• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.72-80
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• 2018

Yogurt, which has long been consumed as a longevity food, is characterized by a large number of lactic acid bacteria. The sales of yogurt market have increased for the past three years due to research findings that the intestinal microbial environment is closely associated with many human diseases and the well-being trend of recent consumers. The recent trends in the yogurt market have focused to low sugar content, functionalities such as enhanced immunity, and yogurt for freezing. In addition, recent yogurt products tend to be labeled for certain lactic acid bacteria having functionality in their products. Many yogurts have names of specific lactic acid bacteria on their products, such as 'Activia' and 'Bifidus'. We monitored the 'Bifidus' products in the market for reflecting its regulated counting in their products required to contain more than 10 million Bifidobacteria according to the revised lactic acid bacteria-counting test of Food Code 2015.

• BMB Reports
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• 제45권8호
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• pp.433-441
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• 2012

Human milk, which nourishes the early infants, is a source of bioactive components for the infant growth, development and commensal formulation as well. Human milk oligosaccharide is a group of complex and diverse glycans that is apparently not absorbed in human gastrointestinal tract. Although most mammalian milk contains oligosaccharides, oligosaccharides in human milk exhibit unique features in terms of their types, amounts, sizes, and functionalities. In addition to the prevention of infectious bacteria and the development of early immune system, human milk oligosaccharides are able to facilitate the healthy intestinal microbiota. Bifidobacterial intestinal microbiota appears to be established by the unilateral interaction between milk oligosaccharides, human intestinal activity and commensals. Digestibility, membrane transportation and catabolic activity by bacteria and intestinal epithelial cells, all of which are linked to the structural of human milk oligosaccharides, are crucial in determining intestinal microbiota.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제39권12호
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• pp.1854-1859
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• 2010

전통 재래식 메주 3종을 수집하여 호기성 생균수, 유산균수, 효모 및 곰팡이의 수를 측정한 결과 각각 $10^7\sim10^8$ CFU/ g, $10^6\sim10^8$ CFU/g, $10^7\sim10^8$ CFU/g의 분포를 나타내었고, 일반적으로 메주의 발효에 가장 크게 관여하고 있는 효모 및 곰팡이이 외에도 유산균 역시 메주의 발효에 깊이 관여하고 있는 주요 균주인 것으로 나타났다. 재래식 메주로부터 몇 종의 유산균을 분리한 후, 3종의 우수균주를 선별하여 동정을 실시한 결과, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactococcus lactis로 밝혀졌으며, 이들을 각각 Lm-SMm, Lp-SMm, Ll-GAm로 명명하였다. 3종 유산균의 효소 활성을 측정한 결과, 모두 protease, lipase, $\alpha$-amylase 활성을 나타내었고 특히 Ll-GAm이 상대적으로 높은 효소 활성을 나타내었다. DPPH를 이용하여 항산화 효과를 측정한 결과, Lm-SMm, Lp-SMm, Ll-GAm은 각각 45%, 48%, 60%의 free radical 소거 효과를 나타내었고, MTT assay를 이용하여 HT-29 인체 결장암 세포 성장억제 효과를 측정한 결과 각각 45%, 67%, 70%의 성장억제 효과를 나타내었다. 따라서 전통메주로부터 분리한 우수한 유산균은 장류제조 산업에 있어서 적용성이 있을 것으로 생각되어지며, 메주 제조에 있어서 스타터로 사용되었을 때 장류제품의 품질을 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.902-909
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• 2007

Granular maize starch was treated with Thermus scotoductus 4-${\alpha}$-glucanotransferase (${\alpha}$-GTase), and its physicochemical properties were determined. The gelatinization and pasting temperatures of ${\alpha}$-GTase-modified starch were decreased by higher enzyme concentrations. ${\alpha}$-GTase treatment lowered the peak, setback, and [mal viscosity of the starch. At a higher level of enzyme treatment, the melting peak of the amylose-lipid complex was undetectable on the DSC thermogram. Also, ${\alpha}$-GTase-modified starch showed a slower retrogradation rate. The enzyme treatment changed the dynamic rheological properties of the starch, leading to decreases in its elastic (G') and viscous (G") moduli. ${\alpha}$-GTase-modified starch showed more liquid-like characteristics, whereas normal maize starch was more elastic and solid-like. Gel permeation chromatography of modified starch showed that amylose was degraded, and a low molecular-weight fraction with $M_w$ of $1.1{\times}10^5$ was produced. Branch chain-length (BCL) distribution of modified starch showed increases in BCL (DP>20), which could result from the glucans degraded from amylose molecules transferred to the branch chains of amylopectin by inter-/intra-molecular transglycosylation of ${\alpha}$-GTase. These new physicochemical functionalities of the modified starch produced by ${\alpha}$-GTase treatment are applicable to starch-based products in various industries.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.280-287
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• 2000

Generally, buckwheat has been regarded as a crop of secondary importance in many countries. In vitro functionalities of buckwheats as a food were evaluated in this study. Five of buckwheat cultivars were extracted with methanol, and the extractant were dried and lyophilized, separately. Or water soluble buckwheat components were digested with the commercial enzymes and the obtained protein hydrolysate was again fractionated by acid precipitation. The antioxidant capacity of the methanol extracts determined using Fe2+-ascorbic acid system was dependent ont the cultivars: The extract of Suwon 4 showed 3.3 times stronger activity than ascorbic acid in terms of IC50. Also, the extracts of buckwheats inhibited efficiently the activities of $\alpha$-amylase and lens aldose reductase. Buckwheat soluble protein or rutin suppressed the in vitro activities of angiotensin-converting enzyme, and the inhibitory degree depended largely on the cultivars. Buckwheat proteins exerted higher hydrophobicity being related to the sterol binding capacity than casein. The results suggested that buckwheat seeds may be desirable and functional food resources in human living in current society.

• 분석과학
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.172-179
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• 2021

Oleanane-type triterpenoids exist as secondary metabolites in various plants. In particular, soyasaponin, an oleanane-type triterpenoid, is abundant in the hypocotyl of soybean, one of the most widely cultivated crops in the world. Depending on their chemical structure, soyasaponins are categorized as group A saponins or group DDMP (2,3-dihydro-2,5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one) saponins. The different soyasaponin chemical structures present different health functionalities and taste characteristics. However, conventional phenotype screening of soybean requires a substantial amount of time for functionality of soyasaponins. Therefore, we attempted to use liquid chromatography with a photodiode array detector and tandem mass spectrometry (LC-PDA/MS/MS) for accurately predicting the phenotype and chemical structure of soyasaponins in the hypocotyl of five common soybean natural mutants. In this method, the aglycones (soyasapogenol A [SS-A] and soyasapogenol B [SS-B]) were detected after acid hydrolysis. These results indicated that the base peak and fragmentation differ depending on the chemical structure of soyasaponin with aglycone. Thus, a fragmentation database can help predict the chemical structure of soyasaponins in soyfoods and plants.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.91-97
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• 2008

Kimchi is a representative traditional food in Korea and a type of vegetable product that is the unique complex lactic acid fermentation in the world. It can be considered as a unique fermented food generated by various flavors, which are not included in raw materials, that can be generated by mixing and fermenting various spices and seasonings, such as red pepper powder, garlic, ginger, and salted fish, added to Chinese cabbages. Functionalities in Kimchi have been approved through several studies and the probiotic function that is mainly based on lactic acid bacteria including their physical functions in its contents has also verified. Studies on the verification of the safety of Kimchi including its physiological functions have been conducted. In particular, the function of lactic acid bacteria, which is a caused of the fermentation of Kimchi. Although the lactic acid bacteria contributed to the fermentation of Kimchi is generated from raw and sub-materials, the lactic acid bacteria attached on Chinese cabbages has a major role in the process in which the fermentation temperature and dominant bacteria are also related to the process. The salt used in a salt pickling process inhibits the growth of the putrefactive and food poisoning bacteria included in the fermentation process of Kimchi and of other bacteria except for such lactic acid bacteria due to the lactic acid and several antimicrobial substances generated in the fermentation process, such as bacteriocin and hydrogen peroxide. In addition, the carbon dioxide gas caused by heterolactic acid bacteria contributes to the inhibition of aerobic bacteria. Furthermore, special ingredients included in sub-materials, such as garlic, ginger, and red pepper powder, contribute to the inhibition of putrefactive and food poisoning bacteria. The induction of the change in the intestinal bacteria as taking Kimchi have already verified. In conclusion, Kimchi has been approved as a safety food due to the fact that the inhibition of food poisoning bacteria occurs in the fermentation process of Kimchi and the extinction of such bacteria.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.272-279
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• 2003

산야채를 이용하여 추출물 발효식품을 제조하는데 있어서 적합한 발효기간을 설정하기 위하여 발효기간의 경과에 따른 발효액의 성분과 품질특성, 효소활성과 생리기능성의 변화를 조사하였다. 발효기간이 경과함에 따라 pH와 $^{\circ}Bx$는 점차 낮아졌으며, 점도는 감잎 추출물 발효액을 제외하고는 3개월 경과시 현저히 낮아졌다. 색도는 발효기간이 증가함에 다라 L값과 a값은 증가되고, b값은 감소되는 경향이었다. 발효액 중의 amylase 효소활성은 발효 6개월이 경과하면서 발효 전에 비하여 $167{\sim}800%$ 수준으로 증가하였고, invertase는 발효 초기에는 활성이 거의 없었으나 1개월 경과시에 $60{\sim}170$ units의 약한 활성을 나타내었으며, cellulase는 거의 활성을 나타내지 않았다. 총 페놀함량과 항산화활성도는 발효가 진행됨에 따라 증가하여 $3{\sim}4$개월시 가장 높았고, 그 이후에는 감소하는 경향이었다. Tyrosinase 저해활성은 쑥을 제외한 모든 발효액에서 활성을 나타내었으며, 발효기간에 따라 큰 변화가 없었다. SOD 유사활성은 아카시아와 감잎 발효액에서 각각 $23.1{\sim}25.1%,\;26.8{\sim}29.2%$의 약한 활성을 나타내었으며, 발효 기간에 따라 큰 변화가 없었다. 관능적인 특성을 조사하였을 때 쑥은 발효 기간에 따라 큰 차이가 없었고, 솔잎은 발효기간이 증가되면서 맛과 냄새의 강도가 높아졌으며, 전체적인 기호도가 발효 3개월에서 가장 좋은 것으로 평가되었다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 산야채 추출물의 발효기간은 $3{\sim}4$개월 정도가 적합할 것으로 판단된다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2002

Hen egg-white lysozyme, ovalbumin, egg-yolk phosvitin, acid-precipitated soy protein and $\alpha$$_{sl}$ milk casein were covalently linked with galactomannan through a controlled dry-heating at 6$0^{\circ}C$ under 79% relative humidity without any chemical reagent. Neoglycosylation by the covalent binding of polysaccharide chains brought a significant improvement into the surface functionalities of food proteins. Excellent emulsifying properties and foaming properties were observed in all protein-galactomannan conjugates. Bacterial mutagenesis tests and animal dose test were done to evaluate the food safety of the protein-galactomannan conjugates. The neo-glycoproteins were negative for Ames test using Salmonella typhimurium TA100 (hisG46) and TA98 (hisD3052) strains, and rec-assay using Bacillus subtilis Hl7 (rec) and M45 (re $c^{+}$) strains. All substances were also nontoxic for oral administration to rats. L $D_{50}$ 's of these substances were all more than 7.5 g/kg body-weight of rat. No effect was also observed in the weight increases and the concentrations of total cholesterol, triglyceride and phospholipids in blood serum of the administrated rats with 7.5 g/kg conjugates. Thus, Maillard-type protein-polysaccharide conjugates prepared by covalent attachment of galactomannan to food proteins were proposed to be useful as a safe functional biopolymer in this study.y.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.206-214
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• 2005

The health function food law has been carried into effect from January 31, 2004 just after the proposal of 'a draft of a proposed law concerning the health function foods for the promotion of a nation health' on November 29, 2000 in Korea. After enforcement of health functional food law, there have been difficult market penetration with overall stagnancy of business activities and the current of health functional food within the country divided two groups. In standardized health functional foods the present condition, nutrition supplementary products (938 items) and red ginseng products (351 items) are prevalent and total 32 products are registered containing lactobacilli (297 items), glucosamine (295 items), ginseng (182 items), yeast(136 items) so on. In 2005, five products (products containing green tea extract, soybean protein, plant sterol, fructooligo sugar and Monascus sp. products are newly notified and raw material or component of total 21 products containing xylitol, teanin extract, sardine peptide are recognized as individual authorized health functional foods. Efficacies of ginseng are studied in many-sided researches but benefits of the ginseng in the health functional food law limited to 3 items (staminaresume, immune enhancement, nourishment robustness). To enlarge functionalities of ginseng it needs raw material and ingredient approval through data application to Korea Food and Drug Administration and this procedure acts as barrier of the functional food development in the ginseng industry. It is necessary to develop the authorized health functional foods for leading health functional food market in the future.