Studied the size of soil by land category to select places suitable for cultivating oriental medicines, the speciaity of Chollabuk-do Provincial Government and property and size of the centering aroung topsoil. And the results are summarized as follows. 1. The total size of the soil of Kimje-City, Namwon-City, Iksan City, Chonju-City,Jeongup-City including Kunsan-City totaled adout 3,079,663.7㎢. 2. As for land category, forestry was 40% of a total size as about 1,224,513.7㎢. Rice field was 31% of a total size as about 960,723.1㎢. Dry field was 10% of a total size as about 293,448.7㎢. Though grassland and orchard did not amount to 1% as about 9,716.5 ㎢ and 228.6㎢, respectively other kinds of soil were 19% as about 588,853.3㎢. 3. As for the property of soil, loam was 46% as about 1,432,133.9㎢. Sandy loam was 24% as about 727,811㎢. Silty loam was 20% as about 608,486.6㎢. Sandy clay loam was 3% as about 82,139.3㎢. Sandy soil of good quality Anlehmiger sand did not amount to 1% as about 3,980.0㎢. While other kinds of soil were about 7% as about 234,104.6㎢.

For the Old Age, the old health and disease are not a future problem any more but present one. In many developed countries they try to make a many-sided research about the old health, senility disease. But in spite of these efforts, we did not make out the features of the old health and senility exactly, so produced a little. I think of the Oriental approach as a appropriate, synthetic view which can develop the new opportunity of solution to the old health and senility. Through the comparisons, contrasts and considerations between the Oriental-Western medicine about the old health and senility, I have investigated the medical course and I came to the conclusion as follows; 1. Both -the Oriental and the Western- define that senility is a inevitable phenomenon in any creature and is the natural phenomenon that weaken the function of the internal organs little by little in the body. So after we classify it into physiological, pathological aging, we research it. 2. In the Western medicine, they have made progress about the cause of senility but their researches are analytic, fragmental and unessential. Considering the general characteristics that senility is occurred in all creatures, the synthetic viewpoint of the Oriental medicine is more desirable. 3. In classifying the old disease the Western medicine makes a list analytically but only apply clinical field established to the old, while the Oriental medicine don't classify specially and apply the established symptom name. When we consider the traits of the disease of the old, functions and activities-centered viewpoint, that is to say, point of view of the Oriental medicine, are more useful than disease-centered. 4. In treating of the old disease, the Western medicine is limited to the popular method, while the Oriental medicine approach represent the various method based on variable of vital essence and energy. the Oriental medicine, however, has defects that haven't developed the technique and biomarker which can measure the function of creature. But I am sure that analytical research of the Western medicine have scientific advantages. 5. the Oriental-Western medical considerations on the old health and senility have a lot of parts which cooperated each other and will be a clue that can solve the mystery of lives.

A dietary treatment of Chinese medicine for diabetes mellitus was extensively studied and compared with that of western medicine. The main results are as follows: Chinese medicine is based on the following empirical dietetics. First, likeness helps likeness. When an internal organ of mankind is not functioning properly, the food or drug from the same organ of an animal will be helpful to cure it. Second, take good foods for health properly and never take any foods against body. Third, building up one's body by taking tonics is not quite the same as building up one's body through proper eating. On the other hand, western medicine is based on the experimental and scientific methods which are modernized in accordance with the development of science and technology. It emphasizes upon finding the cause of a disease. Then this disease can be cured by doing a necessary medical treatment which sometime uses a surgical operation or chemical and radiological method or both. Although there are many ways in treating a diabetic in Western Medicine, here the diabetics is supposed to be the best. The same is true for Chinese Medicine. Therefore one can easily conclude that the dietetics is the most important and effective of all irrespective of Western and Chinese Medicine as far as diabetesis concerned. In Western Medicine, a diabetic is recommened to have the minimum calories necessary for life and not to have goods containing glucide beyond a certain quantity, while in Chinese medicine a diabetic is not allowed to have foods containing more than 10% of glucide. These two facts suggest that a diabetic should pay careful attention to foods containing lots of glucide. Finally a systematic cooperation between western and Chinese medicine will cure not only diabetes but also other disease more effectively than a traditionally unilateral method.

Concentrating on the non-musculoskeletal patients and revising the overall outlines of the phases recognizable in biomedical discourse, the present study investigated the linguistic phase markers that characterized the initial and the follow-up phases and the mini-phases in them, which added up to the characteristic major phases in Korean Oriental Medical discourse (KOMD). Focusing on the centripetal force of the patient’s constitution on KOMD, it proposed distinguishing an initial session from a follow-up session due to the weight on the former for identification of the patient’s constitution. Within the first session, the present study illustrated that the doctor adopted the non-proximal temporal expressions to mark the phase boundaries in an effort to identify the constitution. Such phase markers included habitual or iterative frequency expressions, distal temporal adverbials, experiential constructions without ‘recently’ or ‘nowadays,’ and the habitual present. Subsequently, the study turned to a follow-up session and demonstrated that the doctor adopted proximal temporal expressions in order to demarcate the phase boundaries. Such phase markers included proximal temporal expressions, the temporal adverbials that highlighted the difference between the pre- and post-treatment, and explicit comparatives and equatives. Consequently, the phase models revised for KOMD were in operation, structuring both the major phases and the mini phases in them around the patient’s biophysical, psychosocial, and reactional traits. That said, as Mishler’s (1984) study demonstrated, it worked as long as the interaction was doctor-centered. When the patient’s role in the phases was brought into light, however, the model would invite further revisions.

The study aims to investigate the effects of brand value in the oriental medicine cosmetics market, as perceived by consumers, on brand satisfaction, brand loyalty, and purchase intention. The subjects were Korean and Chinese female consumers, the primary consumers of oriental medicine cosmetics. A total of 615 sample surveys were analyzed from consumers who have experience using oriental medicine cosmetics. Out of the sample, 264 respondents had used Oriental medicine cosmetics for one to four years, 199 respondents for more than four years, and 108 respondents for three months to a year. Based on existing research, we categorized the value of oriental medicine cosmetics brands into four dimensions: emotional, social, functional, and epistemic values. Whether brand satisfaction and brand loyalty can be mediating factors in brand value influencing purchase intention was inspected through several hypotheses. As a result, except for the epistemic value factor, the brand value factors were found to have a positive effect on brand satisfaction and brand loyalty. In addition, emotional, social, and functional brand value factors influence purchase intention through brand loyalty, and it was found that brand loyalty is an important factor for oriental medicine cosmetics consumers, however mediator effects did not appear for brand satisfaction.

본 연구는 다양한 종류의 차폐체가 가진 차폐 효율을 확인하고, 인체모형 팬텀을 활용해 깊이에 따른 장기별 선량을 측정한 것이다. 개인방사선량측정기를 이용한 차폐체 차폐효율 측정 결과 다양한 차폐체 중 나노텅스텐으로 구성된 1.1 mm RNS-TX가 가장 높은 차폐 효율을 보였고, 0.2 mm 납 차폐체가 가장 낮은 차폐 효율을 보였다. 99mTc 30 mCi를 120분 동안 팬텀에 노출시킨 뒤 장기가 받은 선량 측정 결과. 방사선 방호복을 착용하지 않은 경우, 0.25 mm Pb, 0.5 mm Pb 방호복을 착용한 경우, 장기의 평균 선량은 각각 20. 53 mSv, 8.75 mSv, 6.03 mSv로 나타났다. 131I 2 mCi를 120분 동안 팬텀에 노출시킨 뒤 장기가 받은 선량 측정 결과, 방사선 방호복을 착용하지 않은 경우, 0.25 mm Pb, 0.5 mm Pb 방호복을 착용한 경우, 장기의 평균 선량은 각각 7.71 mSv, 4.88 mSv, 2.79 mSv로 나타났다. 18F 5 mCi를 120분 동안 팬텀에 노출 시킨 뒤 장기가 받은 선량 측정 결과. 방사선 방호복을 착용하지 않은 경우, 0.25 mm Pb, 0.5 mm Pb 방호복을 착용 한 경우, 장기의 평균 선량은 각각 16.39 mSv, 15.84 mSv, 12.52 mSv로 나타났다. 핵의학 작업종사자의 피폭선량이 한도를 넘지 않는다고 하더라도, 병원 내 타 직군 종사자와 비교 했을 때, 상대적으로 높은 피폭 선량을 보이므로 가볍고 차폐효율이 좋은 차폐물질로 개발된 방사선방호복 착용, 순환 업무, 업무 분담, 오토분주기와 같은 대체 장비 도입 등을 통해 핵의학 작업종사자의 선량을 줄이고, 관리할 수 있어야 한다.

오미약성 이론은 다섯가지 맛 중에서 적어도 하나 이상을 맛을 포함하는 다양한 허브로 구성되어 있으며, 이러한 이론은 인간의 질병을 예방하고 면역 체계를 강화하는데 사용되어왔다. 본 연구의 목적은 오미약성 이론에 근거한 단일 추출물 및 혼합 추출물의 효능 차이와 성분 변화를 확인하는 것이다. 황련, 승마 및 백복령 세가지 약초를 선택하였고 단일 추출물 및 혼합 추출물의 약리학적 효능을 평가하였다. 결과적으로 혼합추출물은 단일추출물과 비교하여 400 ug/mL 농도에서 우수한 세포 이동 효과를 보였다. 또한 혼합 추출물은 수지상세포의 활성을 증가시켜 면역을 강화시켰으며 DPPH assay 및 HPLC-ABTS assay를 통해 가장 높은 항산화 활성을 보였다. 이번 연구에서 우리는 한의학적 이론을 접목하여 화장품 및 의약품 분야에 응용 가능한 새로운 소재를 개발하였다.

Background : Recently, there has been an increase in the use of herbal drugs for healthcare. The reference standards of herbal medicine is used to quality control for herbal medicines. It have been produced and re-evaluated by Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, starting from 2002. In this study, we re-tested the quality of a variety of Herbal Reference Standards (HRS). We analyze the HRSs with identification test by High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC). All test is based on experimental method of the Korean Pharmacopoeia, the Korea Herbal Pharmacopoeia. Methods and Results : To check the stability of reference standards of herbal medicine, we annually performe real-time monitoring under storage condition (4℃). The aim of this study is to perform a stability testing for 200 national reference standards to ensure the reliability of standards. For example, there are reference standards of Osterici Radix, Polygoni Multiflori Radix, Lithospermi Radix etc. It was achieved by comparing the colors and Rf values of the bands in TLC with those of the marker compounds using High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography (HPTLC). Tests for each item are based on experimental methods of the official compendium or the previous study on establishment of HRSs. Through re-test system, we confirm stability and reliability of HRSs condition. Also, based on the results, these HRSs will be continuously supplied as Herbal Reference Standards of MFDS. Conclusion : As the result, the HPTLC results showed the same TLC patterns as compared with previous reports. Based on the all results that we will update the each certificate of analysis. We want to contribute for quality control of herbal medicines.

Background : The reference standards of herbal medicine is used to quality control for herbal medicines. It is important that National Reference Standards maintain high stability of herbal medicines during all periods from the manufacture to the storage. In order to control quality of herbal medicines, the control reference standards (CRSs) have been produced by Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, starting from 2002. The designated CRSs are essential tests and assays to be carried out in accordance with the official compendium such as the Korean Pharmacopoeia and the Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia. Methods and Results : The aim of this study is to perform a stability testing for 80 national reference standards to ensure the reliability of standards. For example, there are reference standards of Sweroside, Liquiritin, Wogonin etc. First of all, We randomly select three samples of CRSs and weight them and mobile phase is made suitable for the experimental conditions. We analyzed the purity value of each CRSs in calculating absolute peak area percent, using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) based on the method in the official compendium. And the result showed that 80 evaluted CRSs were revealed more than 95% purity value. The stability of the CRSs under storage condition (4℃) were tested annually for 3 randomly selected samples. Conclusion : There are no significant difference among observed contents. The results of stability assessment represent suitable for quantitative analysis: less than 5% uncertainty of measurement. Even though this statistical analysis identified that stability was maintained for most of the products, some of them still need to be continuously monitored.

Lung cancer, the most common malignant disease worldwide, is the predominant cause of cancer deaths, particularly amongst men. Therefore, various researchers have focused on the growth inhibitory effects of medicinal plants used in traditional Korean medicine. This study aimed to investigate the growth inhibitory effects of ethanol extracts of Rubiae radix, Inulae flos, Nelumbinis receptaculum, Astilbe radix, and Lagerstroemia flos on NCI-H1229 cells. Method and Results: The viability of NCI-H1229 cells was evaluated in vitro using an MTS assay. Treatment with the ethanol extracts of the selected medicinal plants at 500 ㎍/㎖ reduced NCI-H1229 cell viability and increased apoptotic cell death and caspase-3 activation. In addition, treatment with ethanol extracts of Inulae flos and Astilbe radix increases DNA fragmentation, as measured by the TUNEL assay. Conclusions: These results indicated that ethanol extracts of Rubiae radix, Inulae flos, Nelumbinis receptaculum, Astilbe radix, and Lagerstroemia flos exhibited growth inhibitory effects, inducing apoptotic cell death, DNA fragmentation and caspase-3 activation in NCI-H1229 cells. Therefore, these medicinal plant extracts may be used in the development of natural medicines to inhibit the growth of lung cancers. However, further study is needed to determine the active ingredients of the ethanol extracts from medicinal plants that are reposible for the inhibitory effect on lung cancer cell grwoth.

Generic medicine (GM), which is an alternative drug product for branded medicine (BM), is used less in Japan than in other OECD countries. Therefore, we investigate why the medical consumers of Japan avoid the use of GMs even though the efficacy and safety of the medicines have already been proven. We theorize that effectiveness or risk of GMs are related to the consumer attitude toward GMs is affected by the behavioral approach/activation system (BAS) which promotes actions to reach the desired state, and the behavioral inhibition system (BIS) which suppresses behaviors to avoid negative outcomes. To see which of the BAS and BIS dimensions are related to GM usage, we surveyed 374 Japanese consumers and found that Quality, Efficacy, Safety, & Cost-effectiveness with the BAS, and Functional Risk, Financial Risk, Social Risk, Physical Risk, Psychological Risk, & Time Risk with the BIS had a significant effect on consumer attitude to GMs. These results are important in that they 1), confirm the role of BAS/BIS in attitudes to GMs, 2), provide guidelines when marketing GMs, 3), help governments promote the use of GMs as a cost-saving measure, and 4), guide future surveys regarding consumer attitudes to GMs.

유기성 폐기물 중 하나인 하수슬러지는 하수처리시설 중 1차 침전지와 생물학적 처리 단계에서 대량 발생한다. 이러한 하수슬러지는 재활용, 소각, 매립, 그리고 해양투기 방식으로 처리되어 왔으며, 국내에서는 발생량의 절반이상이 해양투기에 의해 처리되어왔다. 하지만 2012년 런던협약에 의해 해양투기가 금지됨에 따라 하수슬러지 처리에 관한 문제가 급부상 하였고, 최근에는 고형연료로의 재활용에 대한 많은 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 하지만 고형연료의 요구함수율을 충족시키기 위하여 탈수슬러지의 추가적인 건조과정이 필요하다. 하지만 높은 수분을 함유하고 있어 건조과정이 길어지고 고형연료로써 가치가 떨어져 경제적으로 어려움이 있다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 하수슬러지의 건조방법 중 하나인 Bio-drying공법을 사용하였으며, 무분별하게 폐기되는 한약재 부산물을 혼합하여 적용하였다. Bio-drying은 생분해성 폐기물이 퇴비의 초기 단계를 통해 빠르게 가열되어 폐기물 흐름에서 수분을 제거하여 전체 중량을 감소시키는 과정이다. Bio-drying 공정에서 강제통풍뿐만 아니라 생물학적 열에 의해 건조 속도가 증가한다. 유기물의 호기성 분해를 통해 자연적으로 이용 가능한 생물학적 열의 주요 부분은 혼합 된 슬러지와 관련된 표면 및 결합수를 증발 시키는데 이용된다. 이 열 발생은 보충화석 연료가 필요 없고 최소한의 전력 소비로 Biomass의 수분 함량을 감소시킨다. 이에 본 연구에서는 Bio-drying을 통하여 하수슬러지와 한약재 부산물을 비율에 따라 혼합하여 Bio-drying의 20일 동안의 건조효율을 살펴보았다. 또한, 혼합물의 특성분석을 통하여 고형연료로써의 이용가능성을 평가해보았다.

Ovarian function and implantation of embryo are critical factors in pregnancy. So, their optimal conditions and tightly regulated networks are necessary in pregnancy as well as fetal development. However, there are limit approach to cure ovarian dysfunction or improve implantation rate despite of the development of associated reproductive technologies. Recently, translational studies have been explored the therapeutic effect of stem cells in reproductive medicine. Placenta derived mesenchymal stem cells (PD-MSCs) have been reported as alternative cell source capable of overcoming the limitation of bone marrow derived MSCs (BM-MSCs) and adipose-derived MSCs (AD-MSCs), which have stemness dependent by donor age as well as invasive procedure. In addition, their activities for self-renewal and immunomodulation were higher than those of others. In this section, we will review the stem cell therapy in reproductive medicine and introduce feasibilities of PD-MSCs on a rat model with ovarian failure as well as on trophoblast invasion activity. Finally, we introduce new insights into further understanding of stem cell-based therapeutic mechanisms for reproductive system as well as new avenues to develop more efficient therapies in degenerative medicine.

Background : Plants belonging to 5 species of the genus Eleutherococcus are currently distributed in the Korean peninsula. The traditional medicine ‘Ogapi’, derived from Eleutherococcus sessiliflorus and other related species, and ‘Gasiogapi’, derived from Eleutherococcus senticosus, are frequently mixed up and marketed. Therefore, accurated identification of their origins in urgently required. Methods and Results : Candidate genes from nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) and chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) of Eleutherococcus plants were analyzed. Whereas the nrDNA-internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions were useful in elucidating the phylogenetic relationships among the plants, the cpDNA regions were not as effective. Therefore, a combined analysis with nrDNA-ITS was performed. Various combinations of nrDNA and matK were effective for discriminating among the plants. However, the matK and rpoC1 combination was ineffective for discriminating among some species. Based on these results, it was found that OG1, OG4, OG5, OG7, GS1, GS2, and GS3 were derived from E. sessiliflorus. In particular, it was confirmed that GS1, GS2, and GS3 were not derived from E. senticosus. However, more samples need to be analyzed because identification of the origins of OG2, OG3, OG6 and GS4 was not possible. Conclusion : The ITS2, ITS5a, and matK combination was the most effective in identifying the phylogenetic relationship among Eleutherococcus plants and traditional medicines based on Eleutherococcus.

테크네슘을 이용한 침샘검사의 시간-방사능 곡선에서 다양한 기능매개변수지표를 획득하여 환자 군과 건강한 정상군과의 비교를 통해 유용성을 알아보고자 하였다. 2014년 12월부터 2015년 2월까지 구강 건조증으로 침샘검사를 시행한 환자군 30명과 건강한 정상군 10명을 대상으로 하였다. 99mTc-과산화테크네슘 370 MBq을 정맥으로 주사 후 20분에 비타민C 파우더를 입안에 투여하여 10분 동안 촬영하였다. 분석방법은 귀밑샘과 턱밑샘의 관심영역을 정하여 시간-방사능 곡선을 그린 후 곡선의 각 위치에서 다양한 기능매개변수 지표를 획득하고, 구강 건조증 환자군와 정상군을 비교하였다. 비교 및 측정에 적용된 방법으로는 섭취율(uptake ratio, UR), 최대 방사능 시간(time at maximum counts, Tmax), 최소 방사능 시간(time at minimum counts, Tmin), 최대 축적율(maximum accumulation, MA), 축적속도(accumulation velocity), 최대 배출율(maximum secretion, MS), 최대 자극 배출율(maximum stimulation secretion, MSS), 배출속도(secretion velocity, SV)를 사용하였다. 환자군과 정상군간의 기능매개변수지표 비교에서 환자군의 최소 방사능 시간(Tmin)을 제외한 모든 지표에서 건강한 정상군이 환자군에 비하여 유의한 차이를 보였고, 시간에 따른 변화량에서도 정상군이 환자군에 비하여 유의한 차이를 보였다. 결론적으로 침샘검사에서 다양한 기능매개변수지표를 이용한 정량분석은 구강 건조증 환자의 침샘 기능을 객관적이고 표준화된 정보로 평가하는데 유용할 것으로 사료된다.