천연소재인 아몬드 첨가에 의한 대두 이소플라본의 특성 변화를 연구하였다. 대두를 침지처리 및 oven-drying 공정을 통해 ${eta}-glucosides$ 함량을 증가시킨 후 아몬드 2.5%첨가 12시간 반응으로 ${eta}-glucosides$로부터 비배당체를 전환시켜 비배당체의 함량을 날콩에 비해 17.5배 이상 증가시킬 수 있었다. 아몬드 첨가에 의한 genistin 분해 속도 및 genistein 생성속도는 각각의 daidzin 분해 속도 및 daidzein 생성속도보다 높았다.
The isoflavone distributions of soy samples treated with soaking, oven-drying, and almond additions were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Oven-drying was performed to increase the amount of ${eta}-glucoside$ isoflavones, and almonds were added to convert the ${eta}-glucosides$ into their corresponding aglycones. Oven-drying at $100^{circ}C$ for 4 hr significantly increased ${eta}-glucoside$ levels and decreased $malonyl-{eta}-glucosides$, while almond additions of 2.5% and 5.0% (w/w) significantly increased aglycone contents (p<0.05) for samples with 12 hr of drying. The rate of increase for genistein from genistin was faster than that of daidzein from daidzin with almond additions. The ${eta}-glucosidase$ activity in the 5.0% added almond soybean samples was significantly higher than in the samples without added almond (p<0.05). The aglycone content increased from 1.62% in the raw soybeans to 61.55% in the 2.5% added almond soybean samples for 12 hr of incubation. The information from this study could be used to increase the isoflavone aglycone contents of soybeans by using natural products such as almonds, without organic solvent additions or microorganism fermentation.
