• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.63-69
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• 1997

This study was carried out in order to analyzed the changes in nitrogen containing taste compounds of three different types of traditional Korean soy sauce with varing ripening period, and to investigates correlation between sensory characteristics and taste compounds contents via contents assay and sensory evaluation of soy sauce samples. Total nitrogen, ammonia type nitrogen and amino type nitrogen contents showed the highest value in Kyupjang. 17 kinds of free amino acid was detected in Chungjangs and 16 kinds of free amino acid was detected in Kyupjang. Nucleotides and their related compounds detected were hypoxanthin, xanthin, IMP, AMP, Inosine, ADP. Free amino acid and nucleotides and their related compounds contents were highest in Kyupjang. Nitrogen related compounds content of high concentration soy sauce ripened over 150 days increased similarly with Kyupjang. In the sensory evaluation of soy sauce taste, Chungjang samples acquired the highest score in the offensive taste test while Kyupjang marked highest score for sweet taste, nutty taste, taste preference. High concentration soy sauce ripend over 150 days yielded the result similar to that of Kyupjang. Sweet taste showed positive correlation with nitrogen compounds. The materials that showed positive correlation with nutty and traditional soy sauce taste and taste preference were nitrogen compound, IMP, AMP. Except for tryptophan, all free amino acid showed positive correlation with nutty and traditional soy sauce taste. Particulary, taste preference correlated to lysine, aspartic acid and glutamic acid.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.138-143
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• 2001

Marsh calm(Corbicular elatior)with a short-term storage in raw and a law-rate of utilization has been increasing the needs to develop new marsh calm processing products for a temporary mass treatment and long-term distribution, Therefore the processing conditions of marsh calm beverage using proteolytic enzyme hydrolysis were investigated. A partial hydrolysis at 6$0^{\circ}C$ for 1 hour after adding 3% Alcalase as more effective than a hot water extraction to develop taste compounds from the marsh calm. The result of ommission test showed that nucleotides and their related compounds were contributed in the taste of the marsh calm hydrolysates rather than free amino acids. The taste of the hydrolysates was produced by association with these compounds rather than only one compound s the hydrolystes taste differently for the control when one of these compound was omitted. The hydrolysates were fractionated to molecular weight below 500 dalton to eliminate bitter taste and to improve it flavor from the hydrolysates, 0.05% bay leaf was more effective to improve the odor than other herbs.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.37 no.5
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• pp.366-371
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• 2004

Powder and liquid products of the seasoned and smoked fish were manufactured with small-sized skipjack tuna (Euthynus pelamis) captured in the East Sea, Korea. The property changes of nucleotides and their related compounds, amino acid, and sensory attribute during storage were analyzed. IMP content was the highest among the nucleotides and their related compounds followed by inosine in both powder and liquid products. Nucleotides and their related compounds of the powder product increased slightly as storage period increased, while those of liquid product were constant. Glutamic acid $(15.6{\%})$, aspartic acid $(10.7{\%})$, and lysine $(9.3{\%})$ were major amino acids of the power product, while histidine $(36.2{\%})$ and taurine $(10.6{\%})$ were high in the liquid product. Free amino acid contents of liquid product increased during storage periods. There was no significant difference In the concentration of nucleotides and their related compounds, and composition of free amino acid between the products with/without liquid smoke. Aroma and acceptance were good in both products, while bitterness and sweetness were poor.

• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.772-784
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• 2020

This study was performed to investigate the effects of taste-related compounds and antioxidatve profiles of retorted samgyetang made from fresh and dried Cordyceps militaris (C. militaris) mushrooms. A total of 48 carcasses were prepared from commercial broilers (CB; Ross, 4 weeks old) and randomly distributed into eight different treatments. Each treatment group consisted of 6 chicken carcasses made with the addition of broth in different condition and concentration of C. militaris mushrooms. The addition concentration was based on the broth volume (v/w) under either fresh or dried conditions ranging from 0% as a control to 1%, 2%, and 3% of C. militaris mushrooms. C. militaris mushrooms contributed to an improvement of meat tenderness and the antioxidative profile that led to a greater suppression of lipid oxidation. The addition of C. militaris mushrooms at 2% could also enrich the flavor and taste-related compounds, particularly the increase in 5'-AMP and umami-related free amino acid compounds, L-aspartic acid and L-glutamic acid. Different addition forms of C. militaris mushrooms, particularly fresh or dried mushrooms, had only small effects on bioactive compounds, where the dried addition could possibly enrich samgyetang broth with higher cordycepin and adenosine contents than the fresh addition. Besides, the addition of C. militaris mushrooms in the dried form could also contribute to a higher antioxidative profile. Eventually, the addition of C. militaris mushrooms with a minimum addition of 2% contributed to an improvement of meat quality, antioxidative profile and flavor improvement of samgyetang.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.383-389
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• 1997

This study was carried out in order to analyze the changes in nitrogen containing taste compounds of traditional Korean soy sauce with varying Meju concentrations (Meju-water ratios of 1:4 and 1.3:4) and ripening periods (up to 2 years), and to investigate correlation between sensory characteristics and taste compound contents via contents assay and sensory evaluation of soy sauce samples. Nitrogen compound contents were higher in 1.3:4 than in 1:4 for all nitrogen compounds. Free amino acid contents were highest in soy sauce ripened for 210 days. Among amino acids, glutamic acid was highest concentration. Nucleotides and their related compound contents did not vary with concentrations and were highest in the sample ripened for 210 days. In direct sensory evaluation of soy sauce, overall taste preference showed positive correlation to sweet taste. Likewise, overall taste preference showed positive correlation to umami, nutty, sweet taste in the sensory evaluation of seaweed soup seasoned with soy sauce. Sensory evaluation score was higher in 1.3:4 than in 1:4. According to the correlation assay of taste compound contents and sensory evaluations, nitrogen compounds (such as amino type nitrogen), amino acids (such as glutamic acid, aspartic acid, and lysine, and etc.), nucleotides (such as AMP, IMP, and etc) had significant influence on the sensory characteristics of soy sauce, and therefore we can conclude that these compounds affect the taste and quality of soy sauce.

• 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 Food Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.223-226
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• 1985

The taste compounds including glycogen, nucleotides and their related compounds and free amino acid content of Raw, Boiled and Sun-dried and Boided and 1lot-air dried surf clam(Mactra veneriformis) were investigated. Crude protein and crude lipid content changed little after processing, but ash content of processed surf clam was increased 21.5%. Glycogen content was increased 6.7% in a processed surf clam. In nucleotides and their related compounds there are much ATP, ADP, IMP and Hypoxannthine in raw material, ATP, ADP, IMP content was decreased and Hypoxannthine disappeared after processing, In the raw extract, glycine, alanine, arginine were abundant, holding 85% of total free amino acid contents. After processing, generally 60% of raw material free amino acids content were existed.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• v.65 no.6
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• pp.1151-1168
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• 2023

Tenderness and taste characteristics of meat are the key determinants of the meat choices of consumers. This review summarizes the contemporary research on the molecular mechanisms by which postmortem aging of meat improves the tenderness and taste characteristics. The fundamental mechanism by which postmortem aging improves the tenderness of meat involves the operation of the calpain system due to apoptosis, resulting in proteolytic enzyme-induced degradation of cytoskeletal myofibrillar proteins. The improvement of taste characteristics by postmortem aging is mainly explained by the increase in the content of taste-related peptides, free amino acids, and nucleotides produced by increased hydrolysis activity. This review improves our understanding of the published research on tenderness and taste characteristics of meat and provides insights to improve these attributes of meat through postmortem aging.

• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.40 no.6
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• pp.924-937
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• 2020

The purpose of this study was to investigate the meat metabolite profiles related to differences in beef quality attributes (i.e., high-marbled and low-marbled groups) using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The beef of different marbling scores showed significant differences in water content and fat content. High-marbled meat had mainly higher taste compounds than low-marbled meat. Metabolite analysis showed differences between two marbling groups based on partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA). Metabolites identified by PLS-DA, such as N,N-dimethylglycine, creatine, lactate, carnosine, carnitine, sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, betaine, glycine, glucose, alanine, tryptophan, methionine, taurine, tyrosine, could be directly linked to marbling groups. Metabolites from variable importance in projection plots were identified and estimated high sensitivity as candidate markers for beef quality attributes. These potential markers were involved in beef taste-related pathways including carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism. Among these metabolites, carnosine, creatine, glucose, and lactate had significantly higher in high-marbled meat compared to low-marbled meat (p<0.05). Therefore, these results will provide an important understanding of the roles of taste-related metabolites in beef quality attributes. Our findings suggest that metabolomics analysis of taste compounds and meat quality may be a powerful method for the discovery of novel biomarkers underlying the quality of beef products.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.283-288
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• 1985

Fermented big eyed herring. Harengula zunasi, and slimy, Leiognathus nuchalis, were widely used and contributed in diet of people in southern coast of Korea. In this paper, in order to elucidate the taste compounds of fermented big eyed herring and slimy, the nucleotides and their related compounds, free amino acids, TMAO, betaine, total creatinine, and minerals were analyzed. In fermented big eyed herring, lysine, alanine, leucine, isoleucine and valine were dominant holding 88.6% of the total free amino acids while alanine, leucine, isoleucine and lysine in fermented slimy were dominant holding 84.4% of total free amino acids. In the nulceotide and their related compounds, hypoxanthine was the major component in both samples. The contents of betaine, TMA and total creatinine were 99.7mg%, 24.2mg% and 432.8mg% in fermented big eyed herring, 107.6mg%, 19.5mg% and 258.8mg% in fermented slimy, while the contents of TMAO appeared trace in both samples. In the minerals of both samples Na and Ca were dominant holding 37,471-45,100.8ppm, 14,117.1-19,948.1ppm, respectively. From the omission test and chemical analysis, it is concluded that the major taste compounds of fermented big eyed herring and slimy were amino acids such as alanine, lysine, leucine and isoleucine. Minerals, nucleotides and their related compounds, betaine and total creatinine acted as an auxiliary role in taste of both fermented samples.