• The Korean Journal of Pharmacology
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.343-349
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• 1994

A number of neurological syndromes(e.g. tardive dyskinesia) are developed as a consequence of chronic treatment with neuroleptics or antipsychotic agents. Despite the long and succesful use of phenothiazine derivatives and related agents in the treatment of certain states of mental disease, the mechanisms of these drugs are still poorly understood. One current hypothesis from extensive reviews is that these compounds might significantly interfere with the cyclic nucleotide system in brain (Levin and Weiss, 1977; Nowicki et al., 1991; Haley et al., 1992). Nitric oxide (NO), one of an interesting messenger molecule and aberrant transmitter, is believed to play a important role in biological functions of cyclic nucleotides in nervous system. It has been reported that calcium-dependent NO synthesis in endothelial cytosol is mediated by calmodulin which is supposed to be tightly related to pharmacological actions of antipsychotic agents. In the present study, the effect of several antipsychotic agents on the activity of NO synthesis and formation of cyclic GMP were investigated. These agents inhibited both the formation of $[^3H]L-citrulline$ and that of $[^3H]cyclic$ GMP by concentration-dependent manner, and their inhibiting patterns are so similar to that of calmodulin antagonist.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.41-51
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• 1987

This study was carried out to prepare powdered smoked-dried mackerel which can be used as a soup base, and to examine storage stability and the taste compounds of Products. Raw mackerel are filleted, toiled for 10 minutes and pressed to remove lipids, and then soaked in extract solution of skipjack meat. This soaked mackerel are smoked 3 times to $10-12\%$ moisture content at $80^{\circ}C$ for 8 hours. And the smoked-dried mackerel were pulverized to 50 mesh. Finally, the powdered smoked-dried mackerel were packed in a laminated film $bag(PET/Al\;foil/CPP:\;5{\mu}m/15{\mu}m/70{\mu}m,\;15\times17cm)$ with air(product C), nitrogen(product N) and oxygen absorber(product O), and then stored at room temperature for 100 days. The moisture and crude lipid content of powdered smoked-dried mackerel was $11.3-12.3\%,\;12\%$, respectively, and water activity is 0.52-0.56. And these values showed little changes during storage. The pH, VBN and amino nitrogen content increased slowly during storage. Hydrophilic and lipophilic brown pigment formation showed a tendency of increase in product(C) and showed little change in product(N) and (O). The TBA value, peroxide value and carbonyl value of product(N) and (O) were lower than those of product (C). The major fatty acids of products were 16:0, 18:1, 22:6, 18:0 and 20:5, and polyenoic acids decreased, while saturated and monoenoic acids increased during processing and storage of products. The IMP content in products were 420.2-454.2 mg/100 g and decreased slightly with storage period. And major non-volatile organic acids in products were lactic acid, succinic acid and $\alpha-ketoglutaric$ acid. In free amino acids and related compounds, major ones are histidine, alanine, hydroxyproline, lysine, glutamic acid and anserine, which occupied $80.8\%$ of total free amino acids. The taste compounds of powdered smoked-dried mackerel were free amino acids and related compounds (1,279.4 mg/100 g), non-volatile organic acids(948.1 mg/100 g), nucleotides and their related compounds (672.8 mg/100 g), total creatinine(430.4 ntg/100 g), tetaine(86.6 mg/100 g) and small amount of TMAO. The extraction condition of powdered smoked-dried mackerel in preparing soup stock is appropriate at $100^{\circ}C$ for 1 minute. Judging from the results of taste and sensory evaluation, it is concluded that the powdered smoked-dried mackerel can be used as natural flavoring substance in preparing soups and broth.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.459-468
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• 1986

This study was attempted to process low-sodium salt fermented small shrimp as substitutes for traditional high-sodium salt fermented one which has widely been favored and consumed in Korea. Low-salt fermented small shrimp was prepared with $4\%$ sodium chloride and $4\%$ potassium chloride, and various additives such as $0.5\%$ lactic acid, $6\%$ sorbitol and $4\%$ ethylalcohol extract of red pepper as preservatives and flavor enhancers. And the changes of taste compounds, volatile compounds and fatty acid composition in low-salt fermented small shrimp were analyzed and compared with those of conventional $20\%$ sodium salt fermented one during the fermentation of 120 days at $25{\pm}3^{\circ}C$. The most favorable taste for fermented small shrimp were reached at 60 days of fermentation. Judging from sensory evaluation, little difference of taste was detected between the low-salt fermented small shrimp and high-sodium salt fermented one. The principal taste compounds in fermented small shrimp were free amino acids, and betaine and nucleotides and their related compounds played an assistant role. The major amino acids in fermented small shrimp were glutamic acid, leucine, proline, glycine, lysine and aspartic acid. The major fatty acids in fermented small shrimp samples were 16:0, 20:5, 22:6, 16:1 and 18:1, and unsaturated fatty acids decreased slightly while saturated fatty acids increased during fermentation. At 60 days of fermentation 8 kinds of volatile fatty acids (acetic acid, propionic acid, isobutyric acid, butyric acid, isovaleric acid, valeric acid, isocarproic acid, carproic acid), 6 kinds of carbonyl compounds (ethanal, propanal, 2-methylpropanal, 3-methylbutanal, pentanal, 2-methylpentanal), and 3 kinds of volatile amines (methylamine, trimethylamine, isopropylamine) were identified.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.326-335
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• 1988

In order to increase the availability of filefish scrap, the ordinary and low salt sauce were prepared, and identified their taste compounds in their products. To process the filefish scrap sauce, chopped filefish scrap was mixed with koji, 25% brine, slat and glucose (25.0 : 65.0 : 12.5 : 7.0, w/w) and fermented at $25{\pm}4^{\circ}C$ for 120 days. The same process was also carried out to process the low salt sauce adding sorbitol, lactic acid and ethyl alcohol (7.0 : 0.7 : 9.0. w/w) instead of salt. While amino nitrogen and volatile basic nitrogen(VBN) of products were decreased, pH and reducing sugar were increased all alone the fermentation period. The major free amino acids of products at final stage of fermentation were glutamic acid, alanine, leucine, lysine and aspartic acid. And the contents of total amino acid in the ordinary and low salt sauce were 4126.6(mg/100m1 sauce), 4519.5(mg/100m1 sauce) after fermentation. Hypoxanthine was revealed as the major constituent among nucleotides and their related compounds through fermentation. Free amino acid-N in the filefish scrap sauces were from 56.3%(ordinary) to 60.7%(low salted) of extractive nitrogen. From the sensory evaluation, the quality of products from filefish scrap sauce were almost equal to sold soy sauce on the market.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.23-32
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• 1980

This study was attempted to establish the basic data for evaluating taste compounds in fermented entrails of Clupanodon Osdeckii. The changes of such compounds as amino acids, nucleotides and their related compounds, betaine, TMAO and TMA during fermentation were analyzed. IMP, AMP, ADP and ATP were decreased, while hypoxanthine was increased during the fermentation. The content of hypoxanthine in fermented entrails of Clupanodon Osdeckii after 50 days was increased to about 2 times of that in raw entrails. In the free amino acid composition of raw entrails, abundant amino acids were lysine, glutamic acid, valine, alanine, threonine, serine, leucine and glycine in order. Such amino acids as arginine, tyrosine and phenylalanine were lower than 2.0% of total free amino acid, and proline and cysteine were detected in trace amount. The changes in free amino acid composition of the extract in entrails of Clupanodon Osdeckii during fermentation were not observed. Such amino acids as lysine, glutamic acid, valine, serine and leucine were especially abundant in both raw and fermented products. The content of total free amino acids in fermented entrails of Clupanodon Osdeckii after 50 days were increased to about 12 times of that in raw. The content of betaine nitrogen were about 14.5 (moisture and salt free base) after 50 days of fermentation. TMAO nitrogen was decreased during the fermentation. It is believed that lysine, glutamic acid, valine, serine, leucine and hypoxanthine play an important role as taste compounds in fermented entrails of Clupanodon Oseckii.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.791-797
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• 1999

This study was conducted in order to evaluate nutritive values of yeasts (Kluyveromyces fragilis and Candida utilis) according to growth stages (early log phase, log phase, stationary phase and death phase) and chemical treatment of their cell wall, Proximate, amino acids, fatty acids and nucleotides composition of the yeast samples was determined. Crude protein content was high in K. fragilis ($48\~59\%$) compared to C. utilis ($26\~43\%$). Crude lipid and fiber contents of the yeasts were below than $1.6\%$ and $3.3\%$, respectively. Conposition of aspartic acid, glycine, proline, leucine, Iysine and valine of K. fragilis were higher than those of C. utilis, and glutamic acid and arginine of C. utilis were higher than those of K. fragilis. Proximate and amino acids composition was not siginificantly influenced by growth stage of the yeasts. Major fatty acids of the yeasts in all growth stages were $C_{10-18}$. $C_{16-18}$ contents were relatively high in the early log or log phase and $C_{10-12}$ contents were relatively high in the stationary or death phase. However, n-3 highly unasturated fatty acids (C$\ge$20) in the all growth stages were not observed. This result indicated that these yeast strains could not be adequate as a dietary lipid source for marine fish. Composition of nucleotides and their related compounds (ATP ADP AMP, IMP and inosine) in the early log phase yeasts were lower than those in the log, stationary and death phase yeasts.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.727-733
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• 1995

This stduy was attempted to establish the basic data for evaluating chemical components in the sap from birches(Betula platyphylla Sukatschev, Betula costata Trautv, Betula davurica Pallas), bamboos(Phyllostachys pubescens, Phyllostachys bambusoides, Phyllostachys nigra), Darae(Actinidia arguta). Calcium and potassium in five kinds of mineral detected in the sap were dominant mineral, magnesium, sodium and iron in order and calcium, potassium and magnesium are abundant in the sap from bamboo more than the other sample and the contents were 242.0~422.1mg/L, 793.8~ 2504.1mg/L and 72.6~165.9mg/L, respectively. Free sugars of the sap determined were glucose, fructose and sucrose, but maltose was not detected. The contents of glucose and fructose of the sap from Betula platyphylla Sukatschev(#2) were the highest and 42.1g/L and 36.9g/L, respectively. The detectabel nucleotides and their related compounds were CMP, UMP, GMP, IMP, AMP and hypoxanthine. The total contents of composition amino acids detected from eighteen kinds of the sap were in the range of 2.4~30.4mg%. The major amino acids were taurine, glycine, lysine, alanine and threonine in the sap from birch(#1, #2), glutamic acid and lysine in the sap from Betula costata Trauty(#3) and Betula davurica Pallas(#4), lysine, valine, alanine, serine, tyrosine and glutamic acid in the sap from bamboos, and glutamic acid, leucine, alanine in the sap from Darae.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.278-285
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• 1989

Effects of cooking and drying methods on the taste component and microstructure of shrimp, Metapenaeus joyneri, were investigated. The nucleotides and their related compounds of fresh shirmp such as ATP, ADP, AMP, IMP, inosine and hypoxanthine were detected. AMP was detected as a trace amount in fresh shrimp, however, it increased up to $23.5{\sim}45.7{\mu}$ moles with cooking and drying due to the decomposition of ATP and ADP to AMP during cooking and drying. The major component of the free amino acids of fresh shrimp was arginine followed by glycine, lysine, proline and alanine. These free amino acids contents were 70% of the total free amino acids. One hundred grams of fresh shrimp contained 1,198mg (dry basis) of the total free amino acids. However, for hot air and freeze dried cooked shrimps it was decreased down to 342mg (dry basis) and 503mg (dry basis), respectively. It might be due to the dissolution of soluble amino acids during cooking. Hot air-and freeze-dried fresh shrimps was higher in hardness and brittleness but lower in cohesiveness and gumminess than hot air-and freeze-dried ones with boiling and microwave heating. Freeze dried shrimp had softer myofibril texture than hot air dried one. At the same time, more dense and multiporous structure in the tissue could be obtained from the hot air and freeze drying, respectively, after microwave heating of shrimps.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.215-222
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• 1994

Kang-Nung sik-hae is a traditional Korean fermented fish product which has remained in existence in Kang-Nung district. In order to preserve the traditional culture of Kang-Nung sik-hae and develop it as a commercial product, the property changes of sik-hae were investigated at different fermentation temperatures and periods. The chemical changes during the fermentation of squid(Todarodes pacificus) sik-hae were studied at different fermentation temperatures and periods. The amounts of proximate compositions and salinity did not change significantly at all fermentation temperatures and periods. The value of pH decreased with increasing storage period at all fermentation temperatures except at $5^{\circ}C$, whereas that of lactic acid at all fermentation temperatures increased. The amount of total arginine increased slightly up to 10-day of storage and decreased after that. The amount of $NH_2-N$ increased rapidly up to 15-day of storage at all temperatures and increased slightly after that. The amount of TMAO decreased significantly at $15^{\circ}C\;and\;20^{\circ}C$ and slightly at $5^{\circ}C\;and\;10^{\circ}C$, whereas that of TMA increased significantly at $20^{\circ}C$ up to 5-day of storage and decreased slightly after that. At all experimental temperatures except $5^{\circ}C$, the amount of TMA increased or fluctuated in proportion to the increase in fermentation periods. Inosine and hypoxanthine were the main components of nucleotides and their related compounds during the fermentation of sik-hae. Summarizing the above results, the optimum fermentation period of sik-hae was concluded to be 15-days at all experimental temperatures except $5^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.59-64
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• 1980

Carp, Cypinus carpio, has been esteemed as one of the most tasty fresh water fishes in Korea. But little study on its food has been reported. The composition of fatty acids, amino acids, nucleotides and their related compounds as chemical component of carp muscle were analyzed by gas-liauid chromatography, amino acid autoanalyzer and high speed liauid chromatography. The fatty acids of the carp muscle lipid consisted of the large amount of $C_{18}\;:\;2,$ $C_{18}\;:\;1,$ $C_{18}\;:\;3,$ $C_{16}\;:\;0,$ $C_{16}\;:\;1,$ acids, small amount of $C_{16}\;:\;2,$ $C_{18}\;:\;0,$ $C_{18}\;:\;4,$ $C_{14}\;:\;0,$ $C_{14}\;:\;1,$ $C_{12}\;:\;0,$ acids, and $C_{13}\;:\;1,$ $C_{13}\;:\;0,$ $C_{20}\;:\;1,$ $C_{17}\;:\;0,$ $C_{15}\;:\;1,$ $C_{17}\;:\;1,$ $C_{22}\;:\;1$ acids were smaller. In fresh carp, the results showed that inosine $17.25{\mu}mole/g$, hypoxanthine $10.06{\mu}mole/g$ were dominant and the content of GMP, IMP, AMP, UMP, CMP were 1.56, 1.36, 0.92, 0.49, $0.34\:{\mu}mole/g$ on dry base, respectively. Histidine and lysine were dominant amino acids in carp extract, having 49.4% (214.6mg%), 33.9% (147.1mg%) of total free amino acid contents, respectively, but the content of glycine, serine, alanine and glutamic acid were low, and arginine, aspartic acid, threonine, proline, valine, methionine, isoleucine, phenylalanine were detected in trace amount. The content of amino acid composition showed that glutamic acid, aspartic acid, lysine, leucine, alanine, valine and arginine were the most abundant amino acids, while such amino acids as glycine, isoleucine, phenylalanine, threonine, histidine, methionine, serine and tyrosine were low, and proline was detected in trace amount.