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KMID : 0613820060160040683
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Journal of Life Science
2006 Volume.16 No. 4 p.683 ~ p.690
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Detection of Chemical Characteristics in Hamcho (Salicornia herbacea L.) according to Harvest Periods.
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Cha Jae-Young
Jung Jae-Jun
Kim Yong-Taek
Seo Won-Seok
Yang Hyun-Ju
Kim Jin-Sook
Lee Yong-Soo
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Abstract
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The chemical compositions of amino acids, minerals, betaine, and polyphenolic compounds from Salicornia herbacea (Hamcho) according to harvest periods were analyzed. Changes of chemical characteristics in water and ethanol extracts from Hamcho were evaluated for titratable acidity, pH, soluble solid, and Hunter’s color values. The antioxidative activity of water extract from Hamcho was also determined by DPPH (α,α’-diphenyl-β-picrylhydrazyl) scavenging radical activity. Total polyphenolic compounds of Hamcho were shown the highest in August harvested by 201.6 ppm. The betaine of Hamcho water-extract was identified by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), which content was 0.248%, 0.269% and 0.204% in June, August, and October, respectively. Major compositional amino acids (㎎%) were glutamic acid (582: 519: 664), proline (552: 471: 322), phenylalanine (480: 431: 424), aspartic acid (322: 297: 330), and arginine (282: 321: 483) in June, August, and October, respectively, and major free amino acids (㎎%) were proline (9.7: 3.4), asparagine (6.7: 1.4), hydroxyproline (6.4: 2.8), valine (3.9: 2.5), arginine (1.7: 3.0) in June and August, respectively. Mineral contents (㎎%) were Na (5,695: 7,536: 5,529), K (1,640: 963: 931), Mg (359: 428: 348), Ca (221: 234: 251), and P (207: 189: 259) in June, August, and October, respectively. Especially, K was high in June, Na and Mg were high in August, and Ca and P were high in October, respectively. DPPH scavenging radical activity was shown in the following order; 0.05% butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)＞ August＞ June＞ October harvested Hamcho. The chemical components of polyphenolic compounds, betaine, amino acids and minerals were changed by harvest periods according to the growing season, and the highest concentrations of polyphenolic compounds and betaine of Hamcho were shown in August harvested.
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KEYWORD
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Hamcho, Salicornia herbacea L., betaine, DPPH (α, α’-diphenyl-β-picrylhydrazyl)
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