• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.36 no.10
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• pp.1334-1340
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• 2007

Extraction characteristics of solid Cheonggukjang and the functional properties of corresponding extracts were monitored by the response surface methodology (RSM). The maximum extraction yield of 12.08% was obtained under the specific extraction conditions, such as microwave power of 132.40 W, ratio of solvent to sample content of 7.57 g/mL and extraction time of 14.11 min. The maximum electron donating ability (EDA) was found as 33.53% at the conditions of 113.26 W microwave power, 16.39 g/mL of ratio of solvent to sample content and 12.67 min extraction time. The maximum superoxide dismutase (SOD) -like activity was 89.62% under the extraction conditions of 61.82 W, 17.06 g/mL and 9.03 min. Based on superimposition of three dimensional RSM with respect to extraction yield, electron donating ability and SOD-like activity obtained under the various extraction conditions, the optimum ranges of extraction conditions were found to be microwave power of $75{\sim}140W$, ratio of solvent to sample content of $3{\sim}12g/mL$ and extraction time of $1{\sim}11min$, respectively.

• The Korean Journal of Mycology
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.164-173
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• 2012

For development of new high-value Korean traditional fermented food by using bioactive fungi and bacteria, Nuruk, Makgeolli and Cheonggukjang were prepared by mold, yeasts and bacteria from Korean traditional fermented foods and their physiological functionalities were investigated. Aspergillus oryzae N152-1 Nuruk showed the highest antihypertensive angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory activity(57.2%), and Makgeolli made by Saccharomyces cerevisiae Y111-5 and commercial JS Ipguk (solid cultures of saccharifying enzyme-producing mold) was showed 42.0% of anti-obesity ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibitory activity. Among various Cheonggukjang, No 463 Cheonggukjang made by Brevibacterium iodinum NCDO 613(T) was showed the highest fibrinolytic activity (size of clear zone: 28 mm) and good anti-obesity ${\alpha}$-glucosidase inhibitory activity.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.488-494
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• 2013

The anti-diabetic effect of green tea fermented by cheonggukjang was evaluated using KK-$A^y$ mice, an animal model of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Over a 90 day testing period, food and water intake decreased significantly in the group fed fermented green tea (FGT) and a group fed commercially available health functional food (PC), when compared with a diabetic control group (DC). The blood glucose levels of FGT mice were lower than in DC mice throughout the test period and were similar to the levels in PC after 60 days. Levels of Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels and insulin resistance were lower in mice of the FGT group than in mice of the DC group. DNA microarray analysis showed that administration of FGT increased the abundance of 12 mRNA transcripts related to diabetes. Whereas FGT increased hexokinase transcripts related to glycolysis more than 37 fold, levels of Pdx1 (pancreatic and duodenal homeobox1) and Cacna1e (calcium channel) transcripts increased more than 1.8 fold.