Abstract
The process of the forced aging of flue-cured tobacco leaves were studied extensively from various scientific points of view. The Flue-cured tobacco leaves were inoculated and fermented with nicotine resistant Hansenula yeast, or the leaves were subjected under simple forced aging. The above two processes of forced aging were studied from the summarized points of microbiology, physics, chemistry, and biochemistry, and the resulted products ware compared in their physical, chemical and biochemical quality determining factors with that of raw material tobacco leaves (dried-tobacco leaves) and 2 years aged high quality tobacco leaves. The summary results were as follows. 1) The Korean flue-cured tobacco leaves, were forcedly aged under the basic optimum aging condition, temperature $40^{\circ}C$, moisture contents 18%, relative humidity 74%. It was found that this aging condition was the best in bringing the quality of forcedly aged tobacco leaves to the utmost state. 2) Under this optimum temperature and moisture condition of forced aging in about 20 days the forcedly aged tobacco leaves both with yeast inoculation and without yeast inoculation showed the equivalent tobacco qualities comparable with that of more than 2 years aged tobacco leaves. 3) The forcedly aged tobacco leaves both with and without yeast inoculation under $40^{\circ}C$ temperature and $74^{\circ}C$ relative humidity achieved the necessary quality determining physical and chemical changes in about 20 days. 4) The microbial changes during the forced aging were as follows. The population of yeasts and bacteria increased until to 15 days of aging, then decreased thereafter. Whereas the molds grew continously until the end of fermentation. 5) The tobacco quality determing physico-chemico-properties of yeast inoculated aged and simple forcedly aged tobacco leaves, progressed as the follows in time. As the forced aging progresses, swelling and combustibility properties were improved. The pH, total reducing materials, total sugars, alkaloids contents decreased. The contents of organic and ether extractable materials increased. The total nitrogen, protein, crude fiber, ash contents showed no changes. The color properties, excitation purity, luminance, main wave length, showed equivalent changes comparable with that of 2 years aged tobacco leaves. 6) The changes in chemical components in yeast treated and simple forcedly aged tobacco leaves during $15{\sim}20{\;}days$ of forced aging were as follows. The following chemical components decreased as the aging. Sugars-sucrose. rhamnose, glucose. Pigments-chlorophyll, carotenes, xanthophyll and violax anthine. Polyphenols-rutin, chlorogenic and, coffeic acid. Organic acids-iso-butylic, crotonic, caprylic, galacturonic, tartaric, succinic, citric acid. Alkaloids-nicotine, nornicotine. The following components increased as the forced aging progressed. Sugars-frutose, maltose, raffinose. Amino acids-proline, cystine. Organic acids-formic, acetic, propionic, n-butyric, iso-valeric, n-valeric, malic, oxalic, malonic, ${\alpha}-ketoglutaric$, fumaric, glutaric acid. 7) During the forced aging of tobacco Leaves the oxygen-uptake decreased gradually. The enzyme activities of polyphenol oxidase, ${\beta}-amylase$ ${\alpha}-amylase$ decreased gradually. The activities of the enzymes, catalase, and invertase increased once then decreased at the later stage.
황색종 잎담배의 인공발효숙성은 효모처리에 의한 인공발효, 단순한 인공숙성, 2년 저장숙성 및 미처리구로 나누어 미생물학, 물리학, 화학, 생화학적으로 그 변화과정을 종합적으로 연구하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 한국산 잎담배 Y.S.A의 발호숙성을 촉진시키는 최적 조건으로서는 및 담배를 온도 $40^{\circ}C$평형함수율 18%, 관계습도 74%에 놓아두는 것이 잎담배의 모든 품질적 특성에 가장 양호한 결과를 주는 것임을 알게되었다. 2. 잎담배를 $40^{\circ}C$의 숙성온도 및 74%의 상대습도에서 효모를 첨가하여 약 20일 내외에서 숙성을 촉진시켜 숙성시키면 잎담배의 여러가지 물리적 및 화학적 특성이 1년 및 2년 저장숙성시킨 것과 비슷하게 됨을 알게 되었음으로 그 실용적 효과를 입증할 수 있었다. 3. 온도 $40^{\circ}C$와 평형함수율 18%의 숙성조건하에서 잎담배에 효모를 첨가하여 또는 단순히 조기숙성시켰을 때 잎담배는 그 숙성에 필요한 물리화학적 특성은 약 20일만에 얻을 수 있다는 것을 알게되었다. 4, 본 실험에서 잎담배의 발효숙성기간중 미생물의 동태는 효모와 세균은 15일까지 증가하였다가 감소하였고 곰팡이류는 끝까지 계속 증가하였다. 5, 효모구 및 속성구 잎담배의 이화학성은 발효숙성이 $15{\sim}20$일 진행함에 따라 pH는 저하하였고 팽승성과 연소성이 양호하여 졌고 자극순도, 명도주재파장등 색택에 관련되는 물리성이 2년저장 잎담배와 비등하여졌다. 또 총환원성물질, 전당, 전환원당, 알카로이드량은 감소하였고 유기산, ether 추출물은 증가, 전질소 및 단백질량, 조섬유, 회분등은 별 변화가 없었다. 6. 효모 및 속성구의 잎담배는 발효숙성이 15-30일 진행되는 동안 그 개개의 화학성분이 다음과 같이 변화하였다. 즉, 시일이 경과함에 따라 당 류-sucrose, rhamnose, glucose 색소류-chlorophyll, carotenes, xanthophyll, violaxanthine polyphenols-rutin, chlorogenic 및 caffeic acid 유기산-iso?tutylic, crotonic, capronic, galacturonic,tartaric, succinic, citric acid 알카로이드-nicotine,nornicotine등 화합물은 감소하였다. 한편 시일이 경과함에 따라 당 류-fructose, maltose, raffnose 아미노산-proline, cystine, 유 기 산-formic, acetic, propionic, malic, oxalic,malonic, α-ketoglutaric, fumaric, glutaric acid 등 화합물은 증가하였다. 7. 잎담배 발효숙성중 생화학적 특성의 변화는 다음과 같았다. 즉, 30일간의 발효숙성기간중 산소흡수량은 점차 감소하였으며, ${\alpha}-amylase$ ${\beta}-amylase$}활성도는 점차 약하여 졌으나 catalase, invertase는 그 활성도가 일단 숙성중기에 높아졌다가 낮아졌다.