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KMID : 1123920050190020490
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Korean Journal of Oriental Physiology and Pathology
2005 Volume.19 No. 2 p.490 ~ p.494
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Nutritional Contents of Beverage from Lotus Root and Evaluation of its Physiological Function in Aorta Relation
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Park Sung-Hye
Ham Tae-Sick
Han Jong-Hyun
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Abstract
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The purpose of this was investigate the possibility of medicinal plants application as an edible functional food resources. We arried out to develop a beverage by using Nelumbo nucifera and we examined the nutritional characterics. Also we examined the effects of drink on physiological function in aorta relation. Thus, the effect of developed beverage on phenylephrine induced contraction of isolated rat thoracic aorta. Contractile force was measured with force displacement thansducer under 1.5g loading tension. Brix, pH and titratable acidity of developed drink were 12.25%, 4.5 and 0.092%. The approximate nutritional composition of beverage was carbohydrate, 9.40%, crude protein, 0.30%, crude fat, 0.25% and ash, 0.15%. Also insoluble fiber and soluble fiber were 1.30%, 0.80%. Developed beverage contained Na(11.45 mg%), K(6.87 mg%), Ca(2.53 mg%). The contraction forces by injection of phenylephrine in isolated thoracic aorta were significantly law in each beverage treatment groups compared with control group. These results that developed drink with medicinal plants can be used as a functional material to decrease aorta contraction.
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KEYWORD
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Nelumbo nucifera, thoracic aorta, relaxtion, functional beverage
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