The antioxidant substance in black onion was identified. The assays that used 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazo line-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS+) radicals showed that the ethyl acetate fraction of black onion methanol extract had a higher level of radical-scavenging activity than the other fractions. Two antioxidative compounds were purified and isolated from the ethyl acetate fraction via column chromatographies of silica gel and Sephadex LH-20 using the guided DPPH radical-scavenging assay. The isolated compounds were identified as 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid (1) and quercetin (2) based on mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance. The isolated compounds showed a high level of DPPH and ABTS+ radical-scavenging activity. Compound 2 had a higher level of radical-scavenging activity than 1.

흑양파를 ethanol, methanol 및 물로 각각의 추출물을 제조하고, 이 추출물의 항산화활성을 비교 검토함으로서 흑양파 추출물을 이용한 다양한 가공식품의 제조에 필요한 기초자료를 제공하고자 하였다. 흑양파 물 추출물이 28.56%로 수율이 가장 높았으며, 총 페놀도 13.5 mg/g로 가장 많았다. MTT assay 이용한 Raw 264.7의 세포독성에서 물 추출물이 가장 양호한 세포보호 효과를 보였다. 흑양파 ethanol 추출물과 물