S. aureus, E. coli, C. albicans, A. niger 등 4종의 식중독균에 대해 agar diffusion법을 이용하여 홍삼(Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer)으로부터 조제한 홍삼농축액, 조사포닌, 비수용성 분획에 대한 항균활성을 조사하였다. 그 결과, 홍삼농축액 및 비수용성분획은 E. coli, C. albicans, A. niger에 대해서는 항균활성을 나타내지 않았고 조사포닌도 고농도인 30%를 제외한 모든 농도에서 항균활성을 나타내지 않았다. S. aureus는 Gram positive 세균으로서 화농성 식중독의 원인균이면서 동시에 아토피성 피부염의 원인균으로 알려져 있는데, 홍삼농축액은 30% 농도에서 이 균에 대해 항균활성을 나타내었고 조사포닌도 7.5%에서 항균활성을 나타내었다. 홍삼으로부터 조제한 비수용성 분 획도 10~200 mg/mL 농도로 실험한 결과 모든 분획에서 항균효과를 나타내었다. 조사포닌 및 홍삼농축액의 미생물 생육저해양상을 조사하기 위해 미리 S. aureus를 접종 한 0.85% 생리식염수에 농축액 및 조사포닌을 농도별로 첨가하고 35oC, 12시간 배양한 후 생균수를 측정한 결과, 홍삼농축액은 10% 이상의 농도에서, 조사포닌은 2% 이상의 농도에서 각각 균의 생육을 억제하였다. 그러나 이러한 농도에서도 생균수는 완전히 사멸되지 않아서 홍삼농 축액 및 조사포닌의 S. aureus에 대한 생육억제작용은 살균작용이 아닌 정균 작용으로 추정되었다. 사포닌의 항균 활성 유무를 확인하기 위해 순수 분리된 ginsenoside 6종 (PT saponin, PD saponin, ginsenoside-Rb2,-Rc,-Rd,-Rf,- Rg2)의 항균활성을 50~200 μg/mL의 농도에서 조사한 결 과 모두 항균효과가 관찰되지 않아서 ginsenoside는 S. aureus에 대해서는 항균효과가 없는 것으로 사료된다. 한편 사포닌을 제외한 비사포닌 성분인 비수용성분획에 대해 상기의 4종 병원성미생물을 대상으로 항균활성을 조사한 결과 E. coli, C. albicans, A. niger에 대해서는 항균효과가 관찰되지 않았고 S. aureus에 대해서만 선택적인 항균활성을 나타내었다. 항균활성 발현 비수용성분획 중 15% methanol분획(MF-1)이 가장 높은 항균활성을 나타내어 이에 대한 최소생육저해농도를 조사한 결과 0.625 mg/mL 이었다. MF-1 분획을 질량분석기(HPLC-MS)로 조사한 결과 주요한 활성성분은 분자량 179.55 및 187.55를 가지는 물질로 추정되었다.

Quality stability of the herb pill coated with edible oils containing rosemary was investigated. Herb pills were made of herb powders such as Panax ginseng, Cinnamomum cassia, Lycium chinense, Zyzyphus jujuba and Zingiber officinale. Rapeseed oil and lubriol were used as edible coating oil. After herb pills coated with edible oils with or without rosemary were stored at 40℃ for 180 days, the microbial viable cell counts and peroxide values(POV) of the herb pill were investigated. After 180 day storage, POVs of herb pills with only rapeseed oil or lubriol were 0.51 and 0.49 meq/kg, respectively. However, when rosemary was added in herb pills the POVs were decreased to 0.30 and 0.39 meq/kg, respectively. The addition of rosemary to the rapeseed oil and lubriol tended to decrease the microbial viable cell counts of the herb pill. The microbial viable cell counts of rapeseed oil and lubriol were 940 and 820CFU/g, respectively after 180 days of storage. However, these levels were suppressed to 720 and 640CFU/g by the resemary addition. On the other hand, the ginseng saponin content of herb pills was not affected by the rosemary addition during storage.

오염된 인삼분말로부터 1 종의 세균을 순수분리하여 API kit 및 전자현미경을 이용하여 형태적, 생리적 특성을 조사하였다. 분리균은 직경 0.6-1.0㎛, 길이는 1.2-3.0㎛ 이었고 세포표면에 편모를 가진 간균이었다. 분리균은 β-galactosdase, arginine dihydrolase, ornithin decarboxylase를 가지고 있으며 탄소원으로 citrate를 이용할 수 있지만 H_2S는 생성하지 못하였다. 또한 glucose, manitol, sorbitol, rhamnose, sucrose, melibiose, arabinose 등의 당 및 amygdalin을 탄소원으로 이용할 수 있었다. 이상의 API kit를 이용한 생리적 특성분석 및 전자현미경을 이용한 미세형태적 특성 관찰결과에 의해 본 균주는 장내세균과(Enterobacteriaceae)에 속하는 Enterobacter sp로 동정되었다. 한편 분리균주 Enterobacter sp.의 생육에 미치는 인삼사포닌의 영향을 조사한 결과 사포닌은 농도의존적으로 균의 생육을 억제하는 경향을 나타내었다. 즉, 사포닌을 0.05, 0.5, 2.0, 4.0% 첨가하고 38℃에서 3일 동안 배양한 후 사포닌 비첨가군과 비교한 결과 균의 상대적 성장률은 각각 75.0, 37.5, 7.5, 0.5%로 나타났다. 사포닌의 미생물 생육 억제작용은 비교적 고농도인 4.0% 사포닌 첨가시에도 초기의 6.0×10^6에서 2.0×10^7 CFU/g으로 완만한 증가경향을 나타내어 사멸작용보다는 정균작용일 것으로 추측된다.

Various sterilization methods were applied to the powder of ginseng for the improving hygienic quality. Ultra-violet (UV) and Infrared ray (IR) treatments could not inhibit highly growth of bacteria in ginseng powder. However, high hydrostatic pressure treatment showed high inhibition rate against bacterial growth in ginseng powder. Changes of viable cell count by the pressure showed positive relationship between growth inhibition rates and the pressures applied. When powder was treated with 2,000 kg/㎠ for 10 min at 25℃, initial viable cell count of the powder, 2.0 × 10⁴ CFU/g, was decreased to 1.0 × 10⁴ CFU/g. When it treated with 3,000, 4,000 and s,000 kg/㎠ of pressures under the same condition, viable cell counts were 8.0 × 10³, 7.0 × 10³ and 1.8 × 10³ CFU/g, respectively. Ginseng saponins of the powders were all detected when analyzed by TLC chromatography after treatment with the pressures. Therefore, it was considered that saponin of ginseng powder was stable under the condition of 5,000 kg/㎠ of pressure, even though the treatment induced coagulation of the powder.

This study was carried out to know the active fraction of Dryopteris rhizoma on antimicrobial activity against some food spoilage microorganisms. Also, antimicrobal activities were investigated for the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of four herbs such as Terminaliae fructus, Eugeniae flos, Salviae miltiorrhizae radix and Dryopteris rhizoma. Antimicrobial activities of three herbs except for Terminaliae fructus showed higher activities in 75% ethanolic extracts than in aquoeus extract. Ethanolic extract of Dryopteris rhizoma showed the highest antimicrobial activity among extracts of four herbs. Antimicrobial activity intensities of solvent fractions of Dryopteris rhizoma extracted by 75% ethanol were order to CHCl₃ fraction$gt;EtOAc fraction $gt;BuOH fraction$gt;H₂O fraction. The CHCl_(3+) EtOAc and BuOH fractions also inhibited growth of food spoilage microorganisms as the concentration increased, respectively. In case of EtOAc fraction, 1000 ppm of fraction almost inhibited completely the growth of microorganisms tested.

생약제 농축액의 품질 안정성을 확보하기 위한 기초자료를 제공하고자 생약제 농축액에서 수분 활성도 변화에 따른 미생물 성장 변화 및 일부 이화학적 특성 변화를 조사하였다. 수분활성도를 각각 0.86, 0.80, 0.69로 조정한 생약제 농축액을 40℃에서 180일 동안 저장한 후 세균의 생균수를 측정한 결과 수분활성도 0.86(수분활성도 63.85%)시료의 경우 초기생균수가 18/g에서 90일 저장시 80/g으로 180일 저장시 190/g으로 증가하였다. 수분활성도 0.80(수분함량 43.04%) 경우에는 초기생균수가 24/g에서 90일 저장시 83/g으로, 180일 저장시 170/g으로 증가하였다. 그러나 수분활성도 0.69(수분함량 33.05%)경우에는 초기생균수가 16/g에서 90일 및 180일 저장시 각각 20/g, 25/g으로 큰 균수 증가를 나타내지 않았다. 한편 수분활성도에 따른 병원성 미생물의 성장은 수분활성도가 낮을수록 저해되었으며 C. albicans, A. niger의 경우 28℃에서 30일 저장 후 초기생균수가 150/g, 140/g에서 각각 30/g, 20/g으로 크게 감소하였고, E. coli, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa의 경우에도 수분활성도 0.69 시료에서는 37℃에서 30일 저장 후 생균수가 0로 나타나서 균은 완전히 사멸되었다. 수분활성도 0.85, 0.80, 0.69시료에서 pH 의 변화는 180일 저장시의 pH에서 초기 pH를 뺀 pH의 감소폭이 자각 0.84, 0.72, 0.31로 나타나서 수분활성도가 낮을수록 pH의 감소폭이 적은 경향이었다. 생약제 농축액에 포함된 인삼 중의 지표성분인 사포닌은 180일 저장한 시료에서 측정한 사포닌함량에서 저장초기 시료의 함량을 뺀 사포닌함량의 감소폭은 0.12~0.30%로 나타나서 비교적 작은 편이었다. 또한 생약제 농축액에 감미료, 산미료 등의 첨가물을 첨가하여 40℃에서 60일 및 180일 동안 저장한 후 TLC로 사포닌을 조사한 결과 모든 사포닌이 확인되어 이러한 조건에서 사포닌은 안정한 것으로 생각된다.

Alcohol treatment was applied to ginseng powder for the improving hygienic quality of ginseng powder. A bacterial strain designated as GT5 was isolated from ginseng powder contaminated and was identified as Escherichia coli species by IMVIC test method. Ethanol used as alcohol, inhibited strongly the growth of coliforms in ginseng powder at the concentrations of 50 to 90%. Ethanol treatment also decreased numbers of total bacteria at the same concentrations. There was not significant changes in saponin of ginseng powder after treated with ethanol. However, ethanol treatment caused a decrease in Hunter's color L value and an increase in a and b values of ginseng powder. As a hygienic quality control of ginseng powder, ethanol treatment could be considered as an effective means for decontaminating microorganisms in ginseng powder.

One kind of fungus was isolated and identified from comtaminated red-ginseng in order to give fundermental data for improving hygienic quality of ginseng product. The isolated strain was identified as Aspergillus sp. Hyphae of the strain had septum structure. The strain showed vesicle and aterigmata structure which were typical characteristics of Aspergillus species. The growth of the strain was slightly inhibited by sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate at a concentration of 0.05%. The strain showed no growth at 4.0% potassium sorbate. The isolated strain Aspergillus sp. showed no significant degradation in the presence of red-ginseng saponins.

As a preliminary experiment to investigate the effect of ozone sterelization on the ginseng powder, the changes of fatty acid composition and organic acid content and sensory properties in ginseng powder treated with ozone was investigated. Ginseng powder was treated with 0.5 ppm ozone for 24 hours and 48 hours, respectively. With increase in ozone treatment time, the content of crude lipid and total unsaturated fatty acid decreased, whereas composition of total saturated fatty acid increased. Contents of unsaturated fatty acid-linolenic acid, linoleic acid, and oleic acid, etc.-decreased with ozone treatment time, whereas saturated fatty acid of same number-stearic acid-increased. Contents of organic acid were not shown significant changes. Ginseng odor, roasted odor, bitter taste, roasted taste and sweet taste were thicker with ozone treatment times, but pungent taste was thicker with those treatment. These changes of ordors and tastes of ginseng powder with ozone treatment were predicted by oxydation of lipids, flavor components and saponins.

Ozone treatment was applied to ginseng powder for the improving hygienic quality of ginseng powder. A bacterial strain was isolated form ginseng powder contaminated. The strain designated as GT4, was identified as Escherichia coli species by IMVIC test method. Ozone inhibited strongly total bacteria and coliforms in ginseng powder(initial concentration 10³/g) at 0.35 ppm. High ozone concentration reduced death time of the total bacteria in ginseng powder. However, ozone treatment caused significant degradation in saponins of ginseng powder. Ozone treatment also caused a increase in Hunter's color L value and decrease in a and b values of ginseng powder.

Dry rehydratable film (Petrifilm) method was compared with the standard pate count (SPC) method for estimation of total bacteria in ginseng products. Ginseng products (7 sample) was analyzed for total count by the SPC, and Petrifilm methods, respectively. In the case of ginseng tea, ginseng extract, ginseng extract pill, ginseng powder capsule, and ginseng extract tea,. they showed non-significant values at the 1 level. However, the values of ginseng powder and tablet showed significant at the 1 level. These results generally indicate the suitability of the dry rehydratable film methods as alternatives to the SPC method for estimating of total bacteria in ginseng product samples except to ginseng powder and ginseng tablet.

Background : This study of investigate the quality characteristics of Korean Dioscoreae Rhizoma by species and various processing methods. We used two types of species D. Rhizoma, which were the long type shape of D. batatas and short type shape of D. japoninca, respectively. Methods and Results : The reaction of D. Rhizoma with acetic acid and iodine showed light blue to blue colours, respectively. When compared with loss of drying between two species, the long type species was about 2% more higher than that of short type of species. When compared with processing methods, the both steamed and dried samples was more higher 2.0 - 3.0% than that of non-steamed samples. The contents of acid-insoluble ash samples with peel was relatively higher than that of samples containing no-peel. The results of TLC analysis also showed the same Rf and colours when compared with the standard of D. Rhizoma. However, both dried sample with peel (DWP) showed more clear spot than those of dried sample except peel (DEP) and both steamed and dried sample except peel (SDEP). Conclusion : We sincerely hope that this study will be contributed to the standardization and quality control of korean herbal medicines.

Background: Leonurine is a the aerial part of Leonurus japonicus Houttuyn, which has been used as a traditional medicines and is registered in the Korean Pharmacopoeia.Methods and Results:In the present study we performed a heavy metals and thin layer chromatography and measured loss on drying, as well as the contents of total ash, acid-insoluble ash, ethanol soluble compounds, and leonurine, using 15 domestically collected L. japonicus samples. The methods were performed according to the ‘crude drugs test of the general test, processes and apparatus’, published by MFDS, Korea (2014). The purity test (heavy metals) indicated that levels of Pb and Hg were 0.35 - 3.64, and 0.001 ppm, respectively, whereas the levels of As and Cd were undetectable, and stachydrine was identified by thin layer chromatography (Rf : 0.15). We found that 5.93 - 10.62% (average: 8.58 ± 1.8%) of the sample mass was lost during drying, and the contents of total ash, acid-insoluble ash, ethanol soluble compounds, and leonurine were 7.87 - 10.84% (average: 9.62 ± 0.82%), 0.99 - 1.76% (average: 1.38 ± 0.24%), 16.70 - 23.11% (average: 19.49 ± 2.14%) and 0.04 - 0.17% (average: 0.11 ± 0.04%) respectively. In addition, HPLC profiling detected leonurine (5.94 min), rutin (16.43 min) and myricetin (26.78 min).Conclusions:We hope that this the rusult of the present study will contribute to the standardization and quality control of Korean herbal medicines.

115 종의 생약재 중에서 식품부패성 및 병원성 미생물을 대상으로 항균활성을 나타내는 생약자원을 검색한 결과 식품부패성 세균 Bacillus subtilis에 강한 항균활성을 보인 것은 단삼, 관중, 가자, 독활, 파고지, 오미자이었으며, 식중독균인 효모 Candida albicans IFO6258에 대해서는 지모와 관중 두 생약재가, 식품부패성 효모 Schizosaccharomyces sp.에 대해서는 지모, 관중, 원지가 각각 강한 항균 활성을 보였다. Streptococcus mutans에 대해서는 관중, 단삼, 소목, 방기, 오미자, 오배자, 고삼, 목향이 강한 항균 활성을 보였다. 피부 각층 및 모발에 침입하여 피부병을 야기하는 백선균 Trichonphyton mentagrophytes에 대해서는 지모, 강황, 목향, 호장근, 지유, 황금, 가자들이 항균활성을 나타내었다 . 항균spectrum이 넓으면서 비교적 항균활성이 강한 관중, 단삼, 가자, 황금에 항균활성이 강한 생약자원인 가자, 계피, 방기, 황금등의 생약재를 각각 1 : 1로 혼합한 추출물에 대한 항균활성을 조사한 결과 모든 혼합 추출물에서 단독 추출물 보다 강한 항균활성을 나타내었다.

추출 시간을 5시간으로, 추출 온도를 33-5로 설정한 진공역적방식 조건과 8의 고온의 다중단 추출방식 간의 조사포닌 함량비교 결과, 고온의 다중단 추출방법으로 제조한 흥삼엑스의 조사포닌 함량이 8.1-8.2%인데 비하여, 저온 및 단시간 추출인 진공역적 추출방법은 조사포닌 함량이 5.4-5.9%로 조사포닌 함량은 낮은 반면에 사포닌 Rg 및 Re의 분해가 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 진공역적 추출방법이 다중단 추출방식보다 수율에서도 15-