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Nutritional and functional constituents and antioxidant activity in whole onion (Allium cepa L.) by growth stage

생육시기별 양파 전초의 영양 및 기능성 성분과 항산화 활성 비교

  • Sun-Kyung Lee (Environment-Friendly Agriculture Research Institute, JARES) ;
  • You-Seok Lee (Environment-Friendly Agriculture Research Institute, JARES) ;
  • Soo-Hyun Ji (Environment-Friendly Agriculture Research Institute, JARES) ;
  • Pyo-Hyeon Kim (Environment-Friendly Agriculture Research Institute, JARES) ;
  • Ju-Hyun Kim (Environment-Friendly Agriculture Research Institute, JARES) ;
  • Seong-Jun Kim (Horticultural Research Institute, JARES) ;
  • Kyung-Cheol Ma (Environment-Friendly Agriculture Research Institute, JARES) ;
  • Jin-Woo Lee (Environment-Friendly Agriculture Research Institute, JARES)
  • 이선경 (전라남도농업기술원 친환경농업연구소) ;
  • 이유석 (전라남도농업기술원 친환경농업연구소) ;
  • 지수현 (전라남도농업기술원 친환경농업연구소) ;
  • 김표현 (전라남도농업기술원 친환경농업연구소) ;
  • 김주현 (전라남도농업기술원 친환경농업연구소) ;
  • 김성준 (전라남도농업기술원 원예연구소) ;
  • 마경철 (전라남도농업기술원 친환경농업연구소) ;
  • 이진우 (전라남도농업기술원 친환경농업연구소)
  • Received : 2023.09.20
  • Accepted : 2023.10.12
  • Published : 2023.10.30
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Abstract

Onions are essential vegetables for Koreans' diet and have various physiological activities. However, problems arise every year due to the imbalance between production and demand. Therefore, in this study, nutritional and functional components, and antioxidant activity were analyzed for each growth period in order to utilize onions at the disposal period. Whole onions harvested before June showed higher values of general ingredients, inorganic ingredients, organic acids, spiraeoside, quercetin, total chlorophyll, and antioxidant activity than bulbs harvested in June. On the other hand, the free sugar content was higher in the bulb of the harvest season in June than in whole onions. The total thiosulfinate content was similar to that of whole onions and bulbs in the early stages of growth. In addition, as a result of comparing the flavonoid compound and antioxidant activity of each onion variety, whole onions harvested at 25 weeks were higher in content than onion bulbs harvested in June. In conclusion, onions before the harvest season in June had excellent utilization value as food. Harvesting before 21 weeks is desirable for growing onions with excellent nutritional value, while harvesting after 23 weeks is recommended for excellent functional components and antioxidant activity in onions.

양파는 한국인의 식생활에 필수적인 채소로 항산화작용, 심혈관계 질환 예방, 항혈전, 혈당 저하, 항염과 항알레르기등의 다양한 유용 생리활성이 알려져 있다. 하지만 생산-수요의 불균형으로 인한 문제가 매년 나타나고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 양파의 이용성을 극대화하고자, 양파 전초의 우수성을 확인하고 양파의 사용 목적에 따른 수확시기 확립을 위해 생육시기별 영양성분, 기능성성분 및 항산화 활성을 분석하였다. 일반성분은 탄수화물을 제외하고 6월 수확시기에 가까워질수록 감소하는 경향을 보여 전초가 구근보다 높은 함량을 나타냈다. 유리당은 glucose > fructose > sucrose로 구성되어 있으며 6월 수확시기에 증가하여 구근이 전초보다 높은 함량을 나타냈다. 무기성분은 P, Cu를 제외하고 구근보다 전초가 높은 경향을 보였다. 유기산은 malic acid > citric acid > oxalic acid로 구성되어 있었고 전초가 구근보다 높은 함량을 보였다. 총플라보노이드 함량은 생장할수록 유의적으로 감소하여 6월 수확한 구근에서 가장 낮은 함량을 나타냈다. 플라보노이드 화합물은 spiraeoside > quercetin > isorhamnetin로 구성되어 있었고, isorhamnetin을 제외한 두 성분은 전초가 구근보다 더 높은 함량을 나타냈다. 총엽록소 함량은 생장할수록 감소하였지만 전초가 구근보다 높은 함량을 나타냈으며, 총 thiosulfinate 함량은 생장할수록 감소하다 다시 증가하여 초기 전초와 구근은 비슷한 함량을 나타냈다. 항산화 활성 역시 전초가 구근보다 높은 함량을 나타냈다. 양파의 품종별로 플라보노이드 화합물과 항산화 활성을 비교한 결과, 모든 품종에서 25주에 수확한 전초가 6월 수확한 구근보다 값이 더 높은 것을 알 수 있었다. 결론적으로, 유리당과 일부 무기성분을 제외한 영양성분과 기능성성분, 항산화 활성은 6월 수확한 구근보다 이전에 수확한 전초에서 그 함량이 높아, 6월 수확기 이전 시기의 양파 전초는 식품으로서 활용가치가 우수하다고 판단되었다. 특히 21주 이전의 전초는 영양성분이 대파보다 뛰어났으며, 23주 이후의 전초는 기능성 성분 및 항산화 활성이 구근과 대파보다 더 뛰어난 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서, 양파 전초는 영양성분 및 녹색이 목적인 가공 제품에 이용하기 위해 21주 이전에 수확하고, 기능성성분 및 항산화 활성이 목적인 가공 제품에 이용하기 위해 23주 이후에 수확하는 것이 바람직 할 것으로 생각된다.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the R&D grant (RS-2021-RD009901) from the Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

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