This study was carried out for the analysis of chemical composition and antioxidative activity of lotus leaf. The lotus leaf contained 63.8% of crude carbohydrate, 16.9% of crude protein, 1.0% crude fat, and 9.3% of crude ash including high amount of calcium (2.2%). The antioxidative effect of several solvents extracts of lotus leaf was investigated. Among them 70% ethanol extract showed relatively higher extraction yield and higher total phenol content as well as the highest electron-donating ability using 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydroxyl.

Understanding the characteristics of truck-involved crashes is of keen interest because such crashes are highly associated with greater potential leading to severer injury. The purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting injury severity of truck-involved crashes on freeways. In addition, a binary logistic regression technique is applied to identify causal factors affecting truck crash severity under normal and adverse weather conditions. Major findings from the analyses are discussed with truck operations strategies including speed enforcement, variable speed limit, and truck lane restriction, from the safety enhancement point of view. The results of this study would be useful for developing traffic control and operations strategies to reduce truck-involved crashes and injury severity in practice.

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We studied the antioxidant activity of Suaedajaponica, found in Korean mud flats. A 70% ethanol extraction yielded 9.74%. The 70% ethanol extract was further fractionated with hexane, chloroform, ethyl acetate, butanol, and water. The water fraction resulted in the highest extraction yields, but the ethyl acetate fraction resulted in the highest total phenol content and also total flavonoid content. The antioxidative activity of the fractions was evaluated using several methods and compared to commercial antioxidants. The scavenging activities of the hydroxyl radical, hydrogen radical, hydrogen peroxide, and xanthine oxidase of the ethyl acetate fraction were equivalent to that of BHA. The scavenging activities of the hydroxyl radical, hydrogen peroxide, and xanthine oxidase of the ethanol extracts were approximately 80～90% of that of BHA.