Sensory evaluation, in vitro antioxidant activities and main compounds of coffee water-extract, coffee liqueur (CL) and coffee-ground liqueur (CGL) were investigated to consider their industrialization. Sensory evaluation showed that all groups of CGL without 25% CGL (3 month) were relatively higher than CL groups. Total phenolic compounds and in vitro antioxidant activities such as 1,1-diphenyl-2picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity and ferric reducing/antioxidant power (FRAP) were also performed. The group of 35% CGL had higher total phenolic compounds than others, and the result of DPPH radical scavenging activity was similar to that of total phenolic compounds. In addition, 35% CGL is comparable to the FRAP of coffee water extract (CE). Qualitative and quantitative analysis using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) were performed, and chlorogenic acid as a ployphenolic compound and caffeine as a nonpolyphenolic compound were detected in all samples. Moreover, the HPLC analysis showed that CGLs contain a larger amounts of chlorogenic acid (difference of 0.3~10.5%) and also greater amounts of caffeine (difference of 10.0~18.2%) more then CE. Consequently, these results suggest that coffee-ground as coffee by-products could be used as commercially available food substances because of its physiological molecules remained.

본 연구는 제주에서 자생하는 산박하(Isodon inflexus (Thunb.) Kudo, I. inflexus (Thunb.) Kudo )의 80% 메탄올 추출물과 분획물, 그리고 분리 물질인 henryin의 항산화능 및 항염증에 관하여 조사한 것이다. 항산화 효과는 DPPH 라디칼 소거, xanthine oxidase 억제 및 superoxide radical 소거 활성 측정을 통하여 수행할 수 있는데, 산박하 추출물의 효능을 측정한 결과 superoxide radical 소거 활성에서 에틸아세테이트 분 획물과 부탄올 분획물의 IC50값이 각각 0.9 μ g/mL, 0.2 μ g/mL로 대조군인 allopurinol (2.2 μ g/mL)에 비해 우수한 억제 효능을 나타내었다. RAW 264.7 세포주를 사용한 항염 효능 평가에서, 에틸아세테이트 분획물이 강한 NO 억제 효과를 나타내었고, 이 분획으로부터 순수 분리하여 구조 동정된 물질인 henryin 역시 농도 의존 적으로 NO 억제시킴을 확인하였다. 특히, 에틸아세테이트 분획물과 henryin은 iNOS, COX-2와 염증관련 cytokine인 TNF-α, IL-6, IL-1β의 mRNA 발현을 농도 의존적으로 억제하였다. 이상의 결과들로부터 산박하 에틸아세테이트 추출물이 항산화 및 항염증 효능을 갖는 화장품 원료로서 개발 가능성이 있고 henryin은 기능성 지표물질로 활용될 수 있음이 시사되었다.

Background: This study determined the effects of mulching, an environment friendly organic cultivation method, on antioxidant compound contents and growth in Codonopsis lanceolata, commonly known as Deodeok. Methods and Results: C. lanceolata was treated by mulching with several different methods (a non-woven fabric, biodegradable film, or rice husks) and also treated with hand weeding. A non-treatment plot was used as a control. The growth and levels of weed control in C. lanceolata were better in plants cultivated under mulching treatments (non-woven fabric, biodegradable film, and rice husks) than in those under non-mulching treatments (hand weeding and non-treatment). The contents of antioxidant compounds, such as total flavonoids, phenolics, and anthocyanins, were highest under the biodegradable film treatment, followed by the nonwoven fabric treatment, rice husks treatment hand weeding, and non-treatment. There were identifiable differences in DPPH and ABTS activity in comparison to antioxidant compound content by solvent fractions. Mulching treatments resulted in higher DPPH scavenging activity in water and ethyl ether fractions and ABTS scavenging activity in n-butanol fractions than in other fractions, as opposed to hand weeding and non-treatment groups, although total activity of DPPH and ABTS did not increase with mulching treatments. Conclusions: Mulching C. lanceolata with biodegradable film and non-woven fabric is an effective method for improving plant growth and inhibiting the occurrence of weeds as well as for increasing antioxidant compound content and altering antioxidant activity.

Background : This study was conducted to determine the effects of mulching, an environmentally friendly organic cultivation method, on antioxidant compounds and growth in Codonopsis lanceolata. Methods and Results : C. lanceolata was treated by mulching with a non-woven fabric, biodegradable film, or rice husks, as well as hand weeding, and non-treatment. The growth and levels of weed control in C. lanceolata were better in plants cultivated under mulching treatments (non-woven fabric, biodegradable film, and rice husks) than under non-mulching treatments (hand weeding, non-treatment). The contents of antioxidant compounds, such as total flavonoids, phenolics, and anthocyanin, were highest under biodegradable film treatment, followed by non-woven fabric treatment, rice husks treatment, hand weeding, and non-treatment. DPPH and ABTS activity were able to identify to have differences their activity in comparison to antioxidant compounds content by solvent fractions. Mulching treatments produced a higher activity in water and ethyl ether fractions for DPPH scavenging activity and in n-butanol fractions for ABTS scavenging activity compared to other fractions, although total activity of DPPH and ABTS were not increased with mulching treatments. Conclusion : Mulching C. lanceolata with biodegradable film and non-woven fabric is an effective method for improving plant growth and inhibiting the occurrence of weeds as well as increasing antioxidant compound content and changing of antioxidant activity.

본 연구는 유색미 품종들의 적정 재배시기와 지역에 따른 색소발현 및 항산화 활성 변이를 분석하여 고품질의 유색미를 생산할 수 있는 적정 재배관리기술의 기초자료를 얻고자 수행하였고 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 밀양, 봉화, 상주, 의성 4지역에서 이앙시기를 5월 20일, 6월 5일, 6월 20일 3시기에 걸쳐서 흑미 3품종과 적미 2품종을 재배한 결과 출수 후 30일간의 평균기온 19.0℃ 이상에서 평균기온이 1℃ 증가할 때마다 흑미의 안토시아닌 함량은 약 9.9%, 적미의 총폴리페놀 함량은 약 9%씩 감소하였다. 2. 유색미의 기능성물질 함량을 증대시키기 위한 출수 후 30일간 적정등숙온도는 흑미의 경우 조생종은 22~23℃, 중만생종은 21~22℃의 범위였으며, 적미도 21~22℃ 범위였다. 3. 전국 지역별 30년간의 기상자료를 토대로 적정출수기를 추정한 결과 제천지역은 조생종이 8월 11일에서 8월 17일, 중만생종은 8월 25일경이며 보은지역은 조생종이 8월 15일에서 8월 19일, 중만생종은 8월 20일에서 8월 27일에 해당되었다. 영주지역은 조생종이 8월 15일에서 8월 21일, 중만생종은 8월 24일 경이었고, 충주지역은 조생종이 8월 17일에서 8월 23일, 중만생종은 8월 22일에서 8월 29일에 해당되었다. 대구지역은 조생종이 8월 27일에서 9월 2일, 중만생종은 9월 3일에서 9월 6일경으로 주요 재배적지는 제천, 보은, 문경, 영주 등이었다. 4. 적정파종기 추정결과 제천지역은 조생종이 5월 18일에서 5월 26일, 중만생종이 4월 11일 경이었으며, 보은지역은 조생종이 5월 23일에서 5월 28일, 중만생종이 4월 9일에서 4월 26일, 문경지역은 조생종이 5월 24일에서 6월 1일, 중만생종이 4월 21일에서 5월 4일, 영주지역은 조생종이 5월 22일에서 5월 30일, 중만생종이 4월 13일에서 4월 27일, 충주지역은 조생종이 5월 31일에서 6월 7일, 중만생종은 5월 4일에서 5월 14일 경으로 추정되었다.

Antioxidant activity is important for reducing oxidative stress that causes various metabolic disorders. Metabolic disorders are highly related to loss of productivity in livestock. Therefore, development of effective antioxidant compounds originating from plants is important for organic agriculture. Phenolic compounds in edible plants are regarded as major components relevant to antioxidant activity. The present study investigated the changes in antioxidant activity and phenolic compound profiles of Aronia (Aronia meloncarpa) by fermentation using different strains of Leuconostoc mesenteroides. A total of 5 strains of L. mesenteroides were used as starter cultures and their β-glucosidase activities were measured. A total of 6 experiment runs were prepared, one for control (uninoculated) and the others (inoculated) for treatments. For biological activity, antioxidant and antibacterial activities were measured. For phenolic compound profiling, TLC and HPLC analysis were performed. The strains of KACC12313 and KACC12315 showed greater enzyme activity than others. Treatment with KCCM35046 showed strong and broad antibacterial activity against to Listeria monocytogenes. Treatments with KCCM35046 and KACC12315 showed the highest total polyphenol content. The highest antioxidant activity was found in KACC12315 treatment. No remarkable alteration was found in thin layer chromatography (TLC) analysis. In phenolic compound profiling analysis, KCCM35046 showed notable alteration in compound area ratio compared to others and also showed the highest caffeic acid content. In chlorogenic acid, treatments with KCCM35046 and KACC12315 showed great content than others. Treatment with KACC12315 showed the greatest content of trans-ferulic acid. As a result of relative performance indexing analysis, L. mesenteroides KCCM35046 and KACC12315 were selected as the best strain for the fermentation of Aronia.

The rice bran, a by-product of rice milling process, is well known for various functional components, such as tocopherol, tocotrienol, γ-oryzanol, carrying antioxidant activities. This study was conducted to investigate the antioxidant components and antioxidant activities in rice bran of different Korean rice cultivars. The 8 isomers of vitamin E, γ-oryzanol, flavonoids, and polyphenolics in rice bran from 16 Korean premium and high quality rice cultivars were quantified. DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities and reducing power of the ethanol extracts of rice bran were measured. ‘Hopum’ showed the highest total vitamin E content, 221.47 μg/g among the cultivars, and ‘Hanseol’ showed the lowest content. The rice bran showed different compositions of α-, β-, γ-, δ- tocopherol and tocotrienol among rice cultivars. The antioxidant contents were also different by cultivar; the γ-oryzanol contents ranged from 1.99 mg/g (Unkwang) to 4.30 mg/g (Chilbo), the polyphenol contents ranged from 427.22 mg gallic acid eq./100 g (Odaebyeo) to 775.80 mg gallic acid eq./100 g (Hopum). ‘Hopum’ also had the highest DPPH and ABTS free radical scavenging activities, 9.82% and 187.5 AEAC mg/100 g, respectively. In vitro, the rice bran extracts from ‘Hopum’ had significantly higher antioxidant activities than that of other cultivars.

Although antioxidant activities of Korean traditional fermented foods were reported by many researchers, study on antioxidant activity of microorganism originated from Korean traditional fermented foods was little. Therefore, we improved condition for antioxidant production by a bacterium isolated from home-made Chungkookjang. We selected a bacterial strain, which showed the highest antioxidative activity, from Chungkookjang and then named GJ. The selected GJ strain was identified as Bacillus methylotrophicus by alignment data of 16S rRNA gene nucleotide sequences. Improved medium compositions for DPPH radical scavenging activity were 0.25% sucrose, 1% peptone, 0.01% MgSO4·7H2O and initial pH 6.5, respectively. Optimal culture conditions were 30℃, 200 rpm and 4% inoculum volume, respectively. In improved conditions, DPPH radical scavenging activity of GJ reached to 91% in a short time. The strain GJ also possessed ACE inhibition and other antioxidative activities; ACE inhibition activity (49.4%), ABTS radical scavenging activity (99.8%), metal chelating activity (67.9%), SOD-like activity (36.5%) and reducing power (A700 = 5.982) were observed, respectively. Therefore, our results suggest that B. methylotrophicus GJ strain may be potential candidate for functional foods, cosmetic products for anti-aging and medicine for diseases caused by oxidative stress.

Thermal processing of (+)-catechin was carried out at 121℃ for different reaction times (1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 h). The reacted products, compounds (1) and (2), were isolated and quantified via HPLC analysis. The antioxidant properties of processed (+)-catechin and its isolated compounds for different reaction time was measured via radical scavenging assays using DPPH and ABTS+ radicals. Additionally, the anti-obesity efficacy of the thermal treated (+)-catechin was evaluated via porcine pancreatic lipase assay. The reacted (+)-catechin for 3 h had a slightly higher antioxidant capacity than that the parent (+)-catechin. Products 1 and 2, which were isolated from the reacted mixture during 3 h, showed an antioxidant capacity, and these two compounds may be responsible for the antioxidant capacity of processed (+)-catechin. Simple thermal treatment of (+)-catechin can be used to produce (+)-epicatechin (1) and protocatechuic acid (2) with enhanced antioxidant and anti-adipogenic effects.

본 연구는 산마늘추출물이 과산화지질을 급여한 비만쥐의 지질강하, 항산화효과 및 염증매개물질의 생산에 미치는 영향을 검토했다. 그 결과 혈장 FFA, TG, total cholesterol 및 LDL-cholesterol 농도는 산마늘추출물 처리군 들에서 감소했으며, 혈장HDL-cholesterol 농도는 산마늘추출물 처리군 들에서 증가했다. 간장 내 total cholesterol 농도 및 TG 농도는 산마늘추출물 처리군 들에서 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 혈장 및 간장의 TBARS 농도는 산마늘추출물 처리군 모두가 대조군보다 낮은 경향을 보였다. 간장 GSH-Px, SOD 및 CAT활성치모두가 산마늘추출물 처리군 들에서 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 혈장 NO, Ceruloplasmin 및 α1-acid glycoprotein 농도는 산마늘추출물 투여군 들이 대조군보다 낮은 경향을 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과는 산마늘추출물에 지질강하, 항산화 및 항염증작용에 효과를 나타내는 기능성물질이 내재하고 있음을 시사한다.

‘적진주찰’은 2002년 하계에 종피가 적색 메벼인 ‘적진주벼’와 SR27753(상남밭벼/적진주벼)를 교배하여 국립식량과학원 벼품종육종연구팀이 계통육종법에 의해 선발하면서 주요 병해충 및 미질검정을 병행하였다. 선발된 우량계통에 대해 2007～2008년 2년간 생산력검정시험을 실시한 결과 조생종이고 종피가 적색이면서 찰벼인 SR28796-10-3-1-1 계통을 선발하여 ‘수원524호’로 계통명을 부여하고 2008～2010년 3년간 지역적응시험 실시한 결과 그 우수성이 인정되어 2010년 12월 농촌진흥청 농작물직무육성신품종선정위원회에서 품종으로 선정되었으며 ‘적진주찰’이라 명명하였다. 이 품종은 중부지역 보통기 보비재배에서 출수기가 8월 2일로 조생종이다. 간장은 85 cm 정도이고, 수당입수는 136개로 약간 많은 편이다. 현미 천립중은 19.9 g이다. 현미의 종피 색은 붉은색이며 찰벼이다. 항산화 성분인 폴리페놀 함량은 310 mg /100 g로 ‘적진주벼’ 177 mg/100 g에 비하여 높고, DPPH인 항산화 활성 정도가 456 mg/100 g으로 ‘적진주벼’의 272 mg /100 g에 비하여 높다. 도열병, 흰잎마름병, 바이러스병 및 해충에 약한 편이다. 현미수량은 중부지역 보통기 보비재배의 3년 평균 4.68 MT/ha의 수준인 품종으로 중부평야지가 재배적응 지역이다.

국민의 생활수준 향상, 소비자의 다양한 쌀의 요구 증대 그리고 건강을 위한 새로운 기능성 쌀의 요구의 증대가 점점 많아지고 있다. 또 쌀 소비가 줄어드는 현실에 쌀 소비 촉진이 요구된다. 지금까지는 수량 증대와 미질 향상 위주의 고품질쌀 개발에 주력해왔지만 농촌진흥청은 쌀 용도의 다양화로 쌀 소비 촉진을 위하여 내병성 유색향미를 육성할 목적으로 2002년 하계에 적색 메벼인 수원477호(흑광벼)와 C3G 함유한 CG2-75-4-1-22-3 계통을 교배하여 계통육종법으로 ‘선향흑미’를 2011년 개발하였다. ｢선향흑미｣는 출수기가 8월11일 중생종으로 중부평야에서 흑진주벼 7월24일 및 호남평야 적진주벼 8월 3일보다 늦은 품종이다. 도열병에는 강하지는 않으나 흰잎마름병에 강하고 줄무늬잎마름병은 중정도로 강한 품종이다. 향이 흑진주벼에 비하여 강하다. 수량관련 특성으로 주당수수는 흑진주벼와 비슷한 14개이며 수당립수는 122개로 흑진주벼보다 많고, 평균 현미수량은 427㎏/10a로 흑진주벼 대비 45% 증수되었으며, 현미천립중은 17.0g으로 흑진주벼(16.2g)와 비슷한 쌀이 작은 품종이다. 아밀로스 함량은 19.7%로 메벼이며 현미색은 진한 검정색으로 안토시안 함량은 136mg/100g, 항산화 성분인 폴리페놀 함량은 529mg/100g 그리고 플라보노이드 함량 그리고 항산화 활성 등은 흑진주벼 등 국내 육성 품종에 비해 높은 편이다. 안토시안 및 항산화물질을 고함유한 이 품종의 용도는 가공용 및 혼반용이며 재배적응 지역은 중부평야 및 호남평야이다. 앞으로도 벼는 수량성 그리고 품질을 기본으로 건강 기능성이 더해지는 다양한 색의 쌀로 발전하게 될 것이다.

The antioxidant substance in black onion was identified. The assays that used 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazo line-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS+) radicals showed that the ethyl acetate fraction of black onion methanol extract had a higher level of radical-scavenging activity than the other fractions. Two antioxidative compounds were purified and isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction via column chromatographies of silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 using the guided DPPH radical-scavenging assay. The isolated compounds were identified as 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid (1) and quercetin (2) based on mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance. The isolated compounds showed a high level of DPPH and ABTS+ radical-scavenging activity. Compound 2 had a higher level of radical-scavenging activity than 1.