C3GHi 쌀 품종은 흑진주벼와 수원425호를 교배조합으로 하여 색소 성분인 cyanidine-3-glucoside(C3G)의 함량을 비약적으로 증대시킨 품종이다. C3GHi 벼품종을 활용하여 기능성 제품 및 소재로의 개발 가능성을 타진하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 C3GHi 벼품종의 항산화 활성 및 항당뇨 기능의 검증을 수행하였다. 1. C3GHi 벼품종의 항산화 활성을 비교 분석한 결과에서 C3GHi는 일반 벼 및 흑진주벼보다 매우 우수한 항산화 활성을 가진 것으로 나타났으며, 대표적 항산화 소재인 glutathione과 유사한 활성을 나타내었다. 2. C3GHi 벼품종의 혈당지수를 인체 시험을 통해서 산출한 결과에서도 일반 현미나 백미에 비해서 15%정도 낮은 혈당지수를 나타내 당뇨 환자들의 식사 대용식의 소재로서 활용 가능성이 높을 것으로 사료된다. 3. db/db mice 모델 및 STZ를 통해 당뇨병을 유발한 동물 모델에서 C3GHi 쌀추출물 및 C3GHi쌀 현미의 동결건조 분말이 혈당 상승을 막고, 산화적 손상을 억제하는 것으로 나타났다. 4. 이상의 결과에서 C3GHi쌀은 낮은 혈당지수 및 항산화 활성, 항당뇨 활성 등을 보유하고 있어 이후 당뇨 환자용 기능성 식사 대용식 및 기능성 식품 원료로서의 개발 가능성이 높다고 판단된다.

Anthocyanin in blackish purple rice is composed of cyanidin, peonidin, malvidin, pelargonidin and delphinidin flavylium ion and their glucosides, which shows antioxidant activity similar to a-tocoperol. It has been demonstrated that cyanidin-3-glucoside(C3G) of anthocyanin has a high-potency antioxidant activity, and is a prominent in anticancer and antithrombotic activity. In analysis of content of anthocyanin from the genetic source of blackish purple rice, the level of C3G was approximately 80% of total contents of anthocyanins, and showed the highest content in Heugjinjubyeo, of which contains an amount of 500 mg by weight of 100g brown rice in comparison that most of varieties has less than 50mg by weight of 100g brown rice. We found that C3G pigment in blackish purple rice was considerably affected by cultural season, cultivation area, ripening temperature, and weather condition, etc. as well as genetic properties. In cross combination between Heugjinjubyeo and Suwon425, intermediate parent F9 generation which was three times higher or more in C3G content than that of Heugjinjubyeo was bred, of which it contained an amount of 1678 mg by weight of 100g brown rice, and we called it 'C3GHi' Rice. And, we found that the C3GHi rice was more excellent than that of the existing Heugjinjubyeo in anticancer and antithrombotic activity. Methanol extract from Heugjinjubyeo was fractionated by organic solvents in order of n-hexane, CH2Cl2 and n-BuOH, and then oryzafuran, quercetin, vanillic acid and protocatechuic acid and their structures from the n-BuOH fraction were ascertained. Oryzafuran of these compounds was a natural compound found firstly in nature. Quercetin and protocatechuic acid besides new compound oryzafuran showed excellent antioxidant ability to vitamin C. These results suggest that blackish purple rice has very high value as a source of various functional food as well as staple food.