The aim of the present study was to investigate the ear and kernel characteristics of colored waxy corn hybrids during ripening according to different sowing dates. Heukjinjuchal and Eolrukchal 1 were sown at April 20 (first cropping) and July 20 (second cropping) in 2011~2012. The accumulated temperature from silking to harvesting was about 590~610℃. It takes 23~24 days when Heukjinjuchal and Eolrukchal 1 were sown in April 20, but July 20 sowing takes 32~35 days. Ear weight, ear diameter, 100-kernel weight and starch content of colored waxy corn were increased as ears matured (p<0.05). Growth temperature was getting decreased during the ripening stage of second cropping, the rate of ear and kernel development had slowed. Starch granules started to accumulate in the cells around the pericarp, then developed in the cells around the embryo. In the second cropping, starch granules in the kernel of colored waxy corn were less compact than the first cropping. The contents of total anthocyanins, cyanidin-3-glucoside and pelargonidin-3-glucoside were increased according to ripening (p<0.05). These results will be helpful to farmers for double

This study was conducted to find out the variation in agronomic trait and chemical composition in the collected Perilla frutescens from China and Japan. From the results of growth investigation, the maximum number if branches was 26.7ea in Japan 134 line, followed by 25 nodes number in China 119 line. Among the different lines investigated, maximum number of panicle number (108.8) were observed in China 114 line. 1000 seed weight was maximum (4.12 g) in China 118 line. Flowering time of different collected lines varied significantly with average value of 175.5 days and the average line required for maturation of seedlings was 205.1 days. Plant height was the highest (248.9 ㎝) in China 107 line. Highest number of total picking leaves was 965ea, and the average picked period was 54 days. The major phenol compounds contained in Perilla frutescens showed wide variation for Syringic acid, Benzoic acid, Naringin, o-Coumaric acid, Myricetin, Naringenin and Hesperetin. Japan 139 line showed the highest level of total phenol contents (8254.0 ㎍/g, dry weight).

유색 수수인 황금찰수수를 도정할 때 grain과 함께 발생 하는 도정부산물인 hull과 bran의 4가지 용매 추출물의 총 폴리페놀 함량, 항산화 활성, 천연색소 함량과 RAW 264.7 세포주를 이용하여 항염증 활성을 검정하였으며 결과를 요 약하면 아래와 같다. 1. 도정부산물인 hull의 100% 메탄올과 70% 에탄올 추 출물에서 총 폴리페놀 함량이 29.4±0.4와 29.7±0.2 mg GAE/100 g으로 가장 많았고, ABTS 라디컬 소거능(IC50) 이 6.8±0.4, 6.3±0.1 μg/mL로 가장 높은 항산화 활성 을 나타내었다. 2. 총 천연색소 함량에서도 수수 hull의 0.5% 염산 함유 100% 메탄올 추출물에서 322.6±14.5 mg/100g으로 가 장 많은 색소 함량을 나타내었고 hull, bran, grain 모 두의 경우에서 0.5% 염산을 함유한 100% 메탄올을 용매로 추출한 경우에서 가장 많아 수수를 이용하여 천연색소를 추출할 경우 수수 부산물인 hull을 산을 함 유한 메탄올로 추출하였을 때 가장 많은 색소 추출물 을 얻을 수 있었다. 3. 수수 도정부산물과 grain 추출물을 LPS로 NO 생성을 유도한 RAW 264.7 세포에 처리하였을 때, 세포 독성 이 없는 100 ug/mL 농도 이하에서의 NO 생성 억제량 은 hull, bran, grain 추출물의 순으로 나타났고 hull 추 출물의 경우에 농도에 따라 가장 큰 NO 생성 억제를 보였으며 천연색소 화합물 중에서는 apigeninidin의 NO 생성 억제 활성을 확인하였다. 4. 위 결과를 종합해 볼 때, 수수 도정부산물 중 hull은 grain 에 비해 총 폴리페놀 화합물과 천연색소 함량이 높고 항산화 활성과 RAW 264.7 대식세포에서의 NO 생성 량 억제 활성이 우수하여 앞으로 수수 부산물이 항산 화 및 항염증 소재로 가능성이 있음을 확인하였다.

본 연구에서는 단옥수수 주요 품종인 고당옥과 구슬옥을 재배하여 고품질 단옥수수 생산 재배법을 보급하기 위한 기 초자료를 제공하고자 종실의 등숙 중 이화학적 특성 변화를 조사하였다. 파종시기와 관계없이 등숙이 진행됨에 따라 수 분 함량은 감소하고, 종실 100립의 생중과 건중은 증가하였 고(p<0.05), 파종시기가 늦어질수록 100립중의 증가 속도는 느려졌다. 종실의 조단백과 조회분 함량은 출사 후 일수가 경과함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 보였고, 조지방 함량은 유 의하게 증가하였다(p<0.05). 단옥수수 종실의 총 유리당 함 량은 파종시기와 관계없이 출사 후 일수가 경과함에 따라 유의하게 감소하였으나(p<0.05), 유리당을 구성하는 fructose, glucose, sucrose와 maltose의 조성은 파종시기에 따라 차이를 보였으며 그 중 sucrose가 대부분을 차지하고 있었다. 종 실의 전분 함량과 경도는 출사 후 일수가 경과함에 따라 유 의하게 증가하는 경향을 보였으며(p<0.05), 전분 함량의 증 가 속도 역시 100립중과 마찬가지로 파종이 늦어질수록 느 려지는 경향을 보였다. 수확 적기의 종실 수분함량은 68~ 69% 정도였으며, 전분 함량은 7월 10일 파종이 가장 높았 고 7월 30일 파종이 가장 낮았다. 적기에 수확한 단옥수수 의 단맛을 비교한 결과 고당옥은 4월 10일 파종한 것에 비 해 7월 20일, 7월 30일 파종이 약 1.8배와 1.4배 단맛이 높 은 반면 구슬옥은 파종시기와 상관없이 단맛의 정도가 비슷 하였다.

새로 개발된 유색미 품종인 중모1020의 왕겨를 이용한 색소의 조성과 함량을 분석하고 생리활성을 검정한 결과, 중모1020의 왕겨로부터 최초로 페튜니딘 색소를 다량함유 하고 있음을 Mass와 UPLC등의 기기분석을 통해 동정하였 다. 중모1020의 색소 조성 중 C-3-G 함량은 29.6%인데 비해 Pt-3-G의 함량이 68.3%를 차지하여 C-3-G 함량이 82.3% 인 기존의 벼 색소의 조성과는 완전히 다름을 보였다. 추출 용매 조건에 따른 분석 결과, 조추출물 수율은 100% 메탄 올에 1.0% HCl을 이용하였을 경우 수율이 11.4%로서 가장 높음을 보였고, 다음이 80% 메탄올에 1.0% HCl용매로 추 출한 경우였다. 안토시아닌 색소 추출량 역시 1.0% HCl을 함유한 100% 메탄올과 80% 메탄올에서 각각 275.0±4.1, 258.0±1.8 mg/100 g으로 가장 많았다. 항산화 활성 비교에 서는 전체 안토시아닌 색소함량이 많고 폴리페놀 추출율이 높은 1.0% HCl을 함유한 80% 메탄올 용매 추출물에서 가 장 항산화 활성이 높음을 보였다.

The six polysaccharide fractions were prepared by chromatographic procedure from the hot water extractsof the aboveground parts of Astragalus membranaceus. These six polysaccharides from aboveground parts of Astragalusmembranaceus Bunge were tested for gut-mucosal immune activity and acute toxicity. In a view of molecular weight, the sixfractions were estimated to be 75000, 88000, 129000 and 345000 Da, respectively. Component sugar analysis indicated thatthese fractions were mainly consisted of galactose (46.3~11.8%) and arabinose (35.4~9.9%) in addition to glucose,rhamnose, fucose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, glucuronic acid and galacturonic acid. Among the six major purifiedpolysaccharides, AMA-1-b-PS2 showed highest bone merrow cell proliferation and lymphocyte of Peyer's patch stimulatingactivity. It may be concluded that intestinal immune system modulating activity of aboveground parts from Astragalusmembranaceus Bunge is caused by polysaccharides having a polygalacturonan moiety with neutral sugars such as arabinoseand galactose. In single oral dose toxicity study, no differences were observed between control and treated groups in clinicalsigns. The results indicated that lethal dose 50 (LD50) of water extracts from Astragalus membranaceus-aboveground partswas found to be higher than 5000㎎/㎏/day in this experiment. From the above results, we may suggest that Astragalusmembranaceus-aboveground parts might have useful as a safe material for functional food and pharmaceutics.

Pharmacological studies and clinical practices have indicated that Radix Astragali, a dried root of Astragalusmembranaceus possesses a lot of biological activities, including antioxidant, hepatoprotective, anti-diabetic, tonic, diuretic,antimicrobial, antiviral, and immunological activities. These biological activities approved by the modern pharmacologicalstudies are mainly due to the constituents of Astragalus membranaceus including polysaccharides, saponins, flavonoids,amino acids, and trace elements. In resent, the main constituents in the root part showing a lot of biological activities hasbeen isolated also from the aboveground parts such as leaves and sprouts in our laboratory. However, the safety evaluationfor the aboveground parts of Astragalus membranaceus should be checked before expanding their application as one of food.In the study, a 90-day rat oral gavage study has been conducted with the extracts from Astragalus membranaceus-above-ground parts at doses of 1000, 3000, and 5000㎎/㎏/day. The following endpoints were evaluated: clinical observations, bodyweight, gross and microscopic pathology, clinical chemistry, and hematology. Based on the analysis of these endpoints, it wasestimated that NOEL (no observed effect level) for male rats and NOAEL (no observed adverse effect level) for female ratsare 5000㎎/㎏/day of the water-extracts from Astragalus membranaceus-aboveground parts.

This study was performed to determine the antimelanogenic effect and tyrosinase inhibitory activities of anthocyanin rich fraction (AN-SLP) from Liriope platyphylla Wang et Tang seeds. Anthocyanins isolated from L. platyphylla seeds revealed the presence of four major anthocyanin components, which were tentatively identified as delphinidin-3-Oglucoside, delphinidin-3-O-rutinoside, petunidin-3-O-rutinoside, and malvidin-3-O-rutinoside using semipreparative HPLC, 1H-NMR, 13C NMR, FAB-MS and LC/ES-MS. The inhibitory effect of AN-SLP on tyrosinase activity was studied using in vitro (against mushroom tyrosinase) and ex vivo (against B16 melanoma cell tyrosinase) models. Cellular tyrosinase activity was decreased by AN-SLP treatment in B 16 melanoma cells through dose dependent manner, but AN-SLP did not inhibit mushroom tyrosinase and L-DOPA oxidation directly. AN-SLP showed melanin inhibition by 53.2% at 50 μg/ml which was 0.7 times more efficient than the antimelanogenic effect of commercial arbutin and kojic acid (36.5%) also did not show cell toxicity. Additionally, AN-SLP inhibited the activity of α-glucosidase and the glycosylation of tyrosinase in melanoma cell. The resulting unsaturated glycosylation of tyrosinase makes it unstable and disturb correct transportation. From theses results, we conclude that AN-SLP could be used as anti-melanogenic agent for skin whitening.

Studies were carried to evaluated the influence of storage method by temperatures and fillers on yield and quality of seed rhizome in turmeric. Seed rhizome was stored at styrofoam box filled with rice hull and sand (3:1) or vermiculite for 30, 60 and 90 days at different temperatures (5, 10 and 15℃. compared to traditional method (rhizome only). Parameters were obtained for weight loss, cold injury, percentage of decayed in stored rhizome during storage periods. Also, the germination, growth pattern and yield from stored rhizome has been investigated. It was confirmed that storage of turmeric in stored with filled with vermiculite helps in prevention of rhizomes from microbial and fungal attack. The storage of rhizomes in styrofoam box without any filler at low temperature below 10℃. is not advocated due to heavy losses weight and decayed in management of postharvest for turmeric rhizome. Germination percentage, growth pattern and yield was maximum for rhizomes stored at styrofoam box filled with vermiculite for 90 days at 15℃. The paper outlines a brief attempt to assess the efficacy of non-chemical methods including optimal storage method (temperature and filler) of control of decay and moisture losses during storage of turmeric.