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KMID : 1134820130420030397
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
2013 Volume.42 No. 3 p.397 ~ p.402
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Pre-treatment of the White-Spotted Flower Chafer (Protaetia brevitarsis) as an Ingredient for Novel Foods
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Kwon Eun-Young
Yoo Jeong-Mi
Yoon Young-Il
Hwang In-Yeong
Goo Tae-Won
Kim Mi-Ae
Choi Young-Cheol
Yun Eun-Young
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Abstract
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The pharmacological efficacy of Protaetia (P.) brevitarsis larvae has been described in the Dongui Bogam. It is believed that the larvae are particularly useful for hepatic disorders. However, natural aversion has made it difficult to consume these larvae as food. Thus, we sought to make an eatable form of the larvae by establishing optimal conditions for larvae preparation. Larvae were selectively bred, sterilized, and a powder of larvae generated by freeze-drying. Afterward, the CellTiter 96® AQueous Non-Radioactive Cell Proliferation Assay (MTS) with the RAW 264.7 cell line was used to validate the safety of the powder as a food ingredient. We determined that oak sawdust sterilized by water vapor for 5 minutes could be used for larvae feed, and a feeding for 3～5 days followed by a fasting for 3 days were optimal conditions for larvae preparation. In addition, sterilization of larvae at 115oC and 0.9 kgf/cm3 (to avoid contamination of pathogenic bacteria and fungi) was successfully applied in the production of edible powder from P. brevitarsis. The optimized processes established in our experiments can be used in the industrial production of P. brevitarsis as a food ingredient.
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KEYWORD
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Protaetia brevitarsis, food, sterilize, cytotoxicity
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