This study investigated the antioxidant characteristics of sweet potato according to different plant parts and drying methods. The sweet potato plant parts were divided into root tubers, stems, stalks, leaves, and tips, and the drying methods were freeze-drying and hot air drying. Total polyphenol and flavonoid contents and radical scavenging activity of the sweet potato plant parts were significantly different depending on the plant parts and drying methods. The total polyphenol content of freeze-dried sweet potato leaves and tips were 52.76 and 46.19 mg chlorogenic acid equivalents/g sample, and the total flavonoid contents were 222.47 and 214.12 mg quercetin equivalents/g sample, respectively, and decreased with hot air drying. DPPH radical scavenging activity was higher in freeze-drying than hot air drying and was significantly different depending on the plant parts. The ABTS radical scavenging activity of freeze-dried sweet potato leaves and tips were 43.48 and 44.68 mg Trolox equivalents/g sample, respectively, and decreased with hot air drying. Therefore, additional studies on the functionality of using by-products from sweet potato cultivation are needed.

This study examined the quality characteristics of Makgeolli to investigate the availability of Korean sweet potato cultivars as alcoholic beverages. The following sweet potato varieties were used: Gogunmi, Daeyumi, Shingunmi, Shinyulmi, Shincheonmi, Jinyulmi, Jinhongmi, Jeungmi and Pungwonmi; their alcohol contents ranged from 12.20% to 14.20%, with the lowest value in Makgeolli made with Jeungmi and the highest value in Makgeolli made with Jinhongmi. The DPPH radical scavenging activity was in the range of 37.51~77.02%, with the lowest value in Makgeolli made with rice (control) and the highest value in Makgeolli made with Gogunmi. As a result of analyzing the aroma component of sweet potato Makgeolli, 27 kinds of aroma components were detected, and six kinds of alcohols, 13 kinds of esters, four kinds of acids, and four kinds of other compounds were found. Regarding the number of aroma compounds, Makgeolli made with Shinyulmi showed the lowest number with 14 kinds, while Makgeolli made with Pungwonmi showed the highest number with 27 kinds.

The most common method of vegetative propagation of virus free plantlets is the use of shoots meristem culture in solid medium culture. This study was to investigate the effect on liquid medium culture for the growth of virus-free sweetpotato plantlets. Single-nodes derived from meristem culture of sweetpotato was examined in this experiment and three sweetpotato varieties ‘Singeonmi’, ‘Sinhwangmi’, and ‘Sinjami’ was used. The growth of plnatlets was greater in liquid medium culture than that of solid medium culture after longer incubation in 3 varieties. The total fresh weight of 5 week old plantlets after planting in solid culture were 2.17 g (‘Singeonmi’), 2.49 g (‘Sinhwangmi’), and 2.18 g (‘Sinjami’), but the fresh weight in liquid medium culture was 3.87, 3.88, and 3.35 g, respectively. Leaf number of ‘Singeonmi’ and ‘Sinjami’ plantlets after 5 weeks of liquid medium culture was 21.1 and 22.6, respectively and liquid medium culture showed 3 and 6.2 more leaf number than that of solid medium culture. Plant height of ‘Sinhwangmi’ and ‘Sinjami’ plantlets after 3 weeks of liquid medium culture was 4.1 cm and 3.4 cm, respectively, and liquid medium culture showed 1.1 cm longer stem length than solid medium. Overall, liquid medium culture of sweetpotato plantlets was more effective than solid medium in terms of leaf and stem growth.

The effect of transplanting and harvesting dates on growth, yield, and quality of sweetpotato varieties was studied. Three sweetpotato varieties, Yulmi, Singeonmi, and Dahomi, were transplanted on 23 Apr., 21 May, 5 June, 15 June, 25 June, 5 July, 15 July, and 25 July. Fresh vine weight and marketable storage root yield of the three varieties were the highest in transplanting plots on 23 April and 21 May, respectively, and those tended to decrease when transplanting dates were late after May. GDD (Growing Degree Days) and cumulative radiation seemed to be related to marketable storage root yield. Number of marketable storage root per plant, average weight of marketable storage root, and marketable storage root yield were significantly different according to transplanting dates. Marketable storage root yield showed significantly positive correlations with fresh vine weight, number of marketable storage roots, and average weight of marketable storage roots. Hardness and dry matter content of storage root showed significantly positive correlations with starch content and decreased with late transplanting dates in Yulmi and Singeonmi varieties. Pasting temperature showed significantly positive correlations with soluble solid content, dry matter content, and amylose content, but it showed significantly negative correlations with breakdown. Setback was significantly different among varieties, but it was not significantly different in transplanting dates.

수확과정에서 버려지고 있는 고구마 잎을 이용한 기능성 식품소재로서 활용가능성을 검토하고자, 밀가루 중량 대비 고구마 잎 분말을 2, 3, 5, 7%의 비율로 첨가하여 식빵을 제조 하고, 반죽 및 제빵 특성, 생리활성 및 기능성분 등을 조사하 였다. 반죽의 수분흡수량은 7% 첨가 시 가장 높았고, 반죽시 간은 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았으며, 반죽의 저항도는 2~3% 첨가할 때가 가장 안정적이었다. 식빵의 수분 함량은 첨가량이 증가하여도 큰 차이를 보이지 않았고, 식빵의 내부색은 첨가량이 증가할수록 L값과 a값은 감소하였으나, b값은 증가하였다. 식빵의 부피와 비용적 및 굽기 손실률은 첨가량 이 증가할수록 감소하였으나, 항산화 활성과 총 폴리페놀, 루 테인 및 베타카로틴 함량은 증가하였다. 관능평가의 결과, 고 구마 잎 분말의 2~3% 첨가 시 맛과 색깔, 조직감, 입안에서의 씹힘성과 종합적인 기호도에서 가장 우수한 값을 얻었다. 이 상의 결과에서 고구마 잎 분말의 2~3% 첨가 시, 제빵 적성과 기능성, 상품성이 우수한 식빵을 제조할 수 있었다.

본 연구에서는 국내산 자색고구마(Ipomoea batatas L. Lam.) 추출물을 제조하고 이들 추출물에 대하여 항산화 활성을 측정하였다. 자색고구마 추출물은 70% 에탄올 추출물과 그 추출물로부터 에틸아세테이트 분획으로 제조하였다. 추출물 및 분획의 수율은 건조 분말 당 각각 39.2% 및 3.49%이었다. 이들 추출물/분획에 대한 항산화 활성을 확인하기 위해 자유 라디칼(1,1-phenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl, DPPH) 소거활성과 루미놀 발광법을 이용한 총항산화능 그리고 세포손상에 대한 보호효과를 측정하였다. 자유 라디칼 소거활성(FSC50)은 70%에탄올 추출물과 에틸아세테이트 분획이 각각 90.16μg/mL와 7.69μg/mL를 나타내었다. 비교 대조군으로 사용한 (+)-α-tocopherol의 라디칼 소거활성은 8.98μg/mL로, 에틸아세테이트 분획의 라디칼 소거활성이 보다 큼을 알 수 있었다. 루미놀 발광법을 이용한 70% 에탄올 추출물과 에틸아세테이트 분획의 총 항산화능(OSC50)은 각각 5.75μg/mL와 1.92μg/mL이었다. 비교 대조군으로 사용한 항산화 효능이 매우 우수한 L-ascorbic acid의 항산화능은 1.50μg/mL로 추출물의 에틸아세테이트 분획과 유사한 활성을 나타내었다. 1O2로 유도된 사람 적혈구의 세포손상에 대한 보호 효과 실험에서 에틸아세테이트 분획은 농도 의존적(5∼50μg/mL)으로 세포보호 효과를 나타내었다. 에틸아세테이트 분획의 세포보호활성(τ50)은 5μg/mL에서 45.6 min으로 모든 농도에서 비교 대조군인 (+)-α-tocopherol 보다 더 높은 세포보호 효과를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과들로부터 자색고구마의 에틸아세테이트 분획은 뛰어난 항산화능을 나타내며, 이는 피부노화 억제를 위한 항노화 기능성 화장품원료로 응용될 수 있는 가능성을 시사하였다.