감귤류 (자몽, 레몬, 금귤, 밀감 및 오렌지)를 착즙하여 얻은 쥬스를 sep-pak C_18 cartridge를 사용하여 ascorbate 및 phenolic 획분으로 분리한 다음 pH를 달리한 in vitro 반응계에서 아질산염 소거 및 N-nitrosodimenthylamine(NDMA) 생성억제 효과를 분석하였다. 감귤류 쥬스 ascorbate 획분의 아질산염 소거능은 5ml 첨가시 pH 2.5 에서 79.9 ~ 98.6%, pH 4.2에서 48.5 ~ 86.3%였으나, pH6.0에서는 35.2% 이하였다. Phenolic 획분은 ascorbate 획분에 비해 높은 소거능을 보였으며 특히 pH6.0 에서는 ascorbate 획분에 비해 2배 이상의 높은 소거능을 나타내었다. NDMA 생성억제 효과는 phenolic 획분의 첨가시에 월등히 뛰어나 pH 2.5의 반응용액에 금귤, 밀감 및 오렌지쥬스의 phenolic 획분을 첨가했을 때 92.8% 이상이었으나, ascorbate 획분이 첨가된 경우에는 NDMA 생성 억제 효과를 거의 나타내지 못하였다. 따라서 감귤류 쥬스의 NDMA 생성억제와 관련된 주된 인자는 phenol 화합물인 것으로 사료된다.

온실에서 재배 한 chervil (Anthricus cerefolium) 과coriander (Coriandrum sativum)의 잎, 줄기 및 종실로부터 SDE방법에 의해 향기성분을 분리한 다음 GC 및 GC-MS에 의해 향기성분을 분리·동정한 결과 49종의 성분을 확인하였다. Coriander의 경엽에서는 β-sesquiphellandrene (17.6%), germacrene B (7.7%), nerolidol (6.9%), selinene-4-ol (6.0%) 등이, Coriander의 종실로부터는 linalool, decanal (5.6%), γ-terpinene (3.8%), ρ-cymene 등이, chervil에서는 methyl chavicol. 1-allyl-2, 4-dimethoxy benzene 등이 주요 향기성분으로 나타나 주로 terpene류 들에 의해 향기성분이 발현됨을 알 수 있었다.

상추를 포함한 4종의 식물의 수용 및 에탄올 추출액이 상추종자의 발아와 생장에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. l. 은행, 상추, 돼지풀, 달맞이꽃의 수용 추출물은 상추종자의 발아 및 생장율을 현저하게 억제되는 경향을 보여 억제물질을 함유하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 2. 추출용매별로는 에탄올 추출액이 수용추출액보다 억제효과가 큰 것으로 나타났다. 3. 공시식물의 종류에 관계없이 추출물의 농도 10%가 상추의 발아와 생장을 가장 크게 억제시켰고 희석되어질수록 그 효과는 낮아졌다.

L. edodes의 배양액 및 균사체로부터 항암작용이 있는 단백 다당류의 추출 및 정제방법에 관한 실험을 실시하였다. 단백다당류 추출에서 비이온성 계면 활성제인 2% Triton X-100 용액으로 추출할 경우 상온에서 추출하여도 통상의 100℃ 열수 추출을 통해 얻을 수 있는 것보다 수율이 높았다. 그러나 계면활성제 용액에 4N NaCl을 첨가하여 추출하면 ethanol 침전과정에서 단백다당류의 침전물을 얻을 수 없었다. 열수 추출에 있어서 추출 온도는 100℃가 효과적이고 추출 시간은 4시간 정도면 충분하였다. 열수 추출 결과 ethanol 침전 및 동결건조를 통하여 얻어진 조단백 다당류의 정제 실험에서는 alumina를 충전제로 하는 gel filtration보다 sephadex에 의한 gel filtration 또는 DEAE-cellulose, DEAE-sephadex를 이용한 ion exchange chromatography가 보다 효과적이었다.

This project has been worked out for isolation of EPA-producing bacteria from marine source of sea water, sea sediment and intestinal contents eviscerated from some red-muscle fish such as mackerel, horse-mackerel and spike fish. The samples were precultured on the media of PPES-II glucose broth and then pure-cultured on Nutrient agar and P-Y-M glucose. Lipids extracted from those bacterial mass collected by centrifugation were analysed in terms of lipid class and fatty acid composition. The results are resumed as follows : 1. 112 strains from sea water and 76 strains from sea sediment were tested for their EPA producing capability, but both strains of (SA-67 and SA-91) from the former and four strains(SS-35, 37, 51 and 71) from the latter have been proved to produce EPA above the level of 2% of total fatty acids. The strains such as GS-11, 29, 31, HM-9, 29, B-18, 33, 107, YL-129, 156, 203, 77, 104 and 256 which were isolated from fish intestinal contents, have also produced EPA at higher level than 2% of total fatty acids. 2. Contents of total lipids extracted from the cultures of these strains grown at 25℃, range from 2.8% to 6.9% (on dry weight %), and they are mainly composed of polar lipids(40.9~52.9%) such as phosphatidyl glycerol(+cardiolipin)(?) and phosphatidyl ethanolamine (33.8~40.0%), with smaller amount of free fatty acid (11.2~20.2%). 3. EPA was isolated from a mixture of fatty acid methyl esters obtained from the lipid of each strain by HPLC in silver-ion mode and was identified by GC-Mass spectrometry. 4. The strains of SW-91, GS-11, GS-29, HM-9, B-18 and YL-203 grown at 25℃ have a level of 5% EPA in their total fatty acids, and the GS-11 and HM-9 strains show a tendency of increase in the EPA level with an increase of growth temperature.

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the neuroprotective effect of heat-treated fermented black beans. The production of fermented black beans was optimized using Lactiplantibacillus plantarum SMF470 and L. plantarum SMF796 strains isolated from kimchi as starters. Compared to heat-treated black bean extract, heat-treated fermented black beans showed significantly higher DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities, as well as higher total polyphenol content (p <0.05). The neuroprotective effect through the gut-brain axis was evaluated using conditioned medium (CM) obtained by culturing heat-treated fermented black beans in intestinal cells (HT-29). The CMs of heat-treated fermented black beans from SMF470 and SMF796 showed a high protective effect on SH-SY5Y human neuroblastoma cells induced by oxidative stress from H2O2. Additionally, the CMs of heat-treated fermented black beans were found to protect SH-SY5Y cells from toxicity induced by MPP+. SMF470-CM and SMF796-CM significantly increased the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in SH-SY5Y cells treated with MPP+, while lowering the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) (p <0.05). Furthermore, SMF470-CM and SMF796-CM lowered the apoptosis-related Bax/Bcl-2 ratio. The results of this study suggest that heat-treated fermented black beans can be utilized as potential health functional materials for the prevention and improvement of degenerative brain diseases.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the probiotic properties of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from kimchi and antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of heat-killed LAB strains. Regarding probiotic properties, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum SMF398 and L. plantarum SMF470 isolated from kimchi can survive under artificial gastric condition and adhere strongly to HT-29 cells. The SMF398 and SMF470 strains showed strong antimicrobial activity and co-aggregation against pathogenic bacteria. The heat-killed cells of LAB (1 mg/mL) were prepared by heating at 121℃ for 15 min. MTT assay revealed that the heat-killed cells (1 mg/mL) of SMF398 and SMF470 were not toxic to HT-29 cells. The heat-killed SMF398 and SMF470 showed significantly higher DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities as well as β- carotene bleaching inhibitory activity than the heat-killed L. plantarum ATCC14917, a control probiotic strain (p<0.05). In lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW264.7 cells, the heat-killed SMF398 and SMF470 significantly reduced the nitric oxide production by 30.92% and 22.81%, respectively (p<0.05). Furthermore, the heat-killed SMF398 and SMF470 significantly decreased the gene expression levels of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase-2 up to 58.02%, 67.70%, 53.44%, 45.90%, respectively (p<0.05). These results suggest that the heat-killed L. plantarum SMF398 and L. plantarum SMF470 might be useful as antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents.

This study aimed to optimize the fermentation condition of black bean using probiotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and to evaluate characteristics and antioxidant activity of LAB fermented and heat-treated black bean. Two LAB strains were selected by analysis of acid resistance, bile resistance, antimicrobial activity, and antioxidant activity, and identified as Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CH9 and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum SU18 by 16S rRNA sequencing. Both strains showed similar or higher acid resistance, bile resistance and antimicrobial activity, compared to Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG, a commercial probiotic strain. The heat-killed cells of CH9 and SU18 strains showed significantly (p<0.05) higher DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities than live cells. Fermentation of black bean (30%) treated with Alcalase using the two selected strains was found to be optimal condition, increasing viable cell count of LAB up to 10.8 Log CFU/g. During the fermentation, the titratable acidity of Alcalase-treated black bean was notably increased with concomitant decrease in the pH. LAB fermentation significantly (p<0.05) increased antioxidant activity based on DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities as well as total phenol content. In addition, total phenol content and antioxidant activity were significantly (p<0.05) enhanced by heat processing (121C, 15 min) of the fermented products. These findings are expected to be useful for the development of various LAB-fermented foods containing heat-killed probiotics.