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Comparative analysis of volatile organic compounds from flowers attractive to honey bees and bumblebees

  • Dekebo, Aman;Kim, Min-Jung;Son, Minwoong;Jung, Chuleui
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.62-75
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    • 2022
  • Background: Pollinators help plants to reproduce and support economically valuable food for humans and entire ecosystems. However, declines of pollinators along with population growth and increasing agricultural activities hamper this mutual interaction. Nectar and pollen are the major reward for pollinators and flower morphology and volatiles mediate the specialized plant-pollinator interactions. Limited information is available on the volatile profiles attractive to honey bees and bumblebees. In this study we analyzed the volatile organic compounds of the flowers of 9 different plant species that are predominantly visited by honey bees and bumblebees. The chemical compositions of the volatiles were determined using a head space gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method, designed to understand the plant-pollinator chemical interaction. Results: Results showed the monoterpene 1,3,6-octatriene, 3,7-dimethyl-, (E) (E-𝞫-ocimene) was the dominating compound in most flowers analyzed, e.g., in proportion of 60.3% in Lonicera japonica, 48.8% in Diospyros lotus, 38.4% Amorpha fruticosa and 23.7% in Robinia pseudoacacia. Ailanthus altissima exhibited other monoterpenes such as 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol (𝞫-linalool) (39.1%) and (5E)-3,5-dimethylocta-1,5,7-trien-3-ol (hotrienol) (32.1%) as predominant compounds. Nitrogen containing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were occurring principally in Corydalis speciosa; 1H-pyrrole, 2,3-dimethyl- (50.0%) and pyrimidine, 2-methyl- (40.2%), and in Diospyros kaki; 1-triazene, 3,3-dimethyl-1-phenyl (40.5%). Ligustrum obtusifolium flower scent contains isopropoxycarbamic acid, ethyl ester (21.1%) and n-octane (13.4%) as major compounds. In Castanea crenata the preeminent compound is 1-phenylethanone (acetophenone) (46.7%). Conclusions: Olfactory cues are important for pollinators to locate their floral resources. Based on our results we conclude monoterpenes might be used as major chemical mediators attractive to both honey bees and bumblebees to their host flowers. However, the mode of action of these chemicals and possible synergistic effects for olfaction need further investigation.

Quality characteristics of muffins added with fresh ginseng and different amounts of Gryllus bimaculatus powder

  • Ji Hye Kim;Jiyoon Kim;Jung Soo Kim;Insun Kim;Inju Nam;Jeong-Ho Lim;Deokyeong Choe;Kwang-Deog Moon
    • Food Science and Preservation
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    • v.31 no.1
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    • pp.80-98
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    • 2024
  • Edible insects, such as the two-spotted cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus, GB), have high nutritional value but are not widely consumed because of their appearance and smell. Consequently, the development of foods containing these insects in less recognizable forms, e.g., flour-like powders, has drawn considerable attention. Herein, we investigated the quality characteristics of muffins prepared from wheat flower supplemented with fresh ginseng (5%) and GB (0, 10, 20, and 40%) powders. GB loading was negatively correlated with muffin volume, height, moisture content, and textural properties (hardness, springiness, cohesiveness, and chewiness) and positively correlated with crude protein content and antioxidant properties. Significant (p<0.05) color differences were observed between samples with different GB loadings. The contents of hexanal and nonanal, which are the major volatiles responsible for off-flavor, increased with increasing GB loading, and the number of volatiles maximized at 40% GB. Sensory preference decreased in the order of 0% GB>10% GB≈ 20% GB>40% GB. Based on these results, a GB loading of 20% offered the best trade-off between attractiveness and nutritional value. Thus, this study promotes the widespread use of GB in the food industry and the development of various edible-insect-based food products.

Changes of Components of Citrus Sudachi Juice Heated at Various Temperatures (가열온도에 따른 영귤 과즙의 성분 변화)

  • Kim, Young-Dong;Lee, Young-Chul;Oh, Young-Ju;Kang, Young-Joo
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.238-244
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    • 2001
  • The study was performed to investigate the changes of components and volatiles in citrus sudachi juice heated at 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and $90^{\circ}C$. Total acidity, $^{\circ}Brix$, pH, organic acids, free amino acids, vitamin C, naringin, hesperidine, neohesperidin and volatiles were analyzed in fresh and heated citrus sudachi juices. The major organic acids were citric, malic and oxalic acids and their total contents were 5.27-5.48%. Citric acid content exceeded 92%, malic and oxalic acids were 3.6 and 3.2% in total orgainc acids. The organic acids decreased as heating temperature increased, but the their decreasing contents were 0.3% of total oraganic acids. Sixteen kinds of free amino acids presented in citrus sudachi juice. Major free amino acids were alanine, threonine, proline, aspargine, aspartic acid, serine, tyrosine, and trytophane and minor free amino acids were arginine, valine, glycine, lisoluecine, leucine and histidine. Free amino acids contents decreased as heating temperature increased. Vitamin C contents also decreased from 21.3 mg% to 17.3 mg% as heating temperature increased. Naringin, hesperidine and neohesperidin also slightly decreased from 304 mg% to 297.0 mg% as heating temperature increased. In the fresh and heated juices, a total of 50 volatiles were separated, of which 31 were identified. Limonene dominated in volatiles, followed by ${\gamma}-terpinene,\;{\alpha}-phellandrene$, myrcene and ${\alpha}-pinene$. ${\alpha}-Thujene$ presented in the fresh jucie but did not present in the heated juice above $50^{\circ}C$. However, ${\alpha}-Terpinolene$, terpinene-1-ol, ${\beta}-terpineol$, $cis-{\beta}-terpineol$, ${\alpha}-muurolene$, bicyclo(3.2.0)hept-6-ene, and mentha-1.4.8-triene did not presented in the fresh jucie but newly formed in the juice heated at $90^{\circ}C$.

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Dynamic Headspace Analysis of Volatile Constituents of Swiss Cheese Whey Protein Concentrate

  • Ha, E.Y.W.;Lee, S.J.;Jung, E.J.;Lee. Y.B.;Morr, C.V.
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.299-304
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    • 2002
  • Volatile flavor compounds in the headspace of swiss cheese whey protein concentrate (WPC) were analyzed by dynamic headspace analyzer, gas chromatography, and mass spectrometer. Sixty one compounds were detected from the headspace of dry WPC and 23 compounds from the headspace of an aqueous solution of WPC. The major components were propanol, hexanal, 2-butanone, 2-pentanone, 2,3-butanedion, 2-propanol, acetic acid, dimethyl disulfide and benzothiazole. An external dynamic headspace sampler, devised for this study, effectively collected volatiles from the headspace of dry WPC and aqueous WPC solutions.

The Effect of Conflict-Coping Types on Marital Satisfaction (부부의 갈등대처유형이 결혼만족도에 미치는 영향)

  • 지금수
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.71-84
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    • 1995
  • This study discusses whether conflict-coping types of marital couples affect marital satisfaction. There are 5 conflict-coping types of husbands and wives which can be distinguished from each other by attitudes based on partners' answers. Women's conflict-coping types are : compromisors passives apathetics attackers and blamers. Men's conflict-coping types are : reasoners passives jubeniles attackers and volatiles. Each type of husband and wife affects their marital satisfaction. All married coulpes are categorized again by the index of withdraw/demand. As result there is a difference among 3 groups : resoner-husbadn/ any type of wife demand-husband/ withdraw-wife and demand-husband/ demand-wife. In other words when a husband is resoner-husband regardless of the type of wife their marital satisfaction is the highest. And the demand-husband / withdraw-wife type shows a more positive effect on marital satisfaction than the demand-husband/ demand-wife type.

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Flavor Characteristics of Korean Red Ginseng (한국홍삼의 향 특성)

  • 손현주;이성계;위재준
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.148-152
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    • 2000
  • The flavor characteristics of the Korean red ginseng were compared with those of the Chinese red ginseng organoleptically. The Korean red ginseng had strong sweety and roasted odor while the Chinese red ginseng had strong earthy, woody and hay-like odor. The sweety odor and the roasted odor of the Korean red ginseng occurred in the neutral subfraction of the ether-soluble fraction of its headspace volatiles.

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Pyrolysis and combustion characteristics of dried sewage sludge in a fixed bed reactor (건조 하수 슬러지의 열분해 및 고정층 연소 특성 연구)

  • Kim, Minsu;Lee, Yongwoon;Park, Jinje;Ryu, Changkook
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2014.11a
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    • pp.29-32
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    • 2014
  • The practical route for disposal of sewage sludge becomes energy recovery by combustion after its ocean dumping is banned in 2012 in Korea. Due to the high moisture content, however, sewage sludge is required to be dried before transport and combustion. In this study, pyrolysis and combustion characteristics of dried sewage sludge was investigated in a small-scale fixed bed reactor in order to provide fundamental data for energy recovery of the fuel. As the first step of combustion, the primary products of pyrolysis were analyzed in a fixed bed reactor for the condensable volatiles (tar), non-condensable gases, and char. For the combustion characteristics, another fixed bed reactor was constructed to monitor the weight and temperature of the fuel particles during ignition and combustion under different air flow rates. The test results were used to derive the ignition and burning rates.

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An Experimental Study on the Evaporation and Ignition of CWS Droplets (CWS액적의 증발 및 점화에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • 안국영;백승욱;김관태
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.1246-1252
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    • 1993
  • Coal-Water slurry (CWS) is a new potential form of fuel for use in power plants and industrial furnaces. The evaporation and ignition characteristics of CWS have been studied in the post-flame region generated by a flat flame burner. Individual droplets with initial diameters of 1-3mm were supported around the thermocouples and raidly exposed to a hot gas stream. The gas temperature ranged between $950^{\circ}C$ and 1600.deg. C at atmospheric pressure. The effect of droplet size, gas temperature and radiative heat transfer by screen were studied experimentally. The ignition criterion was either a rapid temperature rise in time-temperatuire curves or onset of visible flame in experiment. Incresing the gas temperature or decreasing the droplet size reduced the time required for evaporation and ignition.

Chemical and Volatile Characterization of Structured Lipid from Soybean Oil Containing Conjugated Linoleic Acid

  • Lee, Jeung-Hee;Lee, Jong-Ho;Lee, Ki-Teak
    • Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.219-224
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    • 2003
  • Structured lipid (SL) produced from soybean oil was enriched with conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). The SL had 21.9 mol % CLA isomers incorporated into SL-soybean after the 24-h reaction. Removal of tocopherols (73~84% loss from original soybean oil) was observed in the SL. Electronic nose can discriminate the aroma of SL-soybean from that of soybean oil. Many oxidative volatiles including pentenal, octenal, 2,4-decandienal, and nonenal were found in SL-soybean. Electronic nose, which is valuable for composite aroma analysis, can provide flavor information together with GC-MS that is useful for qualitative or quantitative analysis of each odor compound in SL.

Behavior of Sulfur-containing Compounds in High Temperature Pyrolysis of Coals (석탄의 고온열분해시 황화합물의 거동 연구)

  • 정봉진
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.269-275
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    • 2002
  • Experimental studies are carried out to find the behavior of sulfur compounds which are evolved during high temperature pyrolysis of coals at the smelting reduction process for iron ore. Three kinds of bituminous coals, such as Hunter & Mt. Thorley (Australia), and Ensham (South Africa) are used. And forms of sulfur compound and their amounts are analyzed at the temperature ranges of 800~110$0^{\circ}C$. Then H$_2$S is the major gas, but CS$_2$ and COS are minor gases. Sulfur compounds in three coals are distributed into the volatiles (gas & tar) and coal char as the ratio of approximately 50%:50%, respectively.