Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of Meles moles application as an edible functional food resource. This study was conducted to estimate the general nutrition composition, amino acid and minerals contents, fatty acid composition of Meles meles oil and the added fermented medicinal herbs liquid, and examine the cell toxicity effects in normal liver and kidney cells. The approximate composition of Meles moles oil was crude fat, 97.64%, crude ash, 1.99% and crude protein, 0.37%. In the fermented liquid, the approximate composition was moisture, 96.08%, Carbohydrate, 1.53%, crude ash, 0.92%, dietary fiber, 0.65%, crude protein, 0.54% and crude fat, 0.28%. The amino acid contents were 2.67 and 80.9mg% in the oil and liquid, respectively. The singularity of the unsaturated fatty acid contents attracted our attention. Especially, the polyunsaturated fatty acid compositions were 32.28 and 54.98% in oil and liquid, respectively. Negative effects were not found form the results of the cell toxicity respection. These results imply that Meles effects oil and the added fermented medicinal herbs liquid can be used as possible food resources and functional food materials.