국내 연안의 대표적인 갈조류인 다시마로부터 효과적인 알긴산을 추출하기 위해 다시마 추출액의 전처리 추출공정인 열수 추출공정, 당 또는 염첨가에 의한 추출 및 효소 첨가추출공정에 따른 다시마 추출액의 물성변화를 조사하였다. 열수 추출 및 효소 첨가 추출공정의 경우 추출시간이 증가할수록 점성이 증가함을 보였으며, 추출시간 l시간 이후부터는 비교적 완만한 증가치를 보였다. 당 또는 염첨가에 의한 추출공정시 첨가된 농도가 증가할수록 점성이 증가하였으며, EDTA-2Na의 경우는 첨가농도에 관계없이 매우 낮은 정성치를 나타내었다.
The objective of this research was to characterize viscosity of sea tangle extract isolated from sea tangles in Korea to obtain basic data for production of dietary fiber materials with new functional properties. The viscosity of sea tangle extract was increased as the the extraction time increased. However, these values increased significantly up to 1 hour of extraction time and then slow increased in case of hot water extraction and enzymatic hydrolyzed sea tangle extract. As for addition of sugar and salts, the values of viscosity of sea tangle extract was very low in the addition of EDTA-2Na regardless of concentration. But in case of sucrose and NaCl, the viscosity of sea tangle extract were tended to decreased up to 2.5% concentration.