• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.287-294
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• 1983

Change of color, browning index, soluble protein, reducing sugar content, and available lysine were monitored for raw and extruded barely powders during four months of ambient and accelerated storage temperatures with $A_w$ of 0.31 and 0.71, respectively. Loss of whiteness and soluble browning pigments increased with increased $A_w$ and temperature. The raw sample had an increased rate of browning intensity than the extruded samples. Among the extruded samples, the added sucrose sample had the lowest rate of browning during storage. Loss of reducing sugar content in all samples increased with increased $A_w$ and temperature. The loss of soluble protein and of the available lysine also increased with increased $A_w$ and temperature. The loss of reducing sugar and of the available lysine was at least partly due to the Maillard browning reaction. These results have important implications in teh processing and storage of raw and extruded burleys.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.121-127
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• 1988

Samples of Red Ginseng, which had been. manufactured and packaged by the ' Korean Monopoly Corporation, were stored under ambient temperatures and humidities (12-$28^{\circ}C$ and 55-68 percent) during one to nine years to examine their browning reaction and antioxidant activity. The brown-color intensity of the Red Ginseng samples increased significantly according to increasing storage period. The pH of the aqueous extracts of the samples also increased slightly during the storage, The former seemed to indicate that extensive browning reactions had taken place in the samples during the long storage, The browning reactions seem to be due to mutual reactions of by-products in the final stage rather than to reactions between free amino acids and free sugars in the initial stage of the maillard browning reactions during the storage. The reducing powers of aqueous and ethanol extracts and antioxidant activity of ethyl acetate extracts of the Red Ginseng samples increased with increasing storage time, The increase in the reducing power and antioxidant activity appeared to be directly attributable to the increased amounts of nonenzymatic browning reaction products formed progressively during the long storage periods.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.212-219
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• 1996

Four-dimensional response surface methodology was used for monitoring dynamic changes in substrates during Maillard reaction. The coefficients of determination ($R^2$) of response surface regression equations for the changes in amino acids during Maillard reaction were 0.9478 for total amino acids and above 0.90 for each amino acid. $R^2$ of regression equations for the changes in sugars during Maillard reaction were 0.9250 for glucose and 0.6490 for fructose. The contents of total amino acids gradually decreased with increasing reaction temperature and pH of the solvent. Browning color intensity increased with rising reaction temperature, showing maximum color intensity at around $145^{\circ}C$. Each amino acid showed a decreasing tendency in its contents, which was similarly found in total amino acids. Four-dimensional response surface methodology indicated that the increased temperature during Maillard reaction was the most influential factor in decreasing substrates, such as aspartic acid, threonine and glucose. While the reaction time and pH of solvent little affected the changes in the above-mentioned substrates during Maillard reaction.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.113-118
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• 1987

An intermediate moisture model food system was used to investigate the effects of water activity (Aw), temperature, pH and polyethyleneglycol (PEG) on the Maillard reaction. The initial molar ratio of glucose to lysine was varied from one half to four. The maximum Maillard reaction was obtained from an initial glucose/lysine molar ratio of approximately three. The rate of Maillard reaction showed a maximum in the range of water activity of a normal intermediate moisture food. 'the model food system was prepared to hold water activity range of 0.47-0.84 and the samples were held at various temperatures. The maximum browning rate occurred at an Aw value of approximately 0.89 at $40^{\circ}C$ and $60^{\circ}C$, 0.74 at $30^{\circ}C$ and 0.67 at $20^{\circ}C$, respectively. The Arrhenius activiation energies for nonenzymatic browning pigment production were 18.03, 15.18 and 9.90 Kcal/mole for the sample with Aw 0.84, 0.74 and 0.67. When the pH of the model system was increased, a significant increase in the browning reaction was observed. On the inhibitive effects of PEG, the higher degree of polymerization, the more inhibition of browning reaction.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.211-215
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• 2017

The individual Maillard reactions of glucose, glucosamine, cyclohexylamine, and benzylamine were studied at a fixed temperature of $120^{\circ}C$ under different durations by monitoring the absorbance of the final products at 425 nm. Glucosamine was the most individually reactive compound, whereas the reactions of glucose, cyclohexylamine, and benzylamine were not significantly different from each other. Maillard reactions of reaction mixtures consisting of glucosaminecyclohexylamine, glucosamine-benzylamine, glucose-cyclohexylamine, and glucose-benzylamine were also studied using different concentration ratios under different durations at a fixed temperature of $120^{\circ}C$ and pH 9. Maillard reactions in the pairs involving glucosamine were observed to be more intense than those of the pairs involving glucose. Finally, with respect to the concentration ratios, it was observed that in most instances, optimal activity was realized, when the reaction mixtures were in the ratio of 1:1.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.37-44
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• 2017

Sulfur-containing amino acids play important roles in good flavor generation in Maillard reaction of non-enzymatic browning, so aqueous model systems of glucosamine and cysteine were studied to investigate the effects of reaction temperature, initial pH, reaction time, and concentration ratio of glucosamine and cysteine. Response surface methodology was applied to optimize the independent reaction parameters of cysteine and glucosamine in Maillard reaction. Box-Behnken factorial design was used with 30 runs of 16 factorial levels, 8 axial levels and 6 central levels. The degree of Maillard reaction was determined by reading absorption at 425 nm in a spectrophotometer and Hunter's L, a, and b values. ${\Delta}E$ was consequently set as the fifth response factor. In the statistical analyses, determination coefficients ($R^2$) for their absorbance, Hunter's L, a, b values, and ${\Delta}E$ were 0.94, 0.79, 0.73, 0.96, and 0.79, respectively, showing that the absorbance and Hunter's b value were good dependent variables for this model system. The optimum processing parameters were determined to yield glucosamine-cysteine Maillard reaction product with higher absorbance and higher colour change. The optimum estimated absorbance was achieved at the condition of initial pH 8.0, $111^{\circ}C$ reaction temperature, 2.47 h reaction time, and 1.30 concentration ratio. The optimum condition for colour change measured by Hunter's b value was 2.41 h reaction time, $114^{\circ}C$ reaction temperature, initial pH 8.3, and 1.26 concentration ratio. These results can provide the basic information for Maillard reaction of aqueous model system between glucosamine and cysteine.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.287-296
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• 2010

This study was designed to investigate the influence of the pH and enantiomer on the antioxidant activity of Maillard reaction mixture solution in model systems. The loss of glucose in MRPs did not show different characteristics for the different amino acid enantiomers; however, the concentration of glucose decreased as the pH levels increased. The enolization of sugars was observed in all MRP samples according to increase of pH levels. In addition, D-amino acids were detected in L-amino acid systems and L-amino acids could also be observed in D-amino acid systems. Formation of the isomer was the highest in the Glc/L-Lys system. The browning development increased as pH levels increased; however, browning development did not show different characteristics based on the use of L- versus D-isomers of the same amino acid. The L- and D-isomers show different absorption values in the UV-Vis spectra, but the absorption patterns display a similar shape. The antioxidant activities of MRPs derived from the Glc/Gly, Glc/L-Asn and Glc/D-Asn systems at pH 7.0 were greater compared to those of pH 4.0 and pH 10.0. The antioxidant activities of MRPs derived from the Glc/L-Lys and Glc/D-Lys systems decreased as the pH increased. In addition, the results show that the MRPs derived from the D-isomers have similar antioxidant activities as those from L-isomer. Therefore, the MRPs have the different antioxidant activities on the basis of the pH level, but not on the basis of different amino acid enantiomers.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.446-450
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• 1987

To re-evaluate the browning reactions of fermented soybean products, soy sauce mash with added glucose and/or tyrosine was fermented for 152 days in the presence or absence of oxygen. Glucose negatively affected brown pigmentation either singly or with tyrosine. Tyrosine-added soy sauce mash initially browned at the same rate as the control mash until 127th day and then the former continued to brown at the same steady rate while the control mash stopped further browning. Aerobically incubated mash browned much more than anaerobically incubated one when the browning was compared on the 152nd day of fermentation. More than half of the mash browning was found to be due to the oxygen-related browning during the limited 152 days of fermentation time. Both oxygen-related and oxygen-unrelated browning reactions were found to contribute to the browning of soy sauce mash. Oxygen-related browning, however, was found to be more important than the Maillard browning reaction.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.37-42
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• 1975

The color intensity (Absorbance at 490nm) and the antioxidant effects of absolute and 90% ethanol extracts obtained from a Maillard-type browning reaction mixture (0. 5M glucose and 0. 5M glycine mixture, heated at $100^{\circ}C$) were determined. The color intensity of the absolute and 90% ethanol extracts were compared with the length of reaction time and the antioxidant effects of the extracts of both types were compared one another. The results obtained are as follows. 1. The color intensity of the absolute ethanol extracts remained almost unchanged as the browning reaction proceeded. The color intensity of the 90% ethanol extracts appeared to increase nearly in proportion to the length of reaction time. 2. The absolute and the 90% ethanol extracts seemed to possess significant antioxidant activity on the autoxidation of an edible soybean oil. which was kept at $45{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$ for 21 days. It was noteworthy that the absolute ethanol extracts showed stronger antioxidant effects than those of the 90% ethanol extracts, which contained a far greater amount of brown-colored pigments. Since the PVs of the controls in both groups, after the end of the storage period, did not differ much from one another, the possibility of residual water playing some prooxidant role in the substrates containing the 90% ethanol extracts should be ruled out. Extracts of both types obtained at earlier stages of the brownig reaction demonstrated less but comparable antioxidant activity to that of extracts taken at later stages of the reaction. 3. The results of the present study appeared to suggest that the effective antioxidant compounds, produced in the Maillard-type browning reaction, were probably intermediate products such as reductones formed at fairly earlier stages of the browning reaction.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.914-917
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• 2003

This study was undertaken to find the optimum condition for the Maillard browning reaction of tagatose and glycine model solution by applying the response surface methodology. Independent variables were pH (3, 5, 7), temperature (70, 85, $100^{\circ}C$), and time (60, 180, 300 min), while the dependent variables were absorbance, yellowness, color difference, and organoleptic score. The quadratic models with the cross-product proved to be suitable, due to the high coefficients of determination and the lack of fit results. Since all the dependent variables had saddle points, the optimal points were determined through ridge analysis. For absorbance, yellowness, and color difference, the optimal points were the lowest values; in contrast, the optimal point of organoleptic score was the highest value.