Abstract
This study was carried out to elucidate the residual characteristics and calculate processing factors of difenoconazole in ginseng and its processed products, such as dried ginseng, red ginseng and their water and alcohol extracts. The pesticide was sprayed onto the ginseng according to its pre-harvest intervals in 2009 (four-year-old ginseng) and 2010 (five-year-old ginseng). Harvested ginseng was processed to dried ginseng, red ginseng and their extracts according to the commercially well-qualified conventional methods provided by the Korea Ginseng Corporation. Limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) of difenoconazole in fresh ginseng were 0.001 and 0.003 mg/kg, respectively. In case of processed ginseng products, their levels were 0.002 and 0.007 mg/kg, respectively. Concentration of difenoconazole in both fresh ginseng and its processed products increased with the experimental period. Processing factors, calculated as a ratio of difenoconazole concentration in processed products to fresh ginseng were found to be 1.71 to 2.17 and 1.62 to 2.03 in case of dried and red ginseng, respectively, while those for their extracts ranged from 1.76 to 2.98. In case of five-year-old dried ginseng and red ginseng as well as their extracts, the ranges of processing factor of difenoconazole were found to be 2.9 to 3.1, 1.9 to 2.2 and 2.4 to 4.7, respectively.
수삼을 건삼, 홍삼 및 농축액으로 제조하는 과정 중 difenoconazole의 잔류특성을 구명하고 가공계수를 산출하기 위하여 본 연구를 수행하였다. 약제 살포는 2009년(4년근)과 2010년(5년근) 2년에 걸쳐 안전사용기준에 준하여 약제를 살포하였으며, 수확한 인삼은 (주)한국인삼공사의 공인된 방법으로 건삼과 홍삼으로 제조한 후 각각의 물과 알코올 농축액을 제조하였다. 수삼 중 시험농약의 검출한계와 정량한계는 0.001과 0.003 mg/kg이었으며, 가공품의 경우 0.002와 0.007 mg/kg이었다. 4년근 수삼 및 가공품의 잔류량은 0.006-0.017 mg/kg이었으며, 5년근 수삼 및 가공품의 잔류량은 0.042-0.196 mg/kg으로 5년근 수삼 및 가공품 잔류량이 4년근 수삼 및 가공품 잔류량 보다 증가하였다. 수삼과 가공품의 잔류량 비로 산출한 가공계수는 4년근 건삼의 경우 1.71-2.17, 홍삼 1.62-2.03, 농축액 1.76-2.98이었으며, 5년근의 경우 건삼 2.89-3.07, 홍삼 1.89-2.20, 농축액 2.36-4.67이었다.
