The study was conducted to find the critical concentrations of zinc toxicity and to determine the changes of the contents of free proline and organic acids with treatment of different zinc chloride concentrations during rice germination and seedlings grown for seven days. The concentration of zinc chloride, 140 ppm, inhibited root elongation as much as 46 times compared with the control, and the germination rate was also decreased in all treatments of zinc chloride, showing that the germination rate decreased more with increasing concentrations of zinc chloride. Its rate was only 13% with treatment of 140 ppm zinc chloride. The content of free proline with treatment of zinc chloride, 140 ppm, was highest about 4,873 ~mu M at 3 days compared with the control. Malic acid concentration with treatment of zinc chloride, 140 ppm, increased to approximately 4 times compared to the control. Citric and succinic acid content were also slightly increased in all treatments of zinc chloride

본 실험은 볍씨에 염화망간의 농도를 2500, 3500 및 4,500ppm을 처리하여 벼의 초기생육에 대한 생육반응, 엽록소 함량, 유리 proline 및 SOD활성변화를 자포니카형인 일품벼를 실험재료로하여 실험한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 근장은 무처리보다 망간농도 4,500ppm에서는 0.3cm로 망간농도가 증가할수록 뿌리 생장이 억제되었다. 2. 발아율은 망간농도 3,500ppm에서 68%였으나 망간농도 4,500ppm에서 는 43%로 가장 낮았다. 3, 엽록소 함량은 무처리보다 고농도인 4,500ppm 에서 1.16mg으로 가장 낮았다. 4. 유리 proline 함량은 무처리에서는 발아 후 3일과 8일에서 큰 차이를 보이지 않았고 발아 후 3일째 망간농도2,500ppm과 4,500ppm에서 각각 3,286μmole과 5,872μmole로 망간농도가 높아질수록 유리 proline 함량이 증가하였다. 5. SOD 활성은 발아 후 2일째 무처리가 762EU인 것에 비해 망간농도 4,500ppm에서는 1,693EU로 가장 높았다.

본 실험은 벼 종자에 Al을 0, 300, 600 및 900ppm으로 처리하여 발아중 Al에 대한 벼의 초장, 근장, 발아율 등의 생육특성, 엽록소 함량, 전분, 당 및 유리 proline함량 등의 변화를 일품벼와 향미벼 001를 공시하여 검시한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 초장과 근장은 Al의 농도가 증가할수록 신장이 감소하였는데 뿌리의 신장억제가 보다 현저하였다. 발아율은 일품벼와 향미벼 001 모두 Al의 농도가 증가함에 따라 발아율의 급격한 감소를 보였다. 2. 엽록소 함량은 품종간 뚜렷한 차이를 보였고 두 품종 모두 Al의 농도가 증가할수록 함량이 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 3. 식물체의 전분과 당함량은 Al 처리시 대조구에 비해 함량이 감소하였다. 4. 식물체의 중금속과 무기성분의 함량은 일품벼에 있어 무처리보다 Al의 농도가 증가함에 따라 Al 600ppm까지는 식물체내의 중금속 축적이 증가하다가 Al 900ppm에서는 오히려 감소하는 경향을 보였고, Ca, Mg, Fe 및 Mn의 식물체내의 함량은 두 품종 모두 Al 처리시 무처리에 비해 Al 처리시 급격한 증가를 보였다. 5. 무처리에 있어서는 발아일수별로 proline함량이 차이가 없었으나 Al 처리의 경우 발아후 1일째는 Al의 농도가 증가함에 따라 유리 proline의 함량도 증가하였고 특히 처리 후 3일째에는 급격한 함량의 증가를 보였다.

A method for the simultaneous analysis of 31 residual organic chloride pesticides was studied using gas chromatography. Prepared analytical samples were injected to gas chromatography (HP 5890 Series II plus) on the Ultra-2 column with ECD. The packing materials for column were changed as the following reagents ; florisil and alumina N. The residual solution was loaded to column and was eluted with elution solvents ; ether : benzene (2 : 8) solution, hexane : benzene (1:1) solution, dichloromethane, acetone, and methanol. The analytical results showed that 6 kinds of organic chlorides were not detected when florisil (first condition) was used as the column packing material. The nondetected 6 kinds of organic chlorides in the first analytical condition were detected and the recoveries of thrin-pesticides were increased, in particular, captan and captafol, but the recoveries of benzene hexachloride compounds were decreased when dichloromethane and methanol were added as elution solvents (packing material was florisil as in the first condition). The recoveries of dichlorfluanid, chlorofenvinfos, folpet, and dicofol were increased and that of aldrin was increased, but those of captan and captafol were not good when alumina N was used as the packing material. To detect simultaneously thrin-pesticides, captan, and captafol, florisil and alumina N were used as the packing materials. The elution result showed that captan and captafol were not detected. This was because the column was activated insufficiently. The analytical method was the best (31 kinds of organic chlorides in the residual pesticides were detected sharply and showed high sensitivity) when the column (packing materials were florisil and alumina N, together) was fully activated and the impurities were removed using various elution solvents.

The COD values and chloride ion concentrations of the Taewha river flowing through Ulsan area were determined along the main stream and the relationships between CODs and chloride ion concentrations were described. The results showed that the middle-upper stream and downstream of the Taewha river were polluted deeply with municipal sewage and self-purification occured in the middle-downstream of the river. When domestic sewage is a main source of pollutants, and is especially the only source of chloride in the stream water, the ratio of COD/[Cl^-] will be utilizable as a measure of self-purification of the stream.

Mercuric chloride, inorganic compound, is one of the most important drugs that has been used in the field of argriculture, antisyphilitica and anticeptics, but it is not used clinically at present. We have studied the effect of testosterone on the mercuric chlorideinduced nephrotoxicity. Renal lipid peroxide concentration of male rat treated with mercuric chloride was significantly increased in comparison with that of the female rat, it showed similar effects on testosterone pretreatment. Changes in renal catalase and glutathione peroxidase activities were not siginificantly different in testosterone-treated groups. But, renal xanthine oxidase and aldehyde oxidase activities of testrosterone-treated group given mercuric chloride significantly increased in comparison with that of the testosterone-treated alone. Animals treated with testosterone prior to mercuric chloride showed more severe damage on histological observations than those treated with testosterone only. Consequently, we suggest that the mercuric chloride-induced nephrotoxicity might be renal lipid peroxide generating enzyme system by testosterone.