루이보스티에서 5종의 phenolic acid (gallic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, p-coumaric acid, trans-ferulic acid) 와 9종의 flavonoid (procyanidin b1, aspalathin, rutin, vitexin, hyperoside, isoquercitrin, luteolin, quercetin, chrysoeriol)를 UPLC-MSMS를 이용하여 동시 분석하였다. 14종 페놀릭 류를 동시 분석하기 위하여 기기조건과 유효성을 검증하였고 확립된 분석방법을 이용하여 시중에 유통중인 루이보스티 30건을 채취하여 페놀릭류를 분석하였다. 루이보스티 1 g 혹은 1티백에 뜨거운 물 100 mL을 가하여 3분, 6분, 30분이 경과 후 그리고 차가운 물 (25-30oC)에 30분 우려낸 루이보스티의 페놀릭류 함량을 구하였다. 루이보스티에서 전체 실험대상 페놀릭류 중 rutin과 aspalathin이 가장 많이 추출되어 나왔으며 각각 물질의 함량은 제품별로 달랐다. 페놀릭류 성분의 추출효율은 14종 페놀릭류의 총 합 기준으로 뜨거운 물 30분 > 6분 > 3분 > 차가운 물 30분 순으로 높았다.

It is important for radish to have late flowering characteristics especially in the case of spring and winter cultivars. To understand late flowering characteristics of radish at the molecular level the flowering time genes of two radish lines (NH-JS1 and NH-JS2) with different flowering time were compared by re-sequencing their genomes. There were a total of 872,587 SNPs and 194,637 INDELs between the two lines. The SNP density of each chromosome was relatively uniform throughout, but the region with low SNP density was found at the end of R3 and the middle of R9. To compare the flowering time genes of the two lines, we first looked for the flowering time genes in radish using Arabidopsis thaliana flowering time genes. As a result, homologs of radish were found for most flowering time genes, but FRIGIDA was not found. Among 224 radish flowering time gene-homologs found, 97 genes showed more than one sequence difference (SNP or INDEL) between the two lines, and 127 genes had no difference. In particular, no sequence differences were found in FT, CO, and FLC, core flowering time control genes. Rs350520 (FVE), Rs193800 (CURLY LEAF) and Rs255320 (ATX1) with more than 100 sequence variations were expected to have a significant effect on flowering time difference between the two lines. These results will be of great help in understanding the flowering timing difference between the two lines at the molecular level.

To develop molecular markers for late flowering time in radish we performed QTL-seq analysis in which whole genomes are sequenced and SNPs between two groups showing opposite phenotypes in F2 population are analyzed to find regions or QTLs involved in a trait of interest. Two inbred lines (NH-JS1 and NH-JS2) showing opposite phenotypes of flowering time were selected to generate F2 population for the analysis. NH-JS1 showed late flowering time whereas NH-JS2 early flowering time. Genomic DNA from the two lines were extracted and sequenced. In addition F2 population from F1 between NH-JS1 and NH-JS2 was generated and flowering time phenotypes of 180 F2 plants were analyzed. We selected 11 plants with late flowering time and 12 plants showing early flowering time. We extracted DNA from each individuals from the two groups and bulked them to generate two bulked DNA samples that are subject to whole genome resequencing. Preliminary analysis of SNP data from the resequencing showed that there may be several QTLs involved in flowering time control in radish.