One hundred seventy two accessions of safflower, collected in four countries were investigated for their morphological and biochemical characters in 2014. The accessions were categorized into two groups; South-Central (S-C) Asia and South-West (S-W) Asia, and each group was represented the accessions of two countries. Variation in morphological and biochemical characters was observed between two groups of accessions. The average value of seed weight and range of variability were higher in S-C Asia accessions while S-W accessions exhibited the variation in plant height, leaf length and days to flowering. The average value of oleic and total oil content were higher in S-C Asia accessions, and the values were 19.8%, and 231.4 mg.g-1, respectively, while the range of variability for total oil content was higher in S-W accessions. Plant height exhibited a significant positive correlation with days to flowering (r = 0.625**). Palmitic acid had positively correlated with stearic acid (r = 0.282**) and linoleic acid (r = 0.444**). Oleic and linoleic acid showed a strong negative correlation (r = -0.977**). The first three principal components explained 57% of the total variation. Morphological and biochemical variation exist in different groups of accessions could be useful to breeder for developing new safflower cultivars with high oil quantity and quality.

Background : The purpose of this study is to select potential genetic resources from safflower germplasm collected from India based on their oil compositions and agronomic characteristics. Methods and Results : The agronomic characteristics were measured during the growing period of the safflower. Total oil contents were recovered by Soxhlet extraction and the fatty acid compositions were analyzed by using gas chromatography. The mean of plant height, leaf length and leaf width were 100.19 ㎝, 20.49 ㎝, and 7.29 ㎝, respectively. The percentage of leaf margin with serration was 95%, and 2% of the total resources didn’t have spines on the involucral bract. K185681 had no spines on the involucral bract and the plant height was the smallest. 73% of the flower of safflower was yellow. 68% of safflower germplasm changed flower color from yellow to red. Total oil contents of 267 safflower accessions showed a significant variability among the entire domain of collections and ranged from 5.81 to 38.91%. Palmitic and stearic acid were ranged from 4.98 to 6.65%, and 1.82 to 2.73%, respectively. Oleic and linoleic acid showed a wide variation which ranged from 10.53 to 22.27%, and 69.46 to 81.26%, respectively. Linolenic acid was ranged from 0.06 to 0.13%. K185639 and K185639 had the highest total oil contents and linoleic acid, respectively. Cluster analysis based on oil composition and agronomic characteristics data divided the germplasm collections into three groups. Group Ⅲ having 114 accessions contained accessions with taller plant height than the other groups. Group Ⅱ having 68 accessions, the main color of flower was white but the other groups were yellow. Oleic acid showed a strong negative correlation (r = -0.9691**) with linoleic acid. Principal component analysis (PCA) based on the oil compositions and agronomic characteristics data revealed that the first two principal components (PC1 and PC2) together explained 36.28% total variation. Conclusion : These results showed that K185681, K185639 and K185639 could be useful to develop breeding and functional food.

Background: To obtain useful safflower resources for breeding and research of functional materials, the present study was conducted to determine fatty acid compositions and antioxidant activities of 281 safflower accessions collected from East Asia including South Korea. Methods and Results: Lipid contents and fatty acids compositions were evaluated using soxhlet extraction and gas chromatography, respectively. A antioxidant activities were analyzed using a spectrophotometer. The evaluation range of safflower accessions showed very wide variation. In terms of lipid contents, the China accessions were higher than the collection from other regions, whereas antioxidant activities did not differ among regions. The result of the principal component analysis showed that the first and second principal component cumulatively explained 90.6% of the total variation. In clustering the safflower accessions, the tree showed four major clades. Group II (16 accessions) was high in lipid content, oleic acid and linoleic acid, whereas group III (50 accessions) exhibited higher antioxidant activities than other groups. Conclusions: It was recommended that the China collections be utilized as a useful resource for research on functional oil materials. These results provided valuable information for safflower breeders and researchers of functional food.

A total of 447 accessions consisting of seven Brassica spp.; Brassica carinata (34), B. juncea (199), B. rapa subsp. dichotoma (18), B. rapa. subsp. oleifera (14), B. rapa subsp. rapa (36), B. rapa subsp. trilocularis (56) and B. alba subsp. alba (90) were studied for their morphological characters and fatty acid compositions. There was a wide variation for morphological traits, oil content and fatty acid composition among Brassica species. Seed number/silique and yield/plant were varied from 4.2 (B. alba) to 25.1 (B. rapa subsp. trilocularis) and from 170.7 g (B. rapa subsp. oleifera) to 351.9 g (B. juncea L. Czern.), respectively. Among Brassica species, B. rapa subsp. trilocularis exhibited the highest oil (29.2%), stearic (20.4%) and erucic acid (45.3%) content. B. carinata had the highest content of palmitic (5.2%), oleic (21.2%) and linolenic acid (11.1%). B. rapa subsp. dichotoma and B. rapa subsp. oleifera exhibited the highest content of linoleic (8.1%) and behenic (26.9%) acid, respectively. B. rapa subsp. trilocularis exhibited the highest (45.3%) erucic acid content and significant positive relationship was observed between oleic acid and linoleic acid. This variation of agronomic and fatty acid compositions in Brassica species can be utilized to develop new varieties.

한국자원 128개와 중국자원 214개 및 미국자원 37개를 포함한 총 379개의 국내외 콩 유전자원에 대한 지방 함량과 지방산 조성을 평가하고 유용자원을 선발하여 고품질 콩 품종 개발의 기초자료로 활용코자 수행되었다. 한국자원과 중국자원은 농촌진흥청 농업유전자원센터로부터, 미국자원은 경북대학교 식물유전육종연구실로부터 분양 받았다. 콩 유전자원의 지방함량은 평균 19.1%이었고, 12.7∼26.0%의 범위이었고, 포화지방산인 palmitic acid의 함량은 평균 10.6%이었고 범위는 4.1∼18.1%, stearic acid의 함량은 평균 2.9%이었고 범위는 1.9∼12.7%이었다. 불포화지방산인 oleic acid의 함량은 평균 28.2%이었고 범위는 15.3∼56%, linoleic acid의 함량은 평균 51.2%이었고 범위는 24.4∼68%, linolenic acid의 함량은 평균 7.1%이었고 범위는 3.4∼11.1%이었다. linoleic (ω-6)/linolenic(ω-3) acid 함량의 비율은 평균 7.5이었고 범위는 3.8∼17이었다. 포화지방산이 평균 13.5%이었고 범위는 6.7∼21.7%, 그리고 불포화지방산의 함량은 평균 86.5%이었고, 범위는 78.3∼93.4%이었다. 고지방품종 개발을 위한 지방함량이 25%이상인 고지방함량 자원으로는 중국자원인 Suinong 14, Dongnong 434 및 Dongnong 46의 3개이었다. Oleic acid 함량이 50%이상인 고 oleic acid함량 자원으로는 미국자원인 KLG12073과 KLG12074, 중국자원인 Jilin 14 및 한국자원인 Kwangan과 Bongeui의 5개이었고, linoleic acid의 함량이 60%이상인 고 linoleic acid 함량 자원으로는 미국자원 KLG12083과 KLG12081을 포함한 8개이었다. Linolenic acid의 함량이 4%이하인 저 linolenic acid 함량 자원으로는 미국자원 KLG12093와 KLG12096을 포함한 7개이었다. Linoleic acid(ω-6)/linolenic acid(ω-3)의 비율이 4.5이하로 낮은 자원은 미국자원 KLG12074 (3.8)와 KLG12073 (3.8), 한국자원 Kwangan (3.8)와 Bongeui (4.5) 및 중국자원 Dongnong 47 (4.3)의 5개이었다.

국내에 자생하는 기름생산이 가능한 목본식물의 바이오디젤 원료로서의 이용가능성을 구명하기 위해 기름함량, 지방산 조성 및 전이에스테르화를 통해 생산된 바이오디젤의 특성분석을 실시하였다. 목본 기름식물의 종자 내 기름함량은 15.1 ~ 70.3%로 다양하였으며, 지방산조성은 주로 올레산, 리놀레산, 리놀렌산, 팔미트산 및 스테아르산 등 이였으며 올레산의 함량이 가장 높았고 모든 식물에서 불포화지방산이 포화지방산보다 많았다. 지방산메틸에스테르의 산화안정성은 2.25 ~ 8.62 hours/110℃로 나타났고, 요오드가는 때죽나무 기름이 가장 높았으며 이는 불포화지방산의 함량이 다른 식물 종보다 높기 때문이다. 저온 필터막힘점은 0℃ to -13℃로 다양하게 나타났으며 이팝나무 지방산메틸에스테르가 저온유동성이 가장 우수하였다. 기름함량, 지방산조성, 바이오디젤 특성 등을 종합하였을 때 동백나무, 이팝나무 및 때죽나무의 종자에서 추출한 기름이 바이오디젤로의 이용 가능성이 비교적 높은 것으로 생각된다.

Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) is an annual herbaceous plant of the family Malvaceae that has been planted in Africa for more than 4000 years and used as source of fiber, energy and feed stock. Also, kenaf seeds are good source for edible oil used for first class cooking oil and margarine production. The seeds can be used for lubrication, soap, paint and varnishes. This study was carried out to evaluate fatty acids variation among sixteen kenaf germplasm and gamma-ray induced mutants derived from Jinju and Auxu. Linoleic, oleic, and palmitic acid were the predominant fatty acids in all kenaf seed oils. The sixteen accessions showed a wide range of fatty acid compositions, spanning from 28.94 to 43.36% saturated, 56.64 to 71.05% total unsaturated, 15.52 to 46.85% monounsaturated, and 13.56 to 48.97% polyunsaturated fatty acids. The mutant lines derived from Jinju, significantly surpassed parental mean for all the palmitic and oleic acid. Also, the mutant lines derived from Auxu showed broad ranges of variation in oleic and linoleic acid and narrow ranges of variation in stearic and palmitic acid. The relative amount of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) were increased at all the gamma-ray induced mutants. These results will provide a valuable information to assist parental selection of kenaf breeding.

고품질 콩 품종육성 및 유전자원 연구의 기초자료로 활용하기 위해 국내 콩 주요품종 46계통 및 보존 유전자원 517 계통의 지방함량과 지방산 조성의 변이양상을 분석한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 한국산 콩 주요 품종의 지방함량 범위는 15.8%~20.3% 였으며, 평균 18.2%를 나타내었고, 지방함량이 가장 낮은 품종은 1986년에 육성된 보광콩이, 가장 높은 품종은 2000년도에 육성된 새별콩으로 조사되었다. 2. 한국산 콩 주요 품종 46계통의 지방산 조성분석 결과 포화지방산인 C16:0 및 C18:0의 경우 각각 8.96~13.23% 및 2.55~4.20% 범위로 존재하였고, 불포화지방산인 C18:1, C18:2 및 C18:3의 범위는 각각 16.33~36.41%,42.32~58.84% 및 6.98~10.72% 를 나타내었다. 3. 국내 보존 유전자원 517계통의 지방산 조성을 분석한 결과 C16:0은 8.50%(IT 154681)~14.78% (IT 154558), C18:0은 1.86%(IT 022331)~4.78% (KLG 10738), C18:1은 13.29%(IT 178710)~43.30% (IT 154657), C18:2는 38.21%(IT 156004)~61.51% (IT 178710) 및 C18:3이 5.03(IT 188085)%~11.48% (IT 153412)의 범위를 나타내었다. 4. 콩 함유 지방산 중 포화지방산에 속하는 C16:0 및 C18:0은 불포화지방산인 C18:1과 고도의 부의 상관을 나타내었으며, 불포화지방산인 C18:1은 다른 종류의 불포화지방산인 C18:2 및 C18:3과 고도의 부의 상관을 나타내었고, C18:2와 C18:3 사이에는 고도의 정의상관이 인정되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

본 연구에서는 다양한 생리적 기능성 외에 우리 국민에게 친숙한 향기를 지닌 냉이를 대상으로 식용 부위에 따른 향기성분을 SDE 및 SPM 방법으로 동시 분석하여 우리나라 고유 방향성 식물자원의 보다 효과적인 활용을 위한 기초 자료를 제시하고자 하였다. SDE 방법으로 포집한 정유 성분과 SPME 방법으로 추출한 headspace 성분간에는 상당한 차이를 보였는데, 정유에는 headspace 성분보다 상대적으로 탄화수소의 함량이 적었고, 케톤류,