In this research, a novel and efficient quinoline thioacetamide functionalized magnetic graphene oxide composite (GO@Fe3O4@QTA) was synthesized and utilized for dispersive magnetic solid phase preconcentration of Cd(II) and Ni(II) ions in urine and various food samples. A number of diverse methods were employed for characterization of the new nanosorbent. The design of experiments approach and response surface methodology were applied to monitor and find the parameters that affect the extraction performance. After sorption and elution steps, the concentrations of target analytes were measured by employing FAAS. The highest extraction performance was achieved under the following experimental conditions: pH, 5.8; sorption time, 6.0 min; GO@Fe3O4@QTA amount, 17 mg; 2.4 mL 1.1 mol L-l HNO3 solution as the eluent and elution time, 13.0 min. The detection limit is 0.02 and 0.2 ng mL-1 for Cd(II), and Ni(II) ions, respectively. The accuracy of the new method was investigated by analyzing two certified reference materials (sea food mix, Seronorm LOT NO 2525 urine powder). The interfering study revealed that there are no interferences from commonly occurring ions on the extractability of target ions. Finally, the new method was satisfactorily employed for rapid extraction and determination of target ions in urine and various food samples.

This study analyzes the chemical composition of green tea, white tea, yellow tea, oolong tea and black tea with respect to extraction temperature and time. The optimum extraction conditions for these teas were determined by assessing the chemical composition of tea brewed at different temperature (50, 60, 70, 80℃) and extraction times (1, 3, 5, 10 minute). Catechins contents were the largest at 5 minutes and generally declined by 10 minutes. Green tea catechins contents were highest when brewed at 70℃ and besides other teas a change of the trend variation at 70 and 80℃. These temperatures did not extract theaflavins in green tea. Extract temperature and time did not significantly affect theaflavins content of white tea, yellow tea, and oolong tea. Black tea, however, was noticeably dependent on extract conditions, which were most effective at 70℃, brewed for 5 minutes. Caffeine content of green tea, yellow tea, and oolong tea was highest at 5 minutes, but temperature did not appear to affect the content. White tea and black tea caffeine content was highest when brewed at 70℃ for 5 minutes. Theobromine content of green tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, and black tea did not show major differences between the study times or temperature, though the content in white tea increased with higher temperatures when brewed for 5 minutes. The extraction of phenolic compounds increased until 5 minutes, and showed not further increase at 10 minutes. Antioxidant capacity of green tea, white tea, and yellow tea were maximized at 70℃ for 5 minutes or 80℃ for 3 minutes, while oolong and black tea were reached maximum antioxidants at 70℃ for 5 minutes. In general, to optimize the beneficial chemical content of brewed tea, a water temperature of 70℃ for 5 minutes is recommended.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the alleviative effects of a nude pack containing black tea water extract (NPBT) on inflammation and skin barrier damage in hairless mice. Skin inflammation and skin barrier damage were induced by UVB irradiation to the backs of hairless mice for five weeks. And, at the same time, saline (C), NPBT (1%: E1, 2%: E2), and 0.01% retinoic acid diluted with polyethylene glycol (PC) were applied topically twice per day, five days per week, for a period of five weeks. The skin erythema indices of the E1 and E2 groups were significantly lower (p<0.05) than those of the C group through one week after the beginning of the experiment. Meanwhile, water contents of the E1 and E2 groups were significantly higher (p<0.05) than those of the C group through two weeks after the beginning of the experiment. Remarkable thickening of epidermis and dermis was observed in the C group, compared with the PC, E1, or E2 groups. In the C group, infiltration of many inflammatory cells, including neutrophils and lymphocytes, was observed in dermis and a large number of mast cells were observed in dermis and hypodermis, and the degree of degranulation was remarkable. However, these phenomena were alleviated in the PC, E1, and E2 groups. Therefore, NPBT could have considerable inhibitory efficacy on inflammation and skin barrier damage induced by UVB irradiation.

In this study, we examined the composition of catechins, theaflavins and alkaloids in leaves during processing to fermented black tea, which is produced by withering, roll breaking, and fermentation of Korean Yabukida tea plant. In addition, we determined the optimal conditions for the production of fermented black tea. The average moisture content in fresh leaves was 70.85%, which dropped to 3.07% in fermented black tea at the last stage of production. When the leaves were analyzed by HPLC, seven types of catechins, four types of theaflavins and three types of alkaloids were identified. The levels of catechins, theaflavins, and alkaloids were then evaluated after being processed into fermented tea. From these experiments, we found that the level of theaflavins, which determines the property of the tea, increased during fermentation. This effect resulted from the change in EGCG, ECG, EGC, EC during the process of fermentation. We also found that the maximal amount of theaflavins was created after 1-2 hours of fermentation. Thus, our results imply that the best condition for producing fermented black tea would be to ferment for 1-2 hours.

This study was carried out to measure the contents of moisture, crude ash, crude fat, total amino acid, with amino acid composition, vitamin C, β-carotene, vitamin E, total catechins, EGCG, EGC, ECG, EC, GA, caffeine, theobromine and theophylline of the green tea I, II, III, oolong, and black tea. The content of crude fat of green tea I, II, III, oolong, and black teas was 1.1, 2.5, 4.9, 0.8 and 1.2% respectively, total amino acid content was 0.87, 0.78, 0.60, 0.63 and 1.05% respectively, and theanine content was 0.52, 0.48, 0.31, 0.41 and 0.61%, respectively. Total amino acid content of green tea increased in the order of green tea I $gt; green tea II $gt; green tea III, and among the teas, the content of theanine was the highest in the amino acids present. The content of vitamin C of green teal, II, III, oolong, and black tea was 101.6, 87.5, 95.9, 99.1 and 108.0 mg%, respectively, β-carotene content was 270, 268, 481, 80 and 181 ppm, respectively. Among the α-, β-, γ- and δ-tocopherol, the content of α-tocopherol was the highest in vitamin E present, and β- and δ-tocopherol were not detected in the samples of green teal, II, III, oolong, and black teas. The total catechins of green teal, II, III, oolong, and black teas was 10.5, 10.4, 7.2, 8.4 and 1.8% respectively, and among them, EGCG content was the highest. The content of EGC increased in the order of green tea I $gt; green tea III $gt; green tea II $gt; oolong tea $gt; black tea. The contents EGCG and ECG increased in the order of oolong tea $gt; green tea I $gt; green tea II $gt; green tea III $gt; black tea, and the highest contents of EGCG and ECG were observed in the samples of oolong tea. The content of GA was 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.13 and 0.31%, respectively, and the highest contents of GA, caffeine and theobromine were observed in the sample of black tea. The highest content of theophylline, however, was observed in the sample of green tea I.

The extraction yield of MeOH extract of green teas, oolong tea and black tea were 3 to 5, 4 to 5, and 5 to 7 fold higher than those of EtOH and EtAC extract, respectively. The amount of total catechins of EtAC extract of the black tea, and of the green teas and oolong tea were three- and two-fold higher than that of EtOH or MeOH extract of the corresponding teas, respectively. The antioxidative activities of EtOH, MeOH and EtAc extract were considerably higher than that of BHT and dl-α-tocopherol at 200 ppm level. The antioxidative activities of EtOH and MeOH extract at 200 and 500 ppm level, and of EtAc extract at 200 ppm level varied depending on the type of tea as follows : green tea I $gt; green tea II $gt; green tea III $gt; oolong tea $gt; black tea. The antioxidative activity increased as the content of EGC increased. But the antioxidative activity of MeOH extract at 1000 ppm level, and of EtAc extract at 500 and 1000 ppm level were not affected by the content of EGC and EGCG.

본 연구에서는 홍차 흑효모 발효물의 기능성화장품 소재로서의 가능성을 규명하고자 항산화, 미백, 항주 름 효능을 확인하였다. 홍차 흑효모 발효물의 결과는 홍차 추출물, 흑효모 발효물과 비교하여 나타내었다. 항산 화능 평가 결과 홍차 흑효모 발효물은 흑효모 발효물보다 뛰어난 DPPH 라디칼 소거능을 나타냈으며 홍차 추출 물과는 유사한 결과를 나타냈다. 과산화수소로 유도된 세포 내 활성산소종 실험에서도 홍차 흑효모 발효물은 유의적 제거 활성을 보였다. 또한 홍차 흑효모 발효물은 tyrosinase 저해 활성을 보이며 Melan-a, B16F10 세포를 이용한 멜라닌 형성이 억제됨을 확인하였다. 항주름 효능 확인을 위해 콜라겐 분해 효소(MMP-1)를 측정한 결과 홍차 흑효모 발효물이 홍차 추출물, 흑효모 발효물보다 높은 항주름 활성을 보였다. 본 연구 결과를 통해 홍차 흑효모 발효물은 항산화능 효능을 보이며 미백, 항주름 효능을 보아 기능성 화장품 소재로 개발될 수 있음을 확인하였다.

Background : Invitro antioxidant activity, polyphenol and flavonoid aglycone contents in black and green tea products of balloon flower leaves were investigated to provide valuable information for the further development and utilization of resources of Platycodon grandiflorum. Methods and Results : Flavonoid aglycone contents were investigated using HPLC (SHIMADZU, Japan) with a hypersil ODS column (125 mm × 4 mm, 5-μm particle, HP). DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities were measured by method of Lee & Lee (2004) with slight modification. Antioxidant activity, polyphenol and flavonoid contents in green tea were significantly higher than these in black tea. PC analysis indicated that first principal components explained 79.9% of the total variability for five traits investigated. PC2 explained 19.7% of the variation. Conclusion : It can be concluded from these results that these characteristics can reveal the active compound variation of black and green tea products of balloon flower leaves. These results provide scientific evidence for the utilization of balloon flower leaves.

홍차 분말의 첨가량을 0~8%로 달리하여 제조한 스펀지 케이크의 물리·화학적 품질, 항산화 활성 및 소비자 기호도 를 비교하였다. 케이크의 pH와 높이는 홍차 분말의 첨가량 이 증가할수록 유의적으로 감소하였으며(p<0.05), 굽기 손 실률의 경우 홍차 분말의 함량이 증가함에 따라 유의적으로 증가하였다(p<0.05). 경도는 0~4% 시료 간에서는 유의적인 차이는 없었다(p>0.05). 한편 명도(L*)는 붉은색을 띄는 홍 차 분말 고유색의 영향으로 첨가량이 증가할수록 유의적으 로 감소하였고(p<0.05), 적색도(a*)와 유의적으로 증가하였 다. 황색도(b*)의 경우 증가하는 경향을 보였으나, 0~4%, 6~8% 시료 간에 유의적인 차이는 발견되지 않았다 (p>0.05). 항산화 활성을 나타내는 전자공여능과 ABTS 라 디칼 소거능 활성은 홍차분말을 첨가할수록 유의적으로 증가하는 경향이 나타났다(p<0.05). 소비자 기호도 결과 2~4% 첨가군이 색과 부드러움을 제외한 나머지 항목에서 대조군보다 높게 평가되었으며, 따라서 관능품질과 건강기 능성 효과 등을 고려할 때 소비자의 기호를 충족시키기 위한 최적 첨가비율은 2~4%가 가장 적합한 것으로 판단된 다.

두피의 이상은 탈모, 비듬, 가려움증 등의 두피 질환으로 이어지며, 아직까지 정확한 원인이 규명되지 않은 상태여서 발병하면 치료가 쉽지 않다. 따라서 두피의 생리적인 항상성을 유지해서 두피를 건강한 상태로 유지하는 것이 두피 질환 예방 및 치료에 가장 효과적인 방법이다. 최근 두피 및 모발용 화장품 분야에서는 한의학적으로 효능이 있다고 알려진 약재들을 원료로 사용하려는 시도가 크게 증가하고 있다. 현재까지 화장품 원료로 사용되는 한약재는 대량생산과 규격화 등의 문제로 뜨거운 물에 우려낸 열수추출물을 제형에 혼합하는 형태로 사용하고 있는데, 이 과정에서 고온에 의한 영양소와 효능성분의 파괴는 불가피하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 한의학적으로 두피 개선 효과가 있다고 알려져 있는 검은콩, 작약, 녹차 잎을 대상으로 성분파괴를 최소화할 수 있는 저온용출법으로 효능 성분을 추출하고, 이 추출물들의 두피 개선 효능을 평가하였다. 실험 결과, 저온용출물들은 열수 추출물보다 평균 2배 이상 높은 항산화력을 보유하였으며, 모낭 및 모발 강화, 두피 보습, 가려움 방지에 효과적임을 확인하였다. 따라서 검은콩, 작약, 녹차잎의 저온용출물은 두피 트러블을 해결하는 효과적인 두피 개선 원료로 활용될 수 있다.