• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.1-6
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• 2013

Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) has been known for having strong anti-oxidant, anti-mutagenic, and anti-carcinogenic activities. The free radical theory of aging, also known as the oxidative stress theory of aging, claims that cellular oxidative damage accumulated with time is a major causal factor of aging. In the present study, we investigated the effect of buckwheat extracts on resistance to oxidative stress and aging using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system. Survival under an oxidative-stress condition induced by paraquat increased markedly following 500mg/L buckwheat extracts treatment, suggesting lower cellular oxidative damage by buckwheat extracts. A lifespan assay also revealed that treatment of buckwheat extracts significantly extended both the mean and maximum lifespan in C. elegans. Interestingly, this lifespan-extension by buckwheat extracts was not accompanied by reduced fertility. These findings suggest that buckwheat extracts can confer longevity phenotype to C. elegans through its strong anti-oxidant activity and support the aging theory which emphasizes a pivotal role of oxidative stress during aging.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.28 no.8
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• pp.977-984
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• 2018

This study aimed to enhance rutin contents by controlling germination condition for manufacturing buckwheat sprouts. Two kinds of buckwheat, a common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench) and a tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum Gaertner) were used. By comparing the rutin content of two buckwheats, tartary buckwheat was 487 ppm, about 36 times higher than common buckwheat. Both common buckwheat and tartary buckwheat which germinated and grew under the light had higher rutin content relatively. In case of tartary buckwheat, rutin content of over 10 cm sprout was 4,579 ppm (without the light), and 5,160 ppm (with the light). Furthermore, tartary buckwheat was germinated and grew under different light strengths from 2,000 to 22,000 Lux. The rutin contents of tartary buckwheat sprout that was grown under the 22,000 Lux light was the highest. The rutin content was increased dramatically at 14,000 Lux of light. From 14,000 to 22,000 Lux, there was a little change on rutin content. Therefore, the condition of 14,000 Lux light was determined optimal for manufacturing tartary buckwheat sprouts. Also, rutin contents of extracts treated with 60, 70, 80 and $90^{\circ}C$ during different time had no significant difference. Therefore, rutin of tartary buckwheat sprout extract had thermostability up to $90^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.81-86
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• 2005

The chemical components of buckwheat seed and sprout were compared for predicting the usefulness of buckwheat sprout as food materials. The buckwheat sprout was harvested and lyophilized after germination for 7 days. Crude protein, lipid and ash contents of buckwheat sprout were 20.8, 1.3 and 2.6% in dry basis, respectively. Major amino acids of buckwheat sprout were glutamic acid (2,764 mg/l00 g) and aspartic acid (1,698 mg/l00 g). The contents of tryptophan, alanine, tyrosine and histidine of buckwheat sprout were about 1.7 to 1.9 times higher than those of buckwheat seed. Major fatty acids of buckwheat sprout were linoleic acid (45.9%) and oleic acid (18.4%). The contents of stearic acid (18:0) and oleic acid (18:1) were decreased by about 21% and 50%, whereas those of linoleic acid (18:2) and linolenic acid (18:3) were increased by 1.3 and 5.4 times, respectively after germination for 7 days. The mineral contents of buckwheat sprout were 152.0 mg/l00 g for Ca, 9.9 mg/l00 g for Zn, 485.0 mg/l00 g for Mg and 5.4 mg/l00 g for Fe. Vitamin A, C and E contents of buckwheat sprout were 1,180 IU/100 g, 203 mg/l00 g and 32.1 mg/l00 g in dry basis, respectively. Especially, the content of $\alpha$ -tocopherol was increased by 27.5 times as compared to that of buckwheat seed. The rutin content of buckwheat sprout was 343.67 mg/l00 g, which was about 18 times higher than that of buckwheat seed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.354-362
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• 1991

To investigate nutritional and biochemical values of buckwheat, amino acids and minerals in buckwheat harvested from Kangweon-do were analysed. Mixed flour between buckwheat and wheat were made to be used for buckwheat noodle and were also analysed minerals and major nutrients in composite flours. When three different levels of flour mix were compared, major nutrients were about same among those mixes but minerals were higher by adding more buckwheat flour, especially by adding more imported buckwheat flour. From this mixed flour, 9 minerals and 16 amino acids including 9 essential amino acids were analysed. Contents of selenium, sodium and magnessium were very high in buckwheat flour, Therefore, nutritional value of domestic buckwheat was highly evaluated. BAP method was used to determine the change of gelatinization in the noodles prepared by extruder at 8$0^{\circ}C$, and in the noodles during freeze drying and refrigeration. 70% of gelatinization was done during noolding process and retrogradation was severe during refrigeration.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.831-838
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• 1996

This study was undertaken in order to elucidate the effects of raw, roast and steamed buckwheat on fecal protein, Pancreas weight, the activities of $\alpha-amylase,$ chymotrypsin and lipase 91 the pancreas, and $\alpha-amylase,$ chymotrypsin and trypsin activities of the feces in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Fecal proteins of raw, roast and steamed buckwheat diabetic groups were increased up to 99%, 91%, 103%, respectively compared to those of the diabetic control group. Feeding of buckwheat diet increased pancreas weight, especially raw buckwheat diabetic group(p<0.05). Pancreatic chymo-trypsin activity was decreased in buckwheat diabetic groups compared to diabetic control group, wheres any significant difference was observed in $\alpha-amylase$ and lipase activities. Fecal chymotrypsin activi-ty was significantly increased in all buckwheat diabetic groups. Fecal trypsin activity was increased in roast buckwheat diabetic groups compared to diabetic control group and fecal $\alpha-amylase$ activity in buckwheat diabetic group was not significantly different. These results suggest that feeding of buckwheat diet enhances the impaired exocrine pancreatic function of diabetic rat.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.379-385
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• 1992

1. Amino acid compositions were determined by amino acid analyzer. Through the analysis of these samples, it was found that glutamic acid was the most abundant; glycine, aspartic acid, lysine and threonine were rich; and tryptophan and methionine were the limiting amino acid. 2. Albumins, globulins, gliadins and glutelins were extracted from the Kangwon hull, Kangwon rice buckwheat, and wheat. The relative proportions of protein fractions were 52.45 : 10.14 : 16.61 : 20.80% in Kangwon hull buckwheat, 21.10 : 13.80 : 28.40 : 36.70% in Kangwon rice buckwheat and 6.87 : 1.65 : 42.85 : 48.6% in wheat, in the order of albumins, globulins, gliadins and glutelins. 3. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) were performed to identify the subfractions of each protein fraction. The electrophoregrams of PAGE showed that the same fractions of both Kangwon hull buckwheat protein and Kangwon rice buckwheat protein had very similar electrophoretic patterns to each other respectively, but there were significant differences in the patterns between buckwheat proteins and wheat proteins.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.53-59
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to investigate the properties of frozen cookies containing buckwheat flour. Buckwheat flour was added to cake flour bases at concentrations of 3%, 6%, and 9%. Falling numbers, RVA (rapid visco analyzer) increased with the addition of buckwheat flour, whereas initial pasting temperature decreased. The set back value, which is a prediction of retrogradation, did not show any significant difference. The alveographic P values of the treatment were lower than that of the Control. In the farinogram test, water absorption increased upon the addition of buckwheat flour, whereas stability and farinogram quality number decreased. In conclusion, the addition of 6% buckwheat flour is recommended to obtain the optimal volume of frozen cookies.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.50 no.4
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• pp.276-280
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• 2007

Buckwheat often causes severe allergic reactions in sensitive people. One of the major allergenic proteins in common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) has been found to be a BW10KD protein. In this study, we developed a PCR method to detect buckwheat ingredients in food using primers corresponding to the allergenic BW10KD gene. Five pairs of oligonucleotide primers successfully enabled PCR amplification of the specific regions of the genomic BW10KD DNA from buckwheat, but no amplification from seven other cereals and beans (barley, wheat, German millet, African millet, soybean, red bean, and black bean). The proposed PCR method was applied to analyze 12 processed foods (buckwheat flour, buckwheat noodle, buckwheat jelly, wheat noodle, instant noodle, black sesame gruels, sunsik, cookie, misutkaru, and three kinds of cereal); among them, only three samples including buckwheat flour, buckwheat noodle and buckwheat jelly showed a positive reaction to the detection. This PCR method was able to detect as little as 1 ng of common buckwheat DNA. This rapid and specific PCR method would be applicable to detect allergenic buckwheat ingredients in food.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.50 no.spc1
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• pp.175-180
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• 2005

This study was carried out to determine total contents of phenol and flavonoid in common and tartary buckwheat for the purpose of developing new kind of functional food with buckwheat materials. Total content of phenol and flavonoid in seeds of tartary buckwheat were higher than that of common buckwheat. It showed same tendency in groats and hulls. Total content of phenol and flavonoid in groats showed higher than hulls in tartary buckwheat while those of hulls was a little higher than groats in common buckwheat seed. Rutin content in common buckwheat was higher in odor of the hulls (25.2 mg/100 g)>dehulled seed(19.8 mg/100 g)>groats (12.8mg/100 g). But tartary buckwheat was higher in oder of the groats(2042.1 mg/100 g)>dehulled seed (1375.8 mg/100 g)>hulls(138.7 mg/100 g). Flavanol content in dehulled seeds of the tartary and common buckwheat did not show the difference. However, flavanol contents in leaf, stem and spouts of tartary buckwheat were respectively higher than in those of common. Among the flavanols, catechin content was highest in all plant parts of their buckwheat and also was higher in odor of epicatechin>epicatechingallate. However, epicatechingallate content in sprouts of both buckwheat species was about 30-40 times higher than seeds.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.501-507
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• 1998

This study was aimed to determine the cooking properties of noodles when dfferent concentrations of Aster scaber THUNB(AST) juice were added to the buckwhenat and wheat flours. Also, physicochemical effects of the noodles and compositions of the noodles and compositions of the noodle soup after cooking were determined. Buckwheat flour and AST contained greater amounts of minerals and essential amino acids than wheat flour. The contents of chlorophyll and carotenoids in the buckwheat noodle added AST juice increased as the concentrations of AST juice increased. Hydration capacity of buckwheat flour was higher than that of wheat flour when AST juice was added to flours. The added amounts of AST juice did not affect the volume and the weight of the noodles, but those were increased as cooking time proceeded. The release of proteins and minerals from the buckwheat noodle added AST juice increased as cooking time progressed and also at the added concentrations of AST juice increased. Texture indices showed lower values as the amount of added juice increased. In sensory evaluation, the scores of color, flavor and overall acceptability of the buckwheat noodle added AST juice were higher than those of the control.