본 연구는 Spragye-Dawely 계통의 암컷 랫드에서 종합 비타민의 반복경구투여 독성평가와 대식세포 Raw 264.7 세포의 NO 및 TNF-α assay를 통한 면역 활성을 평가하기 위해서 실시하였다. 종합비타민을 대식세포의 활성능을 측정하기 위해 Raw 264.7 세포에서 NO와 TNF-α의 생성을 측정하였다. 종합비타민을 대식세포에 24시간 처리한 결과 대조군과 비교 시 NO와 TNF-α가 유의적으로 상승하였다. 이 결과 종합비타민이 대식세포인 Raw 264.7 세포를 활성화시키는 것으로 사료된다. 또한 랫드에서 종합비타민의 독성평가를 위하여 랫드에 종합비타민을 0.24 g/ kg, 1 g/kg 그리고 2 g/kg을 4주 동안 경구투여를 하였다. 종합비타민의 안전성을 확인하기 위해 다음과 같은 관찰 및 검사를 하였다. 검사항목으로는 체중과 사료 섭취량, 임상증상, 혈청생화학적 검사를 관찰한 결과 대조군과 투여군을 비교 시 유의적인 변화가 나타나지 않았다. 따라서 종합비타민은 생리대사에 무해하며 면역증강의 효과를 나타내는 것으로 사료된다.

This study was designed to investigate the effect of fucoidan on the activation of macrophage and on induction of apoptosis in AGS cell. To measure the activity of macrophages, NO and TNF-α assays were performed in Raw 264.7 cell. Treatment with fucoidan significantly increased production of NO and TNF-α, indicating activation of macrophages. The result of MTT assay shows that cell viability was significantly decreased in a dose and time-dependent manner. Fucoidan increased to enhance mitochondrial membrane permeability, as well as the cytochrome c release from the mitochondria. Fucoidan decreased Bcl-2 and XIAP expression, whereas the expression of Bax was increased in a time-dependent manner compared to the control. In addition, the active forms of caspase-9 were increased, and the inactivation of Akt was decreased in a time-dependent manner. Caspase inhibitor, z-VADFMK, canceled the apoptosis of fucoidan, expression of Bax and caspase-9 were decrease. These results indicate that fucoidan induces activation of macrophage and apoptosis through activation of caspase on AGS cell.

In this study, we configured a system which ranks hazardous chemicals to determine their management priorities based on experts' opinions and the existing CRS (chemical ranking and scoring). Aggregate exposure of food, health functional food, oriental/herbal medicine and cosmetics have been taken into account to determine management priority. In this study, 25 hazardous chemicals were selected, such as cadmium, lead, mercury, and arsenic, etc. These 25 materials were ranked according to their 1) risk (exposure or hazard) indexes, 2) exposure source-based weight, and 3) public interests, which were also formed based on the existing priority ranking system. Cadmium was scored the highest (178.5) and bisphenol A the lowest (56.8). Ten materials -- cadmium, lead, mercury, arsenic, tar, acrylamide, benzopyrene, aluminium, benzene, and PAHs -- scored higher than 100. Eight materials -- aflatoxin, manganese, phthalate, chromium, nitrate/nitrite, ethylcarbamate, formaldehyde, and copper -- recorded scores in the range from 70 to 100. Also evaluated as potential risks were 7 materials; sulfur dioxide, ochratoxin, dioxins, PCBs, fumonisin, methyl mercury, and bisphenol A, and these materials were scored above 50. Then we compared risk index and correlation coefficient of total scores to confirm the validity of the total scores; we analyzed correlation coefficient of parameter and indicator. We discovered that the total score and weight, which has incorporated public interests, were high and statistically significant. In conclusion, the result of this study contributes to strengthening risk assessment and risk management of hazardous chemicals.

Within last 10 years, internet has become a daily activity, and humankind had to face the Data Deluge, a dramatic increase of digital data (Economist 2012). Due to exponential increase in amount of digital data, large scale data has become a big issue and hence the term 'big data' appeared. There is no official agreement in quantitative and detailed definition of the 'big data', but the meaning is expanding to its value and efficacy. Big data not only has the standardized personal information (internal) like customer information, but also has complex data of external, atypical, social, and real time data. Big data's technology has the concept that covers wide range technology, including 'data achievement, save/manage, analysis, and application'. To define the connected technology of 'big data', there are Big Table, Cassandra, Hadoop, MapReduce, Hbase, and NoSQL, and for the sub-techniques, Text Mining, Opinion Mining, Social Network Analysis, Cluster Analysis are gaining attention. The three features that 'bid data' needs to have is about creating large amounts of individual elements (high-resolution) to variety of high-frequency data. Big data has three defining features of volume, variety, and velocity, which is called the '3V'. There is increase in complexity as the 4th feature, and as all 4features are satisfied, it becomes more suitable to a 'big data'. In this study, we have looked at various reasons why companies need to impose 'big data', ways of application, and advanced cases of domestic and foreign applications. To correspond effectively to 'big data' revolution, paradigm shift in areas of data production, distribution, and consumption is needed, and insight of unfolding and preparing future business by considering the unpredictable market of technology, industry environment, and flow of social demand is desperately needed.

This study was designed to evaluate to acute oral toxicity and skin irritation of Chrysanthemum dye in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. SD rats were orally treated with Chrysanthemum dye at a dose of 0, 1 and 2 ml/kg body weight. After oral administration, the rats were observed for 14days. In primary skin irritation test, SD rats were dermally treated with Chrysanthemum dye and observed for 3 days. To ensure the safety of Chrysanthemum dye such as the following were observed and tested. We examined the body weight, the feed intake, the clinical signs, the ophthalmological test, the histopathological test, the mortality and skin irritation. As a result, no significant differences were found in body weight, feed intake and histopathological test between control and Chrysanthemum dye treated group. In the result of skin irritation test, Chrysanthemum dye did not induce erythema and edema after topical application. Primary irritation index was “0” in the test. Therefore, it is suggested that Chrysanthemum dye has no effect on acute toxicity and side effect in SD rats and is non-irritant material based on the score “0” of primary irritation index.

This study was designed to evaluate a repeated oral dose toxicity and immunomodulating activity of Pulsatilla koreana and Artemisiae annuae in Sprague-Dawley rats. The female rats were treated with Pulsatilla koreana and Artemisiae annuae of control group, low group (0.5 ml/kg), medium group (1 ml/kg), high group (2 ml/ kg) for distilled water, intragastrically for 4 weeks, respectively. To ensure the safety of Pulsatilla koreana and Artemisiae annuae such as the following were observed and tested. We examined the body weight, the feed intake, the clinical signs, the ophthalmological test, the hematological and the serum biochemical analysis. We also observed the histopathological changes of liver and kidney in rats. Hematological results were the increase of neutrophils, lymphocytes and monocytes in the high dose group of Pulsatilla koreana. The increase immune cells in the high dose group of Pulsatilla koreana might immunomodulating activity. No significant differences in body weight, feed intake, serum biochemical analysis and histopathological between control and fed group were found. In conclusion, Pulsatilla koreana and Artemisiae annuae is physiologically safe and improve immunomodulating activity.

This study was carried out to investigate the toxicity of food Red No.2 in the Sprague-Dawley (SD) female rat for 4 weeks. SD rats were orally administered for 28 days, with dosage of 500, 1,000, 2,000 mg/kg/day. Animals treated with food Red No.2 did not cause any death and show any clinical signs. They did not show any significant changes of body weight, feed uptake and water consumption. There were not significantly different from the control group in urinalysis, hematological, serum biochemical value and histopathological examination. In conclusion, 4 weeks of the repetitive oral medication of food Red No.2 has resulted no alteration of toxicity according to the test materials in the group of female rats with injection of 2,000 mg/kg. Therefore, food Red No.2 was not indicated to have any toxic effect in the SD rats, when it was orally administered below the dosage 2,000 mg/kg/day for 4 weeks.

국화과(Compositae)는 현화식물 중 세계에서 가장 넓게 분포하고, 쌍자엽식물 중 가장 진화된 식물분류군이며, 우리나라에는 약 300여종이 존재하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 구절초, 감국, 쑥, 쑥갓, 개미취, 참취, 곰취 등 국화과 식물들은 예로부터 민간에서 약용 및 식용 소재로써 다양하게 사용되어왔다. 본 연구는 국화 및 국화근연종 유용유전자원 선발을 통하여 육종 소재를 확대하고, 중간모본 및 신품종 육성기반을 구축하고자 DNA 마커시스템의 개발을 위해 수행되었다. 1. 화단국인 Smileball(Dendranthema grandiflorum) 품종을 사용하여 SSR-enriched library를 작성하였고, GS FLX 분석을 통해 18.83Mbp의 염기서열 결과를 얻었으며, read의 평균 길이는 280.06bp로 나타났다. 2. 단순반복염기서열(SSR) 부위를 포함하는 26,780개 clones 중 di-nucleotide motifs가 16,375개(61.5%)로 우세하였고, trinucleotide motifs(6,616개, 24.8%), tetra-nucleotide motifs(1,674개, 6.3%), penta-nucleotide motifs(1,283개, 4.8%), hexa-nucleotide motifs(693개, 2.6%) 순으로 나타났다. 3. 얻어진 di-nucleotide motifs들 중에서는, AC/CA class가 93.5%로 대부분이었고, tri-nucleotide motifs에서는 AAC class가 50.5%, tetra-nucleotide motifs는 ACGT class가 43.6%이고, pentanucleotide motif에서는 AACGT class 27.2%이며, hexa-nucleotide motif에서는 ACGATG class 21.8%였다. 4. 얻어진 염기서열 결과를 토대로 다양한 motif를 갖는 100개의 SSR 마커를 제작하였고, 차후 이를 활용하여 국화 유전자원의 다형성 및 유전자형 분석을 통해 분자유전학적 다양성 및 집단의 구조분석이 가능하고, 국화의 분자육종기반 구축을 위한 유용한 도구가 될 것 이다.

경상북도, 성주 지역에서 2009년 6월에서 8월 사이 매달 참외를 수확하여 수확시기의 기상환경이 참외의 수용성 비타민 함량 및 품질에 미치는 영향을 평가하고자 하였다. 과실 품질평가를 조사하기 위하여 무게, 경도 그리고 당도 등의 특성을 조사하였고 수용성 비타민인 엽산과 비타민 C의 함량을 측정하였다. 수확시기에 따른 과실특성을 조사한 결과 강우량이 적고 일사량이 많은 6월에 수확한 과실이 무게, 경도 및 당도가 가장 높게 나타났고, 강우량이 많은 7월에 급격히 감소하는 경향을 보여주었다. 8월에 일사량이 증가하고 강우량이 감소하면서 다시 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 참외의 대표적인 비타민인 엽산과 비타민 C의 함량을 측정한 결과, 6월에 수확한 참외에서 가장 높은 함량을 보여주었고, 7월에 현저히 감소하였다. 과실의 특성 조사 결과와 마찬가지로 엽산과 비타민 C의 함량은 강우량이 감소하는 8월에 다시 증가하는 경향을 보여주었다. 부위별로 분석해 본 결과 태좌 부위에 다량의 엽산과 비타민 C가 함유되어 있음을 알 수 있었다. 이상의 연구결과는 강우량 증가에 의한 수분장애 및 일사량 부족은 참외 과실의 품질뿐만 아니라 수용성 비타민 함량에도 영향을 미치고 있고, 특히 엽산 함량을 크게 감소시키는 것으로 나타났다.

Betulinic acid (BA), a naturally occurring triterpene found in the bark of the white birch tree, has been investigated to induce apoptosis in various cancer cells and animal models. However, there is no report of the chemopreventive effect of BA in cervical cancer cells. Using KB human cervical cancer cells as a model, we currently show that BA decreases cell viability and induces apoptotic cell death. The mechanism of the BA-induced anti-growth response in KB cells is due to the down-regulation of specificity protein 1 (Sp1) and its downstream targets, myeloid cell leukemia-1(Mcl-1) and survivin. Thus, BA acts as a novel chemopreventive agent through the regulation of Sp1that is highly expressed in tumors.