This study was conducted to investigate the effect of manufacturing temperature on curcuminoid contents and the antioxidant activity of turmeric (Curcuma aromatica Salab.) powder-enhanced nurungji. Two different processes employed turmeric powder (2%): AR (added after rice cooked) and BR (added before rice cooked). AR and BR nurungji samples were prepared by heating cooked rice at 180oC, 200oC, and 220oC for 3 minutes. As a result of the HPLC analysis, the contents of curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin decreased as the heating temperature increased. Moreover, AR samples showed higher curcuminoids than BR samples. The total polyphenol contents, DPPH, and ABTS radical scavenging ability proportionally increased with the increase of the manufacturing temperature. On the other hand, flavonoid contents were decreased with increasing temperature. These results suggest that the preparation of turmeric powder-enhanced nurungji by AR process at 200oC is preferable to preserving curcuminoid contents and antioxidative activity.

구아바 잎 추출물의 항산화 활성과 항염증 소재로서의 활용 가능성을 확인하고자 하였다. 구아바 잎 추출물의 총 폴리페놀 함량, 총 플라보노이드함량, RAW 264.7 세포에 대한 세포 독성 및 NO 생성 억제를 통한 항염증 효과, 피부에 대한 안전성 평가를 실시하였다. 본 실험 결과, 총 폴리페놀과 플라보노이드의 함량이 각 126.4 mg/g, 223.17 mg/g으로 높은 함량을 확인하였다. 대식세포인 264.7세포에 대한 세포 독성이 나타나지 않았으며 NO 생성을 농도 의존적으로 억제되는 것을 확인하였다. 구아바 잎 추출물을 함유한 크림을 제조하여 1차 첩포 테스트를 실시하여 피부 안전성을 확인한 결과 첩포 24 시간 후와 첩포 제거 24 시간 후에도 피부에 대한 자극은 확인되지 않았다. 이러한 결과를 종합해 볼 때 높은 총 폴리페놀과 플라보노이드의 함량으로 인한 항산화 활성이 우수하고, 세포에 대한 피부 독성이 적고 NO 생성 억제 효과가 확인됨에 따라 항산화 및 항염증 효과를 가진 소재로서의 활용 가능성을 확인하였다.

Background : Invitro antioxidant activity, polyphenol and flavonoid aglycone contents in black and green tea products of balloon flower leaves were investigated to provide valuable information for the further development and utilization of resources of Platycodon grandiflorum. Methods and Results : Flavonoid aglycone contents were investigated using HPLC (SHIMADZU, Japan) with a hypersil ODS column (125 mm × 4 mm, 5-μm particle, HP). DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities were measured by method of Lee & Lee (2004) with slight modification. Antioxidant activity, polyphenol and flavonoid contents in green tea were significantly higher than these in black tea. PC analysis indicated that first principal components explained 79.9% of the total variability for five traits investigated. PC2 explained 19.7% of the variation. Conclusion : It can be concluded from these results that these characteristics can reveal the active compound variation of black and green tea products of balloon flower leaves. These results provide scientific evidence for the utilization of balloon flower leaves.

This study was carried out in order to determine the biological activities such as antioxidant activities in nine cultivars of Momordica charantia L. (Korea, China, Japan and Philippine native cultivars). Their antioxidant activities were measured using DPPH free radical scavenging, ABTS cation radical scavenging, and Nitrite scavenging ability. The highest total polyphenol content (16.82 μg/ml) measured in the native Korea cultivar, and this value was 4.0 μg/ml higher than that of the 'Verde Beuhas' cultivar (12.82 μg/ml). The 'Peacock' cultivar had the highest total flavonoid amount which was 4.38 μg/ml. The free radical scavenging activity using DPPH method was the highest in the native China cultivar (RC50 = 102.6 μg/ml). ABTS cation radical scavenging activity according to cultivars was significantly higher in 'Peacock'. Nitrite scavenging ability showed the most remarkable effect at the pH 1.2, exhibited to 81.5~86.9% by addition of ethanol extract 1μg/ml from Momordica charantia L. These results suggest that Momordica charantia L. had the potent biological activities, and that their activities exhibited differently depending on cultivars.