The study was conducted to identify the anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects in sprouts of mouse-eyed bean (Rhynchosia nulubilis), ginseng (Panax ginseng), perilla (Perilla frutescens), broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica), and lettuce (Lactuca sativa) grown with organic germanium concentrate. Western blot analysis was performed to assess the antiinflammatory activity of the extract. All extracts exhibited noticeable anti-oxidant activity, indicating a significant correlation between the germanium content and anti-oxidant activity (p<0.05). In particular, rat-eyed bean sprouts with the highest germanium content showed significant anti-inflammatory activity (p<0.05) by significantly inhibiting the expression of the inflammatory complexes, NLRP3, cytokines IL-1β and caspase-1. Ginseng and broccoli sprouts showed strong anti-cancer properties and had high anti-oxidant effects (p<0.001). Germanium-concentrated water allows the mass production of agricultural products containing high concentrations of organic germanium. Agricultural produce grown with germanium concentrate add organic germanium to various physiological active ingredients, increasing the anti-oxidant and anti-cancer effects. These results strongly suggest that agricultural products containing high germanium concentrations can be used as novel health supplements to improve health.

High-pressure membrane system like nanofiltration(NF) and reverse osmosis(RO) was investigated as a part of water treatment processes to produce high quality potable water with low organic matter concentration through membrane module tests and design simulation. River water and sand filtration permeate in Busan D water treatment plant were selected as feed water, and NE4040-90 and RE4040-Fen(Toray Chemical Korea) were used as NF and RO membranes, respectively. Total organic carbon(TOC) concentrations of NF and RO permeates were mostly below 0.5 mg/l and the average TOC removal rates of NF and RO membranes were 93.99% and 94.28%, respectively, which means NF used in this study is competitive with RO in terms of organic matter removal ability. Different from ions rejection tendency, the TOC removal rate increases at higher recovery rates, which is because the portion of higher molecular weight materials in the concentrated raw water with increasing recovery rate increases. Discharge of NF/RO concentrates to rivers may not be acceptable because the increased TDS concentration of the concentrates can harm the river eco-system. Thus, the idea of using NF/RO concentrate as the raw water for industrial water production was introduced. The design simulation results with feed water and membranes used in this work reveal that the raw water guideline can be satisfied if the recovery rate of NF/RO system is designed below 80%.

본 연구는 부패미생물의 종류와 차이를 알아보기 위해 유기농산물과 일반농산물(깻잎, 양배추, 상추)을 구입하여 4oC에 14일 저장한 후 일반목적배지를 사용하여 미생물을 분리 및 16S rRNA sequencing방법을 이용하여 동정하였다. 유기농산물 깻잎, 양배추, 상추의 총균수는 5-7 log10 CFU/g 수준이었고, 일반농산물의 총균수는 5-8 log10 CFU/ g 수준이었다. 유기농산물보다는 일반농산물이 총균수를 더 많이 내재하고 있으나 유의적인 차이는 나타나지 않았 다(p > 0.05). 유기농산물 깻잎에서 발견된 주요 균은 Microbacterium sp.이었으며, 일반농산물 깻잎에서 발견된 주요 균은 Stenotrophomonas maltophilia이었다. 또한, 유기농산물에서 부패를 일으킬 수 있는 균인 Klebsiella pneumonia 가 발견되었으며, 일반농산물보다 유기농산물에서 발견된 균의 종류가 더 많은 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이에 본 연구 결과는 부패미생물에 대한 이해를 높이고 농산물의 신선도 및 유통기한을 늘리기 위한 새로운 살균소독제 및 부패 억제제를 개발하는데 좋은 기초자료로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.