• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.407-414
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• 1999

To evaluate the quality of flame-peeled chestnuts, their physical and chemical properties were analyzed. The physicochemical properties of flame-peeled chestnuts, including geometrical shape, texture and chemical composition, were compared to those of hand-peeled ones. For the flame-peeled chestnuts, some properties in heated and non-heated sections were separately analyzed. The color, texture such as springness, cohesiveness, adhesiveness, hardness and chewiness, moisture content, and reducing sugar of the heated section of the flame-peeled chestnuts were significantly different with their non-heated section. But the physicochemical properties of the non-heated section of the flame-peeled chestnuts were similar to those of the hand-peeled ones.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.173-180
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• 1997

The effects of sugars and heating methods on the sugar infilteration, hardness, color and organoleptic characteristics were investigated for quality improvement of sugared chestnuts. Among the tested sugars, isomaltooligosugar was the most effective on the rate of sugar infilteration. High temperature increased the rate of sugar infilteration during sugaring process, but color and flavor were deteriorated at 9$0^{\circ}C$. The most suitable temperature for sugaring process was 7$0^{\circ}C$. The product sugared with fructooligosugar recoreded the highest score in hardness, odor and preference than any other sugars tested and increased the rate of sugar infilteration when mixed with sugar at same amount. The changes of soluble solids in chestnuts boiled with microwave oven were ranged from 18。Brix to 32。Brix, while chestnuts heated in general were from 18。Brix to 28。Brix. Chestnuts boiled with microwave heating were sugared rapidly. The hardness of boiled and sugared chestnuts was lower when treated with microwave than with general heating. Hunter's L and b value of sugared chestnut treated with microwave decreased during processing but a value somewhat increased.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제95권1호
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• pp.73-81
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• 2006

본 연구는 임산물 가운데 생산과 수출 양면에서 가장 중요한 밤을 대상으로 환경과의 조화로 지속가능한 밤 생산을 실시하면서 소비자에 대한 밤의 안전성 확보는 물론 일반관행재배 밤과의 가격차별화를 통해 농가소득 증대에 기여할 수 있는 친환경 밤 생산 확대방안을 도출하는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 친환경 밤 생산농가의 실태 및 경영성과 분석을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 친환경 밤 생산은 아직 초기단계로서 생산기술의 미정립, 제초작업 및 병충해방제 등 관리적인 문제, 안정적인 판로의 미확보, 높은 생산비 등이 문제점으로 지적되었다. 따라서 이러한 문제들을 해결하여 친환경 밤 생산 확대를 유도하기 위해서는 민관(民官)협력 하에서 친환경 밤 생산기술 체계의 확립 및 보급, 친환경적인 토양관리(INM) 및 병충해종합관리시스템(IPM) 구축, 생산효율성을 향상 시킬 수 있는 친환경 밤 생산단지 조성, 일반관행 밤 생산에서 친환경 밤 생산으로 전환 할 경우 이로 인한 소득감소분을 보전할 수 있는 친환경직불제도입, 일반관행재배 생산농가 및 소비자에 대한 지속적인 친환경 밤의 홍보강화 등이 필요하다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.230-235
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• 2011

Roasted and retorted (RR) chestnuts develop green pigment spots on their surface during storage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cytotoxicity of the green pigment using RAW 264.7, MOLT-4, KATOIII and HT-29 cells. The pigment scraped from RR chestnuts (GP), whole RR chestnuts with green pigment spots (GC), whole RR chestnuts without green pigment (WC) and roasted and frozen stored chestnuts (FC) were extracted in 10% DMSO. MOLT-4 cells were less resistant to the cytotoxicity of the chestnut extracts than the RAW 264.7 cells. The GP extracts did not show different responses against $H_2O_2$-induced oxidative stress and LPS-induced NO production compared to the other extracts. The chestnut extracts did not have proliferative activity on either of the KATOIII or HT-29 cells (p>0.05). Our results from the comparison of the green pigment produced on the surface of the RR chestnuts to chestnuts that do not develop the green pigment suggest that the pigment may not be harmful in terms of either cytotoxicity towards immune cells or proliferation of gastrointestinal cancer cells.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.534-539
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• 2008

This study investigated the effects of pretreatment and storage conditions on the properties of stored chestnuts. Effects on chestnuts of refrigerated storage (RNT) and frozen storage (FNT) with no pretreatment, frozen storage after oxalic acid treatment without blanching (FON) and with blanching (FOB) were examined. Water binding capacity, swelling power, solubility, and viscosity of the starch produced from RNT, FNT, and FON were similar to those of the starch produced from control (CON). FOB showed significant differences in these properties from CON. Textural properties of starch gels prepared from stored chestnuts except FOB also were very similar to those of CON starch gels. The sensory characteristics of steamed FON and FNT were similar to those of steamed CON except in brown color and hardness. Steamed FNT tended to have higher brown color and lower hardness than steamed FON. Steamed RNT showed significant differences in all the sensory properties except in hardness and cooked chestnut flavor. Steamed FOB was significantly higher than steamed CON in water release and off-flavor. Among the storage conditions examined, frozen storage with oxalic acid treatment is recommended for the long-term storage of chestnuts.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.181-184
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• 2005

Effects of irradiation and fumigation on disinfestation and quality attributes of chestnuts during storage were studied. Fresh chestnuts were exposed to gamma irradiation (0-10 kGy) and methyl bromide (MeBr) under commercial conditions and stored at different temperatures for 6 months. Pest of quarantine importance for chestnuts, Curculio sikkimensis Heller showed 100% mortality by MeBr on 3rd day after fumigation and by irradiation at 0.5 kGy in about 3 weeks at $23{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$. Respiration rates of samples one day after treatments increased in proportion to irradiation dose. Respiration pattern of MeBr group was equal to that of 10 kGy-group. Both MeBr and irradiation at 0.25 kGy or higher showed 100% inhibition of sprouting during storage at $5^{\circ}C$ for 6 months. Flesh firmness was significantly reduced by MeBr or irradiation over 5 kGy (p<0.05) 1 day after treatments. MeBr fumigation resulted in appreciable decrease in flesh weight, reducing sugar and ascorbic acid contents (p<0.05), as compared to irradiated samples. Irradiation at 0.5 kGy was effective as alternative to MeBr in controlling pests while maintaining overall quality of fresh chestnuts during storage.

• 한국포장학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.25-30
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to examine how can we keep the freshness of peeled chestnuts in distribution process. The 30 minutes impregnation treatment at the preservation solution of 0.3% consistency showed a good result. The solution treatment prevented from surface yellowing and quality degradation of peeled chestnuts. And, in vaccum packaging after treating chemicals surface drying was faster than the other packaging from 7th day. A vitamin C treatment was no effective to restrain the growth of microbials.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2011

Peeled chestnuts were stored at different temperatures($-10^{\circ}C$ and $-20^{\circ}C$) and for different times(0, 10, and 20 min at $90^{\circ}C$) for blanching over a 6 month period. Analyses were conducted for moisture content, total sugar content, browning index, polyphenol compounds, PPO activity, and SEM. Moisture content and PPO activity were increased by storage time. The increments for the samples stored at $-20^{\circ}C$ were lower that for the samples stored at $-10^{\circ}C$. The Browning index was increased by storage time, and increments for the samples stored at $-20^{\circ}C$ were lower that for the samples stored at $-10^{\circ}C$. Scanning electronic microscopy(SEM) studies were performed on peeled chestnuts. Results showed that the wrinkle structure of the cell wall was enhanced by storage time, and the level of enhancement was higher at $-10^{\circ}C$ than at $-20^{\circ}C$.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 1999년도 동계 학술대회 논문집
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• pp.509-515
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• 1999

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 2001

밤(Castanea crenata, 은기)의 저장특성에 대하여 수침처리와 감마선 조사의 영향을 검토하기 위하여, 수확된 밤을 48시간 동안 수침 처리한 후 0, 0.15, 0.25 및 0.35 kGy의 감마선을 조사하고 $0^{\circ}C$와 95$\pm$2%의 상대습도에서 9개월 동안 저장하면서 품질변화를 측정하였다. 발아현상은 수침 처리된 밤에서만 저장말기에 나타났으며, 감마선을 0.35 kGy 조사한 밤에서는 발아되지 않았다. 수침처리 밤에서는 조사 선량에 무관하게 저장 초반기부터 부패가 발생되어 수침처리 되지 않은 경우보다 저장 9개월 후 약 2배의 부패율을 보였다. 중량감소는 수침 처리된 밤이 무처리 밤보다 적었으며, 조사선량의 영향은 없었다. 과육경도는 수침처리를 하지 않은 경우 감마선 조사에 의해 감소가 억제되었으며, 고선량 일수록 높게 유지되는 경향이었다. 전당함량은 감마선이 조사된 밤이 조사되지 않은 밤보다 저장말기에 높게 유지되었으며 선량에 따른 차이는 없었다. 비타민 C 함량은 감마선 조사 직후 다소 감소되었으나 저장 중 변화는 감마선 조사된 밤에서 완만하게 감소되었다. 가용성 탄닌의 함량은 발아억제 선량 범위의 감마선 조사에 영향을 받지 않았다.