Changes in contents of free sugars, amino acids, and fatty acids of legumes were analyzed for each phase of in vitro digestion. In addition, contents of resistant starch in raw and digested pulses were compared. Soybeans, kidney beans, cowpeas, and chickpeas were analyzed. An in vitro digestion model was used to analyze contents of nutrients using LC-MS and GC-MS. Stachyose in kidneybean, cowpea, and chickpea increased as the digestion phase progressed. In four types of legumes, raffinose slightly decreased or showed no significant difference between the Oral phase and the BBMV phase. Content of glucose, a monosaccharide, increased during the BBMV phase. During the digestion phase, levels of free amino acids and free fatty acids also increased. Content of resistant starch was reduced compared to that in the raw material. It was 0.01g/100 g food in soybean, 1.06 g/100 g food in red kidney bean, 0.77g/ 100g food in cowpea, and 0.76 g/100 g food in chickpea. It was confirmed that nutrients in the in vitro digestion model were liberated at each digestion phase with changes in the content of resistant starch. These results are expected to be used as fundamental data for obtaining bioavailability of nutrients.

The Cheonggukjang used in this study was made with four soybean cultivars grown and harvested at the National Agrobiodiversity Center of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences: C1 (KLS87248), C2 (Nongrim 51), C3 (GNU- 2007-14613), and C4 (Daewon). The soybeans were inoculated with Bacillus subtilis AFY-2 and fermented for 0, 12, 21, 36, 45, and 60 h in a culture room at 35°C. ABTS and DPPH radical scavenging activities were significantly increased upon fermentation for 12 hours in all samples and maintained or decreased after 21 hour The inhibition of NO production was significantly increased compared to the LPS-treated group, and the C2 sample showed inhibition of NO production at 12 hours of fermentation, and the C3 sample showed inhibition at 21 hours of fermentation. PCA analysis revealed that the ABTS and DPPH radical scavenging activity and NO production inhibitory activity reached peak levels around 12 h fermentation time for all samples. Our results indicate that the optimal fermentation time of the Cheonggukjang sample is 12 hours, confirming the high correlation of all experiments.

In this study, soybean pods of 45 soybean landraces (or varieties) were classified as yellow (19 samples), black (23 samples), or black in green (3 samples) based on soybean seed coat color. Total polyphenol and flavonoid contents were measured, and antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, and estrogen-like activities were assessed. Total polyphenol and flavonoid content ranges were 24.13-108.03 mg GAE/g and 3.31-72.02 mg CE/g, respectively, and were highest in the black group followed by the yellow group and were least in the black in green group, while ABTS and DPPH activities followed the order black in green > black > yellow. Estrogen-like and estrogen receptor-α activity ranges were 29.06-35.58 pg/mL and 7.05-10.13 pg/mL and were followed the order yellow > black > black in green and black in green > yellow > black, respectively. Nitric oxide (NO) inhibitory and UCP-1 activities followed the same order as estrogen receptor-α activities. Our findings suggest that soybean pods are excellent sources of antioxidants and high-quality functional materials.

Ca2SiO4를 모체로 한 열형광체에도 활성제로 La를 0.1 wt.%, 0.3 wt.%, 0.5 wt.%, 1.0 wt.%의 농도로 첨가하여 1000℃의 질소 분위기의 전기로에서 90분 동안 소결한 후 입자의 크기를 100 ㎛로 일정하게 선별한 후 측정에 사용하 였다. 저에너지 X-선을 조사한 후 측정한 경우 0.1 wt.%에서 상대적으로 열형광 강도가 크게 나타났다. peak shape 법으로 구한 활성화 에너지는 0.434 ～ 0.516 eV이며, 주파수 인자는 0.5 ～ 0.56으로 2차 발광이었다. 자외선을 조사 한 후 측정한 경우 0.3 wt.%에서 상대적인 열형광 강도가 크게 나타났고, 활성화 에너지는 0.415 ～ 0.477 eV이며, 주파수 인자는 0.5 ～ 0.53 으로 2차 발광이었다. 저에너지 방사선에 대한 방사선량과 열형광 강도는 선형적임을 나타 내어 열형광선량계로서 좋은 특성을 나타내고 있다. 본 연구에서 제작한 CaB4O7, Ca2SiO4 열형광체는 저에너지 영역의 방사선에 대하여 우수한 열형광 특성을 가짐을 알 수 있었고, 향후 선량계의 제작에 좋은 물질이 될 것으로 생각한다.