• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.794-802
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• 1998

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of antioxidants on lipid oxidation in uncooked ground pork which was treated with ${\alpha}-tocopherol$, GFSE (grapefruit seed extract), carnosine and rosemary, respectively. The ground pork samples were uncooked and cooked during 10 days of storage at $4{\pm}1^{\circ}C$, respectively. The lipid oxidation and fatty acids composition were analyzed for over a periods of storage day. From the results mentioned above, antioxidative activity on lipid oxidation of uncooked ground pork appeared to be in order of carnosine > rosemary > ${\alpha}-tocopherol$ > GFSE. It would not be problem that addition of carnosine in uncooked ground of resulted in an increase of pH because the high pH could be advantageous on processing of meat. Antioxidative activity on lipid oxidation of cooked ground pork appeared to be in order of carnosine > rosemary > ${\alpha}-tocopherol$ > GFSE. Although the antioxidants were not lost their antioxidative }ctivities after cooking, their antioxidative activities in cooked ground pork were not higher than that of uncooked ground pork. That addition of carnosine increased the pH of cooked ground pork, too.

• Journal of agriculture & life science
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• v.45 no.6
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• pp.213-226
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• 2011

This study was performed to investigate the effect of essential oils and ethanolic extracts of approximately 650 plant species on acetylcholine esterase (AChE) enzyme activity using Ellman's colorimetric method in 96-well microplates. The results showed that the ethanolic extracts from twig of Sophora subprostrata, twig of Phellodendron amurense, seed of Corylopsis coreana, and essential oil (EO) from Citrus paradisi, Cupressus sempervirens, Ocimum basilicum, Pinus sylvestris and Rosmarinus officinalis inhibited more than 80% of AChE activity. Among these, EO from Pinus sylvestris, C. sempervirens and C paradisi exhibited higher values of AChE inhibitory activity, which were 75, 84 and 99% at a concentration of 50 ug/ml, respectively. Finally, EO from C paradisi (grapefruit, GEO) showed the highest inhibitory activity towards AChE, which showed 91% of inhibition at a concentration of 20 ug/ml. We also examined the anti-dementia effects of GEO in mouse by passive avoidance test and Morris water maze test. The model mouse (male, ICR) of dementia (negative control) was induced by administration of scopolamine (1 mg/kg body weight). The latency time of sample group administrated with GEO (100 mg/kg, p.o.) increased significantly as compared with negative control on passive avoidance test. There were significant recovery from the scopolamine-induced deficits on learning and memory in water maze test through daily administrations with GEO (100 mg/kg, p.o.). From these results, we conclude that GEO treatment might enhance the cognitive function, suggesting that the EO of C. paradis may be a potential candidate for improvement of perceptive ability and dementia.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.583-589
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• 2013

We investigated the delay of kimchi fermentation by the addition of plant extracts. Fifteen plant extracts were screened for inhibitory activity aginst Lactobacillus plantarum by using an agar well diffusion assay, and determined the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal lethal concentration (MLC) were determined. The lowest MIC for grapefruit seed extract (GFSE; 0.0313 mg/mL) was determined, followed by Caesalpinia sappan L. extract (CSLE; 0.25 mg/mL), and oregano essential oil (OREO; 1.0 mg/mL). GFSE, CSLE, and OREO were individually added to kimchi, and incubated the samples at 10 for up to 20 days. Results showed that the addition of GFSE (0.3 and 0.5%), CSLE (0.1, 0.3, and 0.5%), or OREO (0.5 and 1.0%) led to a significant increase in the pH of kimchi, and also a significant reduction in the numbers of lactic acid bacteria. Taken together, the addition of natural antimicrobial agents can delay kimchi fermentation.