• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.808-810
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• 2000

The chemical components of xylem sap collected from kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis Planch cv. Hayward) trees were analyzed and processing of xylem sap drink were accomplished to increase utilization of xylem sap as a drink. Water content, soluble solids, viscosity, and pH of the xylem sap were 99.60%, 0.90%, 1.01, and 6.50, respectively. In the xylem sap, fructose was the highest among free sugars followed by glucose, sucrose, galactose, and mannitol. The major inorganic components in the sap were calcium, potassium, and magnesium, and calcium was the dominant among them. Ten kinds of amino acids in the xylem sap were detected by amino acid analyzer, and the major amino acids were glutamic acid, lysine, and isoleucine. Glutamic acid was the most dominant amino acid in the xylem sap. Major compositions of xylem sap drink were 74.5% xylem sap, 15% kiwifruit puree and 10% high fructose. Nutritional facts in drink (252 mL) processed by using the xylem sap were 21.8 g sugar, 23.1 mg calcium, 14.1 mg potassium, 554.5 mg amino acid, and 15.6 mg ascorbic acid.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.89-105
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• 1980

Soysauce was made in the salt concentrations of 22.0% and 28.5%, and the changing aspects in nucleotides and their related compounds, free amino acids, free sugars and non-volatile amines which are related to the taste components during the fermentation process with a view to examining the taste components in the ordinary Korean soysauce were studied. And then artificial soysauce was prepared by applying the values derived from the analysis and measurement, and its sensory evaluation was performed. As the result of the sensory evaluation of artificial soysauce prepared according to the value of components analyzed from soysauce which had been fermented for fourty days in the salt concentration of 22.0%, it has been found that artificial soysauce was similar in taste to ordinary Korean soysauce. So, the following facts have been found: glutamic acid and aspartic acid have MSG-like taste, and IMP has a synergistic effect with these acids, which play great roles in ordinary Korean soysauce; both free sugars such as galactose and amino acids such as glycine, alanine and lysine have sweet taste; both amines such as tyramine and histamine, and amino acids such as valine, leucine, isoleucine, and phenylalanine have bitter taste; these components, combined with saline taste of salt and sour taste of organic acids, are assumed to form the unique taste in the ordinary Korean soysauce.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.50 no.spc1
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• pp.191-195
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• 2005

Experiment was conducted to establish the standard of quality evaluation in Korean cultivated peony roots. free sugars, free amino acids, organic acids and aromatic components, which were generally considered to be information components of five sensory test in peony roots, were examined. As free sugars, sucrose, glucose and fructose were identified in peony roots. $\gamma-aminoisobuturic$ acid, arginine and other 16 kinds of free amino acids were found in peony roots. The major organic acids of peony roots were oxalic acid, citric acid and malic acid. Eugenol and other 10 aromatic components were identified in peony roots by GC/MSD.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.400-403
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• 1997

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in proximate composition, free sugars, amino acids, fatty acids and Hunter color vaules between fresh and odorless garlic. The contents of crude fiber, crude fat and ash in odorless garlic were silmilar to those in fresh garlic. Sugars and crude protein decreased during manufacture of odorless garlic. Among the free sugars, sucrose, maltose and fructose decreased in odorless garlic, while the content of glucose increased. Total amino acid content decreased by about 30% in odorless garlic. Among the amino acids decreased arginine, isoleucine etc. The contents of linoleic acid, palmitic acid and oleic acid were higher than those of other fatty acids in fresh garlic and odorless garlic, but laruric acid was in little quantity. There were no singnificant differences in the Hunter L and b value between the fresh and odorless garlic, but value for greeness(-a) was lower in odorless garlic.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.655-664
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• 2010

This work aimed to investigate the physiochemical properties of commercial sugars (white sugar, dark brown sugar, organic sugar, and muscovado) and sugar beet. Percentages of crude protein, crude fat and crude fiber in sugar beet were 4.06, 6.36 and 0.02%, respectively, and the degrees of sugar of white sugar and sugar beet were $93^{\circ}$ Brix and $78^{\circ}$ Brix, respectively. L(lightness) value scores of white sugar were higher while the turbidity of sugar beet was higher. White sugar, dark brown sugar, and organic sugar were composed of only sucrose, whereas muscovad and sugar beet were composed of fructose, glucose, and sucrose. The highest organic acid content was observed in sugar beet. The contents of amino acids in sugar beet were in the following order: proline ($161.23\;{\mu}g$/100 g) > aspartic acid ($161.23\;{\mu}g$/100 g) > leucine ($36.93\;{\mu}g$/100 g) > alanine ($17.40\;{\mu}g$/100 g). There were 16 free amino acids in sugar beet. The highest mineral contest was observed in sugar beet in the order of K > Ca > Na > Mg. This result indicates that sugar beet can be prepared by considering the characteristics of natural sugar materials.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.297-302
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• 1999

To investigate an alternative technique to phosphine fumigation, being used for controlling storage insects of dried ginseng, comparative effects of gamma irradiation (5 kGy) and fumigation on the content of moisture, saponins, free sugars, and amino acids of commercially-packaged white ginseng were evaluated immediately after and at the 6th month of storage at 20$^{\circ}C$ and 70% RH after both treatments. The initial moisture content (8.44%) of the sample was not changed with the treatments, and maintained the 10% levels of moisture until 6 months of storage. Major ginsenosides were stable to both treatments, but they showed some reduced content in the control and fumigated samples at the 6th month of storage. Gamma irradiation caused some decrease in the content of free sugars and the subsequent storage of the sample resulted in a further reduction in their content in the order of irradiated, fumigated and control samples. Although irradiation and fumigation brought about a decrease in the content of fee amino acids by about 5%, however the storage period for 6 months was shown more influential than the treatments used for the improvement of biological quality in stored white ginseng.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.163-167
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• 1971

Tasty constituents of the Chinese quince such as polyphenols, amino acids, sugars and organic acids were surveyed through the course of this study. The results are as follows: 1. The major moiety of the polyphenol constituents were catechin, leucoanthocyan, and associated tannins. 2. Amino acids were mostly composed of aspartic acid, glutamic acid, arginine and ${\beta}-alanine$. 3. Citric and malic acids were the main organic acids. 4. Sugars detected were glucose, fructose, sucrose and xylose. 5. When compared with apple and/or pear: the total amount of amino acids were quite similar, sugars decreased from half to one third, but the total amount of polyphenol constituents increased from 20 up to 50 times and 3 to 5 times in organic acids. These indicates unambiguously that the origin of rough and acidic taste is due to these high level of polyphenols and organic acids.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.43 no.6
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• pp.573-580
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• 2010

The study investigated the effect of diets supplemented with different levels (0 and 2.5%) of yuza (Citrus junos Sieb ex Tanaka) on the nutritional characteristics of eels (Auguilla japonica). Fish ($9.8{\pm}1.3g$) was fed to apparent satiation twice daily for 8 months. There were no significant differences in proximate composition among the treatment groups, except for the ash and carbohydrate contents (P<0.05). The vitamin C content of eel muscle in the yuza-added group was two-times higher than in non-added groups (P<0.05). Among eight organic acids in eel muscle, lactic acid was predominant, followed by citric acid, oxalic acid, malic acid, and acetic acid. Eels fed a 2.5% yuza diet had the highest lactic acid content in all groups. Six sugars were found in all groups and glucose was the major sugar. Glucose and maltose were the dominant sugars in the yuza-added group. The abundant fatty acids in the yuza-added group were C18:1 n-9, C16:0, and C16:1 n-7, which comprised over 80% of the total fatty acids. The major amino acids in samples were glutamic acid, aspartic acid, lysine, and leucine. There were few differences in the free amino acid compositions among the groups. However, histidine was the predominant amino acid and constituted over 53% of the total free amino acids.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.438-440
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• 1996

The various components of cultivated Poria cocos were studied to obtain basic data. The contents of moisture, ash, lipid, protein & fiber were estimated as 58%, 1.8%, 0.9%, 0.6% & 0.35 and the mineral contents of water extracts from poria cocos were Zn 0.63mg%, Cu 0.18mg%, Fe 1.56mg%, Mn 1.62mg%, Mg 5.28mg%, Ca 12.59mg%, Na 10.12mg% and K 52.39mg%. Among them, K, Ca and Na were abundant. Proximate components of Poria cocos were varied according to cultivated place & methods, harvest time and drying condition. Free sugars determined from Poria cocos water extracts were glucose whose contents were 1.16mg%, but sucrose, maltose and fructose were not detected. Amino acids compositions of Poria cocos were detected as free amino acids 9 kinds, constitunent amino acid 13 kinds and their contents were 1247.17mg%, 174.44mg%, Major amino acids were Phe, Iso, Leu, Tyr and His.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.326-332
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• 2015

Makjang is a kind of Korean traditional short-term fermented soybean paste. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the compositions of free sugars, organic acids and free amino acids as well as microbial counts of six kinds of Makjang. Commercial Makjang from different regions (Kangwon-do, Choongchung-do and Kyungsang-do) were used. The major free sugars of samples were glucose (0.15~3.97%) and maltose (0.01~0.54%), whereas sucrose (0.02%) was detected only in M4 and fructose only in M1 and M2. The major organic acids were citric acid (0.16~3.09%), malic acid (0.06~0.23%) and succinic acid (0.01~0.11%). The total content of free amino acids ranged from 0.02 to 8.74 mg/g, and major amino acids were detected in the order of glutamic acid, leucine, alanine and aspartic acid. Numbers of viable cells of bacteria as well as yeast and molds were $7.8{\times}10^4{\sim}4.8{\times}10^5$ and $8.1{\times}10^3{\sim}3.6{\times}10^4$, respectively. The results of the sensory evaluation showed that over-all preference of Kyungsang-do Makjang was higher than others. Consequently these results provide better information for standardizing and improving quality and functional activity of commercial Makjang.