• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.318-325
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to investigate quality characteristics of Seolgidduk containing 0, 3, 5, 7 and 9％ Poria cocos Wolf powder during the storage at 2$0^{\circ}C$ by measuring water content, color value, texture and sensory characteristics. By increasing the amount of Poria cocos Wolf powder, water content of Seolgidduk did not show any significant difference during storage. Hunter color L value of Seolgidduk decreased, and a and b value increased significantly by increasing the amount of Poria cocos Wolf powder. The cohesiveness of Seolgidduk decreased but adhesiveness, gumminess and chewiness were not significantly different by increasing the amount of Poria cocos Wolf powder. 3％ Poria cocos Wolf added Seolgidduk was the highest in color, odor, taste, softness, moistness and overall preference from the sensory evaluation. Above results indicated that 3％ Poria cocos Wolf added Seolgidduk showed the best quality through sensory and texture analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.1097-1101
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• 2002

This study was conducted to investigate the efficacy of antioxidant ability and nitrite scavenging ability of Poria cocos Poria cocos mycelium and Poria cocos fermented with rice were extracted with water and ethanol for measurement of degree of fat acidification against fish oil. Lower TBARS values of Poria cocos mycelium and Poria cocos fermented with rice were shown compared with control. Iron chelating ability of Poria cocos mycelium against Fe$^{2+}$, Cu$^{2+}$ was higher than Poria cocos fermented with rice. Electron donating abilitv of water extract and ethanol extract of Poria cocos mycelium were 76.8% and 79.9%, respectively. Higher nitrite scavenging ability was shown at ethanol extract than water extract of Poria cocos mycelium.ium.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.219-225
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• 2008

In order to fine antioxidant and whitening agent source from nature, the comparisons of antioxidative activity and tyrosinase inhibitory activity were carried out for various ethanol extract on Pueraria Radix, Poria Cocos, and Coptidis Rhizoma. Comparing for three ethanol extracts, the highest electron donating ability was found at Poria Cocos (81.2%), but, the highest SOD-like ability, at the Coptidis Rhizoma(58%). Xanthine oxidase experiment exhibited 23.3% of hindrance effect in Pueraria Radix, and 79.3% in Poria Cocos. To evaluate at the whitening effect, tyrosinase inhibitory activity was conducted. Tyrosinase inhibitory activity was detected at 17.9% in the Puerariae Radix, 5.2% in the Poria Cocos and 83.3% in the Coptidis Rhizoma. From these results, we suggest that the ethanol extracts from Pueraria Radix, Poria Cocos, and Coptidis Rhizoma can be used for cosmetic ingredients.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.37-40
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• 2015

Poria cocos is an edible and pharmaceutical mushroom with a long history of medicinal use in Korea. For the last 30 years, the domestic cultivated supply of Poria cocos has been unable to meet consumer demand, so Poria cocos is collected in mountainous areas and also imported from China. Thus, to increase the supply of Poria cocos, many artificial cultivation methods have been studied. In this study, Poria cocos is cultivated under different environmental conditions using plastic bags and the results compared. When cultivating Poria cocos at different temperatures (20, 25, 30 and $35^{\circ}C$) and using different numbers of plastic bag layers (1, 2), the most efficient cultivation conditions were a temperature of $25-30^{\circ}C$ and 2 plastic bag layers. The fastest growth was at $25-30^{\circ}C$, and the Poria cocos exhibited no weight change when cultivated using layers of plastic bags (1, 2).

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.41 no.7
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• pp.539-544
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• 1998

A study was conducted to investigate the effects of Poria cocos powder on dough rheology and wet noodle quality. Poria cocos powder had considerably lower content of crude protein, crude fat and crude ash than those of wheat flour. Poria cocos powder had also much bigger particle size $(74.62\;{\mu}m)$ and larger surface area $(3884.13\;cm^2/g)$ than those of wheat flour. The peak, final viscosities and setback in amylograph increased with the increase of Poria cocos powder concentration. The water absorption and dough stability in farinograph increased with the increase of Poria cocos powder concentration. With the increase of Poria cocos powder, the L values decreased in wheat flour-Poria cocos powder blend and dough, but increased in wet noodles. The cooked weight and volume of cooked noodles decreased, but the turbidity of soup increased with the increase of Poria cocos powder concentration. The hardness, cohesiveness, chewiness and springiness of cooked noodles had the biggest values at 3% addition of Poria cocos powder, but the values decreased above that concentration. The sensory evaluation of cooked noodles showed that the wet noodles with high quality could be produced by $5{\sim}7%$ addition of Poria cocos powder.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.17-20
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• 2005

Poria cocos, a famous traditional Chinese medicine, was found to have nematicidal activity in experiments searching for nematicidal fungi. The experiment showed it could kill 94.9% of the saprophytic nematode, Panagrellus redivivue, 92.6% of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne arenaria, and 93.5% of the pine nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, on PDA plate within 12 hours. According to the nematicidal activity, three new compounds, 2, 4, 6-triacetylenic octane diacid, 2, 4, 5, 6-tetrahydroxyhexanoic acid and 3, 4-dihydroxy-2-keto-n-butyl 2,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyhexanate, were isolated from submerged cultures of Poria cocos. Of these, 2, 4, 6-triacetylenic octane diacid could kill 83.9% Meloidogyne arenaria and 73.4% Panagrellus redivivus at 500 ppm within 12 hours. Here, it is reported for the first time that Poria cocos has nematicidal activity.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.197-202
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• 2008

The effects of flour dough by addition of Poria Cocos Wolf powder were investigated in dough added with $0{\sim}5%$ powder by evaluation of dough. Rheological properties of dough by mixograph, farinograph, alveograph and extensograph, and scanning electron microscope. The water absorption rate and resistance were increased by Increase of Poria Cocos Wolf powder. Mixograph for dough stability and v/v point dough were increased in dough added $1{\sim}2$ percent of Poria Cocos Wolf powder. In water absorption, stability and valorimeter value of the dough increased in weakness of the dough, as revealed through farinogram, extensiblity, resistance to extension, and energy increased in R/E ratio, as revealed through extensogram. Scanning electron microscope of bread wasn't changed by Poria Cocos Wolf powder.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.275-280
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• 1998

The effects of Poria cores powder addition on bread making were investigated by evaluation of dough rasing power, rheological properties of dough by farinograph and extensograph color and sensory quality. As increment of Poria cocos powder, dough rasing power and extensibility were decreased but water absorption rate and resistance were increased. Time for dough formation, stability and v/v point of dough were increased when 5 and 10 percent of Poria cocos powder were added. Color of bread wasn't significantly different when Poria cocos powder was added up to 10 percent. Overall acceptance by sensory evaluation was the best when 5 percent of Poria cocos powder was added, tut there are no significant difference among breads which were made with various mixing rates of Poria cocos powder.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.554-562
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• 2008

In this study, we attempted to assess the efficacy of a method to improve the quality of prepared bread via the addition Poria cocos powder to wheat flour at a range of concentrations from $0{\sim}5%$. The approximate composition for Poria cocos powder was as follow: moisture 7.67%, crude protein 0.61%, crude fat 0.58%, crude ash 0.32%, and crude fiber 0.30%, when using the flour to which the Poria cocos powder had been added, specific volume, falling number, and dough yield values all increased with increasing concentrations of added Poria cocos powder. The result of our microscopic observations revealed a relative scarcity of larger starch granules, and the bread prepared with the Poria cocos powder evidenced a sparse structure. With regard to the Hunters color value measurements, the L value decreased with increasing concentrations of Poria cocos powder. but the a and b values evidenced an inverse relationship with the concentration of added powder. The texture, hardness, and adhesiveness characteristics of the bread decreased with increasing concentration of added Poria cocos powder. but the gumminess and chewiness of the bread increased. However, we noted no significant differences in the springiness and cohesiveness characteristics among the experimental groups assessed herein. In the sensory evaluation, the quality of the 2% or 3% Poria cocos powder breads was optimal in terms of its taste and flavor.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.231-235
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• 2008

To investigate the effects on the bread added with $0{\sim}5%$ of Poria cocos Wolf powder (PP), and analyzed dough rasing power, gluten content, RVA, and properties of bread added powder of Poria cocos Wolf. Powder of white Poria cocos Wolf were contented moisture, 7.67, crude protein, 0.61, crude lipid, 0.58, crude ash, 032, and crude fiber 0.30. Dough rasing power were decreased by low intial pasting temperature and temperature at peak viscosity, and decreases in viscosity at peak point and as reveal through RVA. Breakdown and gluten contents of dough decreased by power of Poria cocos Wolf. Color and scanning electron microscope of bread wasn't significantly different when Poria cocos Wolf powder was added up to 5 percent.