Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum), commonly known as Holy Basil is a revered herb with a rich history in traditional medicine systems, particularly in Southeast Asia. For its medicinal properties, Tulsi has been regarded as an “Elixir of Life” and has been used to treat various ailments. However, the comprehensive investigation of Tulsi extracts and their potential pharmacological benefits, specifically in relation to antioxidant activity remains limited. Hence, the objective of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant activity of Tulsi leaf and stem extract using various screening methods. We investigate the antioxidant activity exhibited by the extract using three different methods involved the utilization of the total polyphenol content assay, the ferric reducing power assay and 2, 2-diphenyl-1-14 picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assays. The results revealed that the Tulsi leaf extract (TLE) exhibited significantly higher antioxidant activity when compared to the Tulsi stem extract (TSE) in all the performed assays. The higher content of phenolics in TLE may have contributed to its superior antioxidant activity. The HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography) analysis of TLE revealed the presence of eugenol, active compound for several therapeutic properties. These findings provide an understanding of the bioactive compounds present in Tulsi extracts and their potential antioxidant benefits.

As a result of various generation, transmutation, and decay schemes, a wide variety of radionuclides exist in the reactor prior to accident occurrence. Considering all of the radionuclides as the accident source term in an offsite consequence analysis will inevitably take up excessive computer resources and time. Calculation time can be reduced with minimal impact on the accuracy of the results by considering only the nuclides that have a significant effect on the calculation among the potential radioactive sources that may be released into the environment. In earlier studies related to offsite consequence analysis, it is shown that the principal criteria for the radionuclide screening applied are as follows; radionuclide inventory in the reactor, radioactive half-life, radionuclide release fraction to the environment, relative dose contribution of nuclides within a specific group, and radiobiological importance. As a result, it is confirmed that 54, 60, and 69 nuclides are applied to the risk assessment performed in WASH-1400, NUREG-1150, and SOARCA (State-of-the-Art Reactor Consequence Analyses) project in the United States, respectively. In addition, in this study, the technical consultations with domestic and foreign experts were carried out to confirm details on criteria and process for screening out radionuclides in offsite consequence analysis. In this paper, based on the literature survey and technical consulting, we derived the screening process of selecting a list of radionuclides to be considered in the offsite consequence analysis. The first step is to eliminate radionuclides with little core inventory (less than specific threshold) or very short half-lives. However, important decay products of radionuclides that have short half-lives should not be excluded by this process. The next step is to further eliminate radionuclides by considering contribution to offsite impact, which is defined as a product of radioactivity released to the environment (i.e. ‘inventory in the reactor’ times ‘release fraction to offsite’) and comprehensive dose (or risk) coefficient taking into account all exposure pathways to be included. The final step is to delete isotopes that contribute less than certain threshold to any important dose metric through additional computer runs for each important source term. Even though it is presumed that this process is applicable to existing light water reactors and the set of accidents that would be considered in PSA, some of the assumptions or specific recommendations may need to be reconsidered for other reactor types or set of accident categories.

This study presents a methodology to determine the radionuclides of concern that are expected to be found during the final status survey of Kori Unit 1 decommissioning. The methodology involved reflecting the evaluation results of ORIGEN based on reference documents such as NUREG/CR-3474, NUREG/CR-4289, NUREG/CR-0130, WINCO-1191, and representative fuel loading. A list of potential radionuclides of concern was provided by reflecting the list of radionuclides of concern included in the Kori Unit 1 decommissioning plan. To select the radionuclides of concern, we analyzed the approach of US decommissioning plants based on the recommendations of NUREG-1757 Vol.2 Rev.1 and excluded certain radionuclides from the list. The final list of 23 radionuclides of concern was derived by excluding radionuclides that have a short half-life, low specific activity, analytically difficult to measure, inert gases, or naturally occurring radionuclides. This methodology can be applied to other nuclear power plants, such as the Wolsong Nuclear Power Plant, by reflecting the unique characteristics of the reactor.

목적 : 눈물검사, 각막염색 및 결막충혈 검사를 통해 염증성 건성안 감별진단을 위한 알고리즘을 제시하고자 하였다. 방법 : 안질환이 없는 20~30대 총 81명을 대상으로 염증 생체 표지자인 MMP-9(metalloproteinase-9)을 이용하여 염증성 건성안을 판별하고, 쉬르머검사, TBUT(tear break-up time), OSDI(ocular surface disease index), 각막 염색, 결막 충혈 검사를 실시하였다. 건성안 판단 기준은 Schirmer test 5 mm 미만, 눈물막파괴시간 5초 미만, 건성안 자각증상 점수 12점 이상, 각막스테이닝 및 결막충혈은 Grade 1 이상으로 하였다. 각각의 검사와 MMP-9의 상관성은 카이제곱검정으로 확인보고 염증성 건성안 감별진단의 알고리즘에 대한 민감도 (sensitivity)와 특이도(specificity) 및 곡선아래면적은 ROC 커브를 이용하였다. 결과 : 쉬르머검사와 TBUT 값은 MMP-9 양성 반응과 상관성이 없었고(p>0.050), OSDI, 각막 염색, 결막 충혈은 MMP-9 양성 반응과 유의한 상관성을 보였다(p<0.050). 염증성 건성안 감별진단에 대한 민감도, 특이도, AUC는 ‘OSDI/각막 염색/결막 충혈’ 모두 반영한 경우 44.00%, 100.00%, 0.720로 나타났으며, ‘OSDI/각막 염 색’은 44.00%, 94.59%, 0.693, ‘OSDI/결막 충혈’은 76.80%, 75.68%, 0.762, ‘각막 염색/결막 충혈’은 52.80%, 97.30%, 0.750로 ‘OSDI/결막 충혈’을 반영한 경우가 가장 높은 정확도를 보였다. 결론 : ‘OSDI/결막 충혈’ 검사는 MMP-9 검사결과와 유사한 높은 정확도를 보여 염증성 건성안의 감별진단에 유용할 것으로 생각한다.

The white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, is commercially the fifth most important edible mushroom, accounting for the production of 9,732 tons of mushrooms in Korea in 2015. The genus Agaricus has been known for its potential to degrade lignocellulosic materials. Chemical analyses carried out during the cultivation of A. bisporus indicated that the cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin fractions were changed preferentially for both vegetative growth and sexual reproduction. We screened A. bisporus strains for effective biodegradation through extracellular enzyme activity using cellulase, xylanase, and ligninolytic enzymes. The enzyme biodegradations were conducted as follows: mycelia of collected strains were incubated in 0.5% CMC-MMP (malt-mops-peptone), 0.5 Xylan-MMP, and 0.5% lignin-MMP media for 14 days. Incubated mycelia were stained with 0.2% trypan blue. Eighteen strains were divided into 8 groups based on different extracellular enzyme activity in MMP media. These strains were then incubated in sterilized compost and compost media for 20 days to identify correlations between mycelial growth in compost media and extracellular enzyme activity. In this study, the coefficient of determination was the highest between mycelial growth in compost media and ligninolytic enzyme activity. It is suggested that comparison with ligninolytic enzyme activity of the tested strains is a simple method of screening for rapid mycelial growth in compost to select good mother strains for the breeding of A. bisporus.

We investigate the change of leaf chlorophyll content according to iron content in brown rice when cultivated on the iron limited solid MS medium. By cultivating wild-type and transgenic brown rice in a solid MS medium, we confirmed that iron deficiency chlorosis did not occur in MS media which were contained over 20% of iron content compared to normal MS condition. After selecting twenty kinds of Korean rice varieties, those brown rice were cultivated in solid MS media which were contained from 0 to 15% of iron content compared to normal MS condition then the leaf chlorophyll content was measured. The leaf chlorophyll content was changed according to iron content in brown rice when cultivated in solid MS medium which was contained 0 and 5% of iron content,. There was a strong correlation between iron content in brown rice and leaf chlorophyll content cultivated in solid MS medium with 5% of Fe content. Therefore we expect that analysis of leaf chlorophyll content after cultivated on MS medium with 5% iron content compared to normal MS media condition will be more simple and effective method to screening high iron content brown rice without measurement of iron content.

The Baermann funnel method requires three to four Kimwipes tissues for clean nematode extraction. To find more efficient and economical nematode extraction paper, 14 different kinds of tissue papers were tested and compared with Kimwipes tissues. Nematode species used in the extraction efficiency test were juvenile (J2) of Heterodera spp., J2 of Meloidogyne spp., Pratylenchus spp., Rhabditis spp., Acrobeloides spp., Panagrolaimus spp., Poikilolaimus spp. and Diplogasterida. Extraction efficiency varied between 42.0 to 88.8%. Considering costs, extraction efficacy, and cleanness, one sheet of Pulling Kitchen Towel (MONALISA Co., Korea) is selected.

품종 저항성 조사방법별로병원균과 버섯품종을 다르게 하여 품종간의 차이점이 있는지를 검토하였다. 푸른곰팡이 균과 품종별 대치배양시험에서 대치라인 형성, over growth, Lysis 증상이 나타났으며, 공시품종 중에 ASI 2183, ASI2504, ASI 2477 균주가 병저항성이 있을 것으로 판단되었다. 배양여액을 이용한 방법에서는 ASI 2240, ASI 2479, ASI 2181들이 저항성을 나타냈으며, 대치배양에서는 다른 경향을 보이는 경우도 있었으나, ASI 2479, ASI 2240 균주는 대치배양, 배양여액 시험결과에서 모두 저항성을 보였다. 배양후 접종법에서는 저항성을 보이는 버섯균주는 ASI 2479, ASI 2333, ASI 2181 등이었으며, 가장 감수성 품종은 큰느타리버섯인 ASI 2302 균주로 나타났다. 푸른곰팡이균주 같은 균주에서도 품종에 따라 각기 다른 특성을 나타냈으며, 동일품종에서 푸른곰팡이균주에 따라 각기 다른 병원성을 나타냈다. 느타리버섯과 푸른곰팡이균의 상호관계에서 다양한 증상이 발생하며 느타리버섯 품종에 대한 저항성 유무를 판단할 수 있다고 판단된다. 하지만 처리량이 많은 경우 동일 처리 내의 반복처리에서도 병징의 차이가 발생하는 경우가 있으며, 이는 시험에 사용한 버섯균과 병원균의 접종원의 활력의 차이에 의해 발생하는 것으로 추정되므로 주의해야하며, 저항성 균주로는 붉은느타리종, 감수성균으로 ASI 2302 균을 대조 균으로 적용하면 효과적으로 저항성 검정을 수행할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

느타리버섯 푸른곰팡이병에 대한 품종 저항성은 포장에서 효과적인 검토가 불가능하여 한천 배지상에서 푸른곰팡이균이 균을 저해하는 특징 fungistatic, lysis, toxin enzyme 등에 대한 각각의 특성을 실내에 검정할 수있는 방법을 검토하기 위하여 균사생장과 특이 현상을 조사하였다. 대치배양에서는 느타리버섯 균주에 따라 대치선 형성위치, 푸른곰팡이균의 느타리균사 생장부분 위로 생장(overgrowth), 대치선 이후의 버섯균의 용균(lysis)현상이 발생하여 효과적인 저항성 검정이 가능하였다. 배양여액을 여지에 적용하는 방법은 버섯균과 병원균의 종류에 따른 균사생장 및 특이적 현상이 타나나지 않았으나, well plate를 이용한 배양여액 희석방법으로 균사생장의 억제정도의 확인이 가능하였다. 분활 petri dish를 활용하여 동시배양의 경우 약간의 버섯균이 억제되는 현상은 보였으나, 푸른곰팡이균이 버섯균 생장 부분 위로 덮어 효과검정이 불가능하였다. 버섯균을 petri dish 전체에 배양한 후 그 위에 병원균의 균총을 접종하는 방법은 overgrowth, lysis등의 현상이 발생하여 병원성의 검정이 용이하였다. 실내에서의 느타리버섯균의 푸른곰팡이병에 대한 저항성 검정은 대치배양, 배양여액법, 생장후 접종법에 의한 방법으로 가능한 것으로 판단되었다.

Many basidiomycetes, especially mushroom species, thrive on saccharides that they obtain from the decomposition of cellulose, hemi-cellulose and or lignin. Cellulose is degraded by specific enzymes called cellulases. Cellulases play an important role in the biosphere by recycling cellulose, the most abundant carbohydrate produced by plants. Also cellulases have many potential biotechnologic and industrial applications. Detection of cellulose degrading activity is commonly performed on carboxymethylcellulose CMC medium in combination with a stain that reveals the degraded CMC. In order to efficiently screen the F. velutipes knockout library, obtained through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation (ATMT), for those important enzymes we compared two different staining methods i.e. Congo Red and Gram’s Iodine (as reported in R. C. Kasana et al 2008). The latter stain showed strongly enhanced detection in time and intensity, facilitating mass screening of our mutant database. Using Gram’s iodine and square petri dishes containing up to 9 colonies at a time we can now rapidly screen multiple mutants in a short period. We are going to find the genes. Inactivated genes of mutants with altered cellulase degradation activity will be identified and cloned for further analysis.

토양(土壤) 중(中)의 식물기주선충(植物寄株線蟲)을 체법(法)과 깔대기법(法)을 병용(竝用)하여 분리(分離)할 때 사용(使用)되는 선충분리용(線蟲分離用) 여과지(據過紙)를 선발(選拔)키 위(爲)하여 시판(市販)되고 있는 화장지(化粧紙) 중(中)에서 국내(國內) 5개(個) 회사(會社) 10개(個) 제품(製品)과 화란에서 선충분리용(線蟲分離用)으로 제작(製作)된 Cotton-wool Nematode Filter와 비교(比較)하여 분리율(分離率)을 조사(調査)하였고 온도(溫度) 및 시간(時間) 별(別)로 선충분리율(線蟲分離率)을 조사(調査)하였던 바 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었기에 보고(報告)한다. 1. 시판(市販) 화장지(化粧紙)의 선충분리율(線蟲分離率)은 2매(枚) 사용(使用) 시(時)는 Champ Sapphire, Crown Hankie, Scotties Bird 등(等) 3종(種)은 토양(土壤) 200ml당(當) 선충분리수(線蟲分離數)가 453, 419, 312마리로 Nematode Filter의 227마리에 비(比)하여 분리율(分離率)이 월등(越等)히 높았으며 1% 수준(水準)에서 유의성(有意性)이 인정(認定)되었으나 Clarity가 E급(級)으로 흐려서 검경(檢鏡)이 곤란(困難)하였다. 그리고 Monaliza Finely Soft와 Crown Table Napkin은 선충분리수(線蟲分離數)가 175, 193마리로 Nematode Filter에 비(比)하여 약간 낮았으나 Clarity는 C급(級)으로 나타났고 Kleenex New Softness는 240마리로 분리율(分離率)은 높게 나타났으나 Clarity가 C급(級)이며 강도(强度)가 약(弱)하였다. 4매(枚) 사용(使用) 시(時)는 Champ Sapphire, Crown Hankie, Scotties Bird. Beau Clean Silvia, Kleenex New Softness, Monaliza Finely Soft등(等) 6종(種)이 비교적(比較的) 분리율(分離率)이 높았다. 그 중(中)에서 Champ Sapphire는 219마리로 Nematode Filter와 분리율(分離率)이 비슷하였으나 Clarity가 C급(級)이며 강도(强度)가 약(弱)하여 잘 찢어지므로 사용(使用)이 불편(不便)하였고 Crown Hankie는 198마리로 Nematode Filter에 비(比)하여 분리율(分離率)이 다소(多少) 낮게 나타났으나 Clarity가 B급(級)이며 강도(强度)도 강(强)하게 나타났으므로 국내(國內)에 시판(市販) 중(中)인 화장지(化粧紙) 중(中)에서 선충분리용(線蟲分離用) 여과지(濾過紙)로는 Crown Hankie 4매(枚) 사용(使用)이 가장 적합(適合)한 것으로 사료(思料)된다. 2. 토성(土性)에 따른 선충분리율(線蟲分離率)은 Loamy sand, Sandy loam, Clay loam 공(共)히 Champ Sapphire가 가장 분리율(分離率)이 높았고 Crown Hankie, Beau Clean Silvia 등(等)의 순(順)이었다. 3. 향수(香水) 처리(處理)되지 않은 화장지(化粧紙)는 향수(香水) 처리(處理)된 화장지(化粧紙)에 비(比)하여 Kleenex New Softness는 53% 더 높은 분리율(分離率)을 보였고 Monaliza Finely Soft는 23% 더 높은 분리율을 나타냈으므로 선충분리용(線蟲分離用)으로는 향수처리(香水處理)되지 않은 것이 더 좋은 것으로 사료(思料)된다. 4. 온도별(溫度別) 선충분리율(線蟲分離率)을 에서 조사(調査)한 결과(結果) 전체적(全體的)으로 에서 분리율(分離率)이 가장 높게 나타났다. 5. 시간경과(時間經過)에 따른 선충분리율(線蟲分離率)은 12시간(時間) 후(後)가 35.3 %이고 24시간(時間) 후(後)가 40.3%로 가장 높게 나다났다가 36시간(時間) 이후(以後)부터는 분리율(分離率)이 급격(急激)히 감소(減少)되었다. 그러므로 선충분리(線蟲分離) 시간(時間)은 시간(時間)이 가장 적합(適合)한 것으로 사료(思料)된다.

멸구류에 대한 수도품종 저항성 검정방법을 개발하고저 방사성 동위원소 를 이용하여 본 시험을 수행하였다. 전편에서 얻어진 결과를 활용하여 멸구별, 멸구충태별, 접종시간별 벼멸구 흡즙량 차이와 품종별 벼멸구 흡즙량을 조사한 바 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 가. 벼멸구, 흰등멸구, 애멸구 순으로 흡즙량이 많았으며 암컷이 숫컷보다 공시멸구류 모두 흡즙량이 많았다. 나. 벼멸구의 각태별 흡즙량은 성충, 5령충, 성충), 4령 순으로 많았으며 충접종시간은 접종 24시간48시간에서는 일정한 흡즙령을 나타냈다. 다. 벼멸구의 벼품종별 흡즙량은 저항성 품종인 밀양 47호에서는 839 CPM인 반면 감수성 품종인 TN 1에서는 88,603 CPM을 나타 내었다. 따라서 본시험에서의 검정방법과 유묘집단검정방법과는 일치하였다.

멸구류에 대한 품종저항성 검정법을 개발하고자 동위원소 를 이용 식물체를 통하여 충체에 이행된 방출량을 G.M. Counter로 조사하므로서 저항성 정도를 판별하기 위한 연구중 일차적으로 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 가. 공시기구 개발 : 공시기구 개발을 위해 4가지 형의 기구를 공시하였는데 B,C,D형 기구는 공시법과 용액과 분리된 시험기구로서 이중 D형이 가장 취급이 간편하며 안전하게 의 흡즙량을 조사할 수 있었다(Fig. 1). 나. 의 적정량 : 식물체에 흡수시킬시 2Ml 까지 비슷한 경향을 보였으나 흡즙시간의 경과에 따라서 용액을 식물체가 흡수하여 차츰 적은 량으로 되어 뿌리의 활력에 따라서 개체간 흡수량의 차이가 생길 우려가 있어 의 용액이 요구되었다. 의. 의 방사능 세기 : 까지는 충체에 미치는 영향이 없었으며 처리별로 각각 충분한 CPM의 방사능을 나타내었기에 내외의 방사능 세기가 멸구류 검정시 효과적으로 본다. 라. 충표식방법 및 충탈피각내 잔류량 : :식물성의 흡수를 통한 표식이 효과적이었으로 충탈피각내에는 잔류량이 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다.

Sclerotinia rot, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, is a devastating disease that poses a serious threat to perilla production in Korea. Identifying effective sources of resistance offers long term prospects for improving management of this disease. Screening disease resistant genetic resources is important for development of disease-resistant, new cultivars and conduct related research. In the present study, perilla germplasm were screened in vitro against S. sclerotiorum using detached leaf method. Among 544 perilla accessions, two were highly resistant (IT226504, IT226533), five were resistant (IT226561, IT226532, IT226526, IT226441, and IT226589), five were moderately resistant (IT226525, IT226640, IT226568, IT220624, and IT178655), 16 were moderately susceptible, 31 were susceptible, and 485 were highly susceptible. The resistant accessions in this study could serve as resistance donor in the breeding of Sclerotinia rot resistance or subjected to selection procedure of varietal development for direct use by breeders, farmers, researchers, and end consumers.

Even though phosphorus (P) is essential element for plant growth and development, it is not enough for crop production in soil. To breed more P deficient tolerance rice, screening and selection in rice population is needed. We tried to develop more simple and rough screening method for breeding of P deficient tolerance rice. In P deficient condition, tiller number was dramatically decreased among yield components in rice. Though this result, we confirmed tiller number could be the best marker in screening of P deficient tolerance rice. 480 rice genetic resources were cultivated in rice bed tray filled with P deficient soil for four weeks and each dry weight was measured. Among them, the 55 kinds of genetic resource were selected then cultivated in paddy field with 3 fertilizer conditions. Plant dry weight and tiller number in ripening stage were shown significant difference according to P condition. Plant dry weight and tiller number in ripening stage was highly correlated especially in P deficient condition. Furthermore, the tiller number in ripening stage and plant dry weight in rough screening were shown high degree correlation. Though these results, we might expect measuring of plant dry weight after cultivation in rice bed tray filled with P deficient soil could be a simple and effective screening method in selection of P deficient tolerance rice.