• Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.66-78
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to investigate the toxic effects of iso-butylalcohol on Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats which were treated 0, 333, 1,000 and 3,000 ppm for 6 hours a day, 5 days a week for 13 weeks by inhalation. Iso-butylalcohol did not induce any abnormal change in the viewpoint of clinical signs, feed consumption, ophthalmic test, urinalysis, hematology and blood biochemistry during and at the termination of the inhalation toxicity test. We did not find any abnormal findings in the gross and microscopic observations due to the inhalation of iso-butylalcohol. There was no alteration in relative organ weight owing to the inhalation of the iso-butylalcohol. In conclusion, concentration was 3,000 ppm in rats under the inhalation of 6 hours a day, 5 days a week for 13 week. Iso-butylalcohol did not show any change in the clinical signs, feed consumption, ophthalmic test, urinalysis, hematology and blood biochemistry, together with no alteration in the gross and pathological findings.

• Toxicological Research
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.302-309
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• 2000

The purpose of this study is to investigate toxic effects of iso-butylalcohol (iBA) in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats under the exposure of 6 hours a day, 5 days a week for 13 weeks by inhalation, and to evaluate the occupational safety of iBA in comparison with the permissible exposure level (PEL) stipulated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). iBA did not induce any abnormal changes from the aspects of clinical signs, feed consumption, ophthalmic test, urinalysis, hematology and blood chemistry during and at the terminal of the inhalation toxicity tests. We did not find any abnormal findings in the gross and microscopic observations due to the inhalation of iBA. There was no alteration in relative organ weights by the inhalation of iBA. No observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) of iBA was considered to be more than 3,000 ppm in rats under the inhalation of 6 hours a day, 5 days a week for 13 weeks. Fifty ppm of iBA, the PEL regulated by OSHA, is too conservative for working places. As iBA showed no abnormal observations in all the experimental parameters at any concentration under this experimental condition, we suggest that 150 ppm is safe enough for the PEL of iBA in the working areas, even taking into onsideration that OSHA lowered the PEL to 50 ppm for fear of the probable risk of its skin irritation.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.233-238
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• 1999

This study was determined changes of components of sweet and astringent persimmon vinegars by two stages fermentation. Free sugars of persimmon juices before alcohol fermentation were mainly composed of glucose, fructose and sucrose. The content of glucose, fructose and sucrose of sweet persimmon juice was 6.60, 6.12 and 1.74%, respectively, and those of astringent persimmon was 5.63, 5.21, 0.62%, respectively. The contents of free sugar decreased continuously during fermentation. Major organic acids of persimmon juices were acetic, galacturonic, malic, citric and ascorbic acid. Alcohols of persimmon juices was detected methanol, ethanol, iso-propylalcohol, n-propylalcohol and iso-butylalcohol at the initial fermentation. The contents of alcohols increased continuously up to 4days of fermentation but their contents except ethanol decreased slightly at 5th day of fermentation. Contents of free amino acid were higher in sweet persimmon than those in astringent persimmon. Volatile components increased during acetic acid fermentation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.405-410
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• 2002

The optimum conditions of the alcohol fermentation with raw tapioca by simultaneous saccharification and alcohol fermentation (SSAF) were studied using raw starch enzyme. The optimum conditions for maximum alcohol production were 0.5% (w/w) of enzyme content, 250% (v/w) of added water content and 96 hr of fermentation time. The alcohol and reducing sugar contents were 11.7% and 306 mg% after 96 hr fermentation, respectively. During the fermentation pH decreased from 6.2 to 4.2 and total acidity increased from 0.11 to 0.43. Alcohol components were detected such as ethanol, methanol, iso-propanol, n-propylalcohol and iso-butylalcohol, besides acetaldehyde. We could construct raw starch fermentation conditions which was 250% (v/w) of added water content and 0.5% (w/w) of enzyme content. However, yield of raw starch alcohol fermentation was lower than that of steaming alcohol fermentation.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.495-502
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• 2012

Using the Sedimentation method it's possible to get $TiO_2$ particle from which by this research, $TiO_2$ particle was produced. The parameter in the kind of the temperature and the alcohol solvent used $TiO_2$ particle production investigated crystal structure of $TiO_2$ particle and the influence exerted on the size of the particle and the form. After scanning electron microscope (SEM) analyzed methyl alcohol, iso-propylalcohol and tert-butylalcohol used by a solvent at the $TiO_2$ particle production, iso-propylalcohol was most effective. And after an thermogravimetric analyzer method was used, the anatase structure was maintained $500^{\circ}C$ by $200^{\circ}C$, but it was converted by the rutile structure by $800^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.578-582
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• 2002

This study was conducted to determine whether pectinase treatment would affect the process of alcohol fer-mentation with persimmon. The pectinase did not change pH and total acidity throughout the alcohol fermentation. However, the concentrations of reducing sugar were significantly lowered with the fermentation time, compared with controls. During the alcohol fermertation, the concentration of reducing sugar decreased rapidly up to 60 hours, unchanged from 60 to 72 hours, and then increased thereafter. The total alcohol concentrations of pectinase-treated groups were significantly higher than that of alcohol fermentation containing without pectinase. Among concentration 200 and 500 ppm had the most pronounced increase in the yield (%) of total alcohol (96%, respectively) and then, 300, 400 ppm and control in descending order. The contents of 5 major alcohols (acetaldehyde, methanol, n-propy alcohol, iso-butyl alcohol and iso-amyl alcohol) were measured. Among alcohol constituents, acetaldehyde and methanol were detected to be the lowest at control and methanol the highest at 200 ppm. These observations indicated that pectinase treatment would increase the yield of total alcohol, whereas it also raised methanol production during persimmon alcohol fermentation.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.435-443
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• 1989

The regulation of the synthesis of alcohol-oxidase(E. C. 1. 1. 3. 13) was investigated in the methanol-utilizing yeasts during growth on different carbon sources. For this experiment, Pichia pastoris CBS 2612 and Pichia pastoris CBM 10 were cultured in mineral salt medium by changing its carbon sources. The production of alcohol-oxidase was varied by the carbon sources. For example, alcohol-oxidase was undetectable in all strains submitted to the test in the medium with glucose, but its production was rapidely increased when the carbon source was changed from glucose to methanol after 48hrs of incubation. Moreover, this enzyme was not synthesized during growth on the primary aliphatic alcohols alone(ethanol, propanol, butanol or pentanol) or on the mixed substrates(0.5% methanol+0.5% primary aliphatic alcohols). When cells were grown on the various carbon sources(glucose, xylose, lactose, glycerol, galactose, saccharose, sorbose, lactic acid or acetic acid), The alcohol-oxidase activity was detected a very little amounts. These carbon sources together with methnol yieled far better synthesis of alcohol-oxidase than in case of carbon sources alone. Especially, the alcohol-oxidase activity of the cells grown on sorbose, lactose or lactic acid together with methanol was far better or similar than that of cells grown on methanol alone. The apparent Km values for the methanol of Pichia pastoris CBS 2612 and Pichia pastoris CBM 10 enzymes were 1.92 and 210 mM, respectively. It is also active towards alcohols of shorter alkyl-chain length than $C_7$, insaturated alcohols(allylalcohol, crotyl-alcohol) and secondary alcohols (iso-amylacohol, iso-butylalcohol). The affinity of alcohol-oxidase for this alcohols decreased with the increasing length of the alkyl-chain.