The interest in and development of healthy foods and nutraceuticals have increased because of the trend for a health-oriented society. Cinnamon is used as a food ingredient as well as a herbal medicine because of its functional properties. In this study, flavoring compounds and antioxidative activities of cinnamon extracts were investigated with different extraction solvents and extraction methods. The contents of flavoring compounds such as coumarin, cinnamic acid, cinnamaldehyde, and cinnamyl alcohol were investigated. The contents of courmarin, cinnamic acid, and cinnamylaldehyde in 70% ethanol extract were higher than those in hot water and subcritical water extracts. The contents of courmarin, cinnamic acid, and cinnamaldehyde in subcritical water extract were higher than those in hot water extract, whereas the content of cinnamyl alcohol was lower. DPPH scavenging activity increased with increasing concentration of the extracts, and the 70% ethanol extract showed the highest antioxidant activity. The ascorbic acid content of the 70% ethanol extract was largest in the antioxidative activity measurement by FRAP analysis. The ascorbic acid contents of the hot water and subcritical water extracts were similar.

Resveratrol was incorporated into various combinations of single- and double-layer nanoemulsions, prepared by selfassembly emulsification and complex coacervation with chitosan, alginate, and β-cyclodextrin, respectively. Resveratrol nanoemulsions were composed of medium-chain trigacylglycerols (MCTs), Tween ® 80, water, chitosan, alginate, and β-cyclodextrin. The corresponding mixtures were formulated for the purpose of being used as a nutraceutical delivery system. Resveratrol nanoemulsions were obtained with particle sizes of 10-800 nm, with the size variation dependent on the emulsification parameters including the ratio of aqueous phase and surfactant ratio. Resveratrol nanoemulsions were characterized by evaluating particle size, zeta-potential value, stability, and release rate. There were no significant changes in particle size and zeta-potential value of resveratrol nanoemulsions during storage for 28 days at 25°C. The stability of resveratrol in the double-layer nanoemulsions complexed with chitosan or β-cyclodextrin was higher, compared with the single-layer nanoemulsions.

Foods are becoming more customized and consumers demand food that provides great taste and appearance and that improves health. Food three-dimensional (3D)-printing technology has a great potential to manufacture food products with customized shape, texture, color, flavor, and even nutrition. Food materials for 3D-printing do not rely on the concentration of the manufacturing processes of a product in a single step, but it is associated with the design of food with textures and potentially enhanced nutritional value. The potential uses of food 3D-printing can be forecasted through the three following levels of industry: consumer-produced foods, small-scale food production, and industrial scale food production. Consumer-produced foods would be made in the kitchen, a traditional setting using a nontraditional tool. Small-scale food production would include shops, restaurants, bakeries, and other institutions which produce food for tens to thousands of individuals. Industrial scale production would be for the mass consumer market of hundreds of thousands of consumers. For this reason, food 3D-printing could make an impact on food for personalized nutrition, on-demand food fabrication, food processing technologies, and process design in food industry in the future. This article review on food materials for 3D-printing, rheology control of food, 3D-printing system for food fabrication, 3D-printing based on molecular cuisine, 3D-printing mobile platform for customized food, and future trends in the food market.

The objectives of this study, which filled gaps in previous studies, were: (1) to find the optimal mixing condition of nanoemulsions containing oleoresin capsicum (OC), Tween 80, propylene glycol (PG), and sucrose monostearate (SES) by microfluidization; (2) to investigate their properties and stability depending on such factors as pH, temperature, and heating time; (3) to measure the effect of adding ascorbic acid. In order to test these objectives, the following three experiments were conducted: Firstly, in order to find the optimal mixing ratio, nanoemulsions containing OC - the mean diameter of which is smaller than 100 nm - were prepared through the process of microfluidization; and their mean particle size, zeta potential, and capsaicinoids were measured. The test results indicated that the mixing ratio at OC : Tween 80 : PG + water(1:2) = 1 : 0.2 : 5 was optimal. Secondly, the properties and stability of nanoemulsions were investigated with varying parameters. The test results illustrated that single-layer nanoemulsions and double-layer nanoemulsions coated with alginate were stable, irrespective of all the parameters other than/except for pH 3. Thirdly, the properties of nanoemulsions were then analyzed according to the addition of ascorbic acid. The results demonstrated that the properties of single-layer nanoemulsions were not affected by addition of ascorbic acid. In case of alginate double-layer nanoemulsions, the particle size was reduced, and zeta potential increased with the addition of ascorbic acid. In conclusion, the demonstrated stability of various nanoemulsions under the different conditions in the present study suggests that these findings may constitute a basis in manufacturing various food-grade products which use nanoemulsions-and indicate that food nanoemulsions, if adopted in the food industry, have the potential to satisfy both the functionality and acceptability requirements necessary to produce commercially marketable food-grade products.

The present study investigated the effects of processing parameters such as time (10, 20, 30, 40 min), pressure (25, 50, 75, 100 MPa), and the salinity of brine (0~10%(w/v)) on jacopever (Sebastes schlegeli Hilgendorf) in order to establish optimization of the three factors using a high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) machine. To do so, it analyzed the quality characteristics of volatile basic nitrogen (VBN), trimethylamine (TMA), total bacterial counts, dynamic viscoelasticities, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) properties. First, when the time increased to 40 mins, by 10 min intervals, the total bacterial counts in HHP groups under 25℃, 100 MPa, and 4%(w/v) brine were significantly decreased except for the first 10 min in comparison to the control group. In regards to DSC properties, the onset temperature (TO) of the first endothermal curve was significantly reduced. Second, when the pressure level increased up to 100 MPa by 25 MPa increments, the total bacterial counts in the HHP samples significantly decreased for 20 min at 50 MPa or higher. As the pressure increased, G′, G″ and the slope of tan δ decreased (except for 50 MPa). Third, in regards to the salinities of brine, when the HHP processing was treated at 100 MPa, 25℃ for 20 min, the total bacterial counts of all the HHP groups significantly decreased in comparison to those of the control group. A significant difference was found in the enthalpy of the second endothermic curve in the 6~10%(w/v) (except 7%(w/v)) HHP groups. Therefore, the salinity of the immersion water under the HHP condition was appropriate when it was lower than 6%(w/v). The present study demonstrated that the optimum parameter condition according to/under the condition of the microbial inhibition and economic effects using an HHP would be the reaction time for 20 min, reaction pressure at 100 MPa, and the salinity of 4%(w/v) brine.

본 연구는 생약재로 이용되는 참당귀의 다용도 기능성 소재 개발을 통한 이용가치를 높이기 위하여 효소처리를 활용한 기능성 다당체 분리방법에 대한 연구를 수행하였다. 참당귀의 세포벽 성분 분해를 위한 최적의 효소는 Viscozyme L로 선정되었다. 다당체 분리를 위한 효소처리는 단백분해효소(Alcalase 및 Flavorzyme)와 전분분해효소(Termamyl120L)를 Viscozyme L과 함께 복합적으로 처리한 VAFT처리구가 추출 수율과 총당 함량이 각각 12.20%, 76.80%로 다른 효소처리구(T, AFT 처리구)에 비하여 가장 높았으며, 제거된 전분 함량 역시 29.62%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 또한 비전분다당체 함량이 22.58%로 T 처리구의20.78%과 AFT 처리구의 21.98%에 비하여 유의적(p<0.001)으로 가장 높게 나타나 참당귀 다당체 분리를 위한 최적효소처리 조건으로 선정되었다. 비전분다당체의 주성분인arabinose, galactose의 함량은 대조구보다 T, AFT, VAFT의모든 효소처리구에서 유의적(p<0.001)으로 높게 나타났다.또한 참당귀 다당체의 분자량 분석을 통하여 대조구(491,000Da)에 비하여 VAFT 효소처리구가 13,000Da로가장 저분자화되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 VAFT효소처리에 의한 참당귀 기능성 다당류의 효율적인 분리방법은 참당귀를 활용한 새로운 산업적 기능소재 및 제품 개발에 활용 가능성이 높을 것으로 기대되었다.

This study was carried out to apply an optimized convenient assay, exploiting azo dye-bound chromogenic substrates, to measurement of protease activity. When determined for responses at varying concentrations of two substrates, azocasein and azoalbumin, using 0.5 and 5.0 mg/mL each of bovine pancreas trypsin, 3% azocasein was found to be the most appropriate substrate solution to measure protease activity. Compared with a conventional casein-Folin phenol assay, the chromogen-based protease assay exploiting 3% azocasein showed better precision to have a coefficient of variability in seven repetitive measurements less than 1.11%. When various reagent-grade and industrial proteases that showed proteinase or peptidase activities were tested by this assay at increasing enzyme concentrations, typical shape of rectangular hyperbola in activity-enzyme concentration profiles was observed. In addition, the assay of this study was suitable for activity measurement in real samples that were prepared by hydrolyzing wheat gluten and anchovy fine powder with proteases.

본 연구에서는 딸기의 건강기능성 효과를 증대시키기 위해 자외선 처리를 하였을 때 매향, 장희, 육보 딸기의 생물활성이 어떻게 변화하는지 살펴보았다. 본 연구는 과실류 및 채소류의 수확 이후에도 세포 활성이 유지된다면 자외선 등 여러 가지 외부 자극을 통해 2차 대사산물이 세포 대사에 의해 유도합성이 가능하다는 기작에 근거하여 딸기의 생물활성이 향상될 수 있다는 가설에 근거를 두고 있다. 본 연구에서 딸기의 생물활성은 항산화 효능, 해독화 효소 발현 조절 능력, 암세포 사멸 능력 및 항염증 효능 측면에서 평가되었다. 평가 결과에 의하면, 딸기의 품종과 UV 조사량에 따라 다소의 차이는 있으나 전반적으로 딸기 수확후 자외선을 조사하면 항산화 효능, 해독화 효소 발현 조절 능력, 암세포 사멸 능력 등이 향상되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 그러나 항염증 효능은 자외선 처리 효과가 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과를 전체적으로 살펴볼 때, 딸기 수확 이후 자외선 자극을 통해 생물활성이 향상될 수 있음을 확인하였으나 후속연구를 통해 보다 정밀한 기작에 대한 규명이 뒤따라야 함을 또한 지적해 두고자 한다.

표면 플라즈몬 공명을 이용한 센서는 굴절계 기기의 일종으로서 높은 감도를 가질 뿐만 아니라 비표지 방식이라는 장점을 가지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 재래식 SPR 칩을 이용하여 시판 술 4종의 알코올 함량을 측정하였다. 또한, 재래식 SPR 칩의 감도를 개선하기 위하여 금 박막 위에 금으로 나노형상을 구축하여 나노형상 SPR 칩을 제조하여 모형 술에 대한 감도 개선 효과를 분석하였다. 재래식 SPR 칩을 이용하여 시판 술의 알코올 함량을 측정하기 위한 검량선을 개발하였을 때 시료를 전처리 하지 않고 그대로 측정하였을 때 가장 좋은 검량선을 얻을 수 있었다. 소주, 청주, 이과두주, 탁주 등 시판 술 4종에 대한 1차 회귀식의 검량식에서 결정계수는 각각 0.992, 0.933, 0.918, 그리고 0.984로 나타났다. 한편, 재래식 SPR 칩의 감도를 개선하기 위해 나노형상 SPR 칩을 제조하기 위하여 Langmuir-Blodgett(LB) 방법을 활용하였다. 본 연구에서는 수십 nm 두께의 금 박막을 바닥층으로 하여 그 위에 나노 크기의 실리카 입자를 단분자 층으로 덮어 형틀을 제조하고 다시 그 위에 금을 증착한 후 실리카 입자를 제거하는 방법으로 나노형상을 갖는 SPR 칩을 제조하였다. 나노형상 SPR 칩의 성능을 평가하였을 때 20% 알코올 함량을 가지는 모형 술에 대해서 바닥층의 두께가 50 nm, 나노형상에서 골의 깊이가 20 nm, 나노형상의 배열주기가 300 nm일 때 SPR의 감도가 가장 좋아서 95%의 감도 향상을 얻을 수 있었다. SPR의 감도는 칩과 관련된 인자, 시료의 종류 및 상태에 따라 다르게 나타날 수 있으므로 측정 목적에 알맞은 칩의 설계와 선택이 요구된다.

C-Reactive protein (CRP), which is an 118 kDa pentameric protein, was secreted by the liver is an important biomarker for coronary disease, hypertension and inflammation. In this study, a method for CRP detection exploiting quantum dot (Qdot)-antibody conjugate was developed according to an indirect-competitive immunosensing protocol. For this purpose, a streptavidin-bound Qdot605 was linked with a separately prepared biotinylated monoclonal antirat CRP antibody to produce a Qdot-antibody conjugate. The immunosensing was performed at 0.1 and 20 nM of the coating antigen and conjugate, respectively. The current method was found very sensitive in CRP detection, judging from the concentration-dependent fluorescence emission.

마치현을 압출성형 및 효소분해 처리할 경우 원료에 비하여 수용성 고분자 다당류 및 아라비노갈락탄 함량이 증가하였다. 마치현 수용성 다당류 중 아라비노스와 갈락토오스의 함량이 원료 마치현보다 1.5배 증가하였으며, 람노스 함량도 2.6배 증가한 유의적인 결과를 보였다. 압출성형 처리효과로 고분자 분획(I)은 Ext I, Ext II 및 Ext III 시료에서 각각 37, 29 및 26% 정도 저분자 분획(II)으로 분자 재배열이 발생함과 동시에 66,000-74,000 Da범위의 분자량을 갖는 다당체로 구조변형 되었다. 특히, 저분자 분획의 분자량과 조성비에 있어서 압출성형 처리한 마치현은 처리하지 않은 원료에 비하여 9-13% 정도 증가하여 유의성이 있었다. 이같은 다당류의 붕괴 및 변형 정도는 압출성형 처리시 투입된 기계적 소모 에너지와 비례적인 상관성을 보였다. 압출성형 처리를 한 수용성 다당류의 경우 압출성형 처리온도 120oC 및 140oC인 경우 자유 라디칼 소거활성능이 압출성형 처리하지 않은 원료에 비하여 높게 증가하였다. 상기와 같은 마치현 유래 아라비노갈락탄의 항산화 활성 기능의 결과에 비추어볼 때 보다 폭 넓은 범위의 분자량을 갖는 분획물 제조 및 생리활성 평가실험을 지속적으로 추진한다면 새로운 기능성 식품소재로 활용할 가치가 있다고 기대된다.

천연조미소재 개발을 위하여 고압/효소분해 시스템에서 멸치 단백질의 분해 품질특성을 탐색한 결과, 최적 조건은 효소농도 0.6%, 온도 50oC, 처리시간 24시간 및 압력 50 MPa로 확인되었다. 멸치 단백질의 처리방법에 따른 품질특성을 비교한 결과, 최적조건하에서 고압/효소 처리한 멸치 가수분해물의 품질특성이 가열추출물인 대조구에 비하여 2.8배, 2배, 1.4배 증가하여 고압/효소 처리에 의한 단백질 가수분해물 생산은 가열추출법이나 고압반응에 비하여 효율적인 방법으로 나타났다. 효소종류에 따른 분해력은 복합효소로 가수분해한 경우 상업효소에 비하여 큰 증가율을 나타내어 복합효소의 분해력이 상업효소에 비하여 우수하였다. 고압/효소 처리 후의 멸치 가수분해물은 정미성 아미노산으로 알려져 있는 glutamic acid, glycine, arginine 및 alanine 등의 함량이 대조구나 압력 처리구의 유리아미노산 함량에 비하여 증가하였다. 결론적으로 고압/효소분해 처리공정은 멸치 단백질의 효과적 분해와 정미성 아미노산 생산에 효율적인 기술임을 확인하였다.

Nanotechnology represents a new frontier in science and technology with long term goals and benefits. Nowadays, nanotechnology is producing many revolutions and applications such as quantum computing, surface and materials modification, novel separation and sensing technologies, and human biomedical replacements. These new techniques are being introduced in food and bio filed. In this review, the status and trends related to nanocomposites, nanoparticles, nanotubes, delivery vehicles and biosafety were reviewed. The situation of funding of nanotechnology research in USA, Japan and Korea is also summarized.