Hydroxyapatite (HAp) powders with different crystallinities were synthesized at various calcination temperatures through the co-precipitation of Ca(OH)2 and H3PO4. The degradation behavior of these HAp powders with different crystallinities was assessed in a simulated body fluid solution (SBF) for 8 weeks. Below 800˚C, the powders were nonstochiometric HAp, and the single HAp phase was successfully synthesized at 800˚C. The degree of crystallinity of the HAp powders increased with an increasing calcination temperature and varied in a range from 39.6% to 92.5%. In the low crystallinity HAp powders, the Ca and P ion concentrations of the SBF solution increased with an increasing soaking time, which indicated that the low crystallinity HAp degraded in the SBF solution. The mass of the HAp powders linearly decreased with respect to the soaking time, and the mass loss was higher at lower crystallinities. The mass loss ranged from 0.8% to 13.2% after 8 weeks. The crystallinity of the HAp powders increased with an increasing soaking time up to 4 weeks and then decreased because of HAp degradation. The pH of the SBF solution did not change much throughout the course of these experiments. These results suggested that the crystallinity of HAp can be used to control the degradation.

Porous poly(e-caprolactone) (PCL) scaffolds were fabricated by salt leaching method. The PCL scaffolds were treated with aqueous NaOH for 0h, 2h, 4h, 8h, and 12h at 40˚C. The NaOH-treated PCL scaffolds were dipped in CaCl2 and K2HPO4·3H2O solution alternately three times to induce apatite nuclei onto the surface of the scaffolds. The NaOH-treated PCL scaffolds were immersed into SBF solution for 1day to grow the apatite. The apatite formation were investigated as a fuction of NaOH treatment time. The hydrophilicty and surface area of the PCL scaffolds were increased with NaOH-treatment time. The NaOH-treated PCL scaffolds were successfully formed a dense and uniform bone-like apatite layer after immersion for 1 day in SBF solution.

생체수는 링거액, 인공관절액, 세포 배양 등 다양한 분야에서 연구되어 왔다. 이는 생체수가 체온을 조절하는데 결정적인 역할을 하고, 생체 내 다양한 대사 과정에서 용매로 사용되며, 삼투압이나 능동적 섭취를 통한 혈액 또는 림프액을 통해 세포에서 세포로 전달되는 미네랄, 에너지원, 호르몬, 시그널과 약물의 전달 물질로 이용되기 때문이다. 세포외 지질과 자연보습성분(natural moisturizing factor, NMF)을 함유하는 각질층은 외부의 수분을 끌어들여 내부 수화에 이용하며, 이러한 과정들은 피부 장벽 기능과의 연관성이 높다. 본 연구에서는 피부 장벽 기능을 강화하는 아미노산, 펩타이드, 단당류를 포함한 생체모사수(Cell Bio Fluid SyncTM)를 인체 피부에 처리하여 세포활성을 관찰하고, 생체 모사수를 함유한 제품을 피부에 도포하여 인체 피부 개선 효과를 연구 하였다. 피부 세포 활성을 보기 위해 각질세포인 HaCaT 세포를 이용하였고, 에너지 고갈 상태로 만들기 위해 3시간 동안 PBS에 전 처리한 후 이후 세포 배양액인 DMEM 및 등장액인 PBS, 생체 모사수 (Cell Bio Fluid SyncTM)에 각각 3시간 처리하였다. 이후 MTT assay와 이미지 분석을 수행하였다. 인체의 피부 개선 효능을 위한 임상 연구에 21명의 여성이 참여하였다. 생체 모사수를 함유한 제품을 1주일간 안면에 도포하였고, 수분량, 피부결, 밝기 그리고 피부 균일도를 측정하였다. 모든 측정은 피험자가 세안 후 항온항습 조건(22 ± 2 ℃, 50 ± 5%)에서 20분 간 대기하고 수행하였다. 모든 데이터는 SPSS ver. 21을 이용하여 분석하였다. 그 결과, 생체 모사수(Cell Bio Fluid SyncTM)가 세포 활성을 높이고 인체의 피부에서 수분, 거칠기, 밝기, 균일도, 투명도 등의 개선 효과가 있음을 확인할 수 있었다.

The medical mineral menas a single mineral or a complex of minerals. It is natural material. using the medical action of he major or the minor elements, and traditional medicine stuff which has been used since long time ago. Jusa, cinnabar as the mineral name, is the product of the hydrothermal process. It is used to relax the body and cure high blood pressure, apoplexy and cardiopathy. Jusais the major component of "An shin hwan" and "Woo hwang chung shim hwan" nowadays because it has such an excellent calm effect. In addition, it is used to cure cancers such as esophageal cancer and gastric cancer. Jusa composed of mercuric sulfide causes mercury poisoning such as Minamata disease. It is dealt with mineralogical property and chemical composition medical stuff in Korea and China, as well asmercury poisoning and medical action of Jusa in this study. In order to predct accumulation of the interior of the body of the major and minor elements in Jusa, leaching experiment of Jusa by artificial gastric juice was done as well as thermodynamic reaction modelling to know concentration of each species of body fluid. The minor elements of 24 species such as As, Pb, Cd, a and Fe by leaching reaction of Jusa and artificial gastric juice were leached. We can know the fact that as is less than 1 ppm, Hg is less than 25 ppm and Cd and m are not detected. In addition, mercury exists as species of Hg2+, HgCl+, HgCl2, HgCl3-, HgCl42-, HgClOH, HgS(H2S)2, Hg(HS)3-, HgS22-, HgOH and Hg(OH)2 by reaction modelling between Jusa and artificial gastric juice. The concentration of sulfide complexes is 24.2 ppm and that of others is less than 10 ppm. According to increasing pH, the concentration of HgS(H2S)2, Hg(HS)3+, HgS22- and Hg(OH)2 increases, whereas the concentration of HgCl+, HgCl2, HgCl3- and HgCl42- decreases. Therefore, Jusa is very useful for the development of new medicine because it is possible to predict formation of the body species and species accumulation on mercury known as a toxic element and concentration changes of toxicity and efficiency.city and efficiency.