• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.272-278
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• 1992

Takju, a Korean traditional wine, was prepared by using nuruk and Koji which were inoculated with Aspergillus kawachii and Aspergillus shirousamii. Those chemical composition such as alcohols and organic acids were determined with gas chromatography to investigate the variation of its content by the fermentation. Alcohol such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-butyl, i-amyl alcohol were detected in the most takju mash samples. Alcohol contents in the groups fermented with KNR and SNR were slightly higher than KKR, SKR groups. Lactic acid were concentrated and organic acids such as pyruvic, oxalic, malonic, succinic, maleic, malic, ${\alpha}-keto$ glutaric acid were also detected in the most samples. The pH was lowest in the KKR group. The total acid content was slightly decreased at the later fermentation and was highest in KKR. The content of minerals were highest in the WNR and BNR groups. Throughout fermentation the content of potassium and magnesium varied greatly with the tested groups.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.548-553
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• 2010

This study was carried out to compare the physicochemical characteristics of Korean traditional wines fermented by addition of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) using different nuruks (SH and BS nuruk). The alcohol contents of the fermented wines ranged from 12.36 to 13.21%. The brix degrees of sorghum wines fermented using SH and BS nuruks were $8.6\sim17.9^{\circ}Bx$ and $7.6\sim20.0^{\circ}Bx$ on addition ratio, respectively. Wine no addedsorghum using SH and BS nuruks showed pH 3.74 and 3.40, total acidity of 1.40 and 1.51%, and 0.441 and 0.149 of turbidity. With increase of sorghum addition, brix degree, pH, turbidity and L-value decreased whereas total acidity and a-value increased. Total color difference (${\Delta}Eab$) parameters of wines fermented in 30, 70 and 100% sorghum addition using SH and BS nuruk were 4.33, 6.63 and 26.13, and 4.08, 5.29 and 10.59. Glucose content decreased with increasing amounts of sorghum. Organic acids such as lactic acid and acetic acid were predominantly detected in the fermented wine. Finally, based on sensory evaluations, the wine fermented by BS nuruk showed the best overall quality at 30% sorghum addition.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.39 no.9
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• pp.1359-1365
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• 2010

This study investigated effects of types of added sugar on alcohol fermentation of oriental melon. According to the results, pH was not significantly different according to types of added sugar and fermentation process. Total acidity increased with fermentation process in all groups by recording around 1.4% at the ninth day of fermentation. For sugar content, its initial level was $22^{\circ}Brix$, and alcohol fermented oriental melon fluids added by sucrose, fructose and glucose recorded similar levels or $6.6{\sim}6.8^{\circ}Brix$ while the fluids added by honey and fructo-oligosaccharide showed a slightly higher level or $8.1^{\circ}Brix$ at the ninth day of fermentation. Although free sugar content was different in the early phase of fermentation according to types of added sugar such as sucrose, fructose and glucose, it reduced with fermentation process to nearly non-detection at the ninth day of fermentation. As organic acids, lactic acid and acetic acid were observed in all phases of fermentation and their contents became higher gradually with fermentation process. Alcohol content showed the highest level in alcohol fermented oriental melon fluid added by sucrose by recording 12.80% and was relatively low in the fluids added by fructose and oligosaccharide. For alcohol, acetaldehyde, n-propanol and iso- amylalcohol contents were not significantly different according to types of added sugar and methanol content was the lowest in the fluid added by fructose by recording 84.99 ppm.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.578-584
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• 2000

Three kinds of the mashes of 15%, 20% and 25% of boiled wax gourd containing 20% of sugar were fermented by yeast at 5~1$0^{\circ}C$ for 100 days. After fermentation, total sugar content of the 15% mash was 8.0%, 20% mash 8.6%, and 25% mash 8.3%, respectively. Also, it revealed that in reducing sugar content, 15% mash was 7.4%, 20% mash 7.6%, and 25% mash 7.4%, respectively, In protein content, 15% mash was 10.3mg/ml, 20% mash 9.8mg/ml, and 25% mash 11.3mg/ml, and in amino acid content, 15% mash was 0.13 $\mu$mo1/ml, 20% mash 0.03 $\mu$mo1/ml, and 25% mash 0.03 $\mu$mo1/ml, each. In case of pH, 15% mash was 3.88, 20% mash 3.99, and 25% mash 3.97, respectively. In acidity, 15% mash was 0.37, 20% mash 0.44. and 25% mash 0.43, respectively. In the number of yeast cell, 15% mash was 8.33 logCFU/ml, 20% mash 8.56 logCFU/ml, and 25% mash 8.57 logCFU/ml. respectively. In ethanol content, 15% mash was 13.4%, 20% mash 14.9%, and 25% mash 15.5%, respectively. In organic acid content, acetic acid, pyruvic acid, citric acid, and lactic acid were produced, and succinic acid content ranges from 1,407~1,800 mg/l. Five-grade scoring test of sensory evaluation showed that in its taste degree, 15% mash was 3.93, 20% mash 3.66 and 25% mash 3.40, respectively.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.186-190
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• 2009

Four different mixing ratios of Rose rugosa Thun and Vitis amurensis (Moru) were prepared. These included Rose rugosa Thun two vs. Moru one (Moru 33), Rose rugosa Thun one vs. Moru two (Moru 67), Rose rugosa Thun one vs. Moru five (Moru 83), and Moru (Moru 100). Their physiochemical changes were investigated during 28 days of fermentation followed by aging. The final brix, pH, and total titratable acidity values of the four experiments were in the following ranges: 6.0-8.2$^{\circ}$Bx, 3.87-4.03, and 0.94-1.18%, respectively. Final ethanol contents were 6.5% in Moru 33, 11.8% in Moru 67, 11.1% in Moru 83, and 11.4% in Moru 100. As the amount of Rose rugosa Thun increased, anthocyanin content, color intensity, organic acid, and free amino acid concentrations were reduced. These findings demonstrate that the supplementation of Rose rugosa Thun to Moru prior to alcohol fermentation may help change the acidity, colour, and taste in the final product.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.46 no.6
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• pp.702-709
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• 2014

Normal alcoholic fermentation took place at $20-25^{\circ}C$ in yakju (traditional Korean rice wine) prepared without the addition of protease (non-addition group). The total concentration of organic acids increased by 1.0-2.7 fold in the non-addition group. While the concentration of lactic acid and acetic acid increased, the pyroglutamic acid concentration decreased by 51.1 fold. Consequently, the total acidity and volatile acid concentration increased, and the overall pH decreased. Compared to the addition group, the non-addition group showed a 3.0-5.2 fold increase in the amount of amino acids; however, the total estimated concentrations of free-form amino acids were 5.2-11.9 times lower than those in the latter group. The major amino acids found in the non-addition group were alanine, arginine, leucine, and phenylalanine. The yakju preparation from the non-addition group showed a 1.2-3.0 fold decrease in the final color intensity as compared to that from the addition group.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.773-778
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• 2011

This study investigated the alcohol fermentation characteristics of citrus hydrolysate by adding various sugars(sucrose, honey, fructose and fructooligosaccharide). As a result, the alcohol content was shown to be similar among all the sugars. Fructose, glucose, sucrose and maltose were detected as a major free sugar. In particular, the contents of fructose and glucose were shown to be higher in sucrose addition, lactic, citric and malic acids were detected as major organic acids of citrus wine. When the sensory characteristics of citrus wines were compared, flavor was shown to have a sensory score of 5.1 in sucrose addition, showing the most preference. However, no significant difference in preference was found among the sugars. Color, taste and overall acceptability were shown to have the most preference in sucrose addition, and then in honey, fructose, and fructooligosaccharide in order. Therefore, a further study on the improvement of quality and sensory preference using aging process and complex sugars is required.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.881-888
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• 2010

We investigated the influence of carbonic maceration (CM) at different temperatures on the enological characteristics of Campbell Early grape must. Total acid levels decreased after 5 d, as CM temperature increased. All of pH; redness; and total anthocyanin, polyphenol, and tannin concentrations increased as CM temperature increased. Malic acid concentration fell at high CM temperatures, but lactic acid level increased under such conditions. Polyphenol levels and antioxidant activity were higher when CM was conducted at $35^{\circ}C$ than at other temperatures. The results show that the temperature of CM treatment greatly influences wine quality factors such as color, taste, and antioxidant capacity.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.55 no.3
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• pp.163-167
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• 2012

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of Schisandra chinensis on the alcohol fermentation of Korean traditional rice wine 'Yakju', using various methods including alcohol contents, Hunter's color value, organic acid contents, pH value, and sugar contents. The observed results differed according to dosage and fermentation. The S. chinensis Yakju contained various organic acids such as citric, formic, lactic, malic, oxalic acid, shikimic, and succinic acids. In particular, the citric acid contents of S. chinensis Yakju were 9.22, 161.38, 339.28, 458.97, and 634.96 mg/100 mL at doses of 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20% (v/v) of S. chinensis, respectively. The pH of S. chinensis Yakju ranges from 4.11 to 3.57 according to the ratio of S. chinensis. As a result, the citric acid content and pH of S. chinensis Yakju were dependent on the concentration of S. chinensis. On the basis of the Redness value, the S. chinensis Yakju after fermentation (5.16) was approximately 1.8 times more effective than that before fermentation (2.86) at the concentration of 20% (v/v) of S. chinensis. However, S. chinensis has little or no influence on the sugar and alcohol contents of Yakju. These results indicated that S. chinensis was more efficient for improvement of quality characteristics of Yakju.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.323-327
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• 1987

Takju, a Korean traditional rice wine, was prepared using Koji and Nuluk which were inoculated with single or combination culture of Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus shirousamii, and Aspergillus kawachii to investigate changes in mineral, amino acid and organic acid during fermentation. The mineral content showed a range of $1.50{\sim}15.20ppm\;for\;Ca,\;0.22{\sim}0.25ppm\;for\;Cu,\;1.60{\sim}2.10ppm\;for\;Fe,\;0.17{\sim}0.55ppm\;for\;Mn,\;0.68{\sim}1.00ppm\;for\;Zn,\;3.00{\sim}40.50ppm\;for\;K,\;5.25{\sim}19.50\;for\;Mg,\;1.43{\sim}2.95ppm\;for\;Na,\;and\;3.00{\sim}63.0ppm$ for P. It has been found that Takju had 16 kinds of amino acid including aspartic acid. A. niger Nuluk showed the highest contents in total amino acids, while A. kawachii Koji was the lowest in amino acids. The major amino acids were glutamic acid, alanine, leucine, and phenylalanine. The order of organic acids from the highest content in Takju were citric acid> tartaric acid> pyruvic acid> malic acid> lactic acid> acetic acid.