Abstract
Studies were carried out to investigate the changes of constituent components in chestnuts (Castanea crenata Sieb. et Zucc) during storage at $20^{\circ}C$ for 9 weeks and $1^{\circ}C$ for 15 weeks. Ascorbic acid content of chestnut was 4.08 mg% in oxidized form and 17.7 mg% in reduced form which was 81.3% of total ascorbic acid. The reduced form gradually decreased during storage, while the oxidized forms increased during 5 weeks at $20^{\circ}C$ and 7 weeks at $1^{\circ}C$. The major organic acids in chestnut were malic acid, citric acid and quinic acid. Citric acid significantly decreased during storage, while malic acid increased during storage at $20^{\circ}C$ and decreased at $1^{\circ}C$. Free sugars in chestnuts were identified as glucose, fructose, sucrose and maltose. Glucose and fructose decreased after 5 weeks storage at $20^{\circ}C$ followed by an increase thereafter. Sucrose and maltose also increased. The major free amino acids in the chestnut were glutamic acid, aspartic acid, arginine, alanine, proline and serine. Glutamic acid, arginine, alanine, threonine, phenylalanine, valine and lysine increased during storage at $20^{\circ}C$, while proline, serine, isoleucine. leucine and ${\gamma}-aminobutyric$ acid decreased.
밤의 저장중 품질변화를 평가하고져 실온$(20^{\circ}C)$ 및 냉장$(1^{\circ}C)$에서 각각 9주간 및 15주간 저장하면서 vitamin C, 당, 유기산 및 아미노산의 함량변화를 측정 하여 다음과 잘은 결과를 얻었다. 밤의 vitamin C함량은 환원형이 17.76 mg/100 g,f.w., 산화형이 4.08 mg/100g,f.w.로 환원형이 전체의 81.3%나 차지하였으며, 저장기간에 따라서 환원형은 감소하였으나 산화형은 저장온도 $20^{\circ}C$에서는 5주까지, $1^{\circ}C$에서는 7주까지 증가하였다. 밤의 유기산 조성으로는 malic acid와 citric acid가 대부분을 차지하였고, quinic acid는 적은 양 함유되었으며 저장기간에 따라서는 citric acid는 크게 감소하였으나, malic acid는 $20^{\circ}C$에서는 증가되었다. 밤의 유리당조성은 sucrose, maltose, fructose, glucose의 순으로 많이 함유되었고 저장기간에 따라서는 glucose와 fructose는 감소한 반면 sucrose와 maltose는 증가하였다. 밤의 유리아미노산 조성은 glutamic acid가 가장 많이 함유되어 전체의 51%를 차지하였고 그 다음 aspartic acid, arginine, alanine, proline, serine, threonine 등의 순으로 많이 함유되었으며, 저장기간에 따른 변화는 $20^{\circ}C$에서는 glutamic acid, arginine, alanine, threonine, phenylalanine, valine, lysine 등은 증가하였으나, proline, serine, isoleucine, leucine 및 ${\gamma}-aminobutyric{\;}acid$ 등은 감소하였으며 $1^{\circ}C$에서는 큰 변화가 없었다.