As an indicator of skin health, acidified skin surface pH ranging from 5 to 7 is crucial for maintaining skin barrier. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between skin pH and dietary pattern (DP) as well as nutrient or food intake in 48 healthy middle aged adults. Skin pH was measured in the skin surface of the inner arm, and blood lipid profile was analyzed. Dietary intake data were obtained using 1 day 24 hour recall method, and DP was extracted using factor analysis. Results revealed that skin pH ranged from 5.15 to 6.88 in all subjects. There was no significant difference in skin pH between males and females. When subjects were grouped by tertile of skin pH, the food intake of fruit, and the nutrient intake of omega 6 fatty acid, potassium, vitamin A, vitamin C, β-carotene, and riboflavin in the first tertile group with skin pH ranging from 5.15 to 5.68 were significantly higher than in the third tertile group with skin pH ranging from 6.26 to 6.88. There was no difference in blood lipid profile between the first and the third tertile group. Among 5 DP extracted by factor analysis, DP5 characterized by a high intake of nuts and fruits as well as a low intake of beverages and alcohol was inversely correlated with skin pH after adjusting for gender and age. DP5 was positively correlated with nutrient intake of carbohydrate, fiber, potassium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin C, β-carotene, thiamine, and riboflavin but negatively correlated with sodium after adjusting for gender, age, smoking, and energy intake. Therefore, acidified skin pH could be maintained by these DP and nutrients.

To increase the stability of anthocyanin from black rice, β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) formed a complex with anthocyanin, and thermal and UVB stability of the complex was investigated at various pH levels. The formation of β-CD complex with anthocyanin was confirmed by the decreased UV-Vis spectrophotometer absorbance (at 511nm) with increasing the concentration of β-CD at pH 2, 2.5, 3, 4, and 5. ABTS (2, 2’-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)assay was conducted to measure radical scavenging capacity (RSC) of the complex at pH 2, 4, 6, and 8, after which the RSCs were recorded over the 24 h heating(95°C) and 24 h UVB irradiating periods. The RSC values of the complexes increased as the β-CD concentration increased (0.1-2%) at pH 6 and 8. Upon thermal treatment, the RSC readings of the complexes tended to decrease to a lesser extent compared to the anthocyanin control (without β-CD) at pH 2. This result suggests that the thermal stability of anthocyanin was more retained in the presence of β-CD at low pH (pH 2). However, in the case of UVB irradiation, the effect of β-CD complex on the anthocyanin RSC was not significant, though the RSC values for both the anthocyanin control and complexes trended downward as the UVB irradiation time increased at all pH ranges except for pH 8 (no downward trend). In short, this study suggests that the effect of β-CD complex on the stability of anthocyanin antioxidant capacity depends on pH and the susceptibility to the degradation process.

Phosphorus (P) removal by aluminum sulfate solution was investigated with varying pH and initial P concentrations. P removal was the highest at around pH 6. The pH range where P removal occurred was slightly wider at higher initial P concentrations. Compared to theoretical calculations, it was confirmed that AlPO4 precipitation was the main reason for P removal at low pH. At high pH, where there should be no AlPO4 precipitates, the P removal by adsorption of amorphous Al(OH)3 precipitates was experimentally observed. The P removal by adding amorphous Al(OH)3 precipitates prepared before the adsorption experiments, however, was lower than that by injecting aluminum sulfate solution because the prepared precipitates became larger, leading to less specific surface area available for adsorption. Ions other than sulfate had little influence on P removal.

농축 블루베리 주스의 가공과정에서 열처리는 40 Brix로 농축하는 공정으로 40℃에서 3시간 감압농축을 하였으며 살균공정으로 90℃에서 30분간 하였다. pH 조절제로써 원료인 블루베리 대비 1%(w/w)의 시트르산(citric acid, CA) 또 는 산성메타인산나트륨(acidic sodium metaphosphate, ASM)을 사용하였다. 대조구, 1% CA 및 1% CA + 1% ASM 농축 블루베리 주스의 pH는 각각 2.67, 2.60 및 1.61이었으며 색가(color value)는 33.03. 22.08 및 54.67이었고 적색도 a값은 2.88, 4.25 및 4.43이었다. 총 폴리페놀함량은 각각 312.71, 296.15 및 353.82 mg/g이었으며 총 플라보노이드함량은 389.00, 306.43 및 377.42 mg/mL이었고 총 안토시아닌함량은 46.02, 30.86 및 65.75 mg/100g이었다. 항산화활성으로써 DPPH 라디칼 소거활성은 각각 87.98, 97.63 및 113.01% 이었으며 SOD-like 활성능은 14.52, 14.19 및 23.95% 수준이었 다. Elastase 저해활성은 각각 28.29, 26.34 및 26.06%이었다. 모든 분석 치에 대하여 대조구와 1% CA + 1% ASM 블루 베리 퓨레 간에 5%내에서 유의성차이를 보였다.

A response surface methodology (RSM) was used to evaluate how pH and ionic strength (IS) affect the fate (i.e. size and colloidal stability) of an SC formulation containing the pyrethroid β-cyfluthrin. The response surfaces determined under a range of environmentally relevant conditions were then used to assess the toxicity of the SC formulation of β-cyfluthrin to D. magna. The changes in hydrodynamic diameter (HDD) and colloidal stability as determined by zeta potential measurement were closely related to either or both of the change in pH and IS with the linear factor of IS being the most significant factor affecting those changes. Thus, the concentration of SC formulation of β-cyfluthrin remaining in the water column was dependent on the pH and IS conditions and highest when the colloidal suspension contained small particles or a lack of agglomeration leading to sedimentation of the particles. The toxicity results show correspondingly higher toxicity to D. magna when exposed to the SC formulation of β-cyfluthrin when pH and IS conditions favor formation of either the smallest HDD or most stable colloidal suspensions.

본 연구는 침엽수 인공림에서 산림 유역내 및 유역출구점에서 용존물질 농도의 특성을 밝혀보고자, 2005년부터 2007년까지 경기도 국립수목원 소재의 침엽수 시험림에서 pH, EC, 양이온, 음이온, 산중화능을 조사하였다. pH는 평균 6.87로 봄에 낮은 경향을 나타내는데, 수관층에 포집된 강하물의 영향으로 판단된다. EC는 평균 58.4μS/㎝으로 강수량이 적은 봄에 이온의 양이 상대적으로 많아 계류수에서 높을 값을 나타냈다. 양이온과 음이온은 강우로 인해 봄과 가을철에 높게 나타났다. 다른 유역과의 수질 비교에서 EC는 강우량이 많은 여름철에 낮게 나타나는 경향을 보였으며, NO3 -는 강하물 및 시업의 영향으로 계류수에서 높게 나타나는 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구대상유역의 경우, 계류수내 pH와 ANC가 일정 수준으로 유지되는 것으로 나타났다.

본 연구에서는 silicalite-1 제올라이트 분리막 합성 시에 종결정 코팅용액 pH 변화가 제올라이트 분리층 미세구조에 미치는 영항을 고찰하였다. 75 nm 크기로 합성된 종결정은 에탄올에 분산된 후 침지코팅법으로 지지체 표면에 코팅되었으며 분산용액의 pH는 2.2, 7.0, 9.3으로 조절되었다. pH가 7인 경우, 균일하고 두께가 3~4 μm인 silicalite-1 제올라이트 분리층이 형성되었고 분리층 결정입 크기는 100 nm로 미세하였다. 반면, pH가 2.2와 9.3인 경우, 분리층 두께가 얇고 불완전하였으며 분리층 결정입 크기도 약 1 μm로 조대하였다. pH 7에서 완전한 제올라이트 분리층이 형성된 것은 침지코팅 중에 지지체와 종 결정이 서로 다른 부호의 전하를 가져 정전기적 인력이 작용하여 균일하고 조밀하며 두껍고 다층의 종결정 코팅층이 형성되었 기 때문이었다. 반면에 pH가 2.2와 9.3인 경우, 침지코팅 중에 지지체와 종결정이 서로 같은 부호의 전하를 가져 정전기적 반 발력이 작용하기 때문에 불완전한 덮힘에 의하여 불완전한 분리층이 형성된다고 판단되었다. 결론적으로, 종결정 코팅용액의 pH가 silicalite-1 제올라이트 분리층의 두께, 결정립 크기 등 미세구조를 결정하는 중요한 인자임을 확인할 수 있었다.

강도가 강하고 내약품성, 무독성, 내연소성의 장점을 가지고 있는 PVdF (polyvinylidene fluoride) 나노섬유로 기공이 0.4 μm 평막을 제조한 후, 그 평막으로 부직포를 첨가하여 나권형 모듈을 제작하였다. 카올린과 휴믹산으로 조제한 모사용액과 순수를 대상으로 나권형 모듈의 투과선속과 처리율을 비교하여 pH의 영향을 알아보았고, 여과실험 후 물 역세척을 하여 회복률과 여과저항을 계산하였다. 또한, 나권형 모듈을 통과한 처리수를 입상 활성탄(GAC, granular activated carbon)으로 채워진 컬럼에 통과시킨 후, 탁도와 UV254 흡광도를 측정하여 GAC의 흡착 효과를 고찰하였다.

Stimuli-responsive biomaterials that alter their function through sensing local molecular cues may enable technological advances in the fields of drug delivery, gene delivery, actuators, biosensors, and tissue engineering. In this research, pH-responsive hydrogel which is comprised of dimethylaminoethyl methacylate (DMAEMA) and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) was synthesized for the effective delivery of doxorubicin (Dox) to breast cancer cells. Cancer and tumor tissues show a lower extracellular pH than normal tissues. DMAEMA/HEMA hydrogels showed significant sensitivity by small pH changes and each formulation of hydrogels was examined by scanning electron microscopy, mechanical test, equilibrium mass swelling, controlled Dox release, and cytotoxicity. High swelling ratios and Dox release were obtained at low pH buffer condition, low cross-linker concentration, and high content of DMAEMA. Dox release was accelerated to 67.3% at pH 5.5 for 6-h incubation at 37oC, while it was limited to 13.8% at pH7.4 at the same time and temperature. Cell toxicity results to breast cancer cells indicate that pH-responsive DMAEMA/HEMA hydrogels may be used as an efficient matrix for anti-cancer drug delivery with various transporting manners. Also, pH-responsive DMAEMA/HEMA hydrogels may be useful in therapeutic treatment which is required a triggered release at low pH range such as gene delivery, ischemia, and diabetic ketoacidosis.

Synthesis of nano-silica using water glass in a Sol-Gel process is one of several methods to manufacture nano-silica. In nano-silica synthesized from water glass, there are various metal impurities. However, synthesis of nano-silica using water glass in a Sol-Gel process is an interesting method because it is relatively simple and cheap. In this study, nano-silica was synthesized from water glass; we investigated the effect of pH on the synthesis of nano-silica. The morphology of the nanosilica with pH 2 was flat, but the surface of the nano-silica with pH 10 had holes similar to small craters. As a result of ICPOES analysis, the amount of Na in the nano-silica with pH 2 was found to be 170 mg/kg. On the other hand, the amount of Na in the nano-silica with pH 10 was found to be 56,930 mg/kg. After calcination, the crystal structure of the nano-silica with pH 2 was amorphous. The crystal structure of the nano-silica with pH 10 transformed from amorphous to tridymite. This is because elemental Na in the nano-silica had the effect of decreasing the phase transformation temperature

이온화에너지(ionizing radiation)는 최근 들어 해충 및 미생물 소독기술로 각광받는 기술로 감마선, 엑스선, 전자빔 등이 있다. 그 중 전자빔은 친환경적이며 짧은 처리시간 등의 이로운 점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 수출용 절화(장미, 국화) 박스 내 주요 해충을 대상으로 전자빔을 조사한 후 발육단계별 감수성을 평가하였다. 그 결과, 알의 부화율과 우화된 성충의 산란(산자)율은 억제하지만 유충(약충)과 성충의 acute mortality에는 영향이 없었다. 이온화에너지와 더불어 식물검역 시 많이 사용되는 훈증제인 methyl bromide (MeBr)는 오존층파괴물질로 지정되어 장기적으로 사용금지 될 전망이다. Phosphine (PH3)은 MeBr보다 해충에 대한 독성이 강하고 침투성 및 작업자의 안전성 측면에서 우수한 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 연구진은 주요 화훼해충에 대해 PH3의 감수성을 평가한 결과, 유충(약충)과 성충에 100% 방제효과 있는 농도와 처리시간이 알과 번데기에서는 효과가 미비하였다. 따라서 해충의 모든 발육단계별 완전 사멸을 위해서 이온화에너지와 훈증제를 병용 처리하여 보다 효율적인 해충방제에 주력하였다. 그 결과 전자빔을 조사한 절화박스에 PH3을 병용 처리하였을 경우, 각 처리법을 단독으로 처리한 것 보다 훨씬 효율적인 방제효과를 나타내었다.

The brown seaweed Sargassum fusiforme is an edible and highly valued in Korea. During the summer season, phytal organisms graze heavily on young algal blades and holdfastsof the species and substantially reduce harvestable biomass. Here, in this study, we investigated the effects of pH (range: 2~13) and salinity (range: 0~44 psu) on the removal of two major phytal animals, Caprella scaura and Gammaropsis utinomi, associated with S. fusiforme. We also examined the optimum quantum yield (Fv/Fm) of algae in the same experimental conditions to quantify the tolerance of algae to acid and salinity treatments. It was observed that the phytal animals showed more than 80% mortality at pH lower that pH 4 and the extreams of salinity (0~10 psu and 44 psu) after a 5 min of immersion. However, the quantum yield of S. fusiforme was not significantly different from controls within the pH 3~11 range, and the 0~44 psu salinity range. Precisely, if the pH and salinity conditions outside these ranges were used in comercial Sargassum culture, the removal of the animal species would be higher, but with reduced quantum yield of algae. Taken together, our study results indicated that the pH and salinity treatments could allow multiple harvests from the same holdfast of S. fusiforme.