• 한국해양바이오학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2020

Stichopus japonicas (red sea cucumbers) inhabit the coastal sea surrounding Jeju Island, South Korea, and are thought to have various medicinal properties. In this study, we investigated the anticancer activity of a red sea cucumber (S. japonicus) collected from Jeju Island. We obtained the red sea cucumber extract (RSCE), and observed that it inhibited the tumor cell growth and increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production associated with the induction of apoptosis through the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in murine colon carcinoma cells (CT-26). Treatment with RSCE and N-acetylcysteine, which is a ROS scavenger, increased ROS production and apoptosis via the regulation by the MAPK pathway on the ERK and JNK compared with the nontreated group. Therefore, RSCE promotes ROS-mediated suppression of the ERK and JNK activation, and subsequently inhibits cancer progression, suggesting that RSCE may be beneficial in treating colon carcinoma.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.292-299
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 해삼속의 폴리페놀과 플라보노이드의 생리활성물질을 추출하기 위한 용매분획의 수율을 확인하고자 연구를 시도하였다. 이미 보고된 사례에서 50%에탄올 추출 용매분획은 해삼 항산화 물질의 높은 수율 결과로 확인되었다. 해삼의 항산화물질 추출량을 결정짓는 것은 추출에 적용된 추출 용매분획의 결과로 확인되었다. 또한 '추출용매에 따라 해삼생리활성 항산화물질 추출함량이 크게 차이가 있다.'는 선행연구를 통해 용매분획추출에 관한 필요성의 결과를 얻었다. 50%에탄올 추출 용매분획의 해삼추출물에 포함된 페놀물질의 높은 항산화성분 추출 결과가 증명되었다. 추출용매분획 연구사례에서 수율이 가장 저조한 아세트산에틸 용매분획은 다른 용매분획에 비해 높은 페놀함량을 수확하여 항산화효과가 확인되었다. 이에, 추출 용매분획물의 적용에 따른 수율변화를 통해 항산화추출물의 높은 수율에 미치는 영향을 확인 하였다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 50%에탄올 용매의 최적화된 해삼생리활성물질 추출 용매분획으로 검증되었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.605-611
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• 2012

이 연구에서는 SD rat과 Mongolian gerbil에서 실험적으로 HCl-ethanol(150 mM HCl+60% ethanol)을 투여하여 급성 위염을 유발하고, $H.$ $pylori$ 감염시켜 만성 위염, 위궤양을 유발한 후, 건해삼을 투여하여 건해삼에 의한 항위염, 항위궤양 효과 및 $H.$ $pylori$ 감염 경향성 및 치료율을 검토하였던바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 7주령 SD rats와 $H.$ $pylori$에 감염시킨 7주령 Mogolian gerbils를 정상군(Nor, n=6)과 대조군(Con, 60% HCl-ethanol+증류수(vehicle), n=6)에 비하여 실험군 I(DSD I, 60% HCl-ethanol+건해삼 30 mg/kg, n=6), 실험군 II(DSD II, 60% HCl-ethanol+건해삼 100 mg/kg, n=6), 실험군 III(DSD III, 60% HCl-ethanol+건 해삼 300 mg/kg, n=6)에서는 건해삼 투여 용량에 따른 항위염, 항위궤양 및 항헬리코박터 효과를 육안적 소견, CLO test 및 병리조직학적 검사를 통해 확인할 수 있었다. 이상의 결과를 종합해볼 때 건해삼이 새로운 위염 및 위손상 치료제와 기능성식품의 개발에 활용할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.886-891
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• 2013

We analyzed surface sediments to explain the substrate characteristics of sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus habitat. The analyses included grain-size determination, water content (WC), loss on ignition (IL), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and acid volatile sulfide (AVS) content. We obtained data on sea cucumber density, weight, and length at each station in a marine farming area in the middle of Korea's Taean coast on the West (Yellow) Sea in May, 2012. The apparent density of S. japonicus was high in coarse and bimodal sediments, whereas it was low in fine and unimodal sediments. The mass of S. japonicus was greater in fine than in coarse sediments, showing a different trend from sea cucumber density. The values for WC, IL, COD, and AVS in surface sediments were higher in areas with high densities of S. japonicus than in areas with low sea cucumber densities. In particular, the concentration of AVS was much higher than the value proposed in Japanese criteria for areas with high S. japonicus density.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.466-473
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• 2015

The juvenile red variant of the sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus is distributed worldwide. It is a valuable food source in Korea, China, and Japan. Major issues in farming the juvenile red variant sea cucumber include growth rates and disease resistance. In recent years, studies have focused on feed additives to enhance immune system and health. In this study, we used a common diet (CD), a nutritional diet (ND; mixed nutritional supplements), and an immunity diet (ID; mixed probiotics, spirulina, and levan) and compared the growth rates and immunity of juvenile red variant sea cucumbers fed the experimental diets for 12 weeks. The growth and survival rates in the ID group were significantly increased (P>0.05). This suggests that the feed additives positively influenced immunity and growth in the ID group. However, the immune activity was exhibit a stabilizing effect, and further investigation of immune effects is required.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.168-175
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• 2016

We conducted a 90-day feeding experiment to evaluate the growth and energy budget of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus. Sea cucumbers with a mean initial wet body weight of 3.03±0.06 g were fed one of the following three diets: an eel fecal solid diet, rainbow trout fecal solid diet, or a commercial diet at a water temperature of 17±1℃ and salinity of 32±1 psu. The results suggested that the diets affected the final body weight, specific growth rate (SGR), food ingestion, feces production ratio, and hence the growth and energy budget of the sea cucumbers. Sea cucumbers fed the eel and rainbow trout fecal solid diets showed poorer energy absorption, assimilation, and growth than those fed the commercial diet. The sea cucumbers fed the commercial diet had a significantly higher SGR and proportion of energy used for growth than those fed the other two diets. Sea cucumbers fed the rainbow trout fecal solid diet showed a comparatively higher ingestion rate and feces production ratio than those fed the commercial diet. The eel and rainbow trout fecal solid diets, therefore, were not suitable for sea cucumbers in intensive cultivation. Our findings will facilitate further development of more appropriate diets for culture of sea cucumber.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제53권5호
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• pp.707-716
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• 2020

Red sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus, was dried using three methods-far-infrared ray, vacuum, and freeze drying and then enzymatically hydrolyzed using nine proteases: Alcalase, Flavourzyme, Kojizyme, Neutrase, Protamex, trypsin, α-chymotrypsin, and papain. In addition, the potential ability of hydrolysates to inhibit lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes was evaluated. The yield of hydrolysates from red sea cucumbers dried using each method was higher than that of the distilled water extract, and protein contents were either similar or higher. The hydrolysates that exhibited inhibitory effects on lipid accumulation, as demonstrated via Oil red O staining, were those obtained by far-infrared ray drying coupled with Alcalase, Flavourzyme, Kojizyme, or Neutrase treatment. In addition to the advantages of far-infrared drying and the characteristics of Flavourzyme, the Flavourzyme hydrolysate of far-infrared-dried red sea cucumber showed the highest inhibitory effect on lipid accumulation. In addition, this hydrolysate significantly decreased the expression of the protein factor fatty acid-binding protein 4, which is related to the late differentiation of 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Taken together, these results suggest that Flavourzyme hydrolysates from farinfrared-dried red sea cucumber may be used as a functional food and/or a pharmaceutical ingredient for the inhibition of lipid accumulation.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.1281-1286
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• 2018

세계적으로 1500 종 이상이 분포하고 있는 해삼은 오랫동안 여러 나라에서 중요한 수산 자원으로 취급되어져 왔고 개체군 보존관리 보호종에 속하는 고부가가치 품종이다. 해삼에 관한 연구는 음식과 추출물의 효능에 관한 것이 대부분이며, 아직까지 해삼 특징 식별에 대한 연구는 이루어지지 않고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 고부가가치 품종인 해삼을 대량으로 포획하기 위하여 해삼의 특징점 추출을 위한 경계 검출 알고리즘을 제안하였으며 향후 해삼 인식 프로그램에 많은 도움이 되리라 생각한다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.2154-2161
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• 2014

Growth analysis and selection of sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicas) is typically performed through length or weight measurements. However, because sea cucumbers continuously change shape depending on the external environment, weight measurement has been the preferred approach. Weight measurements require extensive time and labor, moreover it is often difficult to accurately weigh sea cucumbers because of their wet surface. The present study measured sea cucumber features, including the body length, width, and thickness, by using a vision system and regression analysis to generate $R^2$ values that were used to develop a weight estimation algorithm. The $R^2$ value between the actual volume and weight of the sea cucumbers was 0.999, which was relatively high. Evaluation of the performance of this algorithm using cross-validation showed that the root mean square error and worst-case prediction error were 1.434 g and ${\pm}5.879g$, respectively. In addition, the present study confirmed that the proposed weight estimation algorithm and single slide rail device for weight measurement can measure weights at approximately 4,500 sea cucumbers per hour.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.337-342
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• 2016

Sea cucumbers have been an important part of human diets throughout history; demand is increasing every year, making the species a target for coastal resource development. New harvesting technologies have been developed in response to demand, including nursery production and insemination aquaculture, but such methods produce relatively few individuals and productivity per unit area is very small. For example, captures are prohibited during July and August due to the breeding season, and sea cucumbers aestivate during the hot season and hibernate during the cold season, all factors that limit natural-environment production in Korea. Problems with slow growth of sea cucumbers have been encountered in previous rearing experiments. To assess the importance of feeding ecology on sea cucumber growth, we conducted pond-bottom and lantern-net culture experiments. Results showed that sea cucumbers in bottom cultures grew from 3.06 to 102.59 g, but those in lantern cultures only grew from 25.60 to 28.03 g.