This current survey was conducted to examine consumer attitudes toward factors determining beef purchasing and improving distribution systems. The frequency of beef purchasing was shown to reflect social and economic status, where inhabitants in large cities, such as Seoul, with higher salaries showed a higher frequency. In addition, consumers that were in their forties bought beef more frequently than consumers that were in their twenties. Consumers in Seoul and the megalopolis with a monthly income of higher than 200 million won preferred to purchase meat from department stores and discount markets. In contrast, people in small cities with lower incomes tended to buy meat from butcher shops and brand shops. In a question regarding unsatisfaction factors of retail beef, individuals that were in their thirties with a high income had concerns associated with packaging problems. For people under thirty with low income, the consistency of quality and price were the prime concerns. In regards to the beef grading system, consumer response varied between inhabitants, monthly income and age group, where consumers from small cities that were in their twenties and forties with a low income had a negative viewpoint. For the differential beef distribution system, housewives between the ages of 30 and 40 from a small city with an income higher than 200 million won had a positive response; however, a large number of consumers were not familiar with this system. The most demanding beef cuts were in the following order: loin, flank and rib. In addition, the most important factors determining purchasing beef were as follows: price, breed and portion.

재래식 메주에서 분리된 고온성 효모, Saccharomyces cerevisive OE-16의 각종 생리적 특성과 알코올 발효력을 조사하였다. Saccharomyces cerevisive OE-16은 30℃보다 40℃에서 더 잘 생육하였고 40%의 glucose에 내성을 보였다. 또한 시험균주는 4% NaCl과 15%KCl에 내성을 보였고 Pb^2+와 Hg^2+에 대하여 1, 200ppm까지, potassium sorbate에 대해서는 500ppm까지 내성이 있었다. Glucose를 20% 함유한 배지로 30℃에서 72시간 발효시켰을 때 약 83.4g/liter의 에탄올을 생성하였고 40℃에서는 20% glucose로부터 9.5g/l의 에탄올을 생성하였다.

본 연구에서는 일반적으로 섭취하고 있는 식품재료나 음식 중에 공통적으로 함유한 성분 또는 가공중에 많이 첨가되는 성분을 선정하여 이들이 Helicobacter pylori 생육에 어떤 영향을 미치는지를 검토하였다. 첫째, 일반식품의 주요 성분인 탄소원, 질소원, 무기질을 대상으로 Helicobacter pylori 생육에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 그 결과 식품성분 중 탄소원의 종류에 따라 균일 생육활성은 다르게 나타났다. 우선 단당류가 이당류나 다당류에 비교하여 생육을 촉진하였고 특히 단당류 중 포도당은 가장 균의 생육에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 만노오스는 균의 생육을 오히려 억제시키는 것으로 나타났다. 당알코올류인 솔비톨, 만니톨, 말티톨, 크리시톨 등은 균의 생육에 아무런 영향을 미치지 않은 것으로 나타났다. 질소원과 Helicobacter pylori의 생육과의 관계는 평소 식생활에서 많이 섭취된다고 생각되는 일반 음식에 많이 함유되어 있는 유기형 아미노산 성분고 무기형 질소화합물을 대상으로 균의 생육 정도를 비교하였다. 리신, 메티오닌, 시스테인, 트립토판 등은 균의 생육을 촉진하고 아르기닌, 황산암모늄, 염화암모늄 등은 균의 생육에 도움이 되지 않고 암노니아, 요소등은 균의 생육에 도움이 되지 않고 암모니아, 요소 등은 균의 생육에 조금 영향을 미침을 관찰할 수 있었다. 특히 리신과 메티오닌은 가장 균의 생육에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 무기염류의 영향에서는 황산마그네슘, KH-2PO_4, 염화마그네슘 등은 큰 영향을 미치지 못하였고 황산철, 염화제일철, 염화제이철은 생육을 억제하는 것으로 나타났다. 식품첨가물의 Helicobacter pylori의 생육 정도를 검토한 것으로, 그 다음이 질화나트륨, 염화나트륨 순이었으며 토코페롤은 전혀 생육에 영향을 미치지 못하였다.

혐기성 광조건의 낮은 농도의 NH_4^+존재하에서 포도당으로부터 많은 양의 수소를 생성하는 홍색 비유황 광합성 세균을 수계혐기층으로부터 분리하였다. 이 세균은 형태적, 배양적, 생리적 특성에 따라 Rhodobacter sphaeroides KS56으로 동정되었다.

Korean fresh elephant-foot (Amorphophalus konjak K. Koch) and its powder were analyzed and compared with foreign samples to investigate the physico-chemical characteristics of Korean konjak. The Korean fresh konjak contained 80.6% of moisture content and most of the solid component comprises much of sugar, protein and trace of fat and fibre. The mannan content of Korean konjak powder is far smaller than those of Japanese and Chinese konjak powder. The analysis of the Korean konjak revealed that glutamic acid, aspartic acid and arginine included 45% of total amount, and other amino acid was incresaed with the order of valine, serine, leucine and glycine. The Korean konjak contained a moderate amount of K component and other inorganic component was larger with the order of P, Na and Ca. The yield of refined powder obtained from dried chip of Konjak was 61.0% in Korean one and 57.5% in Chinese one. The degree of lightness of Chinese konjak powder was slightly higher than that of Korean product, but the difference could not be recognized by naked eye.

본 연구는 국내산 및 중국산 단메밀과 쓴메밀의 일반성 분, 아미노산 조성, 지방산 조성과 루틴 함량을 분석하였다. 다양한 메밀의 수분, 조단백질, 조지방, 조회분, 탄수화물의 함량은 각각 8.78~13.37, 11.00~12.11, 2.87~3.18, 1.80~2.58, 70.2~73.8%로 분석되었다. 국내산 및 중국산 메밀의 주요 아미노산은 aspartic acid(1,105.1~1,403.5mg%), glutamine (2,250.9~2,996.1 mg%), arginine(932.5~1,388.6 mg%)로 분 석되었으며, K(423.7~569.4 mg%), Mg(181.8~255.9 mg%), P(328.6~555.0 mg%)가 주요 미네랄로 분석되었다. 한편, 지방산 조성은 포화지방산인 palmitic acid(14.2~16.1%)와 불포화 지방산인 oleic acid(37.0~40.8%), linoleic acid (31.7~38.6%)가 주요 지방산으로 분석되었다. 또한, 국내산 및 중국산 메밀의 주요 phenolic compound는 루틴으로 분석 되었으며, 쓴메밀(261.0~265.0 mg/g)이 단메밀(4.39~5.68 mg/g)보다 높은 함량을 보였다. 본 연구를 종합하면, 국내산 단메밀은 중국산 단메밀과 비교하여 영양성분은 크게 차이 를 보이지 않았으나, 메밀의 주요 활성성분인 루틴은 약간 높게 함유되어 있었다. 또한 국내산 쓴메밀은 중국산 쓴메 밀에 비하여 Ca, Fe 함량이 높았으며, 루틴 역시 약간 높은 함유량을 보였다. 따라서, 메밀에서 주요 활성성분으로 제 시되고 있는 루틴의 함량이 중국산 메밀보다 국내산 메밀에 높게 함유되어 있기 때문에 국내산 메밀에서 더 높은 생리 활성이 나타날 것으로 기대된다.

This study was performed in order to provide basic data for predicting the usefulness of Jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus) as a food raw material. The changes in the physicochemical properties of freeze-dried and hot air-dried Jicama were investigated and analyzed. The moisture content of raw Jicama was 81.84%. The crude protein, crude fat, crude ash and carbohydrate content of hot air-dried Jicama powder were 2.85, 0.79, 7.93 and 88.44%, while those of freeze-dried Jicama powder were 3.93, 0.83, 7.92 and 87.32%, respectively on dry basis. Regarding the color values, the lightness of freeze-dried Jicama (92.86) was higher than that of the hot air-dried Jicama (88.01), whereas the redness (-0.67) and yellowness (3.21) of freeze-dried Jicama were lower than those of the hot air-dried Jicama (0.43) and (11.96), respectively. The brown index was lower in the freeze-dried Jicama (0.029) than in hot air-dried Jicama (0.107). The total sugar content showed no significant differences between freeze (46.49 mg/g) and hot air-dried Jicama (45.11 mg/g). Finally, the amylose content was higher in freeze-dried Jicama (5.66%) than in hot air-dried Jicama (6.63%).

This study was conducted to investigate the physicochemical characteristic of Carthamus tinctorius L. seed and to assess its total phenol content, total flavonoids content and antimicrobial activity. The moisture, crude protein, crude fat, crude ash and carbohydrates of the Carthamus tinctorius L. seed were 5.58, 37.16, 13.69, 3.52, and 40.05%, respectively. Total amino acid in Carthamus tinctorius L. seed was 391.99 mg%. The major free sugar of Carthamus tinctorius L. seed were fructose(3.29%) and sucrose(1.74%). Linoleic acid(79.46%) was a major fatty acids in the crude fat of Carthamus tinctorius L. seed. The K and Ca contents were the highest in Carthamus tinctorius L. seed. Total phenol and total flavonoids contents of the ethanolic extract were 55.52 ± 0.99 mg GAE/g and 78.69 ± 0.91 mg QE/g, respectively. The extract from Carthamus tinctorius L. seed showed growth inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium, Escheria coli, Candida albicans, Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Clustridium perfringens. These results indicate that the Carthamus tinctorius L. seed extract can inhibit food pathogen associated with total phenol and total flavonoids contents.

Recently, NADPH oxidase 4 (NOX4)-mediated generation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) was proposed to accelerate adipogenesis of 3T3-L1 cell. We have previously shown that Cheonnyuncho (Opuntia humifusa) extract significantly inhibited adipocyte differentiation via downregulation of PPARγ (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma) gene expression. In this study, we focused on the molecular mechanism(s) of NOX4, G6PDH (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase) and antioxidant enzymes in anti-oxidative activities of 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Our results indicate that Cheonnyuncho extracts markedly inhibits ROS production during adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 cells. Cheonnyuncho extracts suppressed the mRNA expression of the pro-oxidant enzyme such as NOX4 and theNADPH-producing G6PDH enzyme. In addition, treatment with Cheonnyuncho extract was found to upregulate mRNA levels of antioxidant enzymes such as Mn-SOD (manganese-superoxide dismutase), Cu/Zn-SOD (copper/zinc-SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathion reductase (GR), and catalase, all of which are important for endogenous antioxidant responses. These data suggest that Cheonnyuncho extract may be effective in preventing the rise of oxidative stress during adipocyte differentiation through mechanism(s) that involves direct down regulation of NOX4 and G6PDH gene expression or via upregulation of endogenous antioxidant responses.

In this study, 80% ethanolic extracts of tartary and common buckwheats were assessed for their total phenol content, total flavonoids content, antioxidant activity (DPPH, ABTS radical scavenging activity and reducing power), and anti-adipogenic effects. Our results show that total phenol contents of 80% ethanolic extract from tartary and common buckwheats were 17.35±0.41 and 8.20±0.28 μg GAE/g, respectively. Antioxidant activities of 80% ethanolic extract from tartary buckwheat were significantly higher than that of common buckwheat extract (p<0.05). During adipocyte differentiation, 80% ethanolic extracts of tartary and common buckwheat significantly inhibited lipid accumulation compared to control cells. We further evaluated the effect of buckwheat extracts on the changes of key gene expression associated with 3T3-L1 adipogenesis and ROS production. Tartary buckwheat extract was more suppressed the mRNA expressions (PPARγ and aP2) than that of common buckwheat extract. Moreover, tartary buckwheat inhibited the mRNA expression of both NOX4 (NADPH oxidase 4) and G6PDH (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase). These results indicate that anti-adipogenesis effect of tartary buckwheat can be attributed to phenolic compound that may potentially inhibit ROS production.

최근 천년초 선인장은 녹차 및 양파와 같은 피토케미칼(phytochemical)에 함유된 페놀성 화합물의 중요한 소재로 보고되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 천년초 열수 및 80% 에탄올 추출물의 총 페놀 및 총 플라보노이드 함량, 항산화 활성(DPPH 라디칼 소거능 및 환원력) 및 항비만 활성을 평가하였다. 총 페놀 함량은 천년초 열수 추출물 및 80% 에탄올 추출물에서 각각 와 mg GAE/g로 나타난 반면, 총 폴라보노이드 함량은 80% 에탄올