• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.612-617
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• 2009

Kimchi is a traditional pickled food using Korean Chinese cabbage(Brassica campestris var. pekinensis) and also containing phytochemicals, glucosinolates. This study was carried out to investigate the changes in the total glucosinolates levels of Kimchi using Korean Chinese cabbage of harvest time(June-July, August-September, October-November, December-April, May) according to storage temperature(4, 10, $15^{\circ}C$) and storage duration(0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 10, 14, 21 and 28 day). For determination of glucosinolates, 50g of Baechu kimchi was used for analytical sample preparation provided with an anion exchanges column and measured by UV-visible Spectrophotometer. The highest contents of water occurred at August-September during fermentation. At 15, 10, $4^{\circ}C$, the pH in all of seasonal variation of Baechu kimchi declined, especially from 0 to 3 days at $15^{\circ}C$, from 0 to 7 days at $10^{\circ}C$ and from 0 to 14 days at $4^{\circ}C$. At that storage, the total glucosinolates levels in all of seasonal variation of Kimchi declined in storage temperature. Baechu kimchi at August-September showed the highest total glucosinolates levels. Also total glucosinolates levels decreased as storage period increased. Baechu kimchi fermented at $15^{\circ}C$ for 7days decreased rapidly and reached to the lowest at the 1day(ranged from $10.3{\pm}0.70$ to $23.4{\pm}0.37{\mu}mol/g$ dry weight). At $10^{\circ}C$ for 14days were ranged from $12.9{\pm}0.29$ to $33.7{\pm}1.81{\mu}mol/g$ dry weight before fermentation and decreased rapidly at the 3day(ranged from $9.5{\pm}0.54$ to $20.5{\pm}0.61{\mu}mol/g$ dry weight). Total glucosinolates levels of Baechu kimchi fermented at $4^{\circ}C$ for 28days decreased rapidly during 7day(ranged from $9.9{\pm}0.78$ to $21.1{\pm}0.96{\mu}mol/g$ dry weight) and then slowly decreased. Therefore the total glucosinolates levels decreased during storage time and depended on harvest time and storage conditions of Kimchi.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.43 no.12
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• pp.1913-1919
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• 2014

Baechu (Brassica campestris var. pekinensis) was salted in 29.6% brine at $30^{\circ}C$ for 4 hours on mobile automatic salting equipment (MASE) with brine circulation four times, and the quality of MASE salted kimchi was compared with that of general factory salted kimchi (control, 12% brine, $10^{\circ}C$, 16 hr) for 5 weeks. Salinity, acidity and number of lactic acid bacteria of MASE kimchi were higher than those of control at 2.5%, 1.17%, and 8.38 log CFU/g, compared to 1.5%, 1.00%, and 2.68 log CFU/g, respectively, whereas reducing sugar content and texture were not significantly different. Overall quality of sensory evaluation was higher than 4.0 in MASE kimchi compared to lower than 4.0 in the control, and taste was significantly higher (P<0.01). The quality of kimchi salted at high salt concentration and high temperature for a short time was higher than those salted at low salt concentration and low temperature for a long time. Higher productivity in the Baechu salting process can be achieved by shortening salting time with MASE.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.110-115
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• 2011

Shelf-life of brined baechu cabbage was extended by pasteurization at $65^{\circ}C$ for 30 min. Starters (Leu. citreum and Lab. plantarum) were added to the pasteurized brined cabbage to supply beneficial lactic acid bacteria during kimchi fermentation. Control kimchis made with baechu cabbage without pasteurization and no addition of the starters to the pasteurized cabbage kimchi were also prepared. The fermentation characteristics and health functionalities of DPPH free radical scavenging activities and in vitro anticancer effects in AGS human gastric cancer cells were compared. The pasteurized brined cabbage could not be fermented well and the functionalities were also low; however, the addition of starter(s), especially mixed starters of Leu. citreum and Lab. plantarum to the pasteurized brined cabbage, significantly increased the counts of lactic acid bacteria, hardness (texture) and overall acceptability in sensory evaluation. The free radical scavenging activities and the anticancer effects were also increased. The fermentation patterns of starter added kimchi prepared with pasteurized brined cabbage were similar to those of naturally fermented kimchi. It seemed that growth of lactic acid bacteria during kimchi fermentation contributed to increased taste and health functionality of kimchi.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.393-399
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to investigate the preferred methods for making summer kimchi as a basic research of making commercial kimchi. Questionnaire were collected from 590 housewives nationwide in Korea, and the data were analyzed by SPSS program. The results were as follows: (1) The average salting time of Chinese cabbage was 3~5 hrs when the combined method of dry and brine salting was used, regardless of the region. (2) Seven jeotkals (salt-fermented fishes) including anchovy, anchovy juice, shrimp, northern sand lance juice, hair-tail viscera, flatfish and yellow corvenia were mainly used in kimchi. Among them, anchovy and anchovy juice jeotkals were preferred to all others in Southern area (Busan, Gwangju, Gyeongnam, Gyeongbuk, Jeonnam), while shrimp jeotkal in Seoul, Gwangju, Jeonbuk, Chungnam and Jeju, and northern sand lance juice jeotkal in Daegu, Daejeon and Gyeonggi, respectively. In most regions, however, blending type of 2 jeotkals was used in kimchi. (3) Eleven ingredients such as red pepper, garlic, ginger, green onion, radish, leek, onion, carrot, sugar, sesame and MSG were used as basic components for making kimchi. In particular, MSG was used as a basic ingredient regardless of region and age. However, a standard taste for making kimchi was depended on housewife in this study.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.800-806
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• 2010

The aim of this research is to develop recipe of kimchi beverage made of sun-dried salt. A distinction between this recipe with existing ones is the Korean traditional ingredient, sun-dried salt. The variety and amount of recruitment on the beverage was established after its characteristics were investigated by sensory tests. Preference of sweetening agent for the beverage was oligosaccharide > honey > sugar powder > sugar > aspartame > pear juice. While sensory evaluation was conducted on color, flavor and overall acceptance, the overall acceptance scores are as following; 6.24 for watery radish kimchi, 6.00 for white kimchi and 5.76 for Korean cabbage kimchi. Among other beverages, watery radish kimchi beverage was preferred. Amount of kimchi for the beverage was most suitable at 10 % of the contents. It was the same with all the other beverages. When the products were stored in normal temperature, the evaluation scores dropped for all sensory items as time passed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Life Science Conference
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• 2001.09a
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• pp.124-124
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• 2001

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.44 no.5
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• pp.702-708
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• 2015

The aim of this study was to investigate the physicochemical characteristics of commercial Mukeunji product along with its sensory properties. Six different types of commercial Mukeunji products were purchased through an on-line market, and each product had a different fermentation period. General commercial Baechu Kimchi was compared with commercial Mukeunji products in order to standardize quality properties of Mukeunji. As a result, commercial Mukeunji showed a lower pH value (pH 3.96, mean value) than commercial Baechu Kimchi (pH 5.92), whereas commercial Mukeunji samples showed higher acidity and salinity. Color values (L, a, and b) of commercial Mukeunji decreased as the storage period increased. Hardness and thickness of commercial Mukeunji showed a lower range compared to Baechu Kimchi. The reducing sugar content decreased as the storage period of commercial Mukeunji increased. Acetic, lactic, and succinic acids were detected in commercial Mukeunji samples, whereas citric acid and malic acid were additionally detected in Baechu Kimchi. Commercial Mukeunji samples showed lower contents of acetic and succinic acid and higher content of lactic acid than Baechu Kimchi. Commercial Mukeunji samples showed a significant difference in all descriptive sensory attributes except for bitterness. Overall intensity, sourness, moldy odor, redness, sour smell, saltiness, and carbonated taste increased as the storage period increased, whereas cabbage flavor, crispiness, sweetness, firmness, and savory taste decreased as the storage period increased.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.96-100
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• 2008

Diversity of lactic acid bacteria involved in 5 Korean fermented vegetables (Cot kimchi, Dongchimi, Baechu kimchi, Oisobagi, and Chonggak kimchi) was investigated using PCR-based method. PCR primer pairs targeted the recA gene were used for the detection of 7 species of lactic acid bacteria mainly found in kimchi and Lactobacillus acidophilus involved in dairy fermentation. Lactobacillus plantarum and Lactobacillus sakei were detected in all samples tested but Lactobacillus paraplantarum, Lactobacillus pentosus, and Lb. acidophilus were not detected. Lactobacillus brevis and Leuconostoc citreum were detected only from Baechu kimchi and Leuconostoc mesenteroides was detected from Got kimchi, Dongchimi, Baechu kimchi, and Oisobagi. The difference of detected species from fermented vegetables may be originated from the difference of main materials. Lb. plantarum and Lb. sakei are supposed to be broadly involved in Korean fermented vegetables.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.301-307
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• 1988

There are 186 kinds of Kimchi and related products in Korea based on the data published in the period of 11 years from 1976 to 1987. Among which, the varieties of Kimchi which are prepared by Chinese cabbage and other leafy vegetables are 106. And that of Kagdugi and Tongchimi which are prepared by raddish are 26. The products based on chinese cabbage such as Tong bae chu kim chi Possam kimchi and Paek kimchi are prepared by Chinese cabbage, salt, red pepper, garlic, ginger, welsh onion and water cress as main ingredient and other subsidiary ingredients. Other products based on raddish such as Kagdugi an Tongchimi are prepared by the same ingredieuts as Chinese Cobbage kimci but the kinds of subsidiary ingredients are Smaller than that of Chinese Cabbge Kimchi. Other products such as Yulmu kimchi and Oisobaki were, also, discussed.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.33 no.9
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• pp.1469-1475
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• 2004

Skin is the most frequently exposed tissues to oxidative stress from exogenous and endogenous sources. Dietary antioxidants, which suppress oxidative stress including reactive oxygen metabolites, play an important role in protecting skin from deleterious reactive oxygen species. Kimchi containing lots of antioxidative compounds shows anti-aging effect on skin. Therefore the morphologic changes on the skin of hairless mice fed diets containing Korean cabbage, mustard leaf, and buchu kimchi for 16 weeks were determined. Although epidermal thickness was decreased with age, kimchi prevented this thinning of epidermis compared to control group. In kimchi groups, the staining area of cytokeratin was smaller and stratum corneum was thinner than control group. It suggests that various kinds of kimchi diets prevent the increase of keratinization in epidermis with aging. Type Ⅳ collagen, a major structural protein of basement membrane supporting matrices, existed greater amount in kimchi groups than control group, especially in mustard leaf kimchi group. Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) of fibroblast was well developed in dermis of Korean cabbage and mustard leaf kimchi groups, which means collagen synthesis at dermis increased in those kimchi groups. This morphological changes of skin suggest that kimchi consumption can retard skin aging due to the presence of antioxidant and anti-aging compounds, especially some components of mustard leaf kimchi may largely affect on the skin rejuvenescence.