• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.5
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• pp.33-38
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• 1964

As a part of the survey on the chemical compositions of Korean Sweet potatoes, the changes of chemical compositions of Suwon No. 118 and Suwon No. 147, which are representative varieties of sweet potatoes in Korea, were studied during storage. The result of the study showed the followings. 1. The moisture content of the both varieties were fairy uniform with higher value of Suwon No. 147 than another. 2. The starch content and crude starch yield in the stored root tuber were shown to be considerable uniform except decrease at the earlier part of storage and in January. 3. Reducing sugar content of them showed increase at earlier part, then almost uniform except gradual decrease in later part of the storage. 4. The content of total soluble sugar were gradually increased at the earlier part, then became almost uniform at the later part of the storage. 5. The sucrose content showed gradual increase except at the earlier part of the storage in which both varieties showed different feature in decrease of the content. 6. The content of crude protein and soluble protein were almost uniform throughout the storage.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.706-710
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• 2008

This study evaluated the chemical components of five watermelon cultivars. Soluble solids and pH value in the Uoriggul cultivar were higher than those in other cultivars. The mineral components of watermelon were K (106.25-161.22 mg/100 g), P (11.29-20.98 mg/100 g), Mg (5.29-11.10 mg/100 g), Ca (4.10-5.63 mg/100 g), Na (0.92-1.28 mg/100 g), and Fe (0.25-0.46 mg/100 g). The contents of P, K, Na, Fe, Cu, and Zn in the Dalgona cultivar were higher than in other cultivars. The major free sugars of watermelon were fructose (3019.40-4311.11 mg/100 g), glucose (1070.02-1526.41 mg/100 g), and sucrose (4583.68-5341.07 mg/100 g). The total free sugar content was highest in the Uoriggul cultivar. Sensory evaluation revealed that the color, flavor, taste, texture and overall acceptability of Uoriggul were the highest among the cultivars.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.180-185
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• 2006

To develop a new instant pumpkin gruel food, this study investigated the dried powder and gruel quality characteristics depend on drying method. The pumpkin powder was dried by infrared and freeze drying, and then milled to 80 mesh, after which the manufactured gruel was mixed with glutinous rice by heating. The gruels prepared by dried pumpkin powder were compared with steamed and freeze dried powder as a control, the crude protein and total sugar contents were high in the infrared drying powder, but freeze drying kept more carotenoid content. Soluble solid of gruel was higher in the freeze dried powder, and steam treated powder showed increased L and b values. Sensory test was carried out to select proper drying methods with 5-point scale. The gruel with freeze dried powder gained the highest score in overall quality. These results suggest that freeze drying could be used for manufacturing high quality instant pumpkin gruel.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.563-567
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• 2004

Nutritional components, such as approximate compositions, and amino acid, mineral, vitamin, sugar, and fatty acid contents, of artificially cultivated Pleurotus ferulea were analyzed. Contents of carbohydrates, crude lipids, dietary fibers, crude proteins, total amino acids, particularly essential amino acids, minerals, water-insoluble and-soluble vitamins, glucose, and unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic acid of P. ferulea were higher than those of P. ostreatus and P. eryngii. Results indicate P. ferulea has abundant essential nutrients and thus is good source of functional healthy food.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.247-253
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• 1992

The total dietary fiber (TDF) contents in cultivated dodok, wild dodok and ginseng were determined by AOAC method and Mongeau et al's method. Also, the nonstarch polysaccharide (NSP) contents of them were analyzed by Englyst et al's gas chromatographic (GC) method. The TDF values by AOAC method and Mongeau et al's method were 34.50% and 35.92% for wild dodok, 46.40% and 47.55% for cultivated dodok, and 14.93% and 14.03% for ginseng, respectively. The ratios of soluble dietary fiber (SDF) contents to TDF contents by Mongesu et al's method were 64.17% for wild dodok, 75.77% for cultivated dodok, and 53.74% for ginseng, respectively. The major sugar constituents of NSF in wild dodok, cultivated dodok and ginseng by GC were glucose, galactose and uronic acid. The Enalyst's TDF contents, i.e., NSP plus lignin contents in wild dodok, cultivated dodok, and ginseng were 20.65%, 20.03% , and 9.72%, respectively.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.23 no.1 s.97
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• pp.1-8
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• 2007

Extraction conditions were optimized using response surface methodology for preparing high-quality, hot water extracts from cultivated Chrysanthemum indicum L. petals. A fractional factorial design was applied to investigate the effects of added sample ratio ($X_1$), extraction temperature ($X_2$) and extraction time ($X_3$) variables on extract properties, such as, soluble solid contents ($Y_1$), sugar content ($Y_2$), ?E ($Y_3$), turbidity ($Y_4$), total phenol ($Y_5$) and DPPH ($Y_6$). Second-order models were employed to generate a 3-dimensional response surface for dependent variables and their coefficients of determination ($R^2$) ranged from 0.8408${\sim}$0.9914. The range of optimum conditions at $80^{\circ}C$ extraction for maximize characteristics of hot water extracts was 2.3${\sim}$2.7 g and 9.2${\sim}$11.2 hr.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.138-143
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• 1998

The stowage effects of Satsuma mandarin(Citrus unshiu Marc. var. miyagawa) were investigated by selecting various pretreatmnents; non-tested, wax-coating, paper packaging, 0.02mm cryovac film packaging. Weight loss of film packaging was the lowest among that of others, but decay radio was increased highly at late stages of storage. Soluble solids, moisture content of peel and total sugar were maintained almost constant, but acid content, vitamin C and firmness were reduced gradually during storage at room temperature. For 100 days storage, losses from weight and decay of ton-treated, paper packaging, wax-coating and film packaging were 15.9%, 18.5%, 17.4% and 12.9%, respectively. Acid content was decreased loom 1.28% to 0.81∼0.91% after 100 days storage. Ethylene evolution was increased in a degree after 65 days storage, and the amount was increased repidly afer 115 days. it seemed to be derived from decayed fruits and physiological activities. CO2 content of inner part of fruits was increased between 40∼100 days after storage. Optimum storage period of early variety of Satuma mandarin was regarded for 100days on the basis of appeareance and taste.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.790-796
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• 2015

The objective of this study was to investigate the physicochemical properties and antioxidant activities of seven (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) commercial ketchups marketed in Korea. The 70% ethanol extracts were prepared and evaluated for total phenolic content, DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities, and metal chelating effect. pH ranged from 3.64 to 3.94, and soluble solid and reducing sugar contents of samples were 2.21~3.51oBrix and 4.78~13.45%, respectively. Salinity of samples was in the range of 1.79 to 3.21%, and sample G showed the lowest salinity. The lightness, redness, and yellowness of the Hunter color system of samples were 15.42~19.94, 18.55~23.98, and 20.87~24.34, respectively. The phenolic contents ranged from 1.37 to 2.60 mg GAE (gallic acid equivalents)/g, with samples F and G exhibiting the highest contents. Antioxidant activity determined based on DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities, and metal chelating effects were 45.10~90.87, 55.35~92.53, and 71.10~92.20%, respectively, at a concentration of 200 mg/mL. Samples A and G showed higher antioxidant activity than other samples. There were positive correlations between phenolic contents and antioxidant activity, suggesting that phenolic compounds are the major contributors to antioxidant activity.

• Asian Journal of Turfgrass Science
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.95-114
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• 1991

This paper was designed to estimate the interaction of the first productivity, light conditions and to analyze the ecophysiological productivity, growth characteristics grown under various shading conditions in Zoysia japonica . The results summarized this experiment were as follows; 1.After transplanting the grass, increasing rate of leaf number and total leaf length was remarkahly high at the early growth stage in the control and the 30% shading plot. 2.The increasing rate of leaf area ratio (LA R) in all the experimental plot was remarkable high at the early growth stage after transplanting the grass. Especially, the control and 30% shading plot in compared with another plots, were remarkably high at rate of leaf area. 3.The length and the node number of rhizome in the control and 30% shading plot were also high and the difference was significantly large by the growth stage. 4.Chlorophyll content was very high at 36days after transplanting and then decreased. Increasing rate of shade resulted in its low content. The rate of chlorophyll a to b was decreased by in-creasing rate of shade. 5.The content of soluble sugar in the control and 30% shading plot was low at the early growth after transplanting and high at the late growth stage. Its content in the plot of 70% shading was remarkably low throughout the growth stage. 6.The increasing rate of standing plant in all the experimental plots was high at the early growth stage after transplanting. Increasing rate of shade was typically low through all the growth stage.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.289-296
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• 2019

We investigated the mortality and the oxidative damages of Deschampsia antarctica in response to waterlogging stress. In field, we compared the changes in the density of D. antarctica tuft at the two different sites over 3 years. The soil water content at site 2 was 6-fold higher than that of site 1, and the density of D. antarctica tuft decreased significantly by 55.4% at site 2 for 3 years, but there was no significant change at site 1. Experimental results in growth chamber showed that the $H_2O_2$ and malondialdehyde content increased under root-flooding treatment (hypoxic conditions-deficiency of $O_2$), but any significant change was not perceptible under the shoot-flooding treatment (anoxic condition-absence of $O_2$). However, total chlorophyll, soluble sugar, protein content, and phenolic compound decreased under the shoot-flooding treatment. In addition, the catalase activity increased significantly on the 1st day of flooding. These results indicate that hypoxic conditions may lead to the overproduction of reactive oxygen species, and anoxic conditions can deplete primary metabolites such as sugars and protein in the leaf tissues of D. antarctica. Under present warming trend in Antarctic Peninsula, D. antarctica tuft growing near the shoreline might more frequently experience flooding due to glacier melting and inundation of seawater, which can enhance the risk of this plant mortality.