This study summarized findings from an investigation into the awareness and evaluation of traditional foods among 197 male and female university students in the Chungnam area. The results were as follows. Regarding awareness of cooktable setting of traditional foods, 44.67% (88 students) of subjects answered that they had little knowledge. Female students showed a significantly high level of awareness of cooktable setting (p<0.05). Regarding the taste of traditional foods, 64.97% (128 students) of subjects responded appropriately. Regarding the necessity for partial development of traditional foods into a modern style, 61.90% (52 students) of male subjects and 84.96% (96 students) of female subjects were in agreement (p<0.01). Regarding the necessity for traditional food education, 77.16% (152 students) were in agreement, especially female students (86.73%, 98 students) showed considerably higher consent (p<0.05). For the assessment of traditional foods, nutrition (4.57 scores), taste (4.31 scores), and appearance (4.26 scores) were very highly assessed, whereas cookery (3.30 scores) and economic aspects (3.04 scores) scored relatively lower. Traditional desserts were recognized as routine and modern by male students. On the other hand, girls recognized desserts as traditional (p<0.05). Accordingly, we must preserve and pass down Korean traditional foods by increasing awareness through education or experience as well as through planning better cookery and economical aspects by applying certain standards for traditional foods.

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.

명태단백질의 이용성을 향상시키기 위한 방법으로 pronase를 이용한 가수분해를 제조하였다. 명태로 부터 고기풀을 제조하여 pronase를 기질 g당 1, 000 units에 해당하는 양을 가하여 pH 7.0, 40℃에서 4시간 가수분해하여 89%의 가수분해도를 보이는 명태단백질의 가수분해물을 제조하였으며 총질소량과 아미노태 질소량은 가수분해가 진행될수록 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 또한 고미와 소수성도 역시 반응초 3.3와 299.3에서 4시간 가수분해시 1.8과 229로 감소하였다. 고미와 밀접한 관계를 가지는 소수성 아미노산(Tyr, Met, Ala, Ilu, Leu, Phe)는 1, 2시간 가수분해시 42.6%와 42.9%로 증가하다가 가수분해가 진행될수록 감소하여 4시간 가수분해시 36.7%로 감소하였다. 정미성 아미노산(Asp, Glu, Pro, Ser, Thr, Gly)은 가수분해가 진행될수록 증가하는 경향을 보여, 4시간 가수 분해시 46.4%의 함량을 보였다.

This research aims to find the information concerning nutritional status and food intake in Korean diabetic men. Thus, the survey was made on 202 NIDDM patients over 35 age at University Hospital. The data were analysed using F-test and mutiple comparison in SAS package program. Main results were as follows: Incidence of diabetes is high in their forties and fifties. Most of them are salary men, administrators, and proffesionals in middle class, who reside in metropolitan area including Seoul. They used to take light exercise and were founded NIDDM by subjective symptoms. 36.6% of them have other diseases simultaneously such as hypertension, cancer, etc. Food intake pattern prior to incidence was that intake frequency of grains, sugars, protein foods, and liking foods was higher than of proccesed foods. Amounts of calorie intake were shown to be lower than normal persons, so that it seemed to be controlled by doctors. In addition, the calorie ratio derived from fat was lower than RDA. Thus protein and carbohydrate ratio was relatively higher than RDA. Total mean fatty acid intake was 32.15g and it is no significance among weight groups in various fatty acid intakes. With respect to the physical standards of the diabetic men, weight, PIBW, BMI, BMM, TST, arm circumference, and waist/hip ratio were higher than in normal. Therefore it seemed that these factors would be related to the diabetics. From now on, it is reqiured to research the correlations of fatty acid intakes on the diabetes and their influence to serum lipid profiles.

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.

본 연구에서는 연화 열수 및 에탄올 추출물의 3T3-L1 지방세포 분화 및 ROS생성 저감효과를 구명하기 위하여 3T3-L1 전지방세포 분화과정 중 연화 열수 및 에탄올 추출 물에 의한 지방축적과 ROS 생성을 관찰하였다. 연화 열수 및 에탄올 추출물은 XTT assay에서 100, 200 및 400 μg/mL 농도에서 세포 독성을 보이지 않았다. 지방세포 분화 중 세포 내 지방축적 및 ROS 생성량을 비교한 결과, 연화 열수 및 에탄올 추출물을 처리한 지방세포의 경우 지방축적량과 ROS 생성량 모두 유의적으로 억제되는 것으로 나타났다. 특히 연화 열수 및 에탄올 추출물을 처리함으로써 지방세포 분화와 관련된 전사인자인 PPARγ, C/EBPα 및 aP mRNA의 발현을 유의적으로 감소시켰으며, ROS의 생성과 관련이 있는 주요 유전자인 NOX4 및 catalase의 유전자발현 또한 유의적으로 감소하였다. 이 결과를 통해 연화 열수 및 에탄 올 추출물이 3T3-L1 지방세포 내 중성지방의 축적 억제 효과와 더불어 ROS 생성 억제에 효과적으로 작용함을 확인 하였다. 따라서 연화 열수 및 에탄올 추출물은 비만과 같은 대사증후군 관련 질환의 개선을 위한 천연물 기능성 소재로 의 활용이 기대된다.

본 연구는 연화 및 연화주에 대한 식품학적 기초자료를 제공하고자 연화 및 연화주의 영양성분, 항산화성분 및 다양한 모델에서의 항산화활성을 평가하였다. 연화 및 연화주의 수분함량은 각각 85.90 및 92.87%이었고, 조회분 함량은 1.04 및 0.15%, 조단백질 함량은 1.91 및 1.70%, 조지방 함량은 0.30 및 0.11%, 탄수화물 함량은 10.85 및 5.17%이었다. 연화 및 연화주의 총 아미노산 함량은 각각 2,168 및 6,341 mg/kg 이었고 필수 아미노산은 각각 485 및 2,246 mg/kg으로 전체 아미노산 함량의 약 26.0 및 35.4%이었다. 연화에는 fructose가 0.14 g/100 g 함유되어 있었고 연화주에는 glucose 1.85 g/100 g이 함유되어 있었으며 지방산 조성은 연화의 경우, palmitic acid(C16:0)가 약 38.63%로 가장 높았고, 연화주의 경우 oleic acid(C18:1n9c)가 약 76.24%의 비율로 가장 높았다. 무기질 함량은 연화(390 mg/100 g) 및 연화주(27.40 g/100 g)에서 모두 K이 가장 높았다. 유기산 함량은 연화에서 citric acid(2,222 mg/kg)가 가장 많았고, 연화주는 lactic acid(5,427.90 mg/kg)가 가장 많았다. 한편, 연화에탄올 추출물 및 열수 추출물의 항산화활성은 연화주 동결건조물에 비해 높았으며 이는 총 페놀 함량의 결과와 유사한 경향을 나타냈다. ORAC value는 연화 에탄올 추출 및 열수 추출물에서 각각 272.9±7.6 및 275.3±2.6 mM TE/g을 나타낸 반면, 연화주 동결건조물에서는 11.5±0.4 mM TE/g로 나타났다. 이상의 연구 결과로부터 연화 추출물은 다양한 항산화 평가모델에서 항산화 활성을 나타내었으며 전통방식에 의해 제조된 연화주의 항산화 활성은 연화에 함유된 일부 항산화 성분의 침출에 기인된 것으로 사료되며, 연화추출물 및 연화주는 체내 산화적 스트레스 저감에 일부 도움을 줄 것으로 판단되었다.

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