Publications by authors named "Min-Ho Jo"

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  • (R,R)-2,3-butanediol (BDO) is increasingly being used due to its special characteristics, but its production using glycerol in Klebsiella pneumoniae has been limited by the concurrent production of 1,3-propanediol (PDO).
  • Researchers inactivated the budC gene in K. pneumoniae, significantly boosting (R,R)-2,3-BDO production from approximately 22% to around 92%, while optimizing agitation speed maintained high purity levels up to 98.54%.
  • The study achieved remarkable production metrics, including 89.47 g/L of (R,R)-2,3-BDO from crude glycerol, marking it as the first to successfully use
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  • Chemical fertilizers have led to agricultural advancements, but there's a need for sustainable alternatives like 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BDO), a biological plant growth promoter.
  • Researchers improved a strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa (P. polymyxa MDBDO) through gamma-ray mutagenesis to enhance its growth rate and R,R-2,3-BDO production, achieving high purity levels.
  • The study demonstrates that using optimized fermentation techniques can yield significant amounts of highly pure R,R-2,3-BDO, which positively impacts the growth of crops like soybean and strawberry seedlings.
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Background: To support the sustainability of biodiesel production, by-products, such as crude glycerol, should be converted into high-value chemical products. 1,2-propanediol (1,2-PDO) has been widely used as a building block in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. Recently, the microbial bioconversion of lactic acid into 1,2-PDO is attracting attention to overcome limitations of previous biosynthetic pathways for production of 1,2-PDO.

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Rebaudioside A was modified via glucosylation by recombinant dextransucrase of Leuconostoc lactis EG001 in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3), forming single O-α-D-glucosyl-(1″→6') rebaudioside A with yield of 86%. O-α-D-glucosyl-(1″→6') rebaudioside A was purified using HPLC and Diaion HP-20 and its properties were characterized for possible use as a food ingredient. Almost 98% of O-α-D-glucosyl-(1″→6') rebaudioside A was dissolved after 15 days of storage at room temperature, compared to only 11% for rebaudioside A.

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Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)-producing strains were isolated from four edible insects and subjected to 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Among the four GABA-producing bacteria, JS-N6B4 exhibited the highest GABA-production, while cultivation temperature, initial pH, aerobic condition, and mono-sodium glutamate (MSG) feeding were found to be the key factors affecting GABA production rate. The culture condition was optimized in terms of glucose, yeast extract, and MSG concentrations using response surface methodology (RSM).

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Computed tomography (CT) and bioimpedance analysis (BIA) can assess skeletal muscle mass (SMM). Our objective was to identify the predictors of discordance between CT and BIA in assessing SMM. Participants who received a comprehensive medical health check-up between 2010 and 2018 were recruited.

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Cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase (CITase) was isolated from alkaliphilic via an amino acid homology search for the reported CITase. The recombinant alkaliphilic CITase (PDCITase) from was expressed in an expression system and purified as a single protein band of 111 kDa. PDCITase showed optimum activity at pH 8.

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A suitable liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method is required to determine pelubiprofen and its active metabolite, trans-alcohol (M-D), in human plasma for pharmacokinetic studies of pelubiprofen preparations. After one-step liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) using methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), pelubiprofen, M-D, and tolbutamide (the internal standard, IS) were eluted from a Capcellpak C18 ACR column using a gradient mobile phase consisting of 0.1% formic acid in water and acetonitrile at a flow rate 0.

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Background/aims: Adherence of the patients with inflammatory bowel diseases is important to maintain the remission. However, the patients do not always keep their appointments for treatment. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical factors associated with adherence of patients in terms of appointment keeping.

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Background: Levodropropizine is an oral non-opioid anti-tussive drug used in treatment of cough. A new generic 60 mg capsule formulation of levodropropizine has recently been developed.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the pharmacokinetics and bioequivalence of the test (capsule) formulation and reference (syrup) formulation of levodropropizine (60 mg) in healthy, fasted, male Korean volunteers.

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A rapid, simple and fully validated LC-MS/MS method was developed and validated for the determination of megestrol acetate in human plasma using tolbutamide as an internal standard (IS) after one-step liquid-liquid extraction with methyl-tert-butyl-ether. Detection was performed using electrospray ionization in positive ion multiple reaction monitoring mode by monitoring the transitions m/z 385.5 → 267.

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The aim of this study was to assess the implications of insulin resistance on the clinical and biochemical profiles of Korean type 2 diabetic patients. 122 patients with type 2 diabetes underwent a short insulin tolerance test to assess insulin resistance. Subjects were classified in tertiles according to ISI (insulin sensitivity index), and the tertile I (the insulin- resistant group) and tertile III (the insulin-sensitive group) clinical and biochemical parameters were compared.

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