본 연구에서는 시중에서 판매 중인 매실가공품 중 매실주 4종, 매실음료 2종, 매실원액 4종을 선정하여 총페놀 함량, 총플라보노이드 함량 및 항산화능을 정량 분석하고, 2010년도 국민건강영양조사 자료를 바탕으로 매실가공품 섭취를 통하여 얻어지는 총페놀 함량, 총플라보노이드 함량 및 항산화능을 추정하였다. 2010년에 실시한 국민건강영양조사의 원시자료 분석을 통해 매실주(0.17 g/capita/day), 매실음료(1.39 g/capita/day), 매실원액(0.81 g/capita/day)의 일인당 하루 섭취량을 산출하였다. 매실가공품 섭취를 통해서 얻어진 일인당 하루 섭취량의 경우, 총페놀 섭취량은 1.05 mg GAE/capita/day, 총플라보노이드 섭취량은 0.13mg CE/capita/day, 항산화능은 0.70mg VCE/capita/day (DPPH법), 1.04 mg VCE/capita/day (ABTS법)였다. 일인당 하루 총페놀 섭취량, 총플라보노이드 섭취량 및 항산화능 섭취량 추정은 매실가공품의 섭취량뿐만 아니라 매실가공품 자체의 생리활성 성분의 함량에도 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다.
The total phenolics, total flavonoids, and antioxidant capacities of ten commercial products of Japanese apricot (maesil) were evaluated, including four kinds of alcoholic drinks, two kinds of soft drinks, and four kinds of concentrate found in the Korean market. The daily per capita consumption (g/capita/day) of each product was calculated from in the existing dataset of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey in 2010. Using the combined datasets indicated above, the daily per capita intake of total phenolics from maesil product consumption was found to be 1.05 mg gallic acid equivalents. The daily per capita intake of total flavonoids was determined to be 0.13 mg catechin equivalents, and the daily per capita intake of antioxidant capacities were measured at 0.70 mg vitamin C equivalents (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl assay), and at 1.04 mg vitamin C equivalents (2,2"-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) assay). The daily per capita intakes of total phenolics, total flavonoids, and antioxidant capacities were influenced by the daily quantity of consumption of maesil products, as well as their compositional contents.