Material R&D

Research on Functional Health Foods and Novel Ingredients

We continuously research and develop functional health foods and bio-based novel ingredients by discovering diverse functional materials derived from natural sources.

Individually Approved Ingredients

  • Ecklonia cava Extract

    An individually approved functional ingredient
    recognized for sleep health for the first time in Korea

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    Ecklonia cava extract is an ingredient extracted from Ecklonia cava found in the waters of Jeju, containing phlorotannin (Phlorotannin), and is the first individually approved functional ingredient recognized for sleep health in Korea.

    Ecklonia cava contains phlorotannin, a type of polyphenol (marker compound: Dieckol), which activates GABA receptors related to sleep and induces sleep.

  • Litsea japonica Fruit Ethanol Extract

    A functional ingredient that helps support joint health

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    Litsea japonica fruit ethanol extract is a functional ingredient that helps support joint health and was certified as a functional health food ingredient for the first time among Jeju terrestrial plants.

    Litsea japonica is an evergreen broadleaf shrub or tree of the Lauraceae family, commonly used as a coastal windbreak in Jeju, and its fruit is edible.

  • Aster yomena Extract

    A functional ingredient that helps improve nasal conditions
    caused by immune hypersensitivity

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    Aster yomena extract is certified as a functional ingredient that helps improve nasal conditions caused by immune hypersensitivity.

    It contains flavonoids, saponins, and terpenes, traditionally known for anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects. Flavonoids suppress the secretion of inflammatory cytokines that play a key role in immune hypersensitivity, thereby reducing immune overreaction.

  • Ecklonia stolonifera Extract

    A 100% domestic premium ingredient
    recognized for liver health functionality

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    Ecklonia stolonifera is a perennial seaweed of the Laminariaceae family, belonging to wakame. Ecklonia stolonifera extract contains a high amount of Dieckol, a type of polyphenol phlorotannin.

    Dieckol exhibits antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, UV-protective, anti-hypertensive, and anti-diabetic effects. Ecklonia stolonifera extract is a 100% domestic premium ingredient recognized for liver health functionality.

Bio Food Ingredients

  • Plant-Based Complex Extract (KTG075)

    Proprietary formulation of the HURUM Research Institute

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    KTG075 is a plant-based complex extract developed using HURUM Research Institute's proprietary formulation technology and optimized extraction and concentration processes.

    KTG075 promotes the secretion of mucin, a mucus substance secreted in the colon, and is a plant complex extract that helps improve intestinal function.

  • Acanthopanax Extract

    Composition for prevention and treatment of gastric damage

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    This composition can be used as a pharmaceutical and functional health food ingredient for the prevention and treatment of gastric damage induced by chemical and physical factors.

    HURUM researchers confirmed that Acanthopanax extract shows excellent preventive and therapeutic effects against gastric damage caused by chemical factors such as absolute ethanol or cysteamine, as well as physical factors such as stress, and also demonstrates strong inhibitory effects against Helicobacter pylori.

  • Genus Citrus Fruit Ferment

    A functional ingredient applying microbial isolation
    and identification technology and Bioconversion technology

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    Genus citrus fruit ferment is produced by fermenting crushed extracts of citrus fruits such as mandarin, yuzu, grapefruit, and lemon with Bacillus strains. It is a functional ingredient developed using microbial isolation and identification technology and Bioconversion technology.

  • Achyranthes japonica and Other Complex Extracts

    Composition for prevention and treatment of arthritis

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    This composition helps prevent and treat arthritis by improving lubrication and smoothness of articular cartilage, and optimal blending ratios have been confirmed to provide anti-inflammatory effects and regulate gene expression related to arthritis.

    It increases proteoglycan content in articular cartilage, reduces the expression of inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IL-1β, suppresses the expression of cartilage-degrading enzymes MMP2 and MMP9 genes, and increases the expression of the TIMP1 gene.