• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.2827-2832
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• 2015

Oxidative stress is associated with colon carcinogenesis including aberrant crypt foci (ACF) formation and it plays an important role in pathophysiological changes in cancer cells. The aims of this study were to investigate the effects of dietary unpolished Thai rice (UTR) on ACF formation and dysplastic progression in azoxymethane (AOM)-treated rats. Anti-cancer efficacy of UTR regarding apoptotic induction and oxidative redox status in human colon cancer (CaCo-2) cells was also investigated. Rats given 20% and 70% of UTR in the diet showed significantly and dose-dependently decreased total number of ACF. UTR treatment also was strongly associated with the low percentage of dysplastic progression and mucin depletion. In addition, we found that UTR significantly induced cancer cell apoptosis, increased cellular oxidants, and decreased the level of GSH/GSSG ratio in CaCo-2 cells. Our study suggests that UTR supplementation may be a useful strategy for CRC prevention with the inhibition of precancerous progression, with induction of cancer cell apoptosis through redox alteration.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Postharvest Science and Technology of Agricultural Products Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.46-50
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• 2003

In order to develop a new variety of rice that adapts to the climate of Aomori prefecture and possesses characteristics suitable for production of high quality Japanese sake, artificial cross experiments were executed between Yamadanishiki, which is widely used nationwide as an authentic variety of rice for sake production, and Hanafubuki, which was peviously developed by Aomori prefecture. An excellent hybrid, named Hanaomoi, was selected and fixed by a series of selection experiments and systematic cultivation. Unpolished Hanaomoi rice contained less amount of protein than Yamadanishiki and Hanafubuki. Unpolished rice of Hanaomoi was harder than Yamadanishiri and Hanafubuki, therefore polishing treatment was done in high yield and one could obtain a high degree of polish on the rice(namely 40% polishing). These features are advantageous to production of high quality of sake.Test brewing using 40% polished Hanaomoi gave rise to a characteristic sake that contained a slightly higher amount of alcohol and flavor components than Yamadanishiki and Hanafubuki. Sensory tests concluded that sake from Hanaomoi was as superior as the one from authentic Yamadanishiki. Hanaomoi is a promising variety of rice suitable for production of a high quality sake exclusive to Aomori prefecture.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.30 no.10
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• pp.1170-1179
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• 1997

This study was designed to determine blood glucose responses to some cereals produced in Korea. The levels of blood glucose were measured over 2 hours after feeding healthy vounteers with 50g carbohydrate portions. The glycemic index(GI)k and glycemic index-rice(GI-rice) of a food has been defined as : GI=mean of (blood glucose response area of test food/ blood glucose response area of glucose taken by the same indicidual) $\times$100 and GI-rice=mean of (blood glucose response area of test food/blood glucose response area of rice taken by the same individual) $\times$100. The area under the curve is taken to be the area above the fasting value calculated geometrically from blood glucose increments. The GI of barely to glucose as the standard(57$\pm$7) was significantly (p<0.05) lower than those of other cereals whereas the GI of glutinous rice (110$\pm$8) was significantly (p<0.05) higher than other those of cereals. The GI values to rice as the standard were 63 $\pm$6 for barley, 79$\pm$5 for buckwheat, 85$\pm$6 for foxtail millet, 90$\pm$12 for unpolished rice, 100$\pm$0 for rice, 102$\pm$7 for glutinous rice, 106 $\pm$6 for unpolished glutinous rice, 115$\pm$13 for glutinous millet, 116$\pm$13 fro job's tear, and 122 $\pm$ 4 glutinous sorghum. The mean GI-rice was identical to the mean of the adjusted GI values, with a correlation coefficient of r=0.964(p<0.0001). This finding suggests that white rice could be used as standard food for the determination of GI.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.307-313
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• 2015

Unpolished rice (UR) is considered to be a healthy alternative to white rice when coping with chronic diseases. In the present study, the fermented slurry of unpolished rice (FSUR) was evaluated with respect to its antimicrobial activities and biochemical characteristics, including the quantities of sugar, total soluble sugar, organic acids, free amino acids, pH, and physiological activity. The antimicrobial efficiency of FSUR was assessed using the paper disc-agar diffusion method. FSUR exhibited strong antimicrobial activity against six pathogenic bacterial strains (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhimurium, and Yersinia enterocolitica) and two fermentation strains (Gluconacetobacter intermedius and Lodderomyces elongisporus). The antimicrobial activity of FSUR was higher than the commercial antibiotics, carbenicillin ($50{\mu}g/ml$) and tetracycline ($50{\mu}g/ml$) against S. aureus, E. coli, L. monocytogenes, P. aeruginosa, S. typhimurium, Y. enterocolitica, and L. elongisporus. Also FSUR had a high antioxidant activity. The microorganisms were isolated from FSUR using tryptic soy broth and yeast extract-peptone-dextrose agar media. The isolated microorganisms were characterized using physiological and biochemical analyses as well as by 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenic analysis. 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis showed that the isolated microorganisms had a high similarity to G. intermedius, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Acetobacter peroxydans.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.1006-1013
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• 2006

To High Throughput Screening (HTS), a homogeneous fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) was developed for the quantitative determination of ochratoxin A(OTA) using a $Victor^3$ (PerkinElmer). The homologous tracer, fluorescein-labelled OTA-EDF were synthesized and a specific OTA antibody has been used in the development of the method. It allowed the determination of OTA in the concentration range 0.5-200 ng/ml, with the detection limit of 0.3 ng/ml. The method developed was highly specific and reproducible. OTA spikes in unpolished rice extracts were determinable by FPIA with good recovery. For naturally contaminated unpolished rice samples some disagreement was observed between the results obtained by FPIA and HPLC, which could be related to the a little matrix effect observed for FPIA. Further research is needed to validate the procedure. On the basis of these initial results, this FPIA appears to meet the performance criteria for OTA screening of food samples without a complicated clean-up.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.329-339
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• 1996

The purpose of this study was to investigate effect of the amounts of unpolished glutinous rice flour with green tea powder difference of adding amount on the sensory and objective characteristics of Heunmi-nokcha-injulmi which is KOREAN TRADITIONAL RICE CAKE supplemented with green tea. The results were as follow : According to sensory evaluation of Heunmi-injulmi, the score of the color, flavor, chewiness, and overall of adding green tea were higher than those of no-adding green tea, especially the best acceptance was shown in adding 2% green tea. The more the amount of green tea powder was increased, the more the hardness and gumminess of Heumni-injulme was increased in the textural profiles, whereas the cohesiveness and elasicity of those was decreased. The moisture content of Heunmi-injulme adding green tea powder was ranged to 42-45%, and it was increased as the amount of green tea powder be increased. The more the amount of adding green tea powder was increased, the more yellow and green color was changed darker and stronger. Refer to this study with the advisable recipe for as follow : Heunmi-nokcha-injulmi adding 294g(98%) unpolished glutinous rice flour and 6g(2%) green tea powder.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• v.61 no.5
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• pp.254-259
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• 2019

The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutritive value of polished rice (PR) vs unpolished rice (UPR) as a potential feedstuff for sheep in order to use as a replacer to corn in sheep diet, and as well as to present the application in the formulation of cattle diet. Six corriedale ewe were randomly assigned to each treatment. UPR and PR were provided as a dietary treatment together with timothy grass as a basal diet in a crossover design for two period with 15-d duration for each period. The ratio of experimental and basal feeds were 33.3% and 66.7%, respectively. The differences in the total digestible nutrient (TDN) contents between sheep and cattle was determined according to the references. The number of data collected sheep and cattle was 9 and 17, respectively. The PR showed higher nutrients digestibility than UPR. Similarly, higher TDN content was observed PR than UPR (p < 0.05). As a result, the replacement of corn in the formulate feed with UPR and PR feed rice could be possible with the ratio of 91.2% and 100.0%, respectively. The result of comparation the TDN contents of UPR and PR in sheep and cattle, the PR has no difference in the nutritive value which suggests the applicability of the results of sheep to cattle. On the other hand, UPR has known to have different nutritive value between sheep and cattle, so caution should be taken when preparing formula feeds for cattle.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.93-98
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• 1982

Residues of Fujione (Fudiolan, fungicide) and Ortran (Acephate, insecticide) in Korean rice crop were studied. Also the persistencies of the pesticides in rice paddy soil were investigated in field and in laboratory. The residual levels of the pesticides in rice plant, straw, unpolished and polished rice were varied with the application rates of the pesticides. The residues of Fujione and Ortran in unpolished rice were $0.07{\sim}0.09ppm$ and $0.01{\sim}0.53ppm$, respectively. The half life of Fujione was 30 days under aerobic and 150 days under flooded condition in the laboratory system. Whereas in the paddy field it was about 100 days. In the case of Ortran it was $3{\sim}4$ days and $13{\sim}14$ days in aerobic and flooded condition, respectively in laboratory system.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.377-383
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• 2003

The functional Jeungpyuns with dietary fiber containing cereals such as brown rice and barley flour were developed and physiochemical properties were investigated. The water binding capacity had significantly the highest value of 28.4% in raw rice flour, followed by brown rice flour and barley flour. The lowest reducing sugar value was seen in unpolished rice substituted Jeungpyun with value of 5.420 (P<0.05). The amount of reducing sugar decreased slightly after steaming, due to the increased degree of sugar dissociation. The L value of the lightness decreased significantly with the substituted samples (P< 0.05). The barley substituted samples were darker than that of brown rice sample groups with less green and yellow color. Microstructures of starch particles after fermentation showed completely dispersed starch particles with air bubbles and sponge-like structure in all samples after steaming. Thus, functional Jeungpyun replaced with brown rice and barley flour can be successfully formulated and has been influenced by the physicochemical properties.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.233-243
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• 1996

The purpose of this study was to investigate effect of the amounts of unpolished glutinous rice flour with green tea powder difference of adding method on the sensorty and objective characteristics of Heunmi-nokcha-injulmi which is KOREAN TRADITIONAL CAKE supplemented with green tea. The results were as follow: According to sensory evaluation of Heunmi-injulmi adding twice infused green tea powder, the acceptance was the bast in the hardness, moistness, chewiness, and overall quality when adding 6% green tea. The more the amount of two infused green tea power was increased, the more the hardness of Heunmi-injulmi was increased in the gextural profiles, whereas the cohesiveness, elasticity, and chewiness of those was decreased. The moisture content of Heunmi-injulmi adding infused green tea powder was ranged to 41-44%, and it was decreased as the amount of two infusedgreen tea powder be increased. The more the amount of adding green tea powder was increased, the more yellow and green color was changed darker and stronger. The Overall quality in the sensory measurement of Heunmi-injulmi adding two infused green tea powder had positive correlation with Adhesiveness in the measurement of food testing machine. Refer to this study with the advisable recipe for Heunmi-nokcha-injulmi as follow : Heunmi-nokcha-injulmi adding 282g(94%) unpolished glutinous rice flour and 18g (6%) two infused green tea powder.