Poly vinylidene fluoride (PVDF) 중공사막을 polyethylenimine (PEI)와 p-xylylene dichloride (XDC)를 이용해 친 수화 시킨 후 poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)과 가교제인 poly(acrylic acid-co-maleic acid) (PAM) 혼합용액을 코팅하여 막을 제조 하였다. 중공사막 표면의 코팅여부는 scanning electron microscope (SEM)을 통해 관찰하였으며, 막의 특성평가를 위해 물/에 탄올 혼합액에 대한 투과증발 실험을 수행하였다. 공급액 조성은 90 wt% 에탄올 수용액을 사용하였으며, 가교제 농도, 공급 액과 반응온도 변화에 따른 투과도 및 선택도를 측정하였다. 투과도는 반응온도 100°C, PAM 농도 3 wt%, 공급액온도 70°C 에서 1,480 g/m 2 hr, 그리고 선택도는 반응온도 100°C, PAM 농도 15 wt%, 공급액온도 25°C에서 αW/E = 82의 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)에 대하여 가교제로써 glutaraldehyde (GA), maleic anhydride (MA)를 이용하여 제조한 코팅용액을 알칼리로 가수분해 시킨 poly acrylonitrile (PAN) 중공사 막표면에 코팅하여 막을 제조하였다. 제조된 막의 투과 특성평가를 위해서 물/에탄올 혼합액에 대한 투과증발 실험을 수행하였다. 60°C의 90 wt%의 물/에탄올 혼합액에 대하여 반응온도 및 가교제의 농도변화에 따른 투과도 및 선택도를 측정하였다. 일반적으로 반응온도, 가교제 농도가 증가할 경우 투과 도는 낮아지고, 선택도는 증가하는 경향을 보여주었다. 가교제로 GA의 대표적 결과는 반응온도 120°C, GA 11 wt%로 투과 도는 165 g/m 2 hr 선택도는 81이고, MA는 반응온도 120°C, MA 11 wt%로 투과도는 174 g/m 2 hr 선택도는 73의 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the physiological activities of the water and ethanol extracts from three strains of Hypsizygus marmoreus. Anti-oxidant and anti-tumorigenic activities were carried out. As the anti-oxidant test ORAC(Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) assay was performed. Nitrite scavenging activity and MTT assay were conducted to confirm the anti-tumorigenic activities. HeLa and A549, MCF-7 cell lines were used for MTT assay. GONJI No.6 ethanol extract showed highly effects on anti-tumorigenic activities among three strains. But water extracts were not shown anti-tumorigenic activities. As a result of the anti-oxidant activity the Hypsizygus marmoreus(from Japan) water extract showed highest radical absorption activities on ORAC assay.

aryophyllus)Desio꽃잎으로 에탄올 용액과 글리세린에 의한 최적 처리조건을 구명하고자 수행되었다. 이를 위해 에탄올 침지시간과 글리세린 처리 농도 및 침지시간이 보존화 품질에 미치는 효과를 평가 하였다. 에탄올을 이용한 탈수 및 탈색처리 효과는 꽃잎의 탈색이 완전히 이루어져 명도가 가장 높고, 채도가 낮은 24~48시간에서 적절하였다. 글리세린의 적정처리 농도는 30%에서 36시간 처리구의 먼셀값이 H값 4.0R, V값 6.49, 채도를 나타내는 C값은 19.8로 신선한 꽃잎과 가장 유사하게 나타났다. 건조 후 무게 변화에 있어서는 침지 시간이 길어지고 글리세린 농도가 높아짐에 따라 감소율은 줄어드는 경향을 나타내었다. 12시간 침지 후 무게 변화는 글리세린 무처리구에서 시간에 따라 86~90%까지 감소한 반면, 40%로 농도가 높을수록 51~69% 감소하였고, 48시간 침지 후의 변화에서는 글리세린 무처리구에서 건조시간에 관계없이 90% 감소에 비하여 글리세린 40%에서는 46~54%로 감소율이 1/2 줄어든 것으로 나타났다. 건조 소요시간은 글리세린 10~20% 농도에서는 글리세린 침지 6시간을 제외하고 모두 24시간이 소요되었고, 30~40%, 12시간 침지부터는 48시간이 소요되어 농도가 높고 침지시간이 길수록 건조시간이 길어짐을 알 수 있었다.

Bark beetles are recently considered as important forest insect pests in several countries. Damage of bark beetles has increased in Korea, and monitoring of these beetles become important. However, there has been no study on development of monitoring skill on bark beetles in Korea. In this study, we tested the attractiveness of (-)-α-pinene, ethanol, (-)-α-pinene+ethanol for monitoring of bark beetles. Some bark beetles strongly attracted to (-)-α-pinene or (-)-α-pinene+ethanol. Some ambrosia beetles strongly attracted to ethanol. Our results indicated that (-)-α-pinene, ethanol, or (-)-α-pinene+ethanol could be useful infochemicals for the monitoring of bark beetles.

This study was conducted to investigate the physicochemical properties of the ethanol extracts and soluble dietary fiber from Cassia tora L. seed. The proximate composition of Cassia tora, soluble solid contents, color intensity and contents of emodin and rhein of Cassia tora extract, molecular mass distribution, sugar contents and viscosity of soluble fiber from Cassia tora were analyzed. Cassia tora contains 12.6% of moisture, 5.2% of ash, 13.4% of crude protein, 7.2% of crude fat, 8.8% of insoluble fiber and 48.3% of soluble fiber. The effects of extract condition on soluble solid contents, color intensity and contents of emodin and rhein of Cassia tora extract were investigated. The soluble solid contents were higher in 70% or 50% ethanol extracts than those in 100% ethanol extracts and showed highest value in grind sample extracts. In Hunter's color value, 100% ethanol extracts and whole Cassia tora sample extracts were higher in L and b value, but on the contrary, were lower in a value, than those of the other. The highest emodin and rhein contents were observed in 70% and 50% ethanol extracts, respectively, and showed higher value in room temperature extracts than in heating extracts. The molecular mass of soluble fiber from Cassia tora seed was estimated by gel filtration chromatography. Most soluble fiber(80%) exhibited a molecular mass range of between 50～2000 kDa. The major sugars of soluble fiber from Cassia tora seed were identified as xylose, mannose and galactose. The apparent viscosity of 0.5% soluble fiber from Cassia tora seed was 33 mPas showing a higher value than pectin or xanthan gum.

본 연구에서 L-menthol 용액의 가용화에 미치는 에탄올의 영향을 연구하였다. L-menthol 용액은 1 mM L-menthol 수용액에 비이온 계면활성제인 PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil과 PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil을 가한 후, 에탄올의 농도를 변화시키면서 첨가하여 제조하였다. 제조한 용액의 입자크기와 표면장력을 측정하여 가용화에 미치는 에탄올의 영향에 대해 알아보았다. 에탄올의 함량이 증가할수록 입자크기와 표면장력이 감소하는 것을 확인하였다.

본 연구는 미세유체시스템 내부에 효소가 고정된 PEG 하이드로젤 마이크로 어레이를 이용한 알코올 감지 바이오센서 제작에 대한 방법을 소개한다. 모델 알코올인 에탄올은 알코올 옥시다아제(Alcoholoxidase,AOX)를 포함한 PEG 하이드로젤 마이크로 어레이에 의해 광학적으로 분석되며, 다중의 미세채널구조를 이용하여 동시에 여러 농도의 알코올을 측정할 수 있다. 에탄올과 알코올 옥시다아제와의 효소촉매작용을 통해 H2O2이 생성되며 이는 페록시다아제 (Peroxidase,POD)와 반응하여 무색의 Amplex Red reagent를 붉은 형광을 띄는 resorufin으로 바꿔준다. 결과적으로 형광측정을 통해 에탄올의 농도를 확인할 수 있다. 에탄올의 농도가 높을수록 H2O2의 생성이 많아지고 resorufin의 형광강도가 강해지는 메카니즘을 통해 손쉽게 측정이 가능하다. 여섯줄의 미세유체채널을 포함하는 미세유체시스템 내부에 각각 에탄올에 반응하는 알코올 옥시다아제가 고정된 PEG 하이드로젤 마이크로 어레이를 제조하고 체내의 에탄올 농도인 1.0∼10mM을 반응시켜 형광변화를 통한 동시 측정이 가능한 바이오센서를 제작하였다.

Although bacterial outbreaks from ready-to-eat foods such as sprouts have increased, the information on microbial biocontrol by means of sanitizers is limited. Twenty sprouts of red cabbage, baby radish, alfalfa, and broccoli each were collected from the wholesale markets in Seoul. Ethanol and organic acids including acetic acid, citric acid, and lactic acid were used to control the amount of mesophilic bacteria and Bacillus cereus. Sanitizer mixtures of ethanol and organic acids showed a remarkable reduction of viable counts and, in particular, the sanitizer mixture comprised of 20% ethanol and 1% lactic acid seemed to be best by a reduction of 7～8 log CFU/g on the sprouts after a 10 minute exposure. At the same time, the sanitizer comprised of 20% ethanol and 1% lactic acid showed the same reduction for Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, B. cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterococcus faecalis, with more effect toward the Gram-negative bacteria. Sensory evaluation by texture, browning, off-flavour, and overall acceptability seemed better just after treatment when compared to one day after treatment with the sanitizer. Therefore, the sanitizers of ethanol-organic acid might be an effective means to control the bacterial contamination of sprouts in palce of sodium hypochloric acid.

The aim of this study was to investigate the antitumor activity of solvent fractions from Auricularia auricula-judae 70% ethanol extract and confirmed the active components of dichloromethane fraction showing a potent antitumor activity than other fractions in the broncheoalveolar and gastric cancer cells. The solvent fractions of Auricularia auricula-judae extract, inhibited the growth proliferation of tumor cells in dose-dependent manner. The principle components of dichloromethane fraction were 5,11,17,23-tetrakis (1,1-dimethyl)-28-methoxypentacyclo [19.3.1.1 (3,7).1 (… (65.85%) and diazane (6.17%). The antitumor active components, diazane and gibberellic acid (GA3) were identified in this fraction by GC-MS analysis and lower antitumor activities than dichloromethane fraction. The unknown components of dichloromethane fraction were responsible for its cytotoxic effects on tumor cells. Based on IC50 value, gibberellic acid was little cytotoxic itself. According to PCR amplification, the apoptosis of tumor cells were induced by the down-regulation of Bcl-2 and over-expression of P53 on the presence of solvent fractions, diazane and gibberellic acid. Thus, these findings suggest that the dichloromethane might be used as functional feed additive that suppress the tumor growth in the body than other solvent fractions of Auricularia auricula-judae extracts.

Genistein is a product of naturally occurring isoflavones at relatively high levels in soybeans. The harmful effects of ethanol are attributed to the induction of biological processes which lead to an increase in the generation of reactive oxygen species in fetuses. In this study, we investigated the effects of genistein ( and /ml) on gene expressions of the representative cellular antioxidative enzymes in ethanol (1 /ml)-treated mouse fetuses during the critical period (embryonic days 8.5~10.5) of organogenesis using a semi-quantitative RT-PCR analysis. The mRNA levels of cytosolic glutathione peroxidase (GPx), phospholipid hydroperoxide GPx, cytosolic CU,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD), and mitochondrial SOD were significantly decreased in ethanol-treated fetuses. However, the mRNA levels of ethanol plus genistein-treated fetuses were significantly higher than those of ethanol alone fetuses. These results indicate that genistein can up-regulate the expressions of GPx and SOD mRNAs reduced by the ethanol treatment in fetuses.

Drinking of excessive ethanol during pregnancy induces a fetal alcohol syndrome. Genistein is one of naturally occurring isoflavones at relatively high levels in soybeans. In this study, we investigated the effects of genistein ( and /ml) on the ethanol (1 /ml)-induced teratogenesis of developing mouse embryos during the critical period (embryonic days 8.5~10.5) of organogenesis using a whole embryo culture system and then morphological scoring analysis. Ethanol-treated embryos exhibited a variety of developmental abnormalities. However, the total morphological scores for ethanol plus genistein groups were significantly higher than those of ethanol alone group (p<0.05). In particular, there were significant increases in the ethanol plus /ml of genistein group on the scores for heart, optic system, branchial bar, mandibular process, and caudal neural tube and further in the ethanol plus /ml of genistein group on the scores for heart, hind-, mid-, and forebrains, optic system, branchial bars, maxillary and mandibular processes, caudal neural tube, forelimb, hindlimb, and somites as compared with those of ethanol alone group (p<0.05). These results indicate that genistein has a preventive effect against ethanol-induced teratogenesis.

This study was conducted to investigate the physiological activities of the ethanol extracts from 3 different strains of Hericium erinaceum. In addition, the β-glucan and polyphenol contents from these strains were also measured. As a result, total polyphenol contents were the highest in 1ho(39.07 mg%) strain and lowest in 2ho(17.59 mg%). β-glucan contents ranged from 17.69 to 18.26%. In the physiological activities, Inhibition effects of DPPH radical and Nitrite ranged from 3.29 to 9.6% and 1.52 to 5.27%, respectively. Inhibitory effects of nitric oxide production ranged from 23.72 to 33.47%. The highest inhibitory activities on α-amyloglucosidase activity and angiotensin I converting enzyme were 39.30% and 14.10%, respectively. Lastly, the cytotoxic activities of ethanol extracts from all the strains on A549, HT-29 and HeLa cell was shown the highest effect in A549 cell.

Salmonellosis is the commonest zoonosis worldwide that generally causes enterocolitis and foodborne poisoning which represents a considerable public health burden. Salmonella spp. are potential enteric pathogens and intracellularly replicates in host cells resulting in chronic infections. The medical treatments for salmonellosis have been difficult yet and had a serious problem including the increasing emergence of antibiotic resistance. The present report was designated to investigate the antibacterial effects of Saururus chinensis Baill ethanol extract (SCEE) on pure culture and infection with Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (S. typhimurium) in murine derived macrophage RAW 264.7 cells. In determination of antibacterial activity of SCEE against S. typhimurium, bacterial viability was markedly decreased compared to the control. Also, SCEE significantly induced morphological change (p<0.05) of RAW 264.7 cells. In infection assay of S. typhimurium in RAW 264.7 cells pretreated with 100㎍/㎖ of SCEE, which is a non-cytotoxic concentration, bacterial uptake ability of macrophage was increased corresponding with morphological change, whereas bacterial survival rates within macrophage were markedly reduced compared with untreated control. Furthermore, nitric oxide (NO) production in SCEE-treated cells was slightly increased until 2 h but showed a tendency of decrease after 4 h until 24 h post infection compared with untreated control with S. typhimurium infection. Taken together, these findings demonstrated that SCEE has the antibacterial activity for S. typhimurium and the protective effects against S. typhimurium infection through activating murine macrophage independent on NO, suggesting that SCEE may be beneficial on the disease caused by intracellularly replicating pathogens as a safe alternatives of conventional chemotherapies.

Angelica decursiva has been used in Korean traditional medicine as an antitussive, an analgesic, an antipyretic and a cough remedy. However, its anti-cancer properties have not yet been well defined. In our current study, we report the cytotoxic activity and the mechanism of cell death induced by ethanol extracts of Angelica decursiva (EEAD) against the human oral cancer cell line, KB. Treatment of KB cells with EEAD induced apoptotic cell death in both a dose- and time-dependent manner as determined by MTT assay and DNA fragmentation. However, no cytotoxic effects of EEAD against human normal oral keratinocytes (HNOK) were evident. By western blot analysis, we found that apoptosis in KB cells is associated with a decrease in procaspase-7 and -9. In addition, the activation of caspase-7 was detectable in living KB cells by fluorescence microscopy. These results suggest that EEAD exhibits anti-cancer activity in KB cells via apoptosis and thus has potential as an anticancer agent in future drug development strategies.

Auricularia auricula-judae has long been used as food and traditional remedies in Asian countries such as Korea and China. In this study, we evaluated the in vitro anti-tumor activity of various fractions from the ethanol extracts of Auricularia auricula-judae using various tumor cell lines. To do this, the mesh of Auricularia auricula-judae was mixed with 70% ethanol and heated at 1000C for 6 hrs and ethanol extract (ETOH) was collected. Ethanol extract was fractionated with dichloromethane (DCM), ethyl acetate, n-butanol and a water extract at room temperature as well as concentrated in a vacuum concentrator at a controlled temperature(<500C). The P388D1 macrophage and Sarcoma 180, human NSCLC NCI H358 (bronchioalveolar) and SNU1 cells (Gastric carcinoma) were cultured in RPMI. As the results, the cytotoxicity of the fractional extracts decreased significantly (P<0.05) in a dose-dependent manner. Dichloromethane extract (1 mg/ml) was the highest (P<0.05) in all experimental cell lines. There was also a significantly different sensitivity (P<0.05) among the P388D1, Sarcoma 180, NCI H358 and SNU1 cells for the fractional extracts. According to IC50 values, the most potent cytotoxic activity of dichloromethane fraction was found in Sarcoma 180 and NCI H358 cell lines. Butanol fraction appeared more cytotoxic to SNU1 cell line and water fraction had the highest cytotoxicity in P388D1 cell line. We did not find any significant difference between MTT and SRB assays in their ability to estimate cytotoxicity in all cell lines. Our findings suggest a potent antitumor activity of various fractions from the ethanol extracts of Auricularia auricula-judae depending on the solvent fractions and tumor cell lines. Further in vitro and in vivo studies will provide more information on the active compounds responsible for these activities and their potential as an anti-cancer remedy.