This study was designed to evaluate the sensory characteristics and consumer preference of dog meat foods as compared with beef ones. The sensory evaluation was conducted by a 10-member trained panel and 109 persons ranging in age from 23 to 59 participated in the consumer research. The results were summarized as follows: 1. The sensory characteristics. 1) In case of the meats boiled in water, it did not show any significant differences between dog and cow's meat in color as well as off-flavor. On the contrary, the other characteristics such as odor, tenderness, juiciness and oiliness of dog meat were evaluated stronger than those of beef. 2) when the meats were cooked as Tang (a kind of soup), the dog meat did not show any significant differences from beef not only in color and off-flavor but also in odor. 2. The consumer preference. 1) It appeared that consumers somewhat preferred beef Tang to dog meat Tang. However, they rated dog meat Tang as the 'neither liked nor disliked' food on an average. 2) Male consumers showed higher preference than female did for the dog meat tang. On the overall, dog meat foods are regarded to have some desirable sensory characteristics and can be acceptable to most people.

This treatise deals with chronic state of famine and exploitation of famine relief food in the later half of Chosun Period and especially in relation with socio-economic changes. There with the impact of socio-economic factors on the chronic state of famine and exploitation of famine relief food is studied mainly with a literary approach. The influential factors which lead to the chronic state of famine were not only climatic restrictions such as flood and drought but socio-economic factors such as foreign invasion (Japanease invasion and Ching's invasion), frequent breaking out of revolt and technological development of agriculture (rice transplantation). And disorder of land system and cultivation of cash crops by the richer peasantry, lowering the economic status of the poorer peasantry who were a major constituents of the population, aggravated the famine state. Because the poorer peasantry were under the shortage of food, they had to seek something edible in the fields and mountains. In this process various kinds of famine relief foods were exploited by the poorer peasantry. The majority of famine relief foods were wild vegetables. Consequently the Chronic state of famine was a cause to introduce various edible wild vegetables into Korean food, which influenced modern vegetarian food habits and firmed the Korean's favorite taste to be hot and salty. These wild vegetables couldn't have a marvelous effect on the relief of starved people. Potatoes and sweet potatoes, which were newly introduced foreign crops, were encouraged to be cultivated for famine relief. But these tubers, unable to be staple food, didn't contribute to an increase in population.

This study was performed to evaluate the effect of different freezing conditions and storage periods on physicochemical and microbial characteristics of garlic. Garlics were washed, dried, sliced to 0.3 cm then packed in LDPE+LLDPE film bags. They were treated with still-air freezing at -20°C (SAF20), -40°C (SAF40) and immersed-liquid freezing at -40°C (ILF40). Frozen garlics were stored under frozen storage conditions for 7 months at -20°C and quality characteristics were measured monthly during the frozen storage. Freezing rate of garlic was the fastest in ILF 40 (10 min), SAF40 (40 min) and SAF20 (1,600 min) sequentially. In ILF40, drip loss, cutting force, total aerobic bacteria count and pH were the lowest, whereas pyruvic acid and allicin content were the highest (p<0.05) during frozen storage, these results were the most similar characteristics with the fresh garlic. During frozen storage, drip loss, color difference and total organic acid content were significantly fluctuated in SAF20 (p<0.05), while they were not changed in ILF40. Overall, total aerobic bacteria count and pH decreased, cutting force, pyruvic acid and allicin content remained unchanged in all groups. In conclusion, the optimal freezing conditions for garlic with the least quality changes was considered to be ILF40 (immersed liquid freezing), keeping quality characteristics up to 7 months by freezing storage.

Background:The study was conducted to investigate the distributions of faecal bacteria in commercial oriental medicine herb products.Methods and Results:A survey was conducted on the microbial contamination levels and antimicrobial specificity of Bacillus cereus and other microbes using 106 oriental medicine herb products on sale in Seoul. Pouring and isolation methods such as standard plate counts were used to identify the bacteria. The isolated bacterias included coliforms, Bacillus spp., Enterococcus spp., Staphylococcus spp., Listeria spp.were identified by using gram staining and an API (analytical profile index) kit. Antimicrobial drugs discs were determined by CLSI (clinical and laboratory standards institute).Conclusions:The bacterial isolates present in the herbal medicines included 98 coliforms, 45 Bacillus spp., 29 Enterococcus spp., and 2 Listeria spp. Among these, there were nine Bacillus cereus strains, one Enterococcus faecium strain, and one Enterococcus faecalis strain present. The 9 Bacillus cereus strains were tested for susceptibility to 36 types of antibiotics products by the disc diffusion method. The strains showed resistance to 13 of these antibiotic products and semi-resistance to 5 antibiotic products. On the basis of these results, any oriental medicine herb product can be assumed to be contain resistant or semi-resistant bacterial strains. Therefore, we suggest prescribing guidelines and special management for the use of antibiotics in farms producing oriental medicine herb products.

Background: Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) that is used as a food material has antioxidant, anticancer and anti-inflammatory properties. Recently the demand for functional foods and drugs has increased. The present study was carried out to determined of contents of residual sulfur dioxide, heavy metals, ash, acid insoluble ash and curcuminoids in turmeric from the Seoul Yak-ryeong market. Methods and Results: A total of 31 samples were obtained. Residual sulfur dioxide was not detected in any samples. Heavy metals (arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury) were analyzed by ICP-MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer) and a mercury analyzer and were detected in the ranges of 0.00 - 0.28, 0.00 - 0.07, 0.00 - 0.29 and 0.002 - 0.027㎎/g respectively. No significant difference were observed between the average heavy metal contents of domestic and imported tumeric. However, average content of ash in domestic samples (7.8%) were significantly higher than that in imported samples (6.1%), whereas that of curcuminoids was significantly higher in imported samples (47.6㎎/g) than in domestic samples (11.2㎎/g). The average content of acid insoluble ash was not significantly different between two sample types (0.9% in each). Conclusions: There are no specific standards for turmeric used as food materials. Therefore, this study can be provided as basic data for the establishment of quality standards for turmeric.

본 연구에서는 학교 건축물에 발생할 수 있는 화재 상황을 시뮬레이션 하는 기법에 대해 알아보기로 한다. 이에, 기존의 국내외 연구를 통해 화재 상황을 시뮬레이션 하는데 있어 고려해야 할 기본적인 요소를 파악하고 다양한 화재의 원인과 발화량에 따라 나타는 화재양상을 살펴봄으로써 적절한 화재 시뮬레이션 기법을 도출하도록 한다. 화재를 시뮬레이션 하는 방법으로는 CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)를 기반으로 하는 공용 소프트웨어인 FDS(Fire Dynamic Simulator)를 이용하였으며, 시뮬레이션의 결과로 시간과 장소에 따라 나타나는 온도정보 및 화염의 전파 양상을 시각화하여 비교분석하였다. 본 연구에서 도출된 화재 시뮬레이션 기법을 이용하여 화재시 피난 대책, 대응인력의 투입 방법을 수립하는데 반영할 수 있으며, 화재 시뮬레이션 결과로부터 얻은 온도 정보를 이용하여 건축 구조부재의 안전성을 평가하는 데에도 활용할 수 있다.

나물콩 5품종(녹채콩, 다원콩, 서남콩, 오리알태, 풍산나 물콩)으로 재배한 콩나물을 실험재료로 사용하여 콩나물의 맛 관련지표를 탐색하였다. 공시재료로 재배된 콩나물들의 이화학적 성분함량과 관능평가와의 상관관계 등을 분석하 여 콩나물의 맛에 관련된 지표를 판단하였으며, 분석결과 아미노산, 지방산, 무기질 함량이 콩나물의 관능 특성과 연 관이 있었다. 아미노산 중 histidine, aspartic acid, serine 등 이 콩나물의 비린 맛과 부의 상관을 보이는 동시에 달콤한 맛과는 유의성은 없었으나 어느 정도 정의 상관 경향이 나 타났다. 지방산에서는 콩나물의 전체적 선호도에 linolenic acid가 정의 상관인 반면 oleic acid와는 부의 상관을 보였 다. 무기질 중에는 Ca 함량이 콩나물의 전체적 선호도와 정 의 상관을 나타내었다. 한편, 콩나물 맛 관련 지표를 탐색하 기 위하여 콩나물의 화학성분 47개를 다중회귀식으로 검토 한 결과 콩나물의 전체적 선호도에는 linolenic acid 등 지방 산 함량의 영향이 크게 나타났다. 아미노산 중에는 arginine 과 serine의 영향이 컸으며 무기이온 중에는 Ca의 함량이 콩나물 맛에 영향을 끼치는 것으로 나타났다.

우량 나물콩 품종 육성을 위한 자료로 활용하고자 시판 콩나물 및 장려품종 나물콩으로 재배된 콩나물을 사용하여 콩나물의 무기이온 함량과 비타민 함량을 분석하였다. 1. 콩나물의 무기이온 함량은 K, Ca, Mg, Na, Fe, Zn, Mn, Cu의 순으로 많이 함유되어 있었으며, 콩나물을 자엽과 배축으로 분리하여 함량을 분석한 결과 자엽에서의 무기이온 함량은 전체 콩나물과 같은 양상으로 축적되어 있었으나 배축에서는 다른 경향을 나타내었다. 2. 뜨거운 물에 콩나물을 데칠 경우 많은 양의 무기이온이 물로 용출되며 특히 K의 함량 감소가 컸다. 3. 콩나물의 비타민 C 함량은 품종에 따라 변이가 있었으며, 콩나물을 열처리할 경우 비타민 C는 급속하게 감소되었다. 4. 콩나물에서의 비타민 B군(niacine, thiamin, pyridoxin)은 품종별로 함량 차이가 있었으며 대부분 자엽부위에 축적되어 있었다.

특성이 다른 나물콩 4종을 재료로 콩나물을 재배한 후 SDE 법으로 콩나물의 향기 성분을 분석한 결과는 다음과 같았다. 1. 총 52개의 향기 성분이 분석되었으며, 품종별로 46~50 개의 성분을 확인하였다. 2. 향기성분은 알콜류 16종, 알데하이드류 17종, 케톤류 10종, furan 류 2종, acid류 2종 및 기타 5종이 분석되었으며, 오리알태는 알데하이드류, 다원콩은 알콜류의 성분 수가 타 품종보다 적게 나타났다. 3. 품종별 향기성분의 상대적 함량은 오리알태가 가장 높았으나 동정된 성분의 갯수는 풍산나물콩과 녹채콩이 많았다. 4. 다원콩은 알콜류와 알데하이드류가 비슷한 함량 조성을 보였으나 기타 품종들은 알데하이드류가 알콜류보다 높은 함량을 나타내었다. 5. 4 품종 모두 2-hydroxybenzaldehyde, hexanol, 1-octen-3-ol 등이 상대적으로 함량이 높았다.

검정콩 안토시아닌의 항산화력과 암세포독성을 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 안토시아닌 함량은 일품검정콩이 공시재료 중 가장 높게 나타났으며, 특히 C3G 함량은 타 계통보다 2배 이상 높았다. 2. 안토시아닌을 분획한 후 각각의 pigment로 항산화 효과를 분석한 결과 TEAC 법과 DPPH법 모두 C3G, D3G, 및 Pt3G의 효과가 인정되었으며, C3G와 D3G의 항산화력이 높게 나타났다. 일품검정콩과 재래속청간 품종 비교에서는 일품검정콩이 3가지 분획 모두 재래속청 보다 항산화 효과가 높았으며, 이는 TEAC 법과 DPPH법 공히 같은 경향이었다. 3. 인간 암세포인 Jurkat T 세포와 MCF-7 세포에 안토시 아닌 개별색소(C3G, D3G 및 Pt3G)를 100~500ug/mL 농도로 처리하고 암세포에 대한 독성을 관찰한 결과, 3가지 시험물질 모두 두 가지 암 세포에서 세포독성 효과를 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과는 검정콩 안토시아닌이 여러 가지 생리활성 효과를 가지고 있음을 나타내는 결과로 판단된다.