• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.449-453
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• 1992

We investigated main effective taste components and optimization of taste component composition in traditional Korean soybean paste. In optimization of taste components the original data with 19 kinds of taste components which is consisted of bitter taste transformed with square root could explain the taste up to 78% (contributing proportion of leucine was 14.7%, isoleucine 12.7%, methionine 5.0%, higtidine 4.7% and arginine 1.1%), palatable taste (cysteine 8.4%, aspartic acid 2.0% and glutamic acid 0.7%), sweet taste (threonine 6.3%, serine 5.6%, sucrose 4.7%, glycine 1.6%, lysine 1.2％, fructose 0.6%, alanine 0.4% and glucose 0.3%), sour taste (oxalic acid 3.9% and succinic-fumaric-citric acid 3.6%) and saline taste (ash 0. 3%). In order to optimize the taste of traditional soybean paste, the constitution of taste components was analysed by multiple regression between the original data transformed with square root sensory scores of the soybean paste. This way explained the sensory evaluation best score.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.595-600
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• 1989

Protein-polysaccharides(PP) extracted from four species of gulfweed, fusiforme, sea-mustard and sea-tangle were examined for antitumor activity toward sarcoma-180 implanted in mice, ICR. Polysaccharides in protein-polysaccharides extracted from gulfweed, fusiforme, sea-mustard and sea-tangle were 61.48, 55.61, 34.06 and 30.28%, respectively. Monosaccharides of four seaweeds consisted of glucose, galactose, mannose, fructose and xylose, and major amino acids consisted of glutamic acid, aspartic acid, cystein, valine and glycine. Antitumor activity of the protein-polysaccharides extracted from sea-mustard showed the highest inhibition ratio of 69.76% when PP was injected to the mice at the dose of 100mg/Kg/day. PP of sea-tangle showed the maximum survival ratio of 25.22% when injected at the dose of 100mg/Kg/day.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.495-499
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• 1999

The free sugars in leaf and root of dandelion were composed of sucrose, glucose and fructose. The contents of total free sugars was higher in root than those in leaf. The oxalic acid, citric acid and malic acid contents of leaf was 45.4, 3.6, 2.7mg/100g-f.w., respectively. And the oxalic acid, citric acid and malic acid contents of root was 34.6, 2.1, 1.6mg/100g-f.w., respectively. Total free organic acid content of leaf was higher than that of root. The major free amino acids of dandelion were aspartic acid, serine, asparagine, glutamic acid, glycine, valine, isoleucine and content of glutamic acid was highest in free amino acids. The contents of vitamin A in leaf and root of dandelion was 135.4 and 34.1$\mu\textrm{g}$/100g-f.w., respectively. The contents of vitamin C in leaf and root of dandelion was 67.4 and 4.6 mg/100g-f.w., respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.1-16
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• 1981

Fermented trepang entrails, Stichopus Japonicus, is widely used and occupied an important position in foods of this country. But little study on its taste compounds has been reported. This study was attempted to establish the basic data for evaluating taste compounds of fermented trepang entrails. Changes of free amino acids, free sugars, nucleotides and their related compounds as taste compounds during the fermentation of trepang entrails were analyzed by amino acid autoanalyzer and high speed liquid chromatography. Glutamic acid, alanine, glycine and proline were dominant amino acid in the fresh extracts, having 32.3%, 16.4%, 12.0% and 10.5% of the total free amino acid content, respectively. The content of leucine, valine, phenylalanine, isoleucine, methionine and tyrosine were low. The free amino acid were not changed in composition but changed in amounts during the fermentation of trepang entrails. Glutamic acid, alanine, glycine, proline, lysine, arginine and leucine were abundant in both fresh sample and fermented products. Free sugars in fermented trepang entrails, the results showed that galactose(933.7-988.0 mg%) was dominant and the content of arabinose, xylose were 78.7, 55.2-771mg% on moisture and salt free base respectively but glucose was detected in trace amount. Nucleotides and their related compounds were increased during the fermentation and hypoxanthine(47.1-$62.5{\mu}mole/g$, on moisture and salt free base) were dominant, IMP was abundant in fermented trepang entrails. TMA was increased while TMAO was decreased during the fermentation. The content of TMAO nitrogen in fermented trepang entrails was 30.0mg% on moisture and salt free base. The content of betine was increased during the fermentation and was ranged from 734.2 to 934.2mg% on moisture and salt free base. It is believed that such amino acids as glutamic acid, alanine, glycine, lysine, proline, arginine, leucine, such free sugars as galactose, arabinose, xylose, glucose, such nucleotides and their related compounds as IMP, hypoxanthine play an important role as taste compounds in fermented trepang entrails.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.727-733
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• 1995

This stduy was attempted to establish the basic data for evaluating chemical components in the sap from birches(Betula platyphylla Sukatschev, Betula costata Trautv, Betula davurica Pallas), bamboos(Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys bambusoides, Phyllostachys nigra), Darae(Actinidia arguta). Calcium and potassium in five kinds of mineral detected in the sap were dominant mineral, magnesium, sodium and iron in order and calcium, potassium and magnesium are abundant in the sap from bamboo more than the other sample and the contents were 242.0~422.1mg/L, 793.8~ 2504.1mg/L and 72.6~165.9mg/L, respectively. Free sugars of the sap determined were glucose, fructose and sucrose, but maltose was not detected. The contents of glucose and fructose of the sap from Betula platyphylla Sukatschev(#2) were the highest and 42.1g/L and 36.9g/L, respectively. The detectabel nucleotides and their related compounds were CMP, UMP, GMP, IMP, AMP and hypoxanthine. The total contents of composition amino acids detected from eighteen kinds of the sap were in the range of 2.4~30.4mg%. The major amino acids were taurine, glycine, lysine, alanine and threonine in the sap from birch(#1, #2), glutamic acid and lysine in the sap from Betula costata Trauty(#3) and Betula davurica Pallas(#4), lysine, valine, alanine, serine, tyrosine and glutamic acid in the sap from bamboos, and glutamic acid, leucine, alanine in the sap from Darae.

• Journal of Mushroom
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.45-51
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• 2005

This study was carried out to obtain the basic data on artificial culture of Sparassis crispa. The mycelial growth and density were good in the PBA, PDA and PDM media, and especially prominent in the PBA medium. The optimum condition for the mycelial growth was $25^{\circ}C$ and pH 5.0, respectively. The carbon sources such as glucose, fructose, mannose, xylose(monosaccharide) and maltose(disaccharide) were favorable to mycelial growth of S crispa. The optimal concentration of glucose is 1.0~1.5%. As nitrogen sources, threonine, peptone, glycine, glutamine and valine appeared to be favorable to the mycelial growth and density. The optimal concentration of peptone is 0.3%.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.36-43
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• 1972

A survey of the free amino acids and free sugars in tomato, watermelon, muskmelon, peach and plum was made by means of amino acid autoanalyzer and thin layer chromatography. The results of the survey are summarized as follows. 1) Fifteen amino acids found in fruit were aspartic acid, glutamic acid, alanine, serine, asparagine, lysine, valine, glycine, methionine, histidine, threonine, leucine, isoleucine, proline and arginine, and an unknown was found. 2) Ten kinds of amino acids were detected in tomato, peach and plum, thirteen amine acids in watermelon and muskmelon (edible part), and eleven amino acids in muskmelon (rind). 3) In general, these fruits contained similar amounts of these thirteen amino acids, and although they were not outstandingly high in any one acid they did contain a nutritionally well-balanced mixture. 4) Amino acids found in the greatest amount in fruit were following: glutamic acid and aspartic acid in tomato, asparagine and lysine in watermelon, alanine, serine and aspartic acid in musk-melon, and aspartic acid and serine in peach and plum. 5) Glucose, fructose, sucrose and maltose were detected in all fruit. The contents of glucose and fructose were high, and those of sucrose and maltose were low.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.167-174
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• 1972

Effects of 13 organic compounds including glucose, fructose, xylose, glutamate, succinate, malate, glycine, lactate, acetate, pyruvate, citrate, formate and cis-aconitate on the oxidation of thiosulfate and the availability of these compounds as the substrate for the respiration by Thiobacillus ocncretivorus, which is known to be an obligated autotroph, were studied. Malate nad glycine at 0.5 per cent concentration nearly doubled the thiosulfate oxidation compared to the control. No other organic substances enhanced the thiosulfate oxidation compared to the control. No other organic substances enhanced the thiosulfate oxidation. Moreover, some 30 to 40 per cent decrease was recorded by fructose, sulfate-salts medium, some 30 to 40 per cent decrease was recorded by fructose, citrate, xylose, malate, flucose, glutamate and succinate. No respiration could occur when formate and pyruvate were supplied as the substrate for respiration. But it was obvious that flucose, fructose, xylose, glutamate, malate, citrate and succinate could be used as the substrate for respiration to some extent, regarding the fact that some increase in respiration rates could be recorded compared to the result from the salts medium, where neither thiosulfate nor orgnic compounds were added. Thus, it was postulated that this organism could possibly be converted into mixotroph or hetrotroph if appropriate conditions could be prepared.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.17 no.9
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• pp.1579-1584
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• 2007

5-Aminolevulinate (ALA) synthase (E.C. 2.3.1.37), which mediates the pyridoxal phosphate-dependent condensation of glycine and succinyl-CoA, encoded by the Rhodobacter sphaeroides hemA gene, enables Escherichia coli strains to produce ALA at a low level. To study the effect of the enhanced C4 metabolism of E. coli on ALA biosynthesis, NADP-dependent malic enzyme (maeB, E.C. 1.1.1.40) was coexpressed with ALA synthase in E. coli. The concentration of ALA was two times greater in cells coexpressing maeB and hemA than in cells expressing hemA alone under anaerobic conditions with medium containing glucose and glycine. Enhanced ALA synthase activity via coupled expression of hemA and maeB may lead to metabolic engineering of E. coli capable of large-scale ALA production.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.62-66
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• 2013

This study was performed to investigate the physicochemical characteristics of glycoprotein extracted from carrot. We manufactured glycoprotein using natural vegetable raw materials carrots, and then analyzed it's physicochemical properties. The results showed that the nutritional composition of carrot glycoprotein (CG) consisted of 2.35% carbohydrate and 94.2% glycoprotein. There were small amounts of hydroxyproline and glycine known as characteristics of collagen peptide in the amino acid of CG, but there were large amount of glutamic acid and aspartic acid involved in the metabolism of glucose and fat. The calories of CG was 342.1 kcal/100 g and the molecular weight appeared less than 594 Da average molecular weight distribution.