Abstract

This study was conducted to develop healthy foods or natural preservatives with garlic (Allium sativum L.), ginger (Zingiber officinale R.) and onion (Allium cepa L.). The polyphenol contents of garlic, ginger and onion juice were analyzed, and they were tested for antioxidative and antibacterial activities. Their antioxidative activities were investigated in terms of their electron donating activity (EDA), SOD-like activity and nitrite scavenging ablity (NSA). Their antibacterial activities were tested against four kinds of pathogenic bacteria (L. monocytogenes, S. aureus, E. coli O157:H7, and Sal. typhimurium). The yields of the garlic, ginger and onion juice were 28.2, 24.3 and 38.3 percent, and their total polyphenol contents were 1,254, 1,523 and 412 mg/100 mL, respectively. The EDAs of the garlic and ginger juice ranged from 95 to 98 percent and over 90 percent in the 40 percent diluted solution. Their SOD-like activities were 64 and 67 percent, repectively. Onion juice had lower activities in EDAs and SOD-like activity than those of garlic and ginger juice. The NSAs of the garlic, ginger and onion juice were 56.5, 52.4 and 50.2 percent, respectively. The garlic juices showed antibacterial activity against four kinds of pathogenic bacteria (L. monocytogenes, S. aureus, E. coli O157:H7 and Sal. typhimurium) and the highest such activity against Sal. typhimurium. From all the results of the experiments, it can be concluded that garlic, ginger, onion can be used as a natural preservatives and can help develope healthy foods because of their antibacterial and antioxidative activities and abundunt polyphenols.

기능성이 우수한 향신 채소로서, 마늘, 생강, 양파를 이용하여 건강 기능성 식품 개발 재료나 천연 보존료로 활용할 목적으로 이들의 생즙을 이용하여 폴리페놀 함량, 항산화능 및 식중독세균에 대한 항균활성을 측정하였다. 마늘, 생강, 양파 즙의 수율은 각각 28.2% (v/w), 24.3%, 38.3%로서 양파가 가장 높았으나 총 폴리페놀함량은 각각 1,254, 1,523, 412 mg/100 g으로 생강즙이 가장 높았다. 마늘과 생강 즙 원액의 전자공여능은 95~98%였으며, 40% 희석액에서도 90%이상의 활성을 나타내었으며 SOD유사활성능 역시 64~67%로서 활성이 높았으나 양파즙은 마늘과 생강에 비하여 전자공여능과 SOD 유사활성이 약간 낮았다. 마늘과 생강, 양파 즙 원액의 아질산염소거능은 각각 56.5%, 52.4% and 50.2%였다. 마늘즙은 실험에 사용한 4종류의 식중독세균(E. coli, Sal. typhimurium, L. monocytogenes, S. aureus)에 대하여 항균작용이 있었으며 특히 Sal. typhimurium에 대하여 가장 강한 활성을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 보면, 마늘, 생강, 양파는 총 폴리페놀 함량이 높고 우수한 항균작용과 항산화능을 나타내어 식품에 첨가하면 천연보존료로서의 가치가 있으며, 건강식품 개발을 위한 재료로서 적합할 것으로 생각된다.

Keywords

• Garlic;
• ginger;
• onion;
• juice;
• functional activity