• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.268-274
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• 1998

The traditional kanjang has been prepared by mixing meju and 18% saline solution, and fermenting for 60 days. The traditional kanjang is very salty and inferior in flavor and taste comparing with commercial fermented soy sauce. To improve the quality of traditional kanjang, Zygosaccharomyces rouxii H-62, a flavor-related mutant, was inoculated during fermentation. It was found that the addition of Z rouxii helped to improve the organoleptic quaity of traditional kanjang. The optimal condition for preparing traditional kanjang was to use 5L of 15.5% saline solution per meju. Meju must be cut into 12 pieces to get a proper total nitrogen and pure extract content. The optimal fermentatin temperature was 3$0^{\circ}C$. The prepared kanjang contained over 0.8% total nitrogen and 6.0% pure extract after 60 days of fermentation.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.152-157
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• 1986

재래식 메주의 발효과정에 있어서 단백질 및 아미노산 조성의 변화를 체계적으로 규명하기 위하여 gel-filtration 및 아미노산 자동분석기기로 분석하였다. 재래식 메주의 단백질을 분별정량한 결과 수용성 단백질은 4주때 36.4%, glutelin은 삶은 대두에서 29.6%였으며 발효시간이 경과함에 따라 수용성 단백질은 4주까지 차차 증가하였으나 globulin과 prolamin은 큰 변화가 없었다. Sephadex G-200으로 수용성 단백질이 분획되었으나 4주 때부터 새로운 저분자의 단백질이 분획되었다 발효과정중에 있어서 주단백질의 분자량은 66,000이었다. 재래식 메주의 발효과정에 있어서 아미노산은 17종류로써 glutamic acid가 $87.97{\sim}317.10mM$로써 가장 많았고 그 다음으로 aspartic acid, glycine 순이었다. 단백질분해역가는 시간이 경과함에 따라 차차 증가하는 4주때 가장 높았다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.1523-1531
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• 2012

The metabolite profile of meju during fermentation was analyzed using mass spectrometry techniques, including GC-MS and LC-MS, and the bacterial diversity was characterized. The relative proportions of bacterial strains indicated that lactic acid bacteria, such as Enterococcus faecium and Leuconostoc lactis, were the dominant species. In partial least-squares discriminate analysis (PLS-DA), the componential changes, which depended on fermentation, proceeded gradually in both the GC-MS and LC-MS data sets. During fermentation, lactic acid, amino acids, monosaccharides, sugar alcohols, and isoflavonoid aglycones (daidzein and genistein) increased, whereas citric acid, glucosides, and disaccharides decreased. MS-based metabolite profiling and bacterial diversity characterization of meju demonstrated the changes in metabolites according to the fermentation period and provided a better understanding of the correlation between metabolites and bacterial diversity.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.792-798
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• 1994

In order to investigate the antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds contained in domestic Meju and Doenjang , the methanolic extract from defatted Meju and Doenjang was fractionated into the phenolic acid and the isoflavone fractions by alumina column and polyamide-6 column chromatography, respectively. Both phenolic acid and isoflavone fractions exhibited an identical antioxidative effect against the oxidation of linoleic acid. GC analysis revealed that the phenolic acid fractio contained vanillic , chlorogenic ,p-coumalic , ferulic, and caffeine acid. The content of caffic acid was greater than 70% in the phenolic acid fraction and the content of vanillic and chlorogenic acids were disappeared during fermentation, and thus, the facts are thought to be reasons for the low antioxidant activity of the phenolic aicd fraction from Doenjang. Similarly, the isoflavone fraction cotained daidzin, glycitin-65-0 glucosider and genistin and their aglycons such as daidzein, glyciten and genistein. The content of daidzin and genistin in Meju dramatically decreased at the early stage of fermentation ,whereas the content of daidzein an dgenistein rather increased ; however, these change in isoflavone contents did not affect the antioxidant activity of isoflavone fractions.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.219-227
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• 2023

This study was conducted to analyze the distribution and characteristics of fungal species in meju using the traditional method. Fungal distribution in meju was investigated using metagenomic and morphological analyses, based on which Aspergillus flavus/oryzae strains were identified as the dominant fungi in all meju samples, followed by Pichia, Rhizopus and Lichtheimia spp. As A. flavus/oryzae was dominant, we further evaluated the aflatoxin production ability and enzymatic activity of the isolates. Thin-layer chromatography and polymerase chain reaction revealed that the A. flavus/oryzae strains isolated from meju are non-aflatoxigenic fungi. Based on the analyses of amylase and protease activities, strains with high activities of amylase or protease were identified, which are proposed to be used as starters for meju fermentation.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.286-293
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• 1992

개량식과 재래식 된장의 기호와 향기의 단점을 개선하고 장점을 유지하기 위하여 재래식, 개량식 그리고 납두를 혼합 제조한 된장의 이화학적 변화와 관능검사에 의한 적정배합 비율과 숙성정도를 검토하였다. pH는 개량식 메주에 납두의 배합량이 높을수록 증가하였으며 재래식 메주의 배합에서는 감소하였다. 재래식 메주에서의 질소화합물 함량은 개량식에서 보다 3배 높았으며 숙성도 빨랐다. 갈색색소의 변화는 초기의 값에 따르며 재래식이 높았다. 개량식과 재래식 그리고 납두를 혼합한 구가 관능적 평가가 높았으며 그 비율은 개량식, 재량식 그리고 남두의 비가 48 : 48 : 5의 비율이었다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.536-539
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 증자 콩에 증식하여 부패취를 유발하는 오염균인 야생고초균의 생육을 억제하고 정상발효를 유도하기위해 젖산, 과산화수소 등과 항균성 물질인 bacteriocin을 생성하는 유산균으로 1단 발효를 실시한 후 장류용 황국균을 접종하여 2단 발효 후 다시 고초균으로 3단 발효시켜 황국균과 고초균의 protease, peptidase를 효과적으로 사용함으로서 단백질 분해율이 높아 아미노산 생성량이 많은 기호성 높은 고품질의 메주를 제조하였다. 3단 발효법으로 제조된 메주의 수분함량과 pH를 측정한 결과 각각 54.0 %와 pH 7.0였고 제조된 메주를 30일간 20% 염수로 용출하여 총 유리 아미노산함량을 비교한 결과 3단 발효법으로 제조된 메주구가 대조구에 비해 약 $3{\sim}5$배 높게 나타났다. 특히 장류의 맛을 좌우하는 감칠 맛 성분인 glutamic acid와 aspartic acid의 함량은 대조구에 비해 매우 높아 메주를 원료로 제조하는 장류의 품질을 향상시킬 수 있으며 유리아미노산이 용출되는 시간이 대조구보다 짧아 장류 제조시 발효기간을 1/3정도로 단축시킬 수 있다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.442-445
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• 2008

Meju, a major ingredient of doenjang which is a popular Korean traditional fermented soyfood, was manufactured by fermenting steamed soybeans in natural environment in which steamed soy was exposed to airborne microorganism, in particular, fungi. Total isoflavone content was reduced from 1,849 mg/kg of cooked soy to 816 mg/kg of meju at the $90^{th}$ day of fermentation. Total glycosides and aglycones of isoflavones in meju were 1,827 and 22 mg/kg at 0 day and changed into 487 and 329 mg/kg at the 90th day of fermentation, respectively. Meanwhile, the ratio of glycosides to aglycones of isoflavones was not changed during aging of doenjang but remained relatively constant with 592 and 644 mg/kg aglycones at the 0 and $160^{th}$ day, respectively. When cooked soy was fermented with Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus flavus, isoflavone profiles were significantly different from each other while A. oryzae caused more extensive metabolism of isoflavones than A. flavus.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.241-248
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• 1983

본 실험은 대두콩 대신 루우핀콩으로 메주를 제조하여 숙성시키면서 숙성기간 중에 일어나는 성분 변화를 측정함과 동시에 대두콩으로 제조한 메주와 그 발효 특성을 비교하였다. 완전히 익은 콩에 Asp. oryzae를 접종하여 개량식 메주를 제조하였고, 건조된 메주는 소금물에 담궈 4주동안 숙성시켜 간장과 된장을 제조하였다. 일반적으로 숙성 기간중 단백질 분해효소와 전분 분해효소의 활성은 대두콩 메주에서보다는 루우핀콩 메주에서 더 높았으며, 단백질 분해효소의 활성에서의 증가는 발효된 된장과 간장의 $\alpha$-아미노태 질소 함량의 증가와 직접적인 상관관계를 나타내었으며 숙성 중 간장의 색깔이 진한 갈색으로 되는 정도는 대두콩 메주와 비교할때, 루우핀콩 메주에서 더 빨랐다. 또한 이렇게 발효된 간장과 된장에 대해 관능검사한 결과 루우핀콩 된장은 전반적인 품질면에서 대두콩으로 제조한 된장에 비해 떨어졌으나 루우핀콩 간장은 전반적인 품질면에서 만족할 수 있었다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.751-759
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• 2018

This study was conducted to investigate quality characteristics of red bean gochujang prepared with different ratios of meju for eight weeks. We determined quality characteristics such as pH, moisture content, total microbial flora counts, amino-type nitrogen content, total polypenol content, and antioxidant activity. The pH decreased by fermentation period, whereas total acidity was 0.36~0.39% in the early stage of fermentation, 0.63~1.16% at four weeks of fermentation, and decreased to 0.43~0.65% after the eighth week of fermentation. Moisture content of the control (no red bean, no rice) decreased 62.13% to 50.93%, but in case of the treatment, it slightly decreased. Total cell counts revealed similar tendency at the beginning of fermentation, and at eight weeks of fermentation. In case of lactic acid bacteria, all samples except RB-1.5 (gochujang added meju made of mixing ratio of rice:soybean:red bean (1:2:1.5) slightly increased. Amino nitrogen and total polyphenol of all samples increased in the fermentation period, especially RB-1.5 sample had the highest levels than other samples. By increasing the amount of red bean, DPPH radical scavenging activities increased. In taste sensing analysis, all treat samples except RB-1.5 revealed lower sourness than the control. Also, in case of bitterness, all samples revealed low content than the control. So, by adding red bean, it can enhance taste and function of gochujang.