Abstract
The effect of synergists having chelating ability on inhibiting browning were studied with a giucose-glutamic acid model for doenjang containing citric acid as the anti-browning agent and iron ion. The model solutions were prepared by dissolving 0.1 M glucose, 0.1 M glutamic acid, 50 mM citric acid, 0.2 mM $FeCl_2$ and synergist in 1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.0), heating at $50^{\circ}C$ for 24 hr and storing at $30^{\circ}C\;or\;40^{\circ}C$ for four weeks. Synergists were chitosan, gallic acid, methyl benzoate, pyrophosphate and tannic acid; they were used at the following concentrations: gallic acid, pyrophosphate and tannic acid at 0.015% and 0.15%; chitosan and methyl benzoate at 0.0075% and 0.015%. Anti-browning capacities had a tendency to decrease greatly after three weeks in the case of storage at $30^{\circ}C$, whereas they decreased with storage time during storage at $40^{\circ}C$. However, anti-browning capacities of samples containing 0.015% tannic acid and 0.15% pyrophosphate were higher than that of sample without synergist by 32% after storage at $30^{\circ}C$ for four weeks. Gallic acid, tannic acid and pyrophsphate also inhibited the formation of Maillard reaction intermediates such as fluorescent compound and 3-deoxyglucosone due to the high chelating ability with iron ion after four weeks of storage at $30^{\circ}C$. The effect of these compounds on the inhibition of formation of Maillard reaction intermediates was higher at 0.15% than at 0.015%. Moreover, gallic acid increased the browning by forming colored complexes, and tannic acid generated black precipitates. Therefore, pyrophosphate of food additives was found to be the most useful synergist of citric acid, the anti-browning agent for doenjang.
된장모델로서 0.2 mM $FeCl_2$를 함유한 0.1 M glucose-0.1 M glutamic acid 모델액에 50 mM citric acid와 이의 synergist로 5종의 금속결합능이 있는 식품첨가물을 첨가하여 시료를 조제한 후 $30^{\circ}C$와 $40^{\circ}C$에서 4주간 저장하면서 식품첨가물들이 된장모델의 갈변억제에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. $30^{\circ}C$에서 저장시 시료의 갈변억제율은 일정하게 유지 되다가 3주후 급감하였고, $40^{\circ}C$에서 저장한 경우는 저장기간이 증가됨에 따라 감소하였다. $30^{\circ}C$와 $40^{\circ}C$에서 4주 저장후 가장 높은 갈변억제율을 나타낸 첨가구는 tannic acid 0.015%와 pyrophosphate 0.15%이었으며, $30^{\circ}C$에서 저장시 이들 첨가구의 갈변억제율은 synergist 무첨가구보다 32%가 높았다. 또한 $30^{\circ}C$에서 4주 저장 후 gallic acid, tannic acid, pyrophosphate는 형광물질과 3-deoxyglucosone과 같은 Maillard 반응중간생성물의 생성을 크게 억제하였는데, 이는 이들 synergist들의 높은 철 이온 결합능에 의한 것으로 생각되었다. 중간생성물의 생성 억제효과는 0.15% 첨가 시가 0.015% 첨가시보다 높았다. 한편 gallic acid는 갈변도를 증가시키고, tannic acid는 철 이온과 유색의 착체를 형성하므로, 갈변억제제로 citric acid를 된장에 사용할 경우 이의 synergist로는 pyrophosphate가 가장 적당한 것으로 생각되었다.
