Food Quality and Culture
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.61-66
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- 2008
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- 1976-6807(pISSN)
Effect of Freeze-Drying and Hot Air-Convection Drying on the Antioxidative Activity of Butterbur (Petasites japonicus)
- Cheong, Sun-Hee (Department of Food & Nutrition, Chungnam National University) ;
- Kim, Mi-Yeon (Department of Food & Nutrition, Chungnam National University) ;
- Son, Chan-Wok (Department of Food & Nutrition, Chungnam National University) ;
- Kim, Min-Hee (Department of Food & Nutrition, Chungnam National University) ;
- Lee, Yun-Jin (Department of Food & Nutrition, Chungnam National University) ;
- Kim, Mee-Ree (Department of Food & Nutrition, Chungnam National University)
- Published : 2008.12.31
Abstract
The principal objective of this study was to assess the anti oxidative activities of Petasites japonicus against oxidative stress in bovine brain tissue. Petasites japonicus is found with a relatively widespread distribution, and is cultivated as a culinary vegetable in Korea. Petasites japonicus samples were dried either by freeze-drying or by hot air-convection drying (
Keywords
- antioxidative activity;
- flavonoids;
- free radical scavenging activity;
- petasites japonicas;
- phenol content