• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.330-335
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• 2004

Changes in functional constituents of rice germ prepared using three different heat pretreatments: roasting, steaming and microwave heating, were determined and compared with those of non-treated rice germ. The yield of rice germ oil increased generally and then decreased with increasing time for all three heat pretreatments, although the yields of rice germ oil varied among the three heat pretreatments. There were no major differences in fatty acid compositions among the rice germ oils subjected to the three different heat pretreatments. Levels of $\alpha$-tocopherol in rice germ oil increased up to about 1.5 times at 3 min of roasting and microwave heating, compared to control, and then decreased with increasing treatment time, but $\alpha$­tocopherol concentrations in rice germ oil gradually decreased with increasing steaming time. The contents of three phytosterols ($\beta$-sitosterol, stigmasterol and ergosterol) decreased progressively with increases in roasting and steaming time, while concentrations of the three phytosterols increased up to - 15$\%$ with 3 min of microwave process as compared to control, and then decreased thereafter. Levels of $\gamma$-oryzanol in rice germ oil decreased gradually with increasing time during all three different heat pretreatments. However, levels of $\gamma$ -aminobutyric acid (GABA) in rice germ decreased gradually with increasing roasting time, while those of GABA increased greatly up to about 2 times after 10 min of steaming process, and then decreased slowly thereafter. During microwave heating, the contents of GABA increased at 3 min of treatment time and then decreased. These results suggest that microwave heating may be the most suitable processing method to preserve functional constituents in rice germ.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.302-309
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• 2021

This study examined the quality characteristics of yanggaeng with rice germ; it was incorporated into yanggaeng at different levels (containing 5% rice germ, 10% rice germ, 15% rice germ, and 20% rice germ) based on the total weight of red bean extracts. For analyzing the quality characteristics of yanggaeng, moisture content, hardness, color, antioxidant activity, total polyphenol content, reducing sugar, and vitamin E were determined. There was no significant difference in the moisture content and hardness except in the control. For color, lightness and yellowness of yanggaeng increased as the concentration of the powder was increased, whereas there was no significant difference in redness. As the rice germ powder was increased, total polyphenol content and antioxidant activity increased significantly, whereas reducing sugar decreased. Especially, total vitamin E, including isomers, increased as the concentration of the powder increased from 0.41 mg/100 g to 4.03 mg/100 g. Therefore, it could be possible to develop processed products with functional snack for yanggaeng prepared by adding 10% rice germ.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.241-243
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• 1998

쌀 도정시 분리되는 쌀눈은 영양학적 가치로보아 식품자원으로 활용할 수 있어 이에 필요한 기초 자료로 쌀눈의 일반성분과 함께 저장 중 문제가 될 수 있는 유지의 변화를 처리방법별, 저장온도별로 관찰 하였다. 쌀눈의 주성분은 당질 36.5%, 조지방 21.6%, 조단백질 18.7%였고 열풍$(80^{\circ}C)$으로 6 시간 건조한 쌀눈과 처리하지 않은 (비처리) 쌀눈을 $60^{\circ}C$에 저장하면서 산가를 비교한 결과, 비처리 쌀눈 중 유지의 산가가 2배 상승하는데 소요되는 기간이 약 2일 이었으나, 건조쌀눈의 겨우 31 일 경과 후에도 1.15배에 그쳐 안정화 되었고, 이때 추출된 유지의 산패유도기간은 처리별로 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.62-69
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the antioxidative and physical properties of finger food type rice snacks and pumpkin rice snacks for infants aged 6 to 12 months old. The addition of rice germ did not affect density or porosity, and there was no significant difference when compared with commercial products. The addition of rice germ to the rice snack group did not reduce the longitudinal expansion quality of the rice snack. The WAI of RW and SW values were 9.83 and 8.93, respectively, which were significantly higher than those of other samples (p<0.05). The results of this study show that the addition of rice germ to rice snack resulted in reduced density and porosity of rice snacks and maintenance of a high water absorption index, which are more desirable characteristics for products. The products with rice germ showed significantly higher antioxidative activities among all samples (p<0.05).

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.268-274
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• 2015

${\gamma}$-Aminobutyric acid (GABA), a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian central nervous system, is involved in sleep physiology. Caffeine is widely used psychoactive substance known to induce wakefulness and insomnia to its consumers. This study was performed to examine whether GABA extracts from fermented rice germ ameliorates caffeine-induced sleep disturbance in mice, without affecting spontaneous locomotor activity and motor coordination. Indeed, caffeine (10 mg/kg, i.p.) delayed sleep onset and reduced sleep duration of mice. Conversely, rice germ ferment extracts-GABA treatment (10, 30, or 100 mg/kg, p.o.), especially at 100 mg/kg, normalized the sleep disturbance induced by caffeine. In locomotor tests, rice germ ferment extracts-GABA slightly but not significantly reduced the caffeine-induced increase in locomotor activity without affecting motor coordination. Additionally, rice germ ferment extracts-GABA per se did not affect the spontaneous locomotor activity and motor coordination of mice. In conclusion, rice germ ferment extracts-GABA supplementation can counter the sleep disturbance induced by caffeine, without affecting the general locomotor activities of mice.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.543-548
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• 2003

This study was carried out to investigate the effects of rice germ oil supplement on the lipid metabolism of insulin-dependent diabetic mice. Streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice were fed three kinds of experimental diets with 20% lipid, composed of 20% lard (L) : 10% lard and 10% rice germ oil (LRGO) ; and 20% rice germ oil (RBO), respectively, for 7 weeks. Diet intake, body weight, organ weight and lipid levels of serum, liver and feces were measured. There was no significant difference in diet intake, body weight and organ weight among the experimental groups. But the concentrations of serum triglyceride in the LRGO and RGO groups, and of serum total cholesterol in the RGO group, were significantly lower than those of the L group fed the 20% lard diet. The levels of hepatic total lipid of the RGO group, and of hepatic total cholesterol of the LRGO and RGO groups were significantly lower than those of the L group. The contents of total lipid and total cholesterol excreted in the feces of the LRGO and RGO groups were higher than those of the L group. These results suggest that rice germ oil can reduce the levels of total cholesterol concentrations in the serum or livers of insulin-dependent diabetic mice, and that the hypolipidemic effect of rice germ oil may be due to increasing fecal lipid excretion and decreasing lipid absorptivity.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.77-81
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• 1998

쌀눈 및 쌀겨에 함유된 유지를 추출, 온도별 저장 안정성과 지방산조성을 비교하였다. 쌀눈 및 쌀겨유지를 $40^{\circ}C$ 및 $60^{\circ}C$에 31일간 저장 중 유지의 산가는 큰 차이가 없었고 과산화물가는 저장 온도가 높아짐에 따라 크게 상승하였는데, $40^{\circ}C$저장 31일에는 건조처리한 쌀눈의 유지가 가장 높아 146.2 meq/kg이었고 정제유는 15.1 meq/kg 이었으며, $60^{\circ}C$저장 24일에는 정제유는 219.6 meq/kg, 건조쌀눈유지는 151.7meq/kg 이었다. 쌀눈과 쌀겨유지 중 주 지방산은 쌀눈은 linoleic acid (39.0%)와 oleic acid (34.7%)이었고 쌀겨는 oleic acid (40.1%)와 linoleic acid (38.1%)였으며, 저장 중 주 지방산의 조성은 쌀눈의 건조처리나 저장온도에 큰 영향을 받지 않았으나 linolenic acid의 함량은 모든 처리에서 감소하는 경향이었다.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.67-73
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• 2003

This study was carried out to investigate the supplementary effects of the rice germ oil compared with soy bean oil on blood glucose level of non-insulin dependent diabetic mice. Forty diabetic KK mice were fed two kinds of experimental diets with 20% lipid from soy bean oil as a control(CO) and rice germ oil(RG) for 8 weeks, respectively. Diet intake, body weight, organs weights and lipids levels of serum, liver and feces were measured. There was no significant difference in food and water intake, body weight gain and organs weights between experimental groups. The concentrations of fasting and random blood glucose were similar between CO and RG groups. There was no significant difference in blood glucose levels after glucose treatment during the glucose tolerance test between two groups. The levels of $HbA_{1c}$ as the index of blood glucose status, and insulin were similar in two groups. These results suggested that rice germ oil can't reduce blood glucose concentration of non-insulin dependent diabetic mice compared with soybean oil. But we need to investigate the hypoglycemic effect of rice germ oil by changing supplementary level and period.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.121-130
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• 2004

This study was carried out to develop a miller to produce white embryo rice with functional nutrients by improving the conventional vertical miller. The effects of rice moisture content and the shaft revolution speed of the miller on germ(embryo) adherence rate, whiteness, broken rice rate, and cracked rice rate were investigated. Also, the effect of the mesh size of emery stones on the germ adherence rate was investigated. The vertical prototype miller was improved with the increasement of about 42% in producing white embryo rice at proper conditions(shaft revolution speed of 900 rpm, emery stones of mesh ＃50, processing capacity of 2.3t/h, zero outlet resistance, rice moisture content of 16.2%). The results were as follows: 1. The germ adherence rate of white rice was significantly influenced by the moisture content of brown rice. The germ adherence rate of white rice decreased rapidly with the increase of the moisture content of brown rice. When brown rice with moisture content of 13.2%, 14.5%, 15.2%, 15.4% was milled by the prototype with emery stones of mesh ＃35 and shaft speed of 900(1,100) rpm, rpm adherence rate of milled rice was 76.2%(70%), 69.2%(66%), 45.9(38%), 13.0(9%), respectively. 2. The whiteness of white rice milled by the prototype with emery stones of mesh ＃35 and shaft speed of 1,100(900)rpm increased from 27(23) to about 40, respectively, as the moisture content of brown rice increased from 13.2% to 17.2%. 3. The rate of broken rice of white rice milled at 900rpm decreased by 0.6∼1.0% compared with that at 1,100rpm when the moisture content of brown rice was less than 15.2%. 4. The germ adherence rate was increased by 10.3% and 11.0%, respectively when brown rice with moisture content of 16.2% and 15.5% was milled by the prototype miller with shaft speed of 900rpm and emery stones of mesh ＃50 instead of mesh ＃35. 5. Considering the germ adherence rate, broken rice rate, and whiteness of milled rice, the proper milling conditions of the prototype miller for producing embryo rice were the moisture content of about 15%, the processing capacity of 2.3t/h and minimum outlet resistance of 0Nㆍm with shaft speed of 900rpm and emery stones of mesh ＃50.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.253-258
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• 2000

국내에서 버려지는 쌀눈활용을 위한 기초연구로 쌀눈의 화삭성분들을 분석하였다. 일반성분은 수분 8.69%, 조지방 21.18%, 조단백질 16.50%, 조섬유 2.95%, 조회분 6.23%, 그리고 당질함량은 44.45%로 나타났다. 유리당은 maltose, glucose, fructose가 있었으며 각각 569.00, 68.80, 50.20mg/100g함유되어 있었다. 아미노산함량은 글루탐산이 1920.09mg/100g, 아르기닌이 15.03mg/100g, 아스파르트산이 1208.7mg/100g, 알라닌이 1001.2mg/100g으로 가장 많이 함유되어 있었으며, 함황아미노산인 시스틴과 메티오닌은 적었다. 무기질 조성은 8종류의 무기성분들이 검출되었으며 칼륨과 인이 각각 가장 많은 1217.80, 1766.22mg/100g이었으며 칼슘, 망감, 나트륨이 각각 36.60, 16.74, 16.22mg/100g으로 많았으며, 아연, 철, 구리도 각각 11.75, 7.99, 1.16mg/100g이 들어 이었다. 비타민함량은 5가지의 수용성 비타민과 지용성비타민이 토코페롤이 함유되어 있었으며, 비타민 E가 11.96mg/100g으로 가장 많았고 $B_1$과 $B_2$는 각각 5.69mg/100g, 0.45mg/100g였으며 비타민 C는 1.66mg/100g 그리고 나이아신과 비타민 $B_6$는 각각 2.96mg/100g, 0.69mg/100g였다. 지방산은 6가지 종류의 지방산이 함유되어 있었으며, 주지방산은 linoleic acid와 oleic acid로 전체지방산의 약 64%를 차지하고 있다. 또한 모든 유지류에 널리 분포되어 있는 palmitic acid가 22.2%였으며, arachidic acid도 3.1%였다. 16종의 flavonoid와 9종의 phenolic acid를 screening한 결과 쌀눈에서는 검출되지 않았다.