• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.893-899
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• 2009

본 연구는 국내에서 주정첨가 유무에 따라 발효된 시판 현미식초의 이화학적 품질특성을 확인하기 위하여 다소비 주정 무첨가 발효 현미식초(3종)과 주정첨가 현미식초(3종)에 대하여 pH, 총 산도, 당도, 환원당, 갈색도, 탁도, 유리당, 유기산 및 유리아미노산 특성을 비교 분석하였다. 시료의 pH와 총 산도는 주정첨가 유무에 따라 큰 차이가 없었다. 당도, 환원당 및 유리당 함량은 주정 첨가 발효 현미식초가 주정 무첨가 발효 현미식초에 비해 높게 나타났다. 갈색도, 탁도 및 색도는 주정 무첨가 발효된 현미식초에서 높게 나타났다. 총 유기산에 대한 acetic acid의 비율(A/T)은 주정 무첨가 발효 현미식초에서 0.94~0.96, 주정첨가 발효 현미식초에서 0.97~1.00으로 주정 첨가 발효 현미식초에서 높게 나타났다. 총 유리아미노산 함량은 주정 무첨가 발효 현미식초는 93.07~509.48 ppm, 주정첨가 발효 현미식초는 25.14~264.52 ppm으로 나타났다. 현미의 생리활성물질인 $\gamma$-aminobutyric acid(GABA)는 주정 무첨가 발효된 현미식초에서 높게 나타났다. 따라서 현미식초의 발효방식에 따라 이화학적 품질특성에 차이가 남을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.277-282
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• 2010

새송이 버섯 (Pleurotus eryngii) 재배배지에 글루탐산나트륨 (monosodium glutamate, MSG)을 혼합 첨가하여 재배한 자실체의 아미노산 및 $\gamma$-aminobutyric acid (GABA)함량 변화, 그리고 항산화 작용 등의 생리활성을 분석하여 새송이버섯의 기능성 향상 가능 여부를 조사하였다. 실험결과 MSG 첨가량이 증가함에 따라 arginine, glutamic acid, alanine, glycine 등 아미노산은 함량이 증가되었으며 histidine, serine, methionine, isoleucine, leucine, phenylalanine 등은 함량 변화는 거의 없었다. 한편 MSG 첨가량을 증가시킴에 따라 자실체의 GABA함량은 전체적으로 증가되었으며 MSG 6 g/bottle 첨가군에서 자실체내에 가장 높은 GABA함량 (1.18 mg/g)을 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 배지에 MSG첨가량을 증가시킴에 따라 자실체 추출물의 DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) radical 소거능 및 아질산염 소거능 (nitrite scavenging activity)도 증가됨을 알 수 있었다. 이러한 결과로부터 새송이버섯을 재배할 때 배지에 소량의 저렴한 MSG (~US $1/kg)를 첨가하면 아미노산 조성 및 항산화 작용 등 생리활성이 개선되는 고 기능성 새송이버섯 식품소재가 개발될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• BMB Reports
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.166-171
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• 2001

The levels of $\gamma$-aminobutyric acid (GAGA) have been analyzed from pharbitis seeds by an AccQ-Tag amino acid analysis procedure. The GABA level of the pharbitis seeds was 125 nmole per gram fresh weight. To investigate the effects of pharbitis seed diets on serum and hepatic lipid levels, as well as enzyme activities of rats administered with ethanol chronically, Sprague-Dawley male rats were fed with either a AIN-76 diet (control), a control diet plus ethanol, a control plus pharbitis seed diet, or a control plus pharbitis seed diet plus ethanol for 30 days. Pharbitis seed diets decreased the serum total cholesterol, triglyceride, LDL-cholesterol, and $\gamma$-GTP levels that were increased by the chronic ethanol administration. In addition, pharbitis seed diets decreased the liver triglyceride and total lipid levels that were increased by the ethanol administration. However, ethanol metabolism was not retarded by the pharbitis seed supplemented diets. The present Endings, plus previous data showing the differences in the effects of cabbage diets having a high or a low level of GABA on the lipid levels and the enzyme activities of rats (Cha and Oh [2000] J. Korean Soc. Food Sci. Nutr. 29, 500-505), raise the possibility that GABA in plants could have a nutraceutical role in the recovery of chronic alcohol-related diseases.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.119-123
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• 2003

To investigate the effects of the supplementation of carnitine and/or ${\gamma}$ -aminobutric acid (GABA), Sprague-Dawley male rats were orally treated with either an AIN-76 diet (control), a control diet plus ethanol (CE, 4 g ethanol/kg bw), CE plus L-carnitine (CEC, 0.5 g/kg bw), CE plus GABA (CEG, 0.5 g/kg bw), or CE plus L-carnitine plus GABA (CECG, 0.25 g/kg bw each) for 6 weeks. Serum triglyceride levels were increased in the CE group and were decreased significantly in the CEC, CEG and CECG groups. HDL-cholesterol was increased and LDL-cholesterol was decreased in the CEG and CECG groups compared with the CE group. Serum GOT and GPT levels increased by the chronic ethanol administration were decreased in the CEC group. In addition, we have evaluated the mRNA levels of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I in those groups. Supplementation of carnitine/GABA had some recovery effects on the liver CPT-I mRNA levels which decreased by chronic ethanol administration. These results may suggest that supplementations of either L-carnitine or GABA aye effective on the recovery of chronic ethanol-related symptoms, but no combined effects were shown.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.139-147
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• 2019

Glutamate decarboxylase catalyzes the conversion of glutamate to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), contributing to pH homeostasis through proton consumption. The reaction is the first step toward the GABA shunt. To date, the enzymes involved in the glutamate metabolism of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida have not been elucidated. In this study, an open reading frame of P. damselae subsp. piscicida, showing homology to the glutamate decarboxylase or putative pyridoxal-dependent aspartate 1-decarboxylase genes, was isolated and cloned into an expression vector to produce the recombinant enzyme. Preliminary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry characterization of the purified recombinant enzyme revealed that it catalyzed not only the decarboxylation of glutamate but also the transamination of GABA. This enzyme of P. damselae subsp. piscicida could be bifunctional, combining decarboxylase and transaminase activities in a single polypeptide chain.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.133-137
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• 2009

The root of Astragalus membranaceus is a traditional folk medicine that has been used for many therapeutic purposes in Asia. It reportedly acts as an immunostimulant, tonic, hepatoprotective, diuretic, antidiabetic, analgesic, expectorant, sedative, and anticancer drug. In this study, metabolomic profiling was applied to the roots of A. membranaceus of different ages using NMR coupled with two multivariate statistical analysis methods: such as principal components analysis (PCA) and canonical discriminant analysis (CDA). This allowed various metabolites to be assigned in NMR spectra, including $\gamma$-aminobutyric acid (GABA), aspartic acid, succinic acid, glutamic acid, glutamine, N-acetyl aspartic acid, acetic acid, arginine, alanine, threonine, lactic acid, and valine. The score plot from PCA and also CDA allowed a clear separation between samples according to age.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.296-304
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• 2009

The nutritional significance of essential amino acids, as well as non-essential amino acids, is well documented in poultry production with regards to growth performance and protein accretion. However, the function of amino acids in the stress response is still unclear. L-Pipecolic acid, a L-lysine metabolite in the brain, induced a hypnotic and sedative effect acting via the ${\gamma}$- aminobutyric acid receptors. L-Arginine also induced a sedative effect via its metabolism to L-ornithine. In addition, three-carbon nonessential amino acids like L-alanine, L-serine and L-cysteine also induced sedative effects. These facts suggest that the requirement for amino acids in both essential and non-essential types may require reconsideration to add the concept of stress amelioration in the future.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.219-224
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• 2008

In this study, we investigated changes in some physico-chemical and biochemical properties of Kimchi during fermentation and storage. After fermenting Kimchi at $15^{\circ}C$ for 23, 36, 40, 44, and 60 hrs during the first week, we stored it at $-1^{\circ}C$ in a Kimchi refrigerator until the end of 8th week. The pH of samples fermented for 36 hr, 40 hr, 44 hr and 60 hr sharply decreased during the first seven days and then slowly decreased. Acidities of samples fermented for 36 hr, 40 hr and 44 hr sharply increased for the first seven days. According to measured changes of lactic acid bacteria number, samples fermented for 60 hr revealed the largest augmentation in the number of lactobacilli for the first seven days. The $\gamma$-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content of the sample fermented for 40 hr was the most superior, with an early increase and maintenance of GABA content, which maintained a maximum 20 mg per 100 g of Kimchi sample on the seventh, fourteenth, and twenty eighth days. These results suggest that relatively enhanced levels of GABA in Kimchi samples can be produced and maintained by controlling the fermentation and storage processes, as with the 40 hr fermented sample conditions.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.406-422
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• 2023

Sarcopenia is an age-related, progressive skeletal muscle disorder involving the loss of muscle mass and strength. Previous studies have shown that γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) from fermented oysters aids in regulatory T cells (Tregs) cell expansion and function by enhancing autophagy, and concomitantly mediate muscle regeneration by modulating muscle inflammation and satellite cell function. The fermentation process of oysters not only increases the GABA content but also enhances the content of branched amino acids and free amino acids that aid the level of protein absorption and muscle strength, mass, and repair. In this study, the effect of GABA-enriched fermented sarco oyster extract (FSO) on reduced muscle mass and functions via Treg modulation and enhanced autophagy in aged mice was investigated. Results showed that FSO enhanced the expression of autophagy markers (autophagy-related gene 5 [ATG5] and GABA receptor-associated protein [GABARAP]), forkhead box protein 3 (FoxP3) expression, and levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines (interleukin [IL]-10 and transforming growth factor [TGF]-β) secreted by Tregs while reducing pro-inflammatory cytokine levels (IL-17A and interferon [IFN]-γ). Furthermore, FSO increased the expression of IL-33 and its receptor IL-1 receptor-like 1 (ST2); well-known signaling pathways that increase amphiregulin (Areg) secretion and expression of myogenesis markers (myogenic factor 5, myoblast determination protein 1, and myogenin). Muscle mass and function were also enhanced via FSO. Overall, the current study suggests that FSO increased autophagy, which enhanced Treg accumulation and function, decreased muscle inflammation, and increased satellite cell function for muscle regeneration and therefore could decrease the loss of muscle mass and function with aging.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.421-427
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• 2010

본 연구는 식용식물로의 가치뿐만 아니라 약용으로 가치가 인정되는 뽕잎에 미생물 생균제를 이용한 뽕잎발효차 개발을 통하여 기능성 소재 개발 및 새로운 제품 개발의 방안을 제시하고자 뽕잎차 및 뽕잎발효차의 일부 성분을 분석하였다. 두 시료간의 일반성분 중에서 지방 함량이 뽕잎발효차가 더 높았고, 탄수화물의 함량은 뽕잎차가 더 높았다. 유리당을 분석한 결과 뽕잎발효차가 뽕잎차에 비해 전체 유리당 함량이 줄어들었으며, 특히 뽕잎차에서는 maltose 함량이 가장 높았으나 뽕잎발효차의 경우 maltose가 분석되지 않았고 lactose가 소량 분석되었다. 총 유리아미노산 함량은 뽕잎차가 뽕잎발효차보다 높았으며 뽕잎차에서는 glutamic acid, 뽕잎발효차에서는 cystine의 함량이 가장 많았다. 아미노산 유도체에서는 $\gamma$-aminobutyric acid(GABA) 성분 함량이 가장 높았으며 각 시료 간 함량은 비슷하였다. 지방산의 조성에서는 뽕잎발효차가 뽕잎차에 비해 불포화 지방산이 다소 감소하는 경향을 나타내었다. 따라서 본 연구의 결과를 종합해 보면 식용식물로서 뿐만 아니라 약용으로도 가치가 있는 뽕잎에 생균제를 이용하여 개발한 뽕잎발효차를 뽕잎차와 비교하였을 때 뽕잎발효차에서 유리당과 유리아미노산의 함량이 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으나 그 유용성분 및 특이성분의 함량은 충분히 유지되고 있었다.