Chemical Composition of Several Herb Plants

서양 허브식물의 화학성분

  • Oh, Moon-Hun (Department of Food and Biotechnology Engineering, Chung Cheong College) ;
  • Whang, Hea-Jeung (Food Resources Institute, Chung-Ang University)
  • 오문헌 (충청대학 식품생명공업과) ;
  • 황혜정 (중앙대학교 식량자원연구소)
  • Published : 2003.02.01

Abstract

Chemical compositions of several herbs (rosemary, mint, thyme, sage, and lavender) cultivated in Korea were analyzed. Approximate compositions were as follows: moisture $69.92{\sim}82.10%$, crude ash $2.48{\sim}6.15%$, crude fat $0.40{\sim}2.46%$, crude protein $0.84{\sim}1.57%$, and crude fiber $2.48{\sim}6.15%$. Total contents of phenolics determined by Folin-Dennis's method were in the range of $73.24{\sim}197.79mg%$. Contents of minerals, Na, Ca, Mn, P, Mg, Zn, and Fe determined by ICP-AES were $43.0{\sim}112.5,\;177.5{\sim}304.0,\;0.5{\sim}1.5,\;74.0{\sim}218.5,\;57.0{\sim}116.0,\;1.0{\sim}2.0$ and $3.0{\sim}5.0mg%$, respectively. Free sugar contents determined by HPLC were: sucrose $0{\sim}7.61$, glucose $0.94{\sim}15.92$, and rhamnose $0.64{\sim}7.99mg%$. Fatty acids including palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, linolenic, and arachidonic acids were identified by GC. Linoleic and linolenic acid contents were higher than those of palmitic and stearic acids. Aroma components identified by GC-MS were 1,8-cineole, ${\alpha}-phellandrene,\;{\alpha}-terpinene,\;{\beta}-pinene,\;{\beta}-thujone$, borneol, butan-1-ol, cis-sabinene hydrate, ${\delta}-carene,\;{\gamma}-terpinene$, and verbenone.

한국에서 재배된 허브식물(로즈마리, 라벤더, 민트, 세이지, 타임)의 일반 성분, 무기질, 총페놀, 유리당, 지방산 및 향기성분을 분석하였다. 허브 잎의 일반성분을 분석한 결과, 수분함량이 $69.92{\sim}82.10%$으로 가장 높았으며, 조섬유와 회분함량이 지방과 단백질함량보다 높았다. 총페놀 함량은 분광광도법(Follin-Dennis법)으로 측정하여 gallic acid 상당량으로 산출하였으며, 로즈마리와 라벤더가 높았으며 세이지, 타임, 민트 순이었다. 무기성분은 ICP-AES방법으로 나트륨, 칼슘, 망간, 인, 마그네슘, 아연 및 철을 분석하였다. 대체적으로 칼슘함량이 가장 높게 나타났으며, 인, 나트륨, 마그네슘, 철, 아연, 망간의 함량순으로 높았다. 지방산은 GC로 palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, arachidonic acid함량을 측정하였다. 대체적으로 포화 지방산인 palmitic acid와 stearic acid 함량보다 불포화지방산인 linoleic acid와 linolenic acid의 함량이 더 높았다. 유리당은 sucrose, glucoes 및 rhamnose를 HPLC로 분리하였으며, 그 함량은 소량이었다. 향기성분은 27종을 확인하였으며, 주요 성분은 ${\beta}-terpinene,\;{\alpha}-thujone,\;{\beta}-phellandrene$, cis-ocimene, ${\beta}-thujone,\;{\beta}-pinene,\;{\alpha}-terpinene$, 1,8-cineole, ${\gamma}-terpinene$, verbenone 및 ${\beta}-ocimene$이었다.

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