방사선분자변환기술 기반 천연 생물소재 구조변환에 따른 가공적성 및 생리활성 증진 연구

• Published in: Han'guk Sikp'um Kwahakhoe Chi = Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 249 - 259
• Main Authors: 변의백(Eui-Baek Byun), 송하연(Ha-Yeon Song), 김혜민(Hye-Min Kim), 김우식(Woo Sik Kim), 이승식(Seung Sik Lee), 최대성(Dae Seong Choi), 임상용(Sang-Yong Lim), 정병엽(Byung Yeoup Chung)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: Seoul 한국식품과학회 2018; Korean Society of Food Science & Technology
• Subjects: Biomaterials; Biomedical materials; Biomolecules; Biotechnology; Food; Food safety; Gamma rays; Irradiation; Microorganisms; Physiology; Public health; Shelf life; Sterilization; radiation transformation technology; physiological properties; new functional compounds; biotechnology; radiation technology
• ISSN: 0367-6293; 2383-9635

Radiation technology (RT) has long been applied in various fields for increasing the safety and shelf-life of foods by controlling pathogen-induced poisoning. RT was introduced for the first time in Korea in the 1950s to eliminate harmful microorganisms in food materials. In the 1980s, RT had been scientifically proven to be effective for the sterilization of food and public health products. In recent years, irradiation with gamma rays has also been used for improving physiological properties through the structural modification of natural molecules, which has been proposed to be applicable to various industries. In particular, radiation transformation technology (RTT), which involves the development of new functional compounds through the molecular conversion of natural biomaterials, is becoming a new high-value technology as a fusion technique of RT and biotechnology. The present reports have suggested that RTT can be an effective tool for the development of new functional compounds and improvement of the physiological activity of biomolecules.