본 연구는 염지제의 종류에 따른 발효소시지의 숙성 중 미생물 및 위생적 품질 변화에 미치는 영향에 대해 살펴보았다. 천일염+NaNo2, 정제소금+NaNo2, KCl+NaNo2, MgCl2+NaNo2 총 4가지 형태의 염 지제 종류에 따라 제조된 발효소시지를 숙성 중 수분활성도, VBN, TBA 및 미생물 분석을 실시하였다. 수분활성도의 경우 숙성28일과 35일에서 KCl+NaNo2 처리구가 다른 처리구보다 가장 낮은 값을 나타 내었다(p<0.05). VBN 의 경우 숙성기간 중 KCl+NaNo2 처리구가 다른 처리구보다 가장 낮은 값을 나 타내었다(p<0.05). TBA 값은 숙성기간 중 KCl+NaNo2 처리구가 가장 낮은 값을 나타내었고, 천일염 +NaNo2처리구가 가장 높은 값을 나타내었다(p<0.05). 미생물 분석 결과, 유산균수의 경우 처리구와 상관없이 숙성 14일까지 증가하다, 숙성 35일까지 약간 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다(p<0.05). 본 연구 결과를 통해 염지제로서 염화나트륨을 대체할 수 있는 KCl의 사용이 위생적 품질에 악영향 없이 염화 나트륨 함량을 감소시킬 수 있는 가장 좋은 방법이고 저염 육제품 개발을 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이라 사료된다.

SnS-TiO2 nanocomposites are synthesized using simple, cheap, and less toxic SnCl2 as the tin (II) precursor. The prepared nanoparticles are characterized using powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra (DRS). The XRD and TEM results indicate that the prepared product has SnS nanoparticles and a grain diameter of 30 nm. The DRS demonstrate that SnS-TiO2 possesses the absorption profile across the entire visible light region. The generation of reactive oxygen species is detected through the oxidation reaction from 1,5-diphenyl carbazide (DPCI) to 1,5-diphenyl carbazone (DPCO). It is found that the photocurrent density and photocatalytic effect increase with the modified SnS. Excellent catalytic degradation of Texbrite BA-L (TBA) solution is observed using the SnS-TiO2 composites under visible light irradiation. It is proposed that both the strong visible light absorption and the multiple exciton excitations contribute to the high visible light photocatalytic activity.

In order to assess antioxidant capacity in relation to seed traits of rice (Oryza sativa L.), ninety-six varieties were examined for antioxidative activity of brown rice grain using superoxide dismutase (SOD), 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), and thiobarbituric acid (TBA) assays. Overall, average total activities measured by the three methods were of very wide range between 64% and 13%. Significant differences were noted depending on the variety and evaluation method. Rice varieties with foreign origin, middle maturity, colored hulls, and colorless awn exhibited statistically significant higher total activity. As for the measurements, total activity was significantly correlated with SOD (r=0.29***), DPPH (r=0.80***) and TBA (r=0.76***). Between the three activities, SOD was not positively correlated with DPPH (r=0.15*), while TBA was significantly correlated with DPPH value (r=0.51***). DPPH (55.20%) and TBA (50.36%) were significantly higher in foreign rice, while SOD activity (44.29%) was significantly higher in domestic rice. However, an average total activity was significantly higher in foreign rice (47.31%) than in domestic rice (35.92%). SOD, DPPH and TBA activities of middle maturity in maturity time were the highest total activity (44.96%) and significantly differed from the other two groups. Total activity was significantly higher in rice with a colorless awn (42.18%) than with a colored awn (35.87%).

This study was to investigate antioxidative activity of rice grain using 1, 1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl(DPPH) and thiobarbituric acid (TBA) method and germination ability for screening rice varieties with high antioxidative activities on korean native and foreign rice varieties harvested in 1998 and 1999. The average antioxidative activity of foreign rice varieties (DPPH 63.5% and TBA 55.2%) was significantly higher than that of native rice varieties (DPPH 47.2% and TBA 45.6%) on varieties harvested in 1999. The promptness index (PI) of native rice varieties was higher in stored rices for three months (mean PI=160.7) than that of stored rices for a year (mean PI=141.6). On the other hand, the PI of foreign rice varieties was higher in stored rices stored for a year (mean PI=176.7) than that of stored rices for three months (mean PI=157.5). Varieties with high redness of hulled rice (a-value) showed significant lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity to DPPH in a stored rices for a year (r=0.5744** ) and stored rices for three months (r=0.5630** ) . These results indicate that the pigments of hulled rice varieties may play important antioxidative roles and colored rice varieties with higher antioxidative potentials can be developed and also may provide information with rice breeder to breed rice variety with a high antioxidative activity for a rapid screening of a small amounts of a large number of samples using color value.