Table 1.
Antimutagenic effect of methanol extract from wheat grain, other fermented products and Kochujang against N-methyl-N'- nitro-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG, 0.5 μ;g/assay) in Salmonella Typhimurium TA100
| Treatment | Concentration (mg/plate) |
| 2.5 | 5 |
| Spontaneous | 122±246) |
| Control (MNNG) | 933±76a |
| Wheat grain | 655±74b(34)7) | 624±76b(38) |
| FFWG1) | 539±34d(49) | 503±18c(53) |
| SFWG2) | 501±18ef(53) | 472± 9d(57) |
| FiFWG3) | 511±27e(52) | 457±28e(59) |
| RPP4) | 558±31c(46) | 482±41d(56) |
| CK5) | 490± 5f(55) | 405±29f(63) |
First fermented wheat grains (with A. oryzae).
Second fermented wheat grains (with Z. rouxii for 7 days).
Final fermented wheat grain (more fermented for 30~40 days).
Red pepper powder.
Commercial Kochujang: H. Co.
The values are mean of 3 replicates±SD.
)The values in parentheses are the inhibition rates (%).
Means with the different letters in the same column are significantly different (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.