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Screening of Anti-Biofilm Compounds from Marine-Derived Fungi and the Effects of Secalonic Acid D on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm

  • Wang, Jie;Nong, Xu-Hua;Zhang, Xiao-Yong;Xu, Xin-Ya;Amin, Muhammad;Qi, Shu-Hua
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.1078-1089
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    • 2017
  • Biofilm formation of Staphylococcus aureus is one of its mechanisms of drug resistance. Anti-biofilm screening of 106 compounds from marine-derived fungi displayed that 12 compounds inhibited S. aureus biofilm formation by >50% at the concentration of $100{\mu}g/ml$, and only secalonic acid D (SAD) and B inhibited by >90% at $6.25{\mu}g/ml$ without inhibiting cell growth after 24-h incubation. Meanwhile, it was found that the double bond between C-1 and C-10 of citrinin derivatives and the C-C connection position of two chromone monomers may be important for their anti-biofilm activities. Moreover, SAD slightly facilitated biofilm eradication and influenced its architecture. Furthermore, SAD slowed the cell growth rate in the preceding 18-h incubation and differentially regulated transcriptional expression of several genes, such as agr, isaA, icaA, and icaD, associated with biofilm formation in planktonic and biofilm cells, which may be the reason for the anti-biofilm activity of SAD. Finally, SAD acted synergistically against S. aureus growth and biofilm formation with other antibiotics. These findings indicated that various natural products from marine-derived fungi, such as SAD, could be used as a potential biofilm inhibitor against S. aureus.

New Processing of LED Phosphors

  • Toda, Kenji
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.13 no.5
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    • pp.225-228
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    • 2012
  • In order to synthesize LED phosphor materials, we have applied three novel synthesis techniques, "melt synthesis", "fluidized bed synthesis" and "vapor-solid hybrid synthesis", in contrast with the conventional solid state reaction technique. These synthesis techniques are also a general and powerful tool for rapid screening and improvements of new phosphor materials.

Design and Combonatorial Synthesis of Selenoflavonoids and Indole Compounds for Neuroprotective Drug

  • Jeong, Jin-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the PSK Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.69-71
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    • 2003
  • As recent as 10 years ago, a method of developing new medicine was developed by a new compounding method moving away from an existing one. Combinatorial chemistry made it easier to combine various kinds of compounds in a very short time and with little effort from existing methods. Through combinatorial chemistry, a number of compounds were synthesized using HTS(High Throughput Screening), with many reports reaching a clinical stage in search of new candidate material. (omitted)

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Generation of Coherent LO Phonons in GaAs/AlGaAs MQW's by the Impulsive Stimulated Raman Scattering (GaAs/AlGaAs 양자우물 구조에서 Impulsive Stimulated Raman Scattering 방법에 의한 결맞는 포논의 생성)

  • 이기주;이대수;조영달;임용식;김대식
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 2000.02a
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    • pp.24-25
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    • 2000
  • After the invention of the femtosecond pulse lasers, generating and detecting the coherent optical phonons in various materials became possible. In bulk GaAs, which is a polar material, the coherent LO phonons are known to be generated by the ultrafast screening of the surface space-charge fields. However, little is known about the generation mechanisms of coherent phonons in GaAs quantum structures. (omitted)

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Finite Element Simulation of Surface Wave Scattering (표면파 산란거동의 유한요소 해석)

  • 이종세;손윤기
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1998.04a
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    • pp.383-389
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    • 1998
  • A numerical study is conducted to examine the wave scattering at infilled trenches which may be constructed to reduce the ground-transmitted vibration. The finite element method is used for the simulation of the wave propagation in the semi-infinite region. In order to keep the computational burden manageable, the absorbing boundaries are employed. The numerical technique is validated by modeling a published problem. The results are shown to be in good agreement with the published data. The screening effectiveness of the infilled trenches is then studied for different trench dimensions and material properties.

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Isolation, structure elucidation and physicochemical properties of novel antibiotic polypeptide, $\varepsilon-(L-\beta-Iysine)$ polypeptide from Streptomyces sp. DWGS2

  • Donghyuk Shin;Kim, Daesung;Lee, Deoggeun;Lee, Hyeongkyu;Hoshik Won
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.69-77
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    • 2002
  • During the screening of material which has the antimicrobial activity against aminoglycoside-resistant bacteria, A new material $\varepsilon$-(L-$\beta$-Iysine) polypeptide from a culture medium of Streptomyces sp.(DWGS2) was isolated, and the structure and the physicochemical properties of the new material were elucidated. The new material was separated by column chromatography of the culture medium using Dowex1$\times$2, Silica gel, and Sephadex LH20 etc. The chemical structure and molecular weight were determined with the data of various NMR experiments, MALDI mass, and ESI mass experiments. The antimicrobial activity of $\varepsilon$-(L-$\beta$-Iysine) polypeptide is not only better than equal to the activity of known aminoglycoside type of antibiotics(MIC=3.125 - 6.25ug/mL) but also effective against aminoglycoside-resistant bacteria and fungi. If the mechanism of antimicrobial activity against aminoglycoside- resistant bacteria is figured out, the $\varepsilon$-(L-$\beta$-Iysine) polypeptide can be utilized for the treatment of diseases caused by aminoglycoside-resistant bacteria.

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QSPR Studies on Impact Sensitivities of High Energy Density Molecules

  • Kim, Chan-Kyung;Cho, Soo-Gyeong;Li, Jun;Kim, Chang-Kon;Lee, Hai-Whang
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.32 no.12
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    • pp.4341-4346
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    • 2011
  • Impact sensitivity, one of the most important screening factors for novel high energy density materials (HEDMs), was predicted by use of quantitative structure-property relationship (QSPR) based on the electrostatic potential (ESP) values calculated on the van der Waals molecular surface (MSEP). Among various 3D descriptors derived from MSEP, we utilized total and positive variance of MSEP, and devised a new QSPR equation by combining three other parameters. We employed 37 HEDMs bearing a benzene scaffold and nitro substituents, which were also utilized by Rice and Hare. All the molecular structures were optimized at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory and confirmed as minima by the frequency calculations. Our new QSPR equation provided a good result to predict the impact sensitivities of the molecules in the training set including zwitterionic molecules.

Screening of Biological Activity for Phenolic Fraction from Onion (양파 페놀성분획물의 생리활성기능탐색)

  • 안봉전;이진태
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.224-230
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    • 2001
  • To develop a material for functional food, the fraction Ⅰ,II and Ⅲ of onion extract were separated by Sephadex LH-20 column. The revealed purification levels of each fraction were 5.2%-6.5%, 12.2%-14.5% and 82.6%-86.7%, respectively. A functional activity test was performed with fraction Ⅲ. The ACE inhibition activity was about 50% at 5mg and about 80% at 10mg. The XOase inhibition activity of Korean Changnyong Daego was 84%, which was the highest. At the experiment of tyrosinase inhibition was detected 21-36% at 10mg. The cholesterol dose in mice blood was as low as low as 79$\pm$5(mg/100 mL) after the intake of fraction Ⅲ. Cholestrol dose in liver was decreased to below 50%. The results show that Sephadex LH-20 column method was very useful as a fraction method for the development of functional food material nsing onions.

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Development of Photo-sensor for Integrated Lab-On-a-Chip (집적화된 Lab-On-a Chip을 위한 광센서의 제작 및 특성 평가)

  • 김주환;신경식;김용국;김태송;김상식;주병권
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.404-409
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    • 2004
  • We fabricated photo-sensor for fluorescence detection in LOC. LOC is high throughput screening system. Our LOC screens biochemical reaction of protein using the immunoassay, and converts biochemical reaction into electrical signal using LIF(Laser Induced Fluorescence) detection method. Protein is labeled with rhodamine intercalating dye and finger PIN photodiode is used as photo-sensor We measured fluorescence emission of rhodamine dye and analyzed tendency of fluorescence detection, according to photo-sensor size, light intensity, and rhodamine concentration. Detection current was almost linearly proportional to two parameters, intensity and concentration, and was inversely proportional to photo-sensor size. Integrated LOC consists of optical-filter deposited photo-sensor and PDMS microchannel detected 50 (pg/${mu}ell$) rhodamine. For integrated LOC including light source, we used green LED as the light source and measured emitted fluorescence.