본 연구에서는 천일염의 아직 밝혀지지 않은 기능성과 청국장의 효과를 감안하여 천일염으로 제조된 청국장의 기능적 우수성을 평가하기 위하여 Bacillus subtilis DJI 균주를 접종하여 발효시킨 무염청국장, 3% 천일염 첨가 청국장, 3% 정제염 첨가 청국장과 3% 정제염이 첨가되어진 시판청국장의 에탄올, 물 및 헥산 추출물의 항산화력을 비교 검토하였다. 청국장 에탄올, 헥산 및 물 추출 수율은 각각 , , 범위로 청국장 용매별 간에는 서
The antioxidant effects of chungkukjang, a popular fermented soybean paste in Korea, prepared with solar salt were investigated in vitro. DJI chungkukjang(DJIC) was prepared using 3%(w/w) solar salt or 3%(w/w) refined salt, and fermented by Bacillus subtilis DJI. All of DJIC with no salt, DJIC with 3%(w/w) solar salt, DJIC containing 3%(w/w) refined salt, and commercial chungkukjang were extracted with ethanol, hexane, and water. Antioxidative activities were measured by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl hydrazyl(DPPH) free-radical generation, nitrite scavenging activity, peroxide value in the presence of linoleic acid, and the Rancimat test, in comparison with the commercial antioxidant butylated hydroxytoluene(BHT). Ethanol chungkukjang extracts showed the highest antioxdative capacities, whereas DPPH free-radical generation and scavenging activities, and linoleic acid peroxide values of DJIC extracts prepared using solar salt, and salt-free DJIC, showed the greatest values. In addition, extracts of DJIC prepared using solar salt had the highest antioxidant indices. Antioxidative activities were higher in DJIC extracts than in those of commercial chungkukjang. However, the antioxidative capacities of DJIC prepared using solar salt and DJIC with no added salt were less than those of BHT. In conclusion, these results suggest that extracts of chungkukjang prepared using solar salt are useful nutritional antioxidants and that dietary supplementation with such materials would decrease oxidative stress.