Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
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Liver Toxicity of Antihypertensive Traditional Rice Wine Made by Rhizopus stolonifier No. 17 Nuruk and Saccharomyces cerevisiae

1Department of Life Science and Genetic Engineering, Paichai University, Daejeon 302-735, Korea
2Korea Food Research Institute, Seongnam 463-746, Korea

Correspondence to biotech8@pcu.ac.kr

Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) April 1, 2011, 39(1):88-89.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2011.39.1.088
(Received 14, February 2011., Accepted 18, March 2011)
Published: April 1, 2011.
© The Korean Society of Mycology

ABSTRACT

To investigate liver toxicity of traditional rice wine, traditional rice wine was prepared by using cooked rice, Rhizopus stolonifier No. 17 nuruk and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. After concentrated the traditional rice wine, it was orally administered into Sprague-Dawley(SD) rats and then changes of its body weight and biochemical parameters of the blood were investigated. All of male and female SD rats did not show any changes in its body weight during two weeks after administering the traditional rice wine concentrates and also biochemical parameters such as aspartate aminotransferase (AST or GOT), alanine aminotransferase (ALT of GOT) and alkaline phosphatase activity were not different compared to control. This results indicated that the traditional rice wine has not any toxicity.

Keywords

Traditional rice wine concentrates, liver toxicity.

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