• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.2090-2099
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• 2015

Recently, the cardiovascular disease has been widely problematic in humans probably due to fibrin formation via the unbalanced Western style diet. Although direct (human plasmin) and indirect methods (plasminogen activators) have been available, bacterial enzyme methods have been studied because of their cheap and mass production. To detect a novel bacterial fibrinolytic enzyme, 111 bacterial strains with fibrinolytic activity were selected from kimchi. Among them, 14 strains were selected because of their stronger activity than 0.02 U of plasmin. Their 16S rRNA sequence analysis revealed that they belong to Bacillus, Leuconostoc, Propionibacterium, Weissella, Staphylococcus, and Bifidobacterium. The strain B. subtilis ZA400, with the highest fibrinolytic activity, was selected and the gene encoding fibrinolytic enzyme (bsfA) was cloned and expressed in the E. coli overexpression system. The purified enzyme was analyzed with SDS-PAGE, western blot, and MALDI-TOF analyses, showing to be 28.4 kDa. Subsequently, the BsfA was characterized to be stable under various stress conditions such as temperature (4-40oC), metal ions (Mn²⁺, Ca²⁺, K²⁺, and Mg²⁺), and inhibitors (EDTA and SDS), suggesting that BsfA could be a good candidate for development of a novel fibrinolytic enzyme for thrombosis treatment and may even be useful as a new bacterial starter for manufacturing functional fermented foods.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.149-153
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• 2005

Lactic acid bacteria had been widely utilized in fermented foods such as fermented dairy products, traditional sauces, kimchi, fermented sausages, medicines or probiotic feed additives for a long time. LAB are also widely distributed in the mammalian gastrointestinal tracts, oral cavity, vagina, and various foods or soils. The most familiar examples of using LAB would be the fermented milk products, and those had become one of the favorite foods in Korea f3r more than 34 years of history. The main benefits of the fermented milk products were originally the improvement of the balance of intestinal flora to control diarrhea and congestion disorders, and gradually, they were chosen by the consumer preference of the taste. The very beginning of the fermented milk products in Korea was the Yakult type products in 1971, and it was the commencement of the solid foundation of the dairy industry and the understanding beneficial effect of probiotic yogurt. After middle of 80's, stirred type fermented milk products had been firstly produced, and it was the time that the domestic dairy industry took root in Korea. From 90's, functional fermented milk products were produced, and drink type yogurt sales a mount increased drastically, and these products began to be chosen not only with the values of nutrition but also with physiological functions. The health claims are classified into intestinal health, gastric health and hepatic health. The prospects for the Korean market are as follows; The majority of leading products would be the premium functional yogurt products as it was last year. It is because the sales of lower cost products shows slow-down, and industries tend to increase the commercial advertisements of premium functional yogurt products through mass media. These tendencies would make the market situation become more competitive.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제54권5호
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• pp.733-741
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• 2021

Jeju island is the largest island of South Korea, and has a relatively warm climate due to its geographical characteristics. These features have fostered development of various fermented foods distinct to Jeju island. Therefore, the functional activity of the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from the Jeju region's traditional fermented foods, including Kimchi and Jeotgal was characterized in this study. Fifteen strains were isolated from 6 types of fermented food. These strains include Enterococcus spp., Lactoplantibacillus spp., and Weisella spp. Several experiments were carried out to assess functional characteristics including acid resistance, bile resistance, hemolysis, DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activity, and cholesterol-lowering activity. Three isolated strains (J-4, J-6 and J-10) exhibited high acid resistance, while the other 3 isolates (J-1, J-4 and J-6) showed high bile salt resistance. The strains displayed varied DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activity: 71.14-86.42% among the first 3 strains, and 50.11-75.11% among the remaining 3 strains. Cholesterol-lowering activities were in the range 15.74-82.90% for all isolated strains. In conclusion, these studies suggest that isolated LAB strains from Jeju island traditional fermented foods possess the potential for broader application in the food industry.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.644-655
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• 2023

Safety assessment and functional analysis of probiotic candidates are important for their industrial applications. Lactiplantibacillus plantarum is one of the most widely recognized probiotic strains. In this study we aimed to determine the functional genes of L. plantarum LRCC5310, isolated from kimchi, using next-generation, whole-genome sequencing analysis. Genes were annotated using the Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology (RAST) server and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) pipelines to establish the strain's probiotic potential. Phylogenetic analysis of L. plantarum LRCC5310 and related strains showed that LRCC5310 belonged to L. plantarum. However, comparative analysis revealed genetic differences between L. plantarum strains. Carbon metabolic pathway analysis based on the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes database showed that L. plantarum LRCC5310 is a homofermentative bacterium. Furthermore, gene annotation results indicated that the L. plantarum LRCC5310 genome encodes an almost complete vitamin B₆ biosynthetic pathway. Among five L. plantarum strains, including L. plantarum ATCC 14917^T , L. plantarum LRCC5310 detected the highest concentration of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate with 88.08 ± 0.67 nM in MRS broth. These results indicated that L. plantarum LRCC5310 could be used as a functional probiotic for vitamin B₆ supplementation.

• 생약학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.148-153
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• 2015

Allium hookeri is a plant species native to India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and China. The plant is widely cultivated in Korea lately as a medicinal food item. This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of Allium hookeri (A. hookeri) on lipid metabolism in Type II diabetic mice (n=8/group, 5 groups). High fat diets with dextrin as a positive control (Dex), leaf (AL), root (AR), and fermented root (FAR) at 3% of diet were fed to all experimental mouse, respectively for 8 weeks. Body weight gain, liver and epididymal fat weights, and excreted fecal lipid levels were measured. Serum and hepatic lipid profiles were analyzed, and fat accumulation in liver was evaluated. In this study, body weight gain and epididymal fat weight were lower in the FAR group, while serum HDL-cholesterol level and excreted fecal total lipid and triglyceride levels were higher in AL or FAR groups. These results suggest that A. hookeri, specially fermented root can be a useful food item to control lipid metabolism in diabetic mice.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.474-487
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• 2009

The principal objectives of this study were to evaluate the space, equipment, and institution rate by functional area, and to suggest appropriate types, numbers, and equipment capacity by school foodservice size for optimal employee job performance and efficiency. Data were collected and administered by 263 dietitians who attended elementary and middle schools in Gyeonggi Province, and the data were analyzed using SPSS statistical software. Among a total of 72 respondents who provided usable data, 31 (48.6%) respondents were nutrition teachers and 37 (51.4%) were part-time dietitians. The majority of the respondents reported that their foodservices were self-operating types (94.4%), and 8 meals out of 10 meals provided over a 2-week period were served as normal meals, defined as meals consisting of Bab, Kook, Kimchi, and 3 side dishes (73.6%). The mean kitchen space was $186.25\;m^2$ for 500 meals/day, $269.7\;m^2$ for 501 to 1,000 meals/day, $249.1\;m^2$ for 1001 to 1500 meals/day, and $274.87\;m^2$ for 1,500 or more meals/day. The mean space of functional areas was $11.52\;m^2$ for office, $12.63\;m^2$ for storeroom, $9.55\;m^2$ for receiving area, $27.23\;m^2$ for pre-preparation area, $149.9\;m^2$ for cooking area, $18.33\;m^2$ for assembly/service area, $45.50\;m^2$ for dishwashing area, and $17.20\;m^2$ for locker room. Only two pre-preparation and cooking spaces increased significantly with increasing size of school foodservice (p<0.05). Office, cooking area, and locker room were allocated in all foodservices. However, the pre-preparation area (68.7%), receiving area (56.5%), assembly/service area (38.1%), and dishwashing area (37.7%) were lowly installed in the surveyed facilities. Through a focus group meeting discussing the results of this study, appropriate equipment and its dimensions were suggested according to functional areas and foodservice scales. Future studies will be necessary to allocate the appropriate space by functional area with the proposed equipment requirements for optimally efficient decision making in equipment purchasing.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권1호
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• pp.166-182
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• 2022

Deer antler velvet is widely used in traditional medicine for its anti-aging, antioxidant, and immunity-enhancing effects. However, few studies have reported on the discovery of probiotic strains for deer antler fermentation to increase functional ingredient absorption. This study evaluated the ability of probiotic lactic acid bacteria to enhance the concentrations of bioactive molecules (e.g., sialic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid [GABA]) in extracts of deer antler velvet. Seventeen strains of Lactobacillus spp. that were isolated from kimchi and infant feces, including L. sakei, L. rhamnosus, L. brevis, and L. plantarum, and those that improved the life span of Caenorhabditis elegans were selected for evaluation. Of the 17 strains, 2 (L. rhamnosus LFR20-004 and L. sakei LFR20-007) were selected based on data showing that these strains increased both the sialic acid and GABA contents of deer antler extract after fermentation for 2 d and significantly improved the life span of C. elegans. Co-fermentation with both strains further increased the concentrations of sialic acid, GABA, and metabolites such as short-chain fatty acids and amino acids. We evaluated the biological effects of the fermented antler velvet (FAV) on the antibacterial immune response in C. elegans by assessing worm survival after pathogen infection. The survival of the C. elegans conditioned with FAV for 24h was significantly higher compared with that of the control worm group fed only normal feed (non-pathogenic E. coli OP50) exposed to E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella typhi, and Listeria monocytogenes. To evaluate the protective effects of FAV on immune response, cyclophosphamide (Cy), an immune-suppressing agent was treated to in vitro and in vivo. We found that FAV significantly restored viability of mice splenocytes and immune promoting-related cytokines (interleukin [IL]-6, IL-10, inducible nitric oxide synthase [iNOS], interferon [IFN]-γ, and tumor necrosis factor [TNF]-α) were activated compared to non-fermented deer antlers. This finding indicated the protective effect of FAV against Cy-induced cell death and immunosuppressed mice. Taken together, our study suggests that immune-promoting antler velvet can be produced through fermentation using L. rhamnosus LFR20-004 and L. sakei LFR20-007.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.705-711
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• 2013

비단백질 구성 아미노산인 gamma amino butyric acid(GABA)는 뇌에서 억제성 신경전달물질로 작용하며 혈압 저하, 신경 안정, 이뇨 작용 등에 효과가 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 김치로부터 두유에서 커드를 형성하는 40개 균주를 분리하였다. GABA 생산력이 높은 균주를 선별하기 위하여 분리된 균주들을 두유에 접종하여 $37^{\circ}C$에서 48시간동안 발효하였다. 분리된 균주들 가운데 발효두부에서 가장 높은 GABA 를 생산하는 383 균주는 API 분석과 16S rDNA sequence를 통하여L. sakei로 동정되었으며 L. sakei 383으로 명명하였다. L. sakei 383은 MRS 배지에서 $35^{\circ}C$, 24시간 배양할 때 가장 높은 생육을 나타내었으며 두유에 균을 접종하여 $35^{\circ}C$에서 18시간 발효 했을 때를 GABA 생산을 위한 최적 배양 조건으로 정하였으며 최대 GABA 함량은 8.65 mg/100 g이었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1290-1300
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• 2018

돌산갓김치의 조추출물을 이용하여 glucosinolates함량, 항산화활성, 항고혈압 및 항당뇨활성을 측정하였다. Glucosinolates 함량은 DLMK의 잎과 줄기에서 6.41, 7.92 mg/g으로 발효기간 중 낮은 함량을 나타냈다. Total polyphenol과 total flavonoid함량은 줄기보다 잎에서 발효기간 동안 2배 이상의 함량을 나타냈다. ABTS라디컬 소거활성과 EDA은 발효 14일째 대조군과 유사한 활성을 나타냈고, FRAP는 발효 14일째 잎에서 대조군보다 높은 함량을 나타냈다. 그리고 항고혈압 활성(ACE 저해활성)은 잎에서 대조군인 0.01% captopril과 비슷하거나 높은 저해활성을 나타냈으며, 항당뇨활성(${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해활성)은 대조군인 0.05% acarbose보다 잎, 줄기에서 높은 저해활성을 나타냈다. 또한 glucosinolates 함량과 ABTS 및 EDA, ACE 저해활성 및 ${\alpha}$-glucosidase 저해활성의 상관관계는 줄기 추출물 보다 잎 추출물이 높은 양의 상관관계를 나타냈다. 발효기간 중 glucosinolates는 sinigrin, glucobrassicin, glucotropaeolin, progoitrin 검출되었다. 이 결과를 통해 돌산 갓김치 추출물은 항산화, 항고혈압 및 항당뇨활성에 효과가 높은 것으로 나타냈기에 기능성 식품으로서 가치가 높을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.333-341
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• 2020

항산화 활성이 우수한 풋귤 식초를 개발하기 위하여 풋귤의 수확 시기(7월-9월)에 따른 총 페놀 및 플라보노이드 함량 및 항산화 활성을 측정하고, 3가지 원료 조건(풋귤 분쇄액, 10% 건조 청피 첨가 풋귤 분쇄액, 10% 로스팅 청피 첨가 풋귤 분쇄액)으로 제조된 풋귤 식초의 발효 특성, 항산화 성분 및 항산화 활성을 비교하였다. 7월에 수확된 풋귤 착즙액은 1.02±0.02 ㎍ GAE/mL의 가장 높은 총 페놀 함량이 확인되었으며, 플라보노이드 함량은 수확시기에 따른 유의적인 차이가 존재하지 않았다. 항산화 활성은 7월-8월에 수확된 풋귤 착즙액이 9월에 수확된 풋귤 착즙액보다 유의적으로 높은 DPPH 라디칼 소거능 및 환원력을 나타내었으며, 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 7월에 수확된 풋귤 착즙액을 식초 원료로 선정하였다. 원료 조건을 달리하여 제조된 식초의 최종 산도는 풋귤 식초가 6.0%, 건조 청피 첨가 풋귤 식초가 6.3%, 로스팅 청피 첨가 풋귤 식초가 6.7%로 모두 85%의 높은 발효 효율을 보였다. 건조 또는 로스팅 청피가 첨가된 풋귤 식초는 발효 13일차에 5% 산도에 도달하였으며, 풋귤 식초보다 발효 기간이 단축되고 높은 산 생성능을 나타내었다. 원료조건에 따라 색도의 변화가 확인되었지만 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 유기산 함량은 건조 청피가 첨가된 풋귤 식초가 acetic acid를 비롯한 총 유기산 함량이 30,201 mg/L으로 가장 높았으며, 특히 풋귤 식초보다 1.4배 높았다. 총 페놀 함량은 로스팅 청피 첨가 풋귤 식초에서 0.62±0.02 ㎍ GAE/mL으로 풋귤 식초와 약 2배 이상의 차이를 보였으나, 총 플라보노이드 함량은 풋귤 식초가 3.00±0.15 ㎍ CE/mL로 가장 높았다. DPPH 라디칼 소거능의 EC₅₀ 값은 건조 및 로스팅 청피 첨가 풋귤 식초가 각각 5.83±1.66 nL/mL, 4.71±0.07 nL/mL으로 풋귤 식초(9.16±0.87 nL/mL)보다 유의적으로 높은 활성을 나타냈으며, 환원력에서는 로스팅 청피 첨가 풋귤 식초가 7.47±0.28 nL/mL으로 활성이 가장 높았다. 이상의 결과로부터 7월에 생산된 풋귤 착즙액을 원료로 로스팅 청피를 첨가한 풋귤 식초는 초산 발효가 우수하고 높은 유기산 및 페놀 함량으로 우수한 항산화 활성을 나타내어 기존 풋귤 식초보다 항산화능이 강화된 기능성 식초로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.