• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.833-837
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• 2006

To determine whether alcohol-treated rat liver cells can be protected by a static magnetic field (SMF), we analyzed the blood chemistry and histology of hepatic tissue removed from alcohol-exposed rats that had been exposed to a static magnetic field. The rats were exposed to a 0.3 tesla (3,000 gauss) magnetic field (MF) for 24 hr daily for 5 weeks with appropriate controls. Glutamic pyruvic transaminase activity and the triglyceride levels in animals exposed to the north (N) or south (S) pole of the MF decreased significantly (p<0.01 and p<0.05, respectively) compared with negative control animals with alcohol exposure. A histological examination of hepatic tissue revealed a moderate to severe accumulation of fat vacuoles of various sizes in the cytoplasm of the hepatocytes of animals in the negative control group throughout the study; whereas in groups exposed to the MF poles, fewer fat vacuoles were seen compared with the negative control group. Electron microscopic observations showed that exposure to the N or S pole protected organelles, including the nucleus, from damage during exposure to this toxic agent, as indicated by the fact that the nucleus and the mithochondria virtually retained their shape throughout this study. These results suggest that exposure to a SMF could be an excellent way of protecting against alcohol-induced damage to the rat liver cell.

• 한국전자파학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전자파학회 1999년도 제3회 전자장의 생체영향에 관한 워크숍
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• pp.117-129
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• 1999

Acute effects of locally applied of static magnetic field (SMF) and extremely low frequency electromagnetic field(ELF-EMF) to the cutaneous tissue within a rabbit ear chamber (REC)were evaluated under conscious conditions. Rabbits with the REC were subjected to intravital microscopical investigation by use of microphotoelectric plethysmography(MPPG). There was no dose-response relationship between the extent of vasomotion changes and frequencies(0,20,50, 100Hz)or power levels (1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 mT). Under low vascular tone the both fields induce vasodilatation. The effects of SMF (1 mT) on the cutaneous microcirculatory system induced the vasodilatation with enhanced vasomotion under nor-adrenaline-induced high vascular tone as well as the vasoconstriction with reduced vasomotion under acetylcholine-induced low vascular tone. This suggests that the SMF can modulate vascular tone due to the modification of vasomotion biphasically in the cutaneous tissue.

• 한국응용약물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국응용약물학회 2003년도 Annual Meeting of KSAP : International Symposium on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences on Obesity
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• pp.113-113
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• 2003

A number of studies have demonstrated recently nonthermal interactions of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields with cellular systems, such as the cells of the immune system. Particular concern came from epidemiological findings, which correlated environmental exposure of human body to weak electromagnetic fields with an elevated risk for developing certain type of leukemias and cancers. Several home/environmental sources generating extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields, such as 50 - 60 Hz high-voltage transmission lines, video display terminals, electric blankets, clinical nuclear magnetic resonance imaging procedures, etc., may interact with the human body. In this study we examined the effects of static magnetic fields (SMF) on the phagocytosis of the murine peritoneal macrophages (C57BL/6). The cells were exposed in vitro for 24 h at 37$^{\circ}C$ to 400 G SMF. The phagocytic activity of peritoneal macrophages was determined with a luminometer. Exposure to the SMF decreased phagocytic activity of murine peritoneal macrophages. In order to provide a more exact mechanism of the phenomenon, we analyzed peritoneal macrophages for alteration in their proteomes. The expression levels of these 5 proteins were increased in the SMF. In total 5 proteins which were differentially expressed in the SMF compared with control group were identified. The expression levels of these 5 proteins were increased in the SMF.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.484-492
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• 2012

본 연구는 정자기장 처리가 실내 관엽식물의 생육 및 생리적 특성에 미치는 영향과 그 작용 메커니즘을 파악하기 위해 수행되었다. 이를 위해 스파티필름(Spathiphyllum spp), 산호수(Ardisia pusilla DC.), 싱고니움(Syngonium podophyllum), 홀리아페페(Peperomia pereskiifolia) 및 필레아(Pilea cadierei)의 5종 관엽식물을 대상으로 안쪽 바닥면에 표면자속밀도 3,500G의 이방성 NdFeB계 원형 소결영구자석을 장착하여 자성처리한 화분에서 6개월간 생육시켜 나타난 변화를 관찰하였다. 자성처리화분에서의 생육은 스파티필름, 산호수 및 필레아에서 유의성 있는 생육증대를 유도하였으며 대부분의 식물종에서 조직 내 함수율을 증대시키는 것으로 나타났다. 스파티필름은 광합성률 또한 유의성 있게 증대되었으나 산호수 및 필레아의 경우 광합성률의 유의성 있는 증가가 나타나지 않았는데 이는 자성처리화분이 동화산물에 대한 정상적인 대사과정에서의 수요를 감소시킴으로써 생물량 축적에 보다 유리한 조건을 제공하는 것으로 해석된다. 그러나 홀리아페페의 경우 생육이나 광합성에 있어 별다른 차이가 유도되지 않았기 때문에 자성처리화분의 이와 같은 효과는 식물종에 따라 차이를 보일 것으로 생각된다. 실험에 사용된 대부분의 식물종에서 자성처리에 따른 엽 내 질소 및 엽록소 함량과 엽록소 a/b 비율에 유의성 있는 증가가 나타났다. 이와 같은 결과들은 식물종에 따른 제한은 있으나 적절한 자기장 처리를 통해 환경변화에 대한 관엽식물의 잠재적 적응능력을 높이고 실내 환경개선을 위한 실내식물의 활용도를 증대시킬 수 있는 가능성을 제시한다.