An efficient method for in vitro propagation and growth of the wild garlic(Allium ochotense Prokh.) was established. Bulbs of wild garlic were collected from Ullung Island, Korea, and the growth pattern of plantlets on various culture media was observed. High growth of shoot was obtained on LP, NN and N6 medium. The growth media supplemented with 3%(w/v) sucrose was found optimal for shoot growth. After 10 weeks multiple shoots were observed in the plantlets growing on the medium containing 1.0 mg/l of zeatine and 0.1 mg/l NAA. Roots were induced directly at the base of the shoot in all treatments. The medium with 2.0 mg/l of IBA proved to be the best rooting medium. The studies of this kind may be used to develop strategies for large-scale propagation of elite wild garlic.

마늘종의 활용성 증대를 위하여 흑마늘종을 제조하고 이화학적 특성, 항산화 활성 및 α-glucosidase 저해 활성을 조사하였다. 마늘종을 정선하고 밀폐 용기에 담아 55 ± 2℃에서 7일간 1차 숙성시키고, 다시 65±2℃에서 14일간 2차 숙성시켜 흑마늘종을 제조하였다. 흑마늘종은 마늘종과 비교하여 산도 및 환원당은 각각 0.41 mL 및 24.98 g/100 g에서 0.91 mL 및 44.86 g/100 g으로 약 2.2배와 2배 정도 증가하였으며, 무기질 중 나트륨과 인은 약간 증가하였으나 칼륨은 감소하였고 칼슘과 철은 거의 변화가 없었다. 한편 원료 마늘종과 비교하여 총 phenolics 함량은 약 1.5배(128.6 mg/100 g) 증가하였고 갈변도는 약 2배(OD420 nm= 2.071) 증가하였으며, 이에 상응하여 DPPH 라디칼 소거활성, ABTS 라디칼 소거활성 및 환원력의 항산화 활성도 증가하였다. 특히 α-glucosidase 저해 활성은 흑마늘종 추출물은 79.2%로 양성 대조구로 사용한 acarbose의 71.81%보다 높았으며, 마늘종 추출물의 31.12%보다는 약 2.3배 활성이 높았다. 이와 같은 결과로부터 마늘종으로부터 기능성이 증진된 흑마늘종 제조가 가능하였다.

This study was performed to develop the mass propagation system using tissue culture technique to supply the seeds of Elephant garlic (Allium ampeloprasum L.) which has difficulty in propagation. Immature spathe of Elephant garlic was cultured on Murashige & Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with two plant growth regulators, naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and kinetin. After 6 weeks of culture, the highest number of shoot (14.9/explant) was obtained when the immature spathe with 10 ㎝ length was cultured right after harvesting. In MS medium supplemented with 2 ㎎/L kinetin and 0.5 ㎎/L NAA, the most vigorous growth characteristics was observed, the shoot number was 14.9/explant, its length was 11.3 ㎝, and its fresh weight was 2.5 g. When the bulblets were cultured in MS medium with 2 ㎎/L kinetin and 0.5 ㎎/L NAA, the addition of 30 ㎎/L adenine improved their proliferation and growth significantly, the highest bulblet formation rate (48%) was obtained. The addition of 7% sucrose also increased the bulblet formation rate at the highest frequency of 98.2%. The shoots were shown be more vigorously proliferated at the secondary subculture stage rather than primary culture stage, their propagation rate was 80% after subculture.

To enhance the utilization of garlic shoots as food material, the nutritional and volatile flavor com pounds were investigated for garlic shoots, both cold and warm region type garlic shoots. Proximate composition of cold and warm region type was as follows, respectively; crude protein 2%, crude lipid 0.4%, crude ash 1.1% and 1.5%, crude fiber 1.3% and 1.5%. The major fatty acids of 2 varieties of garlic shoots were linoleic, palmitic and linolenic acid, and their desaturation ratio of them was comparatively high, showing 73.7 and 66.8%, respectively. Free sugars were composed of glucose, sucrose, fructose, arabinose and sorbitol. In the total amino acid analysis, the major amino acids were glutamic acid and aspartic acid. The volatile flavor compounds of fresh garlic shoots extracted by hexane and Likens-Nikerson steam distillation apparatus were identified to be methyl-2-propenyl disulfide, diallyl disufide, propenyl propyl disulfide, di-2-propyl-trisulfide, 2-vinyl-1,3-dithiane, and 2-vinyl-4H-1,3-dithiin. Hexane was more effective than steam distillation for extraction of volatile components of garlic shoots.