• Journal of Life Science
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.138-146
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• 2009

Garlic (Allium sativum) are an agronomically important genus because of their sulfur flavour components. The majority of the volatiles flavour principles are generated through the enzymatic hydrolysis of the non-volatile organosulfur compounds. However, these compounds may be possible sources of new novel bioacuve and therapeutic principles. Garlic has strong antioxidant activity, and epidemiological studies support the fad that diets rich of garlic may prevent some of the chronic diseases. The health cares of garlic likely arise from a wide variety of components, which may work synergistically. The chemical changes of garlic composition makes it plausible that a variation in processing can lead to acquisition of differential chemical compositions of garlic products. Especially highly unstable allicin can easily disappear during processing and are quickly transformed into a various organosulfur compounds. Various supplements of garlic, particularly aged garlic extract (AGE), are known to possess a promising antioxidant potential and are effective in prevention of chronic diseases because of the bioactive constituents. Although all of active ingredients of AGE are not elucidated, water-soluble components of AGE, including S-allylcysteine, S-allylmercaptane, steroid saponins, tetrahydro-${\beta}$-carboline derivatives, and fructosyl-arginine, appears to be associated with the pharmacological effects of AGE. Consequently, the allicin free garlic components such as S-allylcysteine, S-allylmercaptane, steroid saponins, tetrahydro-${\beta}$-carboline derivatives, and fructosyl-arginine can be applicable to standardization of the quality of commercial garlic products. This review provides an insight into garlic's biomarkers and presents evidence that they may either prevent or delay chronic disease associated with aging.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.87-95
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• 2005

The tomato ripening associated membrane protein (TRAMP) (Fray et al., 1994) is a member of the major intrinsic protein (MIP) family, defined as channels facilitating the passage of water and small solutes through membranes. During normal fruit ripening the TRAMP mRNA levels were increased whereas the expression levels of TRAMP in low ethylene ACO1-sense suppressed lines, Nr and rin fruits, were lower than at the breaker stage of wild type fruit. TRAMP mRNA is inhibited by $LaCl_3$, which is an inhibitor of $Ca^{2+}$-stimulated responses, treatment but drought condition did not affect TRAMP expression. The levels of TRAMP mRNA transcripts were substantially higher in the dark treated seedlings and fruits. These suggest that TRAMP function as a water channel may be doubted because of several reasons; no water content was changed during ripening in wild type, antisense and overexpression lines, TRAMP expression under light condition was lower than dark condition and TRAMP expression was not changed in drought condition. Co-suppression plant, 3588 was one of sense suppression lines, which contain CaMV 35S promoter and sense pNY507 cDNA, produced small antisense RNA, approximately 21-25 nucleotides in length, mediated post-transcriptional gene silencing. Therefore, TRAMP expression was inhibited by small antisense and multiple copies might induce gene silencing without any production of double strand RNA. Total seven selected volatile productions, isobutylthiazole, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, hexanal, hexenal methylbutanal, hexenol, and methylbutanol, were highly reduced in sense line whereas total volatile production was increased in TRAMP antisense line. These results suggested TRAMP might change volatile related compounds.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.61-66
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• 1985

Cooked rice was prepared by the conventional cooking method being used among Korean families. The bottom layer (very slightly roasted and charred) and upper layer of the cooked rice in a cooking vessel were collected separately in order to determine the chemical changes and volatile carbonyl formation occurring in rice during the cooking process. Amino acids, especially free amino acid contents were reduced with the decrease of reducing sugar in rice after cooking. A little change was shown in the fatty acid composition of lipid fractions, however, decreased iodine values and increased fatty acid values were observed after cooking process. Volatile carbonyl compounds from cooked rice were isolated and 8 carbonyls of them were identified. A significant difference of relative composition of the identified carbonyls was found between the upper layer and bottom layer of cooked rice. Generally, the cooked rice obtained from the bottom layer had shown a little more changes in chemical composition and a stronger browning flavour than those of the upper layer of cooked rice.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.511-517
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• 1988

Kimchi, a traditional vegitable fermented food in Korea, was prepared and fermented at $5^{\circ}C$ in order to analyze the taste and flavor compounds. Major flavor components were identified as dimethyl-disulfide, dimethyl-trisulfide, dipropyl-disulfide, 1-butane 1-isothiocyanate, diallyl-disulfide by GC and GC/MS. Some organic acids such as lactic acid and citric acid increased from 1.2mg/100g and 5.4mg/100g in the initial stage to 33.3mg/100g and 44.4mg/100g at the end of fermentation, respectively. Free amino acids in kimchi were found to play an important role for the taste. The contents of total free amino acid increased from 316.3mg/100g to 600mg/100g in the fermented kimchi and glutamic acid, alanine, valine, leucine, lysine and arginine were abundant in kimchi. The results of sensory evaluation showed that the taste of kimchi was closely related to the contents of non-volatile organic acid, free amino acid and pH.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.454-464
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• 1986

To find main factors to affect tobacco culture and quality, NC 2326 (Nicotiana tabacum L.) was cultivated in Korea and in the United States under different plant density, fertilization, mulching and curing. Among the chemical characteristics of the both experimental soils, the organic matters were similar concentration in both locations but effective phosphorous contents were higher in Oxford in the United States. Plant height, length and width of the largest leaf, leaf thickness, and midrib ratios were larger in Oxford than in Suwon in Korea. Also they were larger in non mulching system than in mulching system. But the total numbers of the leaves were decreased in non mulching system. The content of nicotine was higher in the plant grown in Suwon than in Oxford. The concentrations of nicotine and sugar tend to increase in mulching system comparing of non mulching system. During the growing, the concentration of non-volatile organic acids was higher in Suwon, while it was lower in cured leaf produced in Suwon. Also the contents of total fatty acids were lower in the harvested leaf grown in Suwon, but not in cured tobacco. Forty three compounds identified among the volatile oils from these experimental samples were quantified. The concentrations of the major components related to the tobacco flavour such as damascone, damascenone, solanone, nor-solanadione, and megastigmatrienones were higher in the cured tobacco produced in Oxford rather than in Suwon.