Nanoparticles are widely used in various fields such as electronics, medicines and getting focus on the application in food industry for developing intelligent delivery system with bioactive ingredients or functional nutrients. Basic study on possible toxicological effect of food applicable nanoparticles is required for a practical application in food industry. In this study, size-controlled bovine serum albumin (BSA) nanoparticles were prepared by a desolvation method and their cytotoxicity was investigated. BSA nanoparticles were prepared with mean diameters as 115, 137, 159, and 299 nm, then cytotoxicity was evaluated with RAW 264.7 macrophages as in vitro model. Cell viabilities were significantly affected as increasing nanoparticle concentration. Smaller the sizes of nanoparticles, LD50 values were significantly reduced. LD50 values of BSA nanoparticles were 50, 65, 126, and 170 μg/ml, respectively. Nanoparticle was supposed to induce the apoptosis of RAW 264.7 marcrophages and underlying mechanism will be investigated in future. These findings will be used as valuable basement for nanofood development with BSA nanoparticles.

방사선 그라프트 중합법을 적용하여, 폴리에틸렌 다공성 중공사막에 전자선을 조사시킨 후, glycidyl methacrylate(GMA)를 그라프트 중합하였다. 그 후, 음이온 교환기로서 diethylamine (DEA), triethylamine (TEA)를 도입시켜 2종류의 음이온 교환막을 합성하였다. DEA막과 TEA막의 이온교환 밀도는 3.4 mmol/g, 1.74 mmol/g으로 DEA막이 TEA막보다 높은 이온교환기를 얻을 수 있었다. 이 2종류의 음이온교환막에 단백질(bovine serum albumin, BSA)을 투과법에 의해 고정시켜 BSA 고정막을 만들었다. DEA-BSA막의 경우, 그라프트 체인에 BSA가 8층 이상으로 다층 흡착하였으나, TEA-BSA막의 경우, 강한 음이온에 의해 다층 흡착이 이루어지지 않았다. DEA-BSA막의 경우, BSA 다층 흡착성 고정을 나타내기 때문에 L-Trp가 D-Trp보다 더 강한 흡착 특성을 나타내었다. L, D-Trp 이성질체 혼합물을 투과시킨 BTC에 있어서, DEA-BSA 막의 경우, BSA에 대한 L-Trp와 D-Trp의 키랄 인식이 다르기 때문에 2단계의 BTC곡선을 얻을 수 있었다.