Abstract
Panax ginseng leaves are produced as the by-product when Panax ginseng roots were harvested. The Panax ginseng leaves was examed for the applicable possibility as the functional food. In this study, the changes in chemical composition of Panax ginseng leaves was examed by three methods as the hot-air dried(DRT), the aged tea(AGT) and the heat processed tea(HPT). The general composition of Panax ginseng leaves tea was shown as similar results in 3 different process methods. The level of the crude lipid and reducing sugar concentration were decreased slightly in HPT. The free sugar content of DRT was higher than the HPT and AGT. The existence of the higher content of free sugar composition in order are sucrose, fructose and glucose. The concentration of serine was the highest in the free amino acids, which were shown from 309.6 mg% to 336.6 mg%. The contents of free amino acid in Panax ginseng leaves made by DRT was higher than by AGT and HPT. The concentration of Ca was shown as the highest content among the minerals and was 2,115 mg%. The contents of minerals were existed in order of Ca, K, Mg, P, Na, Mn, Fe, Zn and Cu. But there were hardly any remarkable differences of mineral concentrations of Panax ginseng leaves tea made by different processing methods. The concentration of water soluble solid of Panax ginseng leaves tea processed by HPT was higher than by DRT and AGT. The concentration of ascorbic acid was shown the highest value of 424.4mg% in HPT. There was no differences in the fatty acid composition according to their processing methods. The concentration of palmitic acid was higher than that of other fatty acid. The order of fatty acid concentration were palmitic aicd, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, oleic acid and stearic acid, abundantly. As a conclusion, HPT was shown as the best process method for the production of Panax ginseng leaves tea.
인삼의 생산과정에서 부산물로 얻어지는 인삼엽을 건강 기능성 식품의 소재로 활용 가능성을 모색하기 위하여 인삼엽차를 건조법(DRT), 숙성법(AGT), 열처리법(HPT)등 3가지 방법으로 제조하고 화학적 조성의 변화를 조사하였다. 인삼엽차의 제조방법에 따른 일반성분 함량은 거의 유사하였으나 조지방, 환원당 함량은 HPT에서 감소되는 경향을 나타내었다. 유리당 함량은 DRT가 6.07%로 가장 많았으며 sucrose, fructose, glucose순이었다. 유리아미노산의 조성은 serine 이 309.6∼336.6 mg%로 가장 높았으며 valine, leucine, isoleucine, aspartic acid 순으로 그 함량이 높았고 DRT에 비하여 ACT, HPT에서 감소되는 추세를 나타내었다. 무기질 함량은 Ca 가 2,115 mg%로 가장 많았고 K, Mg, P, Na, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu 순으로 제조방법 사이에 차이는 나타나지 않았으나 찻물의 무기질 함량을 좌우하는 침출율은 HPT가 가장 우수하였다. 특히 Zn, Mn, Mg등은 면역체계를 유지하며 체내 유해 활성산소의 제거에 관여하는 무기질로서 이들 함량이 높다는 점은 인삼엽차의 우수성의 하나로 평가된다. 인삼엽차의 총 비타민 C 함량은 HPT가 424.4 mg%로 가장 많았으며 침출율도 가장 높았다. 지방산 조성은 제조방법간 차이는 나타나지 않았으며 palmitic acid가 가장 높았고 linoleic acid, linolenic acid, oleic acid, stearic acid 순이었다. 한편 인삼엽차의 색도는 DRT에 비해 AGT, HPT 에서 L값이 감소하고 a값은 증가하여 갈색 물질의 증가를 나타내었다. 이상의 결과를 종합해볼 때 인삼엽차의 제조방법은 열처리법(HPT)에서 가장 우수한 품질을 나타낸 것으로 생각한다.