The bone cement used for vertebroplasty must be sufficiently injectable. The introduction of granules reduces the amount of liquid required for liquefaction, implying that higher fluidity is achieved with the same amount of liquid. By employing β-tricalcium phosphate granules with an average diameter of 50 μm, changes in injectability are observed based on the paste preparation route and granular fraction. To obtain acceptable injectability, phase separation must be suppressed during injection, and sufficient capillary pressure to combine powder and liquid must work evenly throughout the paste. To achieve this, the granules should be evenly distributed. Reduced injection rates are observed for dry mixing and excessive granular content, owing to phase separation. All these correspond to conditions under which the clustered granules weakened the capillary pressure. The injected ratio of the paste formed by wet mixing displayed an inverted U-type shift with the granular fraction. The mixture of granules and powder resulted in an increase in the solid volume fraction, and a decrease in the liquid limit. This resulted in the enhancement of the liquidity, owing to the added liquid. It is inferred that the addition of granules improves the injectability, provided that the capillary pressure in the paste is maintained.
길초근 및 양강근정유를 유제 및 입제로 제형화한 후 이들의 급성어독성을 측정하였다. 잉어를 이용한 급성독성에 사용된 길초근 및 양강근 정유는 수증기증류법, 핵산을 이용한 용매추출법 및 초임계추출법을 이용하여 추출하였고 이들의 유제 및 입제의 급성어독성은 반수치사농도 (LC50)를 구하여 평가하였다. 길초근 및 양강근 원제 중 용매추출법으로 추출한 정유만이 어독성을 나타내었다. 길초근 및 양강근 추출법별 정유 이용한 유제의 급성어독성 평가한 결과 길초근의 경우 모든 추출법 대하여 독성을 나타내지 않은 반면에 양강근 정유는 추출법에 관계없이 모두 잉어에 대한 어독성이 관측되었다. 입제의 경우 길초근은 용매로 추출한 정유에서 독성이 나타났고, 양강근 정유의 경우 초임계추출법으로 추출한 정유 입제에서만 어독성이 관측되었다. 이러한 결과는 3급 어독성에 해당되는 것으로 환경 중 사용에는 문제가 없다고 사료된다. 살충효과가 뛰어난 양강근 정유의 경우 수증기증류법 및 초임계추출법으로 추출한 정유의 10 mg L-1 수준에서 노출된 잉어의 분자적 반응을 확인하여 cytochrome P450 1A 효소 및 glutathione S-transferase의 발현이 급격히 증가하였음을 확인하였고 이들은 수계환경 중 양강근 정유의 동태를 관찰하는 바이오마커로서 사용 가능하다고 사료된다.
Spherical-type zirconia granules are successfully fabricated by a spray-drying process using a water solvent slurry, and the change in the green density of the granule powder compacts is examined according to the organic polymers used. Two organic binders, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), which are dissolved in a water solvent and have different degrees of polymerization, are applied to the slurry with a plasticizer (polyethylene glycol). The granules employing a binder with a higher degree of polymerization (PVA) are not broken under a uniaxial press; consequently, they exhibit a poor green density of 2.4 g/cm3. In contrast, the granule powder compacts employing a binder with a lower degree of polymerization (HEMA) show a higher density of 2.6 g/cm3 with an increase in plasticizer content. The packing behavior of the granule powders for each organic polymer system is studied by examining the microstructure of the fracture surface at different applied pressures.
Entomopathogenic Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae are well-known biological control agents worldwide and have high potential in industrialization. However their thermo-susceptibility limits long-term storage under high temperature conditions and high insecticidal activity after application to target pests. Herein we isolated highly virulent isolates, B. bassiana JEF006 and JEF007 and M. anisopliae JEF003 and JEF004, and produced in three grains, such as sorghum, millet and Italian millet as substrates for solid cultures, followed by thermotolerance assays to compare the potential of the three substrates for thermotolerance. The JEF isolates were exposed to dry and wet heat at 50°C and overall conidia were more stable under dry heat condition rather than wet heat. Of the three grains, Italian millet was superior to the other grains in the production of thermotolerant conidia. Additionally Italian millet did not severely aggregated, which enabled air to penetrate into the substrate well compared to the sorghum and millet. JEF isolates were more thermotolerant when they were kept in oil conditions as carriers of an oil-based formulation. This work suggests that Italian millet can be used as an effective substrate to produce more thermotolerant conidia, thus maintaining viability for long times under unfavorable environment and biological activity against target pests.
본 연구는 유채 꽃가루 분말의영양성분 분석과 파쇄한 꽃가루 분말을 이용하여 효모 배양용 액체배지와 고체배지를 제조하여 효모 배양효율을 분석하였다. 유채 꽃가루 분말(100 g)은 탄수화물 58.9 g, 단백질 20.8 g, 지방 4.1 g, 회분 2.5 g 및 수분 13.7 g으로 구성되었다. 당질 중에서는 Fructose(13.7 g), Glucose(11.1 g)와 Sucrose(6.6 g), 미네랄 중에서는 K(606.7 mg)와 P(603.3 mg) 함 향이 높았다. 유리 아미노산은 Glutamic acid(2,482.4 mg), Aspartic acid(2,136.5 mg), Lysine(1,648.3 mg), 및 Leucine(1,631.1 mg) 순으로 많았다.
유채 꽃가루분말을 단독 또는 NaCl을 첨가하여 액체배지 및 고체배지 제조하고 효모를 배양한 결 과, 꽃가루 분말이 15 g/L 이상 함유된 액체배지는 효모 배양 후 건물중이 YPD 배지(대조구)에 비해 많았고, 꽃가루 분말의 농도 의존적으로 효모 건물중이 증가하였다. 또한 액체배지에 NaCl을 1~20 g/L 추가 시 배양된 효모의 건물중이 한층 더 증가하였다. 유채 꽃가루로 제조한 고체배지를 이용하여 효모 를 배양(48시간)한 결과, 콜로니(colonies) YPD 배지와 유사하게 잘 자랐다.
Entomopathogenic fungi formulated as wettable powders and suspension concentrates have been sprayed to crop pests for pest management. However, the use of fungal granules to control paddy field pests has not been fully explored. Herein, several Beauveria bassiana isolates (ERL 1170, 1578 and 836) were produced as granules using a millet-based solid culture. The granules were applied to the rice nursery 3 days before transplanting and their control efficacy against rice water weevils was determined in paddy fields. The solid cultures produced ~1×108conidiag-1ofmilletgrains10daysaftertheinoculation. The granules were applied to the soil in the rice nursery 3 days before the rice seedlings were transplanted in the paddy fields. Rice in plots with granules of ERL1578 had 17.3% leaf damage (74% control efficacy) 14 days post application, whereas rice plants in the non-treated control had 66.5% damage. Rice plants treated in the nursery with ERL1170 and ERL836 had 52~54% damage. In the rice plots previously treated with ERL1578 the smallest numbers of larvae and adults were observed 38 days post application. In laboratory conditions, ERL1578-treated larvae were tuned pink and covered with mycelial mass. Applications of millet-based B. bassiana granules on rice nursery soil can be an effective and efficient biological control strategy for the management of rice water weevils. This method is relatively inexpensive and requires less labor compared to practices involving the spraying of fungi directly on rice in paddy fields.
온대 수도작에 있어서 발아시의 조건에 가까운 저온.담수 토양조건에서의 출아에 관련된다고 생각되어지는 β-아밀라제 유전자 발현과 발현 양상이 실제로 호분층 인접 부분의 전분 분해에 영향을 미치는지 in situ hybridization과 현미화학적방법으로 검토하였다. 1. 18℃ 의 저온.담수토양조건하에서 출아했던 장향도 품종은 호분층에서 β-아밀라제 유전자의 발현이 보였다. 2. 18℃ 의 저온.담수토양조건하에서 출아하지 못했던 수원 287호는 β-아밀라제 유전자의 발현이 보이지 않았다. 3. β-아밀라제 활성의 유무에 의해 배반세포에 인접한 배유부분의 전분분해량에 변화를 보여 β-아밀라제 활성이 높은 장향도, 은방주(Ginbozu), Fortana I-133가 18℃ 의 저온.담수토양조건하에서는 β-아밀라제 활성을 나타내지 않는 수원 287호와 시험한 모든 조건하에서 β-아밀라제의 활성이 보이지 않았던 농림(Norin) 6호, 고시히까리(Koshihikari) 보다 배반상피세포 및 배반상피세포에 인접한 호분층 근접 배유부분의 전분립 감소가 컸다. 이상의 결과 저온.담수토양조건하에서 벼 종자의 출아에 β-아밀라제 유전자의 발현과 전분 분해의 연관 가능성을 확인하였다.