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This study was conducted to compare the nutritional composition of white-spotted flower chafer (Protaetia brevitarsis) larvae produced from five commercial insect farms in Korea. The feeding sources of larvae were different as follows: Farm A, fermented oak sawdust; Farm B, fermented oak and scrub sawdust; Farm C, commercial feed; Farm D, private fermented feed; and Farm E, byproduct from mushroom compost. Drying yield significantly varied by insect farm, ranging from 14.12% to 27.28%. However, there was only small difference (5.14–7.38 g/100 g) in moisture content of dried larvae powder (p

This study was done to prepare functional sausages using silkworm powder and silkworm cordyceps. The pH values of the treated groups were significantly higher than that of non-treated group (p 0.05). Therefore, since functionality of the sausages were enhanced by the supplementations of silkworm powder and silkworm cordyceps, we suggest that the product is potentially useful as a functional sausage.

As trade barriers are collapsed by result of trade liberalization, competition of global pork market has been accelerated by each country. Since pork is the most consuming meat in South Korea, analysis of determinants to pork consumption is a good indicator in decision making of pork producers, distributors and consumers. In addition, it is useful for 6th industrialization combing production, processing and sales of pig. The predictive power on determinants for consumption of domestic pork (CDP) was confirmed by variance inflation factor and stepwise selection methods. We selected seven and four variables, respectively, depending on the both methods for examination of CDP determinants. Production and beginning stocks of domestic pork had the greatest influence on CDP and a positive relation with each other (P

This study was done to evaluate the effects of silkworm powder or silkworm cordyceps on quality of seasoned meat during storage. The pH was significantly lower in silkworm cordyceps group than those of the other groups (p

This study was carried out to obtain a basic data for application in meat products via examination of bioactive materials from Cirsium japonicum var. Ussuriense tuber. Hot water extract showed high activities against BC (Bacillus cereus) and ST (Salmonella Typhimurium) as well as inhibited nitric oxide (NO) production. The supernatant of methanol fractionation (MS)50 and MS70 exhibited antibacterial activity against BC, whereas the precipitated pellet of methanol fractionation (MP)30 and MS50 showed the activity against ST. DPPH radical scavenging activity showed the highest value in MP50, but exhibited higher value in the supernatant than in the precipitated pellet. NO production in BV2 cells treated with LPS was highly inhibited in MS50 and MS70, but the activity in RAW 264.7 cells showed a high inhibition rate in MS70. As a result of ethyl acetate partition, antimicrobial activity showed high values in organic and water phases of ethyl acetate partition (MS70EAO and MS70EAW) against BC, but presented high activity in MS70EAW against ST. MS70EAO showed the highest NO production inhibition rate in BV2 and RAW 264.7 cells. In purification of Sep-Pak R18, the NO activity was showed by higher values by MS70EAO.FT (flow through), MS70EAW.FT, and MP70EAW.FT in BV2 cells, whereas observed by broad fractions in RAW264.7 cells. In summary, since the partially purified bioactive materials from C. japonicum have variously biological activities, we suggest that it is possibility of application to functional meat products.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial activity against Salmonella infection which causes intestinal diseases from bee venom which is one of the social insects, and to find a way which use ghost vaccine. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of bee venom against Salmonella Typhimurium χ3339 was 101.81 ug/ml. Based on the result of MIC, the antimicrobial activity according to amount of the cells showed strong activities below 106 CFU/ml, but exhibited no and low activity at 108 and 107 CFU/ml, respectively. In addition, the antimicrobial activity assay according to the cultural temperature showed the strongest activity at 37℃. The thermal stability of bee venom appeared to be very stable at temperatures below 60℃, but gradually decreased at more than 60℃. The protease inhibitor mixture was shown to greatly enhance the antimicrobial activity of bee venom. Since most of the activity is lost due to the treatment with Proteinase K, it is estimated that the antimicrobial activity of bee venom is induced by peptides. Therefore, we suggest that bee venom can be used as an antimicrobial agent for ghost vaccine production.