본 연구는 한방생약재로 사용되고 있는 자화지정의 식품학적 가치와 식품소재로서의 개발 가능성을 검토하기 위하여 국내에서 채집된 자화지정의 기원식물인 제비꽃과 한방재료로 유통, 판매되고 있는 중국산 자화지정을 비교, 분석하였다. 분석 결과 자화지정 꽃의 환원당과 유리당이 각각 10,485.11 mg%와 118.85 mg%로 가장 많았으며, 수용성 단백질과 폴리페놀의 함량도 각각 1,259.26 mg%와 2366.67 mg%로 함량이 높은 것으로 확인

This study compared amino acids and effective components of Viola mandshurica produced in Korea with those of Chinese plants, as part of a study on nutritional andfunctional materials, to aid in the development of a valuable food. The contents of reducing sugar, free sugar, polyphenols, and soluble protein in the flowers of V. mandshurica were higher than in other fractions, being 10,485.11 mg%, 118.85 mg%, 1,259.26 mg%, and 23.67 mg%, respectively. Total flavonoid content of Chinese leaves was the highest at 2,370.75 mg%, followed by 1,844.43 mg% in Korean leaves. Free amino acids were highest in Korean leaves (5,345.21 mg%), followed by roots (4,692.24 mg%), flowers (3,807.87 mg%), and leaves of China plants (3,613.81 mg%). Arginine accounted for 55% of free amino acids in the roots, and all plant fractions contained more valine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, alanine, and arginine, than other amino acids. The total content of amino acid derivatives was the highest (9,058.80 mg%) in Korean leaves. Especially, -aminoadipic acid constituted over 50% of total amino acid derivatives in all plant parts of V. mandshurica. When mineral contents were analyzed, leaves grown in China showed the highest content of 5,917.57 mg%, and the contents of K, Ca, and Mg were much greater than those of other minerals, together comprising over 95% of total mineral content in leaves and flowers from Korea.

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