused by an obstruction of cold qi. If there is excessive cold, water-grain dysentery is similar to the syndrome of Gyeolhyung (結胸). If the qi is not scattered, deficiency syndrome is similar to Gyejigejagyaktang (桂枝去芍藥湯) syndrome and excess syndrome is similar to Mahwangtang (麻黃湯) syndrome. When flatulence is caused by fever in chest, it is similar to Chijasitang (梔子?湯) syndrome. When caused by heat and phlegm build up in chest, it is similar to Sipjotang (十棗湯) syndrome.

• 한국임상수의학회지
• /
• 제36권1호
• /
• pp.15-22
• /
• 2019

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is among the top infectious disease priorities in Korea and the leading cause of economic loss in relevant poultry industry. An understanding of the spatial epidemiology of HPAI outbreak is essential in assessing and managing the risk of the infection. Though previous studies have reported the majority of outbreaks occurred clustered in what are preferred to as densely populated poultry regions, especially in southwest coast of Korea, little is known about the spatial distribution of risk areas vulnerable to HPAI occurrence based on geographic information system (GIS). The main aim of the present study was to develop a GIS-based risk index model for defining potential high-risk areas of HPAI outbreaks and to explore spatial distribution in relative risk index for each 252 Si-Gun-Gu (administrative unit) in Korea. The risk index was derived incorporating seven GIS database associated with risk factors of HPAI in a standardized five-score scale. Scale 1 and 5 for each database represent the lowest and the highest risk of HPAI respectively. Our model showed that Jeollabuk-do, Chungcheongnam-do, Jeollanam-do and Chungcheongbuk-do regions will have the highest relative risk from HPAI. Areas with risk index value over 4.0 were Naju, Jeongeup, Anseong, Cheonan, Kochang, Iksan, Kyeongju and Kimje, indicating that Korea is at risk of HPAI introduction. Management and control of HPAI becomes difficult once the virus are established in domestic poultry populations; therefore, early detection and development of nationwide monitoring system through targeted surveillance of high-risk spots are priorities for preventing the future outbreaks.