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In this study, we aimed to analyze changes in the residual levels of buprofezin during milling, washing, cooking, and processing of rice to make porridge, rice cakes, and cookies. The pesticide residue levels in rice were analyzed using high-performance liquid chromatograph with UV detector. The residual buprofezin level in brown rice was 21.8 mg/kg, and after milling, that in polished rice was 1.73 mg/kg, with elimination of 92.1% of the pesticide residue. The rate of reduction in buprofezin levels during brown rice washing was 21.6-57.3%, and the residual level of buprofezin during polished rice washing decreased by 27.4-67.2%. When brown rice was cooked using an electric cooker and pressure cooker, buprofezin levels reduced by 51.7 and 55.5%, respectively. When washed polished rice was cooked using an electric cooker and pressure cooker, buprofezin levels reduced by 83.6 and 82.3%, respectively. When washed polished rice was soaked for 30 min and then cooked using an electric cooker and pressure cooker, buprofezin levels reduced by 87.1 and 88.0%, respectively. After processing polished rice into porridge, rice cakes, and cookies, the residue level of buprofezin decreased by 89.7, 82.0, and 79.4%, respectively, compared to the residual level in polished rice. In conclusion, various rice processing methods decrease the residue levels of buprofezin.

Based on the pesticide standards of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), the processing factors (PFs) of 61 pesticides were investigated following processing of wheat, corn, and cottonseed. In case of wheat processing, 33 pesticides exhibited PFs of

Pesticides and veterinary drugs are generally employed to control pests and insects in crop and livestock farming. However, remaining residues are considered potentially hazardous to human health and the environment. Therefore, regular monitoring is required for assessing and legislation of pesticides and veterinary drugs. Various approaches to determining residues in various agricultural and animal food products have been reported. Most analytical methods involve sample extraction, purification (cleanup), and detection. Traditional sample preparation is time-consuming labor-intensive, expensive, and requires a large amount of toxic organic solvent, along with high probability for the decomposition of a compound before the analysis. Thus, modern sample preparation techniques, such as the quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe method, have been widely accepted in the scientific community for its versatile application; however, it still requires a laboratory setup for the extraction and purification processes, which also involves the utilization of a toxic solvent. Therefore, it is crucial to elucidate recent technologies that are simple, portable, green, quick, and cost-effective for onsite and infield residue detections. Several technologies, such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, quantum dots, biosensing, and miniaturized gas chromatography, are now available. Further, several onsite techniques, such as ion mobility-mass spectrometry, are now being upgraded; some of them, although unable to analyze field sample directly, can analyze a large number of compounds within very short time (such as time-of-flight and Orbitrap mass spectrometry). Thus, to stay updated with scientific advances and analyze organic contaminants effectively and safely, it is necessary to study all of the state-of-art technology.

이 연구는 농산물의 원산지에 따른 검출 농약을 조사하여 대한 민국의 수입 바나나 중 잔류농약 안전 관리 자료로 활용하고자 하였다. 미국, 일본, EU, 영국 및 대한민국의 2007에서 2018년까지 바나나 중 잔류농약 검사 결과를 활용하여 검출 농약, 검사 건수, 농약 검출 건수 및 검출량으로 정리하였다. 이들 바나나의 잔류농약 검사에서 검출된 농약은 총 109종이었으며, 전체 검사 건수는 206,894건이었다. 이 중 9,483건에서 잔류농약이 검출되었으며, 농약 검출률은 4.58%였다. 검출된 농약은 chlorpyrifos, imazalil, methyl-bromide, azoxystrobin, carbendazim, pretilachlor 및 thiabendazole 등 이었으며, 이 농약들의 검출률은 10.62-24.62% 범위였다. Chlorpyrifos가 검출 건수에서 가장 많이 검출되었으며, 다음으로 imazalil, azoxystrobin, thiabendazole, bifenthrin 및 carbendazim 순이었다. EU, 일본, 미국, 영국 및 대한민국의 잔류농약 검사에서 각각 85, 57, 23, 18 및 8종 농약이 검출되었다. Azoxystrobin, bifenthrin 및 chlorpyrifos는 모든 국가의 모니터링에서 검출되었다. 코스타리카 및 에콰도르산 바나나에서 각각 14 및 12종 농약이 검출되었다. Imazalil 및 thiabendazole은 각각 16 및 11개 원산지에서 검출되었다. Myclobutanil 및 iprodione은 각각 4 및 2개국산에서 검출되었다. Azoxystrobin 및 bifenthrin은 코스타리카산 바나나에서 각각 11.8 및 9.8% 검출 건수를 보였고, azoxystrobin의 검출률은 콜롬비아산에서 19%였다. 벨리즈산, 콜롬비아산 및 코스타리카산 바나나 중 chlorpyrifos는 각각 22.7, 13.3 및 10.8%의 검출률을 보였고, 콜롬비아산 및 코스타리카산 바나나 중 myclobutanil의 검출률은 각각 17.9 및 10.4%였다.

본 연구는 azoxystrobin 농약을 가지와 상추에 처리한 후 세척 및 조리과정 중 농약의 잔류량 변화를 조사하기 위해 수행하였다. 가지는 흐르는 물 세척, 찜, 볶음으로 가공하였으며, 상추는 담금 물 세척, 흐르는 물 세척, 담금 후 흐르는 물 세척, 초음파세척, 데치기로 가공하였다. Azoxystrobin의 GC분석의 정량한계는 0.01 mg/kg이었으며, 회수율은 84.7-109.5%이었다. Azoxystrobin을 살포하여 수확한 가지의 농약 잔류량은 0.204 mg/kg, 상추의 잔류량은 12.296 mg/kg이었다. 가지의 흐르는 물세척, 세척 후 찌기, 세척 후 볶기의 잔류량은 0.059, 0.065, 0.05 mg/kg이었다. 상추의 담금 물 세척, 흐르는 물 세척, 담금 후 흐르는 물 세척, 초음파세척, 데치기의 azoxystrobin의 잔류량은 각각 3.027, 7.513, 3.937, 5.761, 3.241 mg/kg이었다. 가지와 상추의 azoxystrobin 농약의 가공계수 및 감소율을 산출한 결과는 다음과 같았다. 가지의 경우, 흐르는 물 세척의 가공계수 및 감소율은 0.29, 71.1%, 찜 가공한 가지는 0.32, 68.0%, 볶음 가공한 가지는 0.24, 75.7%이었다. 상추의 경우, 담금 물세척한 상추의 가공계수 및 감소율은 0.25, 75.3%, 흐르는 물세척은 0.61, 38.9%, 담금 후 흐르는 물 세척은 0.32, 68.0%, 초음파세척은 0.47, 53.1%, 데치기는 0.26, 73.6%이었다. 가지와 상추 중 잔류농약은 세척 및 조리가공을 통해서 잔류농약 감소에 효과가 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었으며, 세척 후 조리과정을 진행할 시, 대부분의 농약이 제거됨을 확인하였다. 따라서, 세척 및 가공 후 azoxystrobin 가공계수를 위해 평가에 기초자료로 제공할 수 있을 것이다.

The changes in residual amounts of an insecticide (etofenprox) in processed rice cakes and cookies were investigated in this study. Test samples were sprayed with etofenprox during rice cultivation, and brown rice samples were dipped in a pesticide solution to investigate the effects of washing and processing. A multiresidue method for multiclass pesticides was employed for etofenprox analysis using a high-performance liquid chromatography–ultraviolet detector setup. Etofenprox was not detected in polished rice that was processed into rice cakes and cookies. The etofenprox residue levels were 2.13 mg/kg in each processing stage of brown rice products that were dipped in 400 mg/kg etofenprox solutions. The residual amounts of etofenprox in washed/polished rice and rice flour obtained by grinding were 1.25 and 0.77 mg/kg, respectively. The residual levels were 0.38 mg/kg in rice cakes prepared by cooking rice flour in a steamer for 20 min (a decrease of 82.1% compared to that in polished rice), 0.47 mg/kg in rice cookies baked in an oven for 20 min (a decrease of 78.0%), and 0.21 mg/kg in fried rice cookies (a decrease of 90.2%). Overall, the residual levels of etofenprox decreased in a range of 40–100% during the processing of rice cakes and cookies.

본 연구에서는 2006년부터 2016년까지 JMPR보고서 중 쌀과 보리의 농약 가공계수 자료를 고찰하였다. 쌀은 정조를 현미, 백미, 왕겨, 쌀겨 및 쌀밥으로 가공할 때 17종 농약의 가공계수를 비교하였다. 17종 중 acephate, methamidophos, glufosinate, quinclorac과 sulfoxaflor 5종 농약을 제외한 12종은 정조를 현미로 가공할 때 대부분의 농약이 감소하였고, 현미에서 백미로 가공할 때 농약이 일부 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 도정과정 중 발생된 왕겨와 쌀겨는 농약이 농축되었다. Acephate 등 5종 농약은 침투성 농약으로 농약이 식품 내부로 침투되어 도정공정 중에 많은 양이 제거되지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 백미에 잔류된 농약은 물과 함께 가열하여 쌀밥으로 가공한 후 대부분 제거되어 농약 성분이 미량 잔류되었다. 보리는 통보리, 정맥, 분말, short, 맥아, 맥주, 겉껍질 및 겨로 가공 중 23종 농약의 가공계수를 비교하였다. 침투성 농약인 ethephon, pyraclostrobin, penthiopyrad, sulfoxaflor 4종을 제외한 농약은 통보리를 탈피하여 정맥으로 만드는 과정에서 대부분의 농약 성분이 감소하였다. 정맥을 침지시켜 만든 맥아의 경우 농약성분이 농축되었으나, 맥주로 가공할 경우에는 대부분 분해되어 미량의 농약만 잔류하는 경향을 보였다.

In this study, we tried to establish the best method for fresh blueberry beverage production using enzyme treatment as well as low temperature extraction. During extraction of physiologically functional materials, we used low temperature to prevent nutritional loss by heat. In addition, we investigated optimal blueberry extraction conditions using various enzyme treatments (cellulase, pectinase, cellulase:pectinase (1:1) mixture) to increase extraction efficiency and reduce turbidity. A variety and ratio of enzymes, extraction temperature, extraction time, and shaking speed were considered for the best extraction efficiency rate. We observed high extraction efficiency rates of 85.72-86.55% and 87.06-87.93%, respectively, upon cellulase or pectinase treatment. In addition, a mixture of cellulase:pectinase (1:1) showed an extraction efficiency rate of 86.84-88.14%. The best extraction efficiency rate was observed when crude blueberry was treated at 45°C (87.91%), for 3 h (87.88%), in a 90 rpm shaker (89.19%). Sugar content and acidity of blueberry extract were not affected by the various treatments. However, total phenolic compounds were detected upon pectinase treatment (18.62 mg/g). Only fructose and glucose as free sugars were found in all samples regardless of treatments and extraction conditions.

Among the naturally occurring antioxidants, polyphenols are widely distributed in various fruits, vegetables, wines, juices, and plant-based dietary sources and divided into several subclasses that included phenolic acid, flavonoids, stilbenes, and lignans. As part of our continuing search for bioactive food ingredients, the antioxidant and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities of the aqueous ethanolic extract from the aerial parts of Ainsliaea acerifolia were investigated in vitro. The antioxidant properties were evaluated via radical scavenging assays using 1,1-diphenyl- 2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azino-bis (3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid) (ABTS+) radicals. In addition, the anti-diabetic effect of A. acerifolia extracts was tested via α-glucosidase inhibitory assay. Furthermore, the total phenolic contents were determined using a spectrophotometric method. All the tested samples showed dose-dependent radical scavenging and α-glucosidase inhibitory activities. In particularly, the α-glucosidase inhibitory and radical scavenging properties of the ethyl acetate (EtOAc)-soluble portion from the aerial parts of the A. acerifolia were higher than those of the other solvent-soluble portions. These results suggest that A. acerifolia could be considered a new potential source of natural antioxidants and antidiabetic ingredients. More systematic investigation of the aerial parts of A. acerifolia will be performed for the further development of anti-oxidative and antidiabetic drugs.

The effects of drying on nine pesticides (chlorfenapyr, clothianidin, diethofencarb, folpet, imidacloprid, indoxacarb, methomyl, methoxyfenozide, and tetraconazole) in chili peppers were studied. The mean concentration factor calculated from weight reduction after drying by water loss was 5.28 for field 1 and 5.41 for field 2 (n = 10). Processing factors for pesticide residues in/on chili peppers after drying were 2.45–5.14 for field 1 and 1.71–4.53 for field 2, indicating that pesticide residues remaining in/on chili peppers were concentrated by usual drying process for pepper powder. The reduction factors reflecting net loss of pesticide residues during drying were 0.50–0.98 for field 1 and 0.44–0.98 for field 2. Drying caused a large reduction (37–49 %) in clothianidin, diethofencarb, imidacloprid, and tetraconazole; moderate reductions (16 and 22 %) in methomyl and methoxyfenozide; while did not affect the levels of chlorfenapyr, folpet, and indoxacarb (using conservative higher reduction factors from the two field trials).

Food Chemical Residues Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety EvaluationAbstract Penicillin and its salts, including the benzatine, procaine, and sodium salts, have been widely used in humanand veterinary medicine. Owing to their low toxicity, they currently form the most important group of antibiotics.However, overdose and abuse of these antibiotics may lead to potential risk in human health. Therefore, this study wasconducted to validate the analysis method established by the Korea Food Code in 2012 and to monitor the levels ofbenzylpenicillin residues in products with reference to the maximum residue level (MRL). Of the 232 product samplestested, benzylpenicillin was detected in 11 livestock products and 2 marine products. Benzylpenicillin concentrations werefound to be lower than the MRL in 12 products; however, the concentration of benzylpenicillin was found to be greaterthan the MRL in 1 pork product. The limit of quantification (LOQ) for benzylpenicillin was found to be 0.001-0.002 mg/kg, with an average recovery of 90.4-115.3%. Calibrations showed good linearity of 0.995 over a range of 0.002-0.05 mg/kg.Keywords: benzylpenicillin, validation, monitoring, veterinary drug, MRLs

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common chronic inflammatory disease preceding the development of allergic disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Sargassum micracanthum ethanol extract (SMEE) on AD. AD was induced by spreading 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzen (DNCB) on the back sides of BALB/c mice. The efficacy of SMEE was tested by observing the skin clinical severity score, proliferations of Raw 264.7 cells and the secretion of cytokines and IgE. The secretion of IL-4, and IgE was significantly decreased by SMEE in a dose dependent manner, while IFN- was increased. In addition, SMEE alleviated the AD symptoms better when compared to the positive controls. In conclusion, these results suggest that SMEE has an inhibitory effect on AD, and may serve as a useful biomaterial for the development of cosmeceuticals.

The present study was designed to investigate the antihyperlipidemic effect of Coconopsis lanceolata extract in C57BL/6J mice. The mice were divided into four groups: normal diet group (ND), high fat diet group (HFD), positive control group with 0.05% metformin (PC), Coconopsis lanceolata extract group (UCL). After 5 weeks of feeding, average body weight of the UCL group mice was slightly decreased, while that of the HFD group significantly increased) Also, liver and adipose tissue weights in the UCL group significantly increased. The levels of trigliceride (TG) and total in the plasma of UCL-supplemented group were significantly lower than those of high fat diet group. On the other hand, HDL-cholesterol level was increased. Expression level of proteins related with adipogenesis such as SREBP-1c, ACC, and FAS in the liver of the UCL group mice was much lower comparing with the HFD group mice. In conclusion, the results showed that the Coconopsis lanceolata extract possesses significant antihyperlipidemic effects in C57BL/6J mice.

*GLP Center, Catholic University of Daegu, Keongsan 712-702, Korea. **Jeongseon Agricultural Extension Center, Jeongseon 233-852, Korea.***Department of Applied Plant Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Korea.****Department of Applied BioScience, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, Korea.*****Food Policy Cordination Division, Ministry of Korea Food & Drug Safety, Cheongwon 363-951, Korea.******Forest Practice Research Center, Korea Forest Reserach Institute, Pocheon 487-821, Korea.*******Department of Herbal Medicine Resource, Kangwon National University, Samcheok 245-905, Korea.ABSTRACT : Pharmacological studies and clinical practices have indicated that Radix Astragali, a dried root of Astragalusmembranaceus possesses a lot of biological activities, including antioxidant, hepatoprotective, anti-diabetic, tonic, diuretic,antimicrobial, antiviral, and immunological activities. These biological activities approved by the modern pharmacologicalstudies are mainly due to the constituents of Astragalus membranaceus including polysaccharides, saponins, flavonoids,amino acids, and trace elements. In resent, the main constituents in the root part showing a lot of biological activities hasbeen isolated also from the aboveground parts such as leaves and sprouts in our laboratory. However, the safety evaluationfor the aboveground parts of Astragalus membranaceus should be checked before expanding their application as one of food.In the study, a 90-day rat oral gavage study has been conducted with the extracts from Astragalus membranaceus-above-ground parts at doses of 1000, 3000, and 5000 ㎎/㎏/day. The following endpoints were evaluated: clinical observations, bodyweight, gross and microscopic pathology, clinical chemistry, and hematology. Based on the analysis of these endpoints, it wasestimated that NOEL (no observed effect level) for male rats and NOAEL (no observed adverse effect level) for female ratsare 5000 ㎎/㎏/day of the water-extracts from Astragalus membranaceus- aboveground parts. Key Words : Astragalus membranaceus, Aboveground Parts, NOAEL, Toxicity

The quality characteristics of brown rice polished with grains of four rice varieties (Hwaseonchal, Baegjinju, Ilpum and Goami) were examined. For the physical properties of native and fried brown rice starches, the gelatinization temperatures and enthalpies (determined with differential scanning calorimetry) of brown rice starches decreased with increasing amylose content. The pasting viscosities of native brown rice starches in distilled water were higher than those in HgCl 2 solution (as an α-amylase inhibitor). The highest viscosity of gelatinized starch was observed for the starch of Ilpum rice variety relative to other varieties. Cystal packing arrangement of brown rice starches subjected to deep-fat frying converted A-type (typically observed for cereal starches) into V-type (formed by retrogradation and recrystllization of amylose molecules).

All countries worldwide are experiencing difficulties in setting maximum residue limits (MRLs) for pesticide residues in food commodities due to prohibitive costs, labor, and other expenses. The Codex Alimentarius (Codex) is actively engaged in revising the classification of food commodities that are grown in small areas; however, setting MRLs for all agricultural commodities has not been effective. Modified food classifications for groups of agricultural commodities were established for setting MRLs of pesticides for each food commodity. Codex accepted various countries’ opinions that the old food classification of commodities can no longer be applied to the present food classifications; therefore, from 2009, Codex started to revise their food classifications. To set pesticide MRLs for agricultural products grown in small fields, groups of agricultural commodities were subdivided, and new food classifications were used. The food classification revised by Codex made it easy to set up group MRLs. After the Codex food classification was revised, jujube and persimmon, which were previously classified as tropical fruits, were grouped as pome fruits and stone fruits based on the opinion of the Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA). In addition, KFDA submitted more comments on the classification of various vegetables. As a result, Korean vegetables were included in the food classification by Codex. The current Codex food classifications in Korea still have not adopted a group-specific subdivision system that is already used in Codex and the US internationally harmonized food classification revisions by Codex might resolve the difficulty of setting up pesticide MRLs for agricultural commodities such as vegetables in Korea. Consequently, food classifications in Korea, which are in harmony with the Codex food classification, will be of great help in setting the group MRLs for the minor crops of Korea.

This study shows the effects of fat types on the quality properties Danish pastry prepared with butter, margarine, and shortening as a roll-in fat. The viscoelastic properties of dough for Danish pastry and its volume, surface color, and texture after baking were investigated. The Danish pastry prepared with butter as a roll-in fat showed the biggest volume and relatively small and uniform cell structure in the crumb compared to those prepared with margarine and shortening. Danish pastry dough prepared with shortening was the most elastic during a frequency sweep test using 0.1 to 0.8 Hz while the dough of Danish pastry prepared with shortening and margarine had similar rheological properties at a frequency sweep from 1.0 to 10 Hz. The hardness values of Danish pastry prepared with margarine and shortening were found to be 1.51±0.04 and 2.99±0.19 N, respectively, which are significantly different from the texture of the Danish pastry prepared with butter (p < 0.05).

A high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method was developed to determineresidues of cyromazine, a triazine insecticide, in agricultural commodities. Cyromazine was extracted with90% aqueous methanol from representative crops which comprised brown rice, oyster mushroom, orientalmelon, watermelon, and Chinese cabbage. Following to evaporation of methanol in the extract, the aqueousconcentrate was acidified to form the protonated cyromazine. Dichloromethane partition was then applied toremove nonpolar co-extractives in the aqueous phase. Strong cation-exchange chromatography using Dowex50W-X4 resin was employed for final purification of the extract. Cyromazine was successfully separated on aZorbax SB-Aq C 18 column showing high retention for polar compounds. Cyromazine was sensitivelyquantitated by ultraviolet absorption at 214 nm. Limit of quantitation (LOQ) of the method was 0.04 mg/kgirrespective of sample types. Each crops were fortified at 3 different concentrations of cyromazine forrecovery test. Mean recoveries from samples fortified at LOQ~2.0 mg/kg in triplicate ranged 80.2~103.3% infive agricultural commodities. Relative standard deviations in recoveries were all less than 6%. A selected-ionmonitoring LC/MS method with electrospray ionization in positive-ion mode was also provided to confirmthe suspected residue. The proposed method was reproducible and sensitive enough to routinely determineand inspect the residue of cyromazine in agricultural commodities.Key words Cyromazine, Residue, HPLC-UVD/MS

This study was carried out to evaluate residual characteristics of tolclofos-methyl in ginseng and elucidate the reason for its high detection rate from fresh ginseng selling at markets. Seeds of ginseng were sowed after seed dressing with tolclofos-methyl and after a year of growth, the young seedlings were transplanted to field. They were then harvested annually until three-years of growth and the pesticide residue was analyzed in them. LOD and LOQ of the pesticide were 0.001 and 0.003 mg/kg, respectively. Recovery test was carried out to validate the analytical method for tolclofos-methyl in ginseng. The ginseng seedlings were fortified with the test pesticide at the level of LOQ, ten times of LOQ and maximum residue concentration of tolclofos-methyl. Its recovery ranged from 77.37 to 100.16%. Residual concentration of tolclofos-methyl in ginseng seedlings just before transplanting and two-year-old ginseng were from 7.58 to 8.05 and from 6.46 to 6.79 mg/kg, respectively. In case of three-year-old ginseng, it was found to be from 4.18 to 4.35 mg/kg. As a result of annual pesticide residue analysis, concentration of the pesticide was found to decrease time-coursely in ginseng. This may be due to decomposition and increasing of fresh weight of the ginseng during the cultivation periods of three years.

BACKGROUND: For safety evaluation of imported agri-food in Korea, the multiresidue analysis method was establised for unregistered organophosphorus pesticides, aspon, chlorthion, chlorthiophos, crotoxyphos, demeton-O, demeton-S, demeton-S-methyl, dioxathion, heptenophos, iodofenphos, leptophos, methyl-trithion, propetamphos and sulfotep. METHODS AND RESULTS: The used method for multiresidue analysis in brown rice and orange used as representative samples of imported agri-food was the official method of Korean Food and Drug Administration. The results of validation test of 13 organophosphorus pesticides except crotoxyphos for multiresidue analysis method are compared to the criteria such as specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision and limit of quantification. CONCLUSION: The used method for multiresidue analysis of unregistered 13 organophosphorus pesticides except crotoxyphos in Korea can surely be used as an official method for routine analysis of imported agri-food.

BACKGROUND: In order to elucidate residual characteristics of difenoconazole and thiamethoxam by treatment to sweet persimmons for one year and to generate the data for the maximum residue limit (MRL) establishment for those pesticides in or on sweet persimmon. METHODS AND RESULTS: Systemic fungicide difenoconazole WP (10% a.i.) and systemic insecticide thiamethoxam WG (10% a.i.) were sprayed onto 12~25-years-old sweet persimmons according to its preharvest interval (PHI), respectively, and then fresh sweet persimmons were harvested at 0, 1, 3, 7, 14, 21 days after treatment from pesticide-sprayed plots at each 3 sites. The analytical methods were evaluated to limit of quantification, linearity, specificity, reproducibility and recoveries. The crop samples were extracted with acetone and performed dichloromethane partition process. The extracted samples of difenoconazole were analyzed by GC-ECD and the thiamethoxam extracted samples were analyzed by HPLC with good sensitivity and selectivity of the method. The average recoveries of difenoconazole ranged from 87.5 to 99.5% with the percentage of coefficient variation in the range 4.1~7.6% at three different spiking levels(0.02, 0.2 and 2.0 mg/kg). And the average recoveries of thiamethoxam and clothianidin ranged from 88.8 to 98.9% and 83.2 to 96.6% with the percentage of coefficient variation in the range 3.6~5.0% and 3.8~9.4% at three different spiking levels(0.02, 0.2 and 2.0 mg/kg), respectively. The residue amounts ranges of difenoconazole were 0.2~0.56 mg/kg and the residue amount was decreased below the MRL level, 1.0 mg/kg, after 1 day harvest. The residue amounts ranges of thiamethoxam were 0.08~0.28 mg/kg and the residue amount was decreased below the MRL level, 0.5 mg/kg, after 1 day harvest. And the residue amount of clothianidin was below then 0.03 mg/kg for only one test site of 14 and 28 day samples. CONCLUSION: As a result, the residual amounts of difenoconazole and thiamethoxam were not exceeded the MRL of established criteria for sweet persimmon. The biological half-lives of difenoconazole and thiamethoxam were 13.6, 19.4, 16.3 and 10.0, 15.3, 14.0 days at each three test sites, respectively.

This study was carried out to evaluate the residual characteristics of azoxystrobin in fresh ginseng and calculate its processing factors in processed products, such as dried ginseng, red ginseng and their extracts. Azoxystrobin was sprayed annually onto four-year-old ginseng according to its pre-harvest interval (PHI) for two years. Harvested ginsengs were processed according to the commercially well-qualified conventional methods provided by the Korea Ginseng Corporation. Limits of detection (LODs) of azoxystrobin in fresh ginseng and its processed products were 0.001 and 0.002 mg/kg, respectively. Also limits of quantitation (LOQs) in fresh ginseng and its processed products were 0.003 and 0.007 mg/kg, respectively. Recoveries of the analytical methods in fresh ginseng and its processed products ranged from 69.3 to 114.8%. Highest residue amounts in fresh ginseng and its processed products were 0.025 and 0.118 mg/kg, respectively. Processing factors of the processed products ranged from 1.85 to 3.17 in four-year-old ginseng and from 2.48 to 5.84 five-year-old ginseng.

BACKGROUND: For the safety of imported agricultural products, the study was conducted to develop the analytical method of unregistered pesticides in domestic. The analytical method of 6 pesticides, chlorthal-dimethyl, clomeprop, diflufenican, hexachlorobenzene, picolinafen, and propyzamide, for a fast multi-residue analysis were established for two different type crops, orange and brown rice by GC-ECD and confirmed by mass spectrometry. METHODS AND RESULTS: The analytical method was evaluated to limit of quantification, linearity and recoveries. The crop samples were extracted with acetonitrile and performed cleanup by liquid-liquid partition and Florisil SPE to remove co-extracted matrix. The extracted samples were analyzed by GC-ECD with good sensitivity and selectivity of the method. The limits of quantification (LOQ) range of the method with S/N ratio of 10 was 0.02∼ 0.05 mg/kg for orange and brown rice. The linearity for targeted pesticides were R 2 >0.999 at the levels ranged from 0.05 to 10.0 mg/kg. The average recoveries ranged from 74.4% to 110.3% with the percentage of coefficient variation in the range 0.2∼8.8% at two different spiking levels (0.02 mg/kg and 0.2 mg/kg, 0.05 mg/kg and 0.5 mg/kg) in brown rice. And the average recoveries ranged from 77.8% to 118.4% with the percentage of coefficient variation in the range 0.2∼6.6% at two different spiking levels (0.02 mg/kg and 0.2 mg/kg, 0.05 mg/kg and 0.5 mg/kg) in orange. Final determination was by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry/selected ion monitoring (GC/MS/SIM) to identify the targeted pesticides. CONCLUSION: As a result, this developed analytical method can be used as an official method for imported agricultural products.

This study was carried out to elucidate residual characteristics of azoxystrobin and difenoconazole in fresh ginseng. Test pesticides were sprayed onto ginseng both in 2009 for 3-year-old ginseng and in 2010 for 4-year-old ginseng according to their pre-harvest intervals (PHIs). Limit of quantitation (LOQ) of both azoxystrobin and difenoconazole was 0.003 mg/kg. Analytical methods set up for the test pesticides were considered to be suitable for the analysis of their residues in fresh ginseng, considering that their recoveries ranged from 87.58 to 112.79%. Concentration of azoxystrobin in 3-year-old ginseng ranged from 0.004 to 0.011 mg/kg and that in 4-year-old ginseng ranged from 0.007 to 0.016 mg/kg. Amounts of difenoconazole in 3- and 4-year-old ginsengs were from 0.003 to 0.007 and from 0.007 to 0.01 mg/kg, respectively, representing no accumulation effect observed in residue amount between them.

Korea Ginseng Corp., Daejeon 306-712, KoreaThis study was carried out to elucidate the residual characteristics and calculate processing factors of difenoconazole in ginseng and its processed products, such as dried ginseng, red ginseng and their water and alcohol extracts. The pesticide was sprayed onto the ginseng according to its pre-harvest intervals in 2009 (four-year-old ginseng) and 2010 (five-year-old ginseng). Harvested ginseng was processed to dried ginseng, red ginseng and their extracts according to the commercially well-qualified conventional methods provided by the Korea Ginseng Corporation. Limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantitation (LOQ) of difenoconazole in fresh ginseng were 0.001 and 0.003 mg/kg, respectively. In case of processed ginseng products, their levels were 0.002 and 0.007 mg/kg, respectively. Concentration of difenoconazole in both fresh ginseng and its processed products increased with the experimental period. Processing factors, calculated as a ratio of difenoconazole concentration in processed products to fresh ginseng were found to be 1.71 to 2.17 and 1.62 to 2.03 in case of dried and red ginseng, respectively, while those for their extracts ranged from 1.76 to 2.98. In case of five-year-old dried ginseng and red ginseng as well as their extracts, the ranges of processing factor of difenoconazole were found to be 2.9 to 3.1, 1.9 to 2.2 and 2.4 to 4.7, respectively.Key words ginseng, difenoconazole, pesticide residue, processing factorAbstract

BACKGROUND: Recently in Korea, the import of agricultural products is rising due to the increasing amount of trade. Unregistered pesticides, allidochlor, propachlor, propham, cycloate, diallate and pebulate are widely used as pesticides for rice cultivation in foreign countries, while they are not registered in Korea. Therefore, the residue amount of imported agri-foods should be verified using the proper official analytical method for each of them that has not registered in Korea. METHODS AND RESULTS: This work was conducted to apply the official method of Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) for determining multi class pesticide multiresidues in agricultural commodities. Brown rice and orange which have different characteristics as a matrix were selected as representative samples for residue analysis. The recoveries of cycloate, diallate and pebulate by GC/MS in fortified brown rice and orange with levels of 0.04~0.4 mg/kg were ranged from 82.8% to 110.3%. The quantification limits of three pesticides in brown rice and orange were 0.04 mg/kg. CONCLUSION: As a result, this method can surely be used as an official method for routine analysis of unregistered pesticides in Korea for imported agri-food.

BACKGROUND: Food Sanitary Act establishes Maxi- mum Residue Limits (MRLs) of pesticides in food that are newly registered and used per each quarter, as stipulated by Agro-chemical Control Act. Current Food Code contains the MRLs for a total of 418 pesticides in 184 food types. METHODS AND RESULTS: National MRLs for pes- ticides have been established by based on scientific data of good agricultural practice, acceptable daily intake (ADI), food intake, average body weight and others. MRLs for pesticides are generally set under the principle that theoretical maximum daily intake (TMDI) are always below ADI. As results, 27 MRLs in agricultural products were newly proposed for 22 pesticides (fungicide: azoxy- strobin, fludioxonil, fluquinconazole, flusilazole, iprova- licarb, kresoxim-methyl, mandipropamid, metconazole, pyraclostrobin, tebuconazole, triflumizole, etc., Insecti- cide: dinotefuran, flubendiamide, indoxacarb, cyhalothrin, spinetoram, thiacloprid, thiamethoxam, metaflumizone, etc., Acaricide(miticide): cyenopyrafen, lufenuron) in 2010. CONCLUSION(s): There is no intake concerns for establishment of pesticide MRLs on foods in this time. Because the ratio of theoretical maximum daily intake (TMDI) are set below that of ADI.

Pesticide-containing food intake data are used to assess the extent of exposure to pesticide residues through food intake. But they still are not available in Korea. Therefore we attempted to build a database of the food commodity intake. Several mathematical methods were developed to build food recipes and estimate the food commodity intake by segregating the food mixtures. All unknown recipes were classified into three groups: food mixtures, foods with a single ingredient whose moisture content simply changes during processing or preparation, and foods whose parts are lost during processing. The mathematical principles for computation of ingredient proportions were based on the mass balance between ingredients and the finished foods, in terms of water and nutritional components such as carbohydrate, protein, lipid, ash, etc. Some reference books were used to obtain information associated with recipes of processed or prepared foods, and nutritional components. This approach was based on mathematical principles used with limited sources of food recipe information. The results were deemed preliminary data that could help in obtaining quality food commodity intake data that could be used in the exposure assessment to pesticide residues.

A gas chromatographic (GC) method was developed to determine residues of captan, folpet, captafol, and chlorothalonil, known as broad-spectrum protective fungicides for the official purpose. All the fungicide residues were extracted with acetone containing 3% phosphoric acid from representative samples of five agricultural products which comprised rice, soybean, apple, pepper, and cabbage. The extract was diluted with saline, and dichloromethane partition was followed to recover the fungicides from the aqueous phase. Florisil column chromatography was additionally employed for final cleanup of the extracts. The analytes were then determined by gas chromatography using a DB-1 capillary column with electron capture detection. Reproducibility in quantitation was largely enhanced by minimization of adsorption or thermal degradation of analytes during GLC analysis. Mean recoveries generated from each crop sample fortified at two levels in triplicate ranged from 89.0~113.7%. Relative standard deviations (RSD) were all less than 10%, irrespective sample types and fortification levels. As no interference was found in any samples, limit of quantitation (LOQ) was estimated to be 0.008 mg/kg for the analytes except showing higher sensitivity of 0.002 mg/kg for chlorothalonil. GC/Mass spectrometric method using selected-ion monitoring technique was also provided to confirm the suspected residues. The proposed method was reproducible and sensitive enough to determine the residues of captan, folpet, captafol, and chlorothalonil in agricultural commodities for routine analysis.

This study was carried out to determine the chemical quality properties during processing treatment using the brown rice varieties with different amylose content. It was investigated using Hwaseonchalbyeo, Baegjinjubyeo, Ilpumbyeo and Goamibyeo varieties. As for the chemical properties of fried brown rice, phenolic compounds increased by the frying treatment. The component of aroma after the frying treatment, it showed that aldehydes sorts of benzaldehyde, phenylmethanal had the highest content. The content of vitamin B group during parboiling treatment and frying treatment decreased as a whole than the non-treatment brown rice. The higher the content of amylose was, the more the content of vitamin increased. The higher the content of amylose was, the more the content of vitamin and mineral contents decreased. The component of mineral during frying treatment, it showed that Mg had the highest content. The higher the content of amylose increased, the more the blue value increased. The 2,2-diphenyl--picryl-hydrazyl (DPPH) after the frying treatment was relatively increased.

This study was carried out to acquire basic data for industrial production of Korean traditional kanjang (soy sauce). Five types of meju, (, cm), , , , (made a hole 1.5 cm) were prepared. The temperature and humidity of meju preparation were and 40~50% respectively. The smaller size of meju, the lower free amino acid and non-volatile organic acid content of that. And, two types of meju, conventional method (CM-meju, the temperature and humidity were prepared at and 40~50% of relative humidity) and improved method(IM-meju, the temperature and humidity were prepared at and 80~90% of relative humidity) for kanjang production were prepared. There was no difference of total nitrogen content and soluble nitrogen content in the size of meju. In total free amino acid content and total free sugar content, IM-meju was the higher than CM-meju. So, the quality of IM-meju was better than that of CM-meju.

Soybean oil is an important source of vegetable oil for human food and nonfood applications and accounts for approximately 22% of the world's total edible oil production. Improvement of the quality and quantity of soybean seed oil constituents is one of the most important objectives in soybean breeding. The objective of this study was to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that control oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acid contents in soybean. The 117 F 2:10 recombinant inbred lines (RIL) developed from a cross of 'Keunolkong' and 'Shinpaldalkong' were used. Narrow-sense heritability estimates based on a plot mean on seed weight, protein and oil content were 0.85, 0.82 and 0.81, respectively. Eight independent QTLs for oleic acid content were identified from linkage group (LG) A2, C1, D2, F, G, L, and O. Seven QTLs for linoleic acid content were located on LG D1b, E, H, I and L. Oil content was related with five QTLs located on LG C1, H, J, K, and L. Oleic, linoleic, and linolenic acid have two common QTLs on LG C1 and L. Thus, we identified major loci improving soybean oil quality.

To increase the oral bioavailability of curcumin and genistein, we fabricated nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs), and the impact of these carriers on bioaccessibility of curcumin and genistein was studied. Entrapment efficiency was more than 75% for curcumin and/or genistein-loaded NLCs. Solubility of curcumin and/or genistein in simulated intestinal medium (SIM) was >75% after encapsulating within NLCs which otherwise was

Orysastrobin is a new strobilurin-type fungicide to control leaf and panicle blast and sheath blight in rice. An analytical method was developed to determine the residues of orysastrobin and its two isomers, the main metabolite F001 and the major impurity F033, in hulled rice by the use of high-performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet photometry (HPLC-UV) and liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). All compounds were extracted with acetone from hulled rice samples. The extract was diluted with saline water, and an extraction step using dichloromethane/n-hexane partition was used to recover analytes from the aqueous phase. An n-hexane/acetonitrile partition and Florisil column chromatography were employed to further remove interfering coextractives prior to instrumental analysis. An octadecylsilyl column was successfully applied to identify orysastrobin and its isomers in sample extracts. Net recovery rates of orysastrobin, F001, and F033 from fortified samples ranged from 80.6 to 114.8% using HPLC-UV and LC-MS/MS. Relative standard deviations for the analytical methods were all20%, and the quantification limits of the method were in the 0.002-0.02 mg/kg range. The proposed methods were reproducible and sufficiently accurate to evaluate the terminal residue of orysastrobin and its isomers in rice.