Studies on the Utilization of Plant Pigments -II. Stability of Anthocyanin Pigments in Ganges Amaranth-

식물성(植物性) 색소(色素)의 이용(利用)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) -II. 꽃잎맨드라미(Amaranthus tricolor L.) Anthocyanin색소(色素)의 안정성(安定性)-

In order to evaluate the utility of the anthocyanins of Amaranthys tricolor L. as an edible pigment, the present study was undertaken to investigate the effects of pH. temperature, ascorbic acid, sugars and their degradation products, quercetin, thiourea, sodium pyrophosphate and metal ions on the stability of the anthocyanins in the model systems. The results obtained from this study were as follows. 1. The degradation of total anthocyanins was retarded as the pH levels decreased from 8.0 to 1.0. At pH 1.0, however. the initial degradation reaction proceeded faster than at pH 2.0 to 3.0 2. On heating in buffered aqueous solution at $80^{\circ}C$, the total anthocyanin content was higher at pH 2.0 than other pH levels. Increasing the storage temperature accelerated greatly the pigment degradation. In darkness at $40^{\circ}C$, after 10 days, only 19% of the original amount was left, while at $2^{\circ}C$, under the same conditions of storage, approximately 90% of the pigment was retained. The half-life of the pigment, 63.0 days at $2^{\circ}C$, shortened to 1. 7 days at $40^{\circ}C$. 3. An increase in ascorbic arid concentration from 0. 15 to 0.50 mg/ml lowered the anthocyanin retention. 4. There was no significant difference between glucose and fructose in anthocyanin degradation effect. Furfural was more effective than other sugar degradation products, formic acid or levulinic acid in accelerating anthocyanin breakdown. 5. Neither quercetin nor sodium pyrophosphate had a protective effect on the anthocyanins in the presence of ascorbic acid, while, in the systems 0.5 or 1 mg/ml of thiourea with $150{\;}{\mu}g/ml$ of ascorbic acid, the loss of anthocyanins was significantly reduced. 6. Both mercuric and cupric ions in 30 ppm greatly accelerated anthocyanin degradation.

꽃잎맨드라미 anthocyanin을 식용색소(食用色素)로 이용할 목적으로 모델시스템하에서 anthocyanin 안정성(安定性)에 미치는 온도, pH, 당류(糖類) 및 그 분해산물(分解産物), ascorbic acid, quercetin, sodium pyrophosphate, thiouea 그리고 금속(金屬) 이온들의 영향을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. pH가 8.0에서 1.0으로 낮아짐에 따라 anthocyanin의 파괴(破壞)가 지연되였는데 pH 2.0에서는 초기의 anthocyanin 파괴(破壞)가 pH 2.0, 3.0에서 보다 더 빨랐다. 2. 수용액내에서 가열 $(80^{\circ}C)$시 pH 2.0에서의 anthocyanin잔존량(殘存量)이 다른 pH수준에서보다 더 많았으며 저장온도가 상승함에 따라 색소(色素)의 파괴(破壞)가 크게 촉진되었는데 $40^{\circ}C$의 암소(暗笑)에서 10일후 19%정도 $2^{\circ}C$에서는 90%정도 남아 있었고 $2^{\circ}C$에서의 반감기(半減期)는 63일이었으나 $40^{\circ}C$에서는 1.7일로 떨어졌다. 이 색소파괴(色素破壞) 반응(反應)의 활성화(活性化)에너지는 18.93kcal/mole였다. 3. AA의 농도가 15 mg/100 ml에서 50 mg/100 ml로 증가함에 따라 반면에 색소잔존량(色素殘存量)은 줄어 들었다. 4. Anthocyanin의 파괴(破壞)에 대한 glucose와 fructose영향사이에 뚜렷한 차이가 없었으며 당류분해물(糖類分解物)중에서는 formic acid, levulinic acid, furfural 순으로 색소잔존율(色素殘存率)이 감소하였으며 furfural anthocyanin 파괴작용(破壞作用)이 가장 심하였다. 5. Ascorbic acid 공존하(共存下)에서 quercetin, sodium pyrophosphate 다같이 anthocyanin에 대한 보호작용을 인정할 수 없었으나 thiourea가 50 및 100 mg/100 ml인 처리구에서는 색소손실량(色素損失量)이 상당히 줄어 들었다. 6. 금속(金屬) 이온들중 $Hg^{2+}$과 $Cu^{2+}$은 30 ppm에서 기타 금속(金屬)이온들에 비하여 anthocyanin의 파괴(破壞)를 촉진시켰다.