- 활성탄 처리에 의한 칡의 쓴맛 완화
- ㆍ 저자명
- 정은희,조숙자,Jung. Eun-Hee,Cho. Sook-Ja
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 한국생활과학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2000년|9권 2호|pp.215-221 (7 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국생활과학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
Pueraria Radix has known to contain several ingredients of medical action. However, the bitter taste of Pueraria Radix has been an obstacle to develope the products and improve the added value of Pueraria Radix. To moderate the bitter taste of extracts from Pueraria Radix, charcoal powder was used successfully as an adsorbent. The component of the bitter taste from Pueraria Radix was hydrophobic, which mostly eluted with 40-60% ethanol and estimated to be acidic. Puerarin, the essential medical ingredient remained after the adsorption and seemed not be affected by the adsorption to charcoal powder.