Five to thirty percent of persimmon peels were added to mushroom medium to investigate mycelial growth. Mycelial growth on the medium with persimmon peels was 82~96 mm (28 days) and was slower than that of the control without persimmon peels as, 100 mm (28 days). Mycelial growth time on medium with 5 to 15% persimmon peels was similar to the control without persimmon peels as 28 days but that on medium with 30% persimmon peels was delayed for 4 days. The time of pinhead formations in medium with 10 to 20% persimmon peels was 8 days, the growth time to harvest was 10 days. These results were similar to those of the control without persimmon peels. The sizes of pileus of treatments with 10 to 30% persimmon peels were tend to be smaller compared with the control. The length of stipe of 10% persimmon peels treatment was 89 mm which was shorter than that of the control with 90 mm. The thickness of stipes of 10 to 20% persimmon peels treatments were 40 to 46 mm which were tend to be thicker than that of the control with 42 mm.

We have used bulked segregant analysis to screen the strain-specific DNA marker associated thermophilic strain of Pleurotus eryngii. Bulked genomic DNAs of Pleurotus eryngii were amplified by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) using OP-A, OP-B, OP-L, OP-P, OP-R and OP-S primers to screen the strain-specific DNA marker. A unique DNA fragment of 550 bp was amplified with OP-S07 primer from the thermophilic strain and sequenced. A sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) marker was designed on the basis of the determined sequence and named as OP-S07-1. The PCR analysis with the OP-S07-1 primer showed that this SCAR marker clearly distinguish the thermophilic strains from the control strains.

Taegwondo uniforms need powerful durability in fabrics against friction and shock because of higher exercising power. Therefore, in this study we developed more comfortable Taegwondo uniform for functional fabrics (deodorization rate, antibacterial activity and static charge). Chitosan is a deacetylated product of chitin, has widely been used in the biomedical sector, food industry, and textile industry. For the purpose of this study, we used the chitosan, which was congenial to the human body. Then, we compared the differences between the chitosan treated fabrics and non treated fabrics of Taegwondo uniform(100% polyester, 65% polyester/35% cotton). Chitosan was dissolved in 1% acetic acid. Also, the fabrics were washed using distilled water. Afterward, its treatment with chitosan was completed by padding the sample to its wet pick-up at 80±5% and by heating 150℃ for 3 minutes. The chitosan treated Taegwondo uniform was improved on deodorization rate than non treated uniform. And the chitosan treated Taegwondo uniform was improved remarkably the antibacterial activity in all samples. In the further researches, the static charge was reduced in chitosan treatment uniform.

본 연구에서는 떡쑥 추출물의 항산화 활성 및 활성 성분을 확인하였다. 모든 실험은 떡쑥 추출물의 70%에탄올 추출물, 에틸아세테이트 분획, 아글리콘 분획을 이용하여 진행하였다. DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl)법을 이용한 free radical 소거활성(FSC50)은 에틸아세테이트 분획(6.15 μg/mL)이 비교물질인(+)-α-tocopherol (8.89 μg/mL)보다 높게 나타났다. 루미놀 발광법을 이용한 Fe3+-EDTA/H2O2계에서 생성된 활성산소종(reactive oxygen species, ROS)에 대한 떡쑥 추출물의 총 항산화능(OSC50)은 70% 에탄올추출물의 경우 1.60 μg/mL, 에틸아세테이트 분획의 경우 0.075 μg/mL, 아글리콘 분획의 경우 2.28 μg/mL로비교물질인 L-ascorbic acid (6.88 μg/mL)보다 큰 활성을 나타내었다. 사람 적혈구의 1O2로 유도된 세포손상에 대한 보호효과 실험에서 70% 에탄올 추출물과 아글리콘 분획의 τ50은 10 μg/mL에서 각각 52.0, 60.6 min으로 지용성 항산화제로 알려진 (+)-α-tocopherol (38.0 min)보다 더 큰 세포 보호 효과를 나타내었다. TLC와 HPLC를 이용한 아글리콘 분획의 성분분석 결과 luteolin, apigenin 등이 존재함을 확인하였다. 이상의 결과들로부터 떡쑥 추출물은 라디칼을 포함한 활성산소종을 소거하는 항산화제로서 응용될 수 있음을 시사한다.