• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.37 no.6
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• pp.912-917
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• 2005

Physicochemical components of dried green algae, Seaweed fulvescens (Capsosiphon fulvescens) with $96.02{\pm}0.02%$ moisture content, were investigated. Crude protein, crude lipid, ash and carbohydrate content of C. fulvescens were $31.76{\pm}0.26,\;1.01{\pm}0.21,\;13.58{\pm}0.62\;and\;53.65{\pm}0.73$, respectively. Predominant minerals were Na, Mg, Ca, K and P. Fe $(122.83{\pm}11.19mg/%)\;and\;Se\;(0.90{\pm}0.07mg%)$ contents in were higher than those of other seaweeds. Major free sugars were identified as fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose and galactose. Organic acid including L-malic acid, citric acid, tartaric acid and d-malic acid were detected. Most abundant amino acids were glutamic acid, aspartic acid and alanine. Main fatty acids were palmitic acid, linolenic acid and stearidonic acid, with 58.37% polyenes.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.287-293
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• 2007

Pervaporation separation of toluene from water were studied using hydrophobic copolyimide membranes. The copolyimide membranes were prepared from 4,4'-(hexafluoroisopropylidene)diphthalic anhydride (6FDA) and two diamines (polysiloxane diamine (SIDA)/2-(perfluorohexyl) ethyl-3,5-diaminobenzene (PFDAB)). The pervaporation properties for toluene/water were investigated in terms of mol ratio of SIDA/PFDAB in polyimide membranes. Sorption- and diffusion-related properties were measured to analyze the permeation properties in solution-diffusion theory, It was found that as the SIDA content in the membranes increased, sorption of toluene and sorption selectivity of toluene/water increased due to high affinity of siloxane moiety toward toluene. Diffusion coefficient of toluene and diffusion selectivity of toluene/water also increased with SIDA content due to high free volume of siloxane moiety. As the results, the permeation flux and pervaporation selectivity increased markedly from 0.005 $kg/m^2h$ to 049 $kg/m^2h$ and from 9 to 6380, respectively.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.377-383
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• 1998

This study was undertaken to obtain the fundamental data for improving the quality of Korean traditional chonggugjang. To compare the physicochemical properties of traditional chonggugjang produced in different regions, sixty-seven chonggugjang samples collected at nine provinces were analyzed. The average moisture, protein, fat, non-fibrous carbohydrate, fiber, ash, amino nitrogen contents and pH value of collected chonggugjang samples were 55.0%, 17.6%, 3.3%, 13.3%, 4.9%, 5.8%, 0.23%, and 7.21, respectively. The average fatty acid compositions of chonggugjang were 53.8% for linoleic, 21.1% for oleic, 12.4% for palmitic, 9.0% for linolenic, and 3.7% for stearic acid. Traditional chonggugjang contained large amounts of glutamic acid, aspartic acid, and leucine, but less than 0.2% of cysteine and methionine. The average free sugar content was 3.3%, and the dominant free sugar among them were sucrose and galactose. The total average organic acid content of the samples analyzed was 883.0 mg% and citric, acetic, latic, malonic, succinic, formic, tartaric acid were also detected. The Hunter's color L, a, and b values of samples were 49.1, 7, 2, and hardness was $8.3\;kg/{\Phi}20\;mm$.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.605-610
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• 2001

To suppress the gas forming caused by some yeast in the pack of traditional kochujang prepared at Sunchang area, which is the most severe problem during distribution of commercial products, mustard or horseradish powder as natural preservatives was mixed to the ingredients of kochujang and left for fermentation in clay pot as commercial scale for 180 day. The composition changes including quality and gas formaing in the kochujang containing those additives were monitored physicochemically and organoleptically. The fermented kochujang containing those additives were monitored physicohemically and organoleptically. The fermented kochujang containing 0.6% of horseradish showed lower organic acid content than that of the control but amino type nitrogen content, which is one of the important quality reference of kochujang, was higher in the one containing 0.6% natural preservatives. No color changed in the kochujang containing mustard but L and a value were increased in the kochujang containing horseradish. No difference of free reducing sugars was showed by the addition of those natural preservatives and the addition of 0.6% horseradish to kochujang had completely stopped gas forming during fermentation. The overall quality of the kochujang containing 0.6% horseradish was superior than that of the other treatments.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.118-127
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• 2014

This study was investigated to compare the physicochemical properties between hot air dried ramie leaf (HR) and freeze dried ramie leaf (FR). There were no significant differences in moisture, crude protein, crude fat, crude ash, and carbohydrate content depending on the drying methods, but the dietary fiber content was significantly higher in FR than in HR. The major amino acids were aspartic acid, glutamic acid, and leucine, and the contents of total amino acids, total essential amino acids, and essential amino acid ratios were higher in FR compared with HR. Major fatty acids were linoleic acid, palmitic acid, arachidic acid, and linolenic acid. Hot air drying caused a decrease in unsaturated fatty acids and an increase in saturated acids; however, there was no significance difference between the two different drying methods. The contents of vitamin A, E, and C in FR were higher than those in HR, and there were significant differences in the contents of vitamin A and C depending on the drying methods. Regardless of the drying methods, both HR and FR were abundant in order of Ca, K, Mg, Mn, Fe, Na, and Zn. The contents of total minerals, total organic acids and total free sugars in HR were significantly higher than those in the FR.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.35 no.10
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• pp.1484-1490
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• 2006

This study was carried out to prepare spaghetti sauce with adductor muscle of pearl oyster (SSAM) and to compare with commercial spaghetti sauce (CSS). From the results of organic acid, pH, hunter color value and sensory evaluation, the optimal addition ratio of adductor muscle of pearl oyster was 11% based for preparing SSAM and reasonable $F_0$ value was about 4 min for keeping storage of SSAM. The proximate composition of SSAM was 69.8% for moisture, 3.7% for protein, 4.2% for crude lipid and 3.4% for crude ash. SSAM was superior in sensory flavor and texture to CSS. There was, however, no significant difference (p<0.05) in sensory color between CSS and SSAM. The total amino acid content (3,033.4 mg/100 g) of SSAM was higher than that (2,305.7 mg/100 g) of CSS and the major amino acids were aspartic acid, glutamic acid, leucine and lysine. Calcium and phosphorus contents in SSAM were 48.5 mg/100 g and 27.1 mg/100 g, respectively. Calcium level based on phosphorous was 1.78, which was a good ratio for absorbing calcium. The free amino acid content and taste value of SSAM were 989.4 mg/100 g and 141.04 mg/100 g, respectively These results suggested that the major taste active compounds among free amino acid were glutamic acid and aspartic acid.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.631-639
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• 2011

This research was conducted to investigate potential use of New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonoides) as a new vegetable crop which will be cultivating in salt-affected soils including reclaimed land. Traditionally New Zealand spinach has been studied to explore functional compound or salt removing potential. To cultivate the crop species in the salt-affected soil widely, it is essential to obtain salt and soil texture responses under the controlled environment. Fifty nine New Zealand spinach ecotypes native to Korean peninsula first collected over seashore areas, and primitive habitat soil environment was evaluated by analyzing soil chemical properties from 32 locations. Different textures of sandy, silt loam, and sandy loam soils were prepared from nearby sources of sea shore, upland and paddy soils, respectively. Target salinity levels of 16.0 dS/m, 27.5 dS/m, 39.9 dS/m, and 52.4 dS/m in electrical conductivity (ECw) were achieved by diluting of 25, 50, 75, 100% (v/v) sea water to tap water (control, 0.6 dS/m), respectively. Various measurements responding to soil texture and irrigation salinity included plant height, root length, fresh weight (FW), dry weight (DW), leaf parameters (leaf number, leaf length, leaf width), lateral branching, and inorganic ion content. was found to adapt to diverse habitats ranging various soil chemical properties including soil pH, organic matter, exchangeable bases, EC, and cation exchange capacity (CEC) in Korea. Responding to soil texture, New Zealand spinach grew better in silt loam and sandy loam soil than in sandy soil. Higher yield (FW and DW) seemed to be associated with branch number (r=0.99 and 0.99, respectively), followed by plant height (r=0.94 and 0.97, respectively) and leaf number (r=0.89 and 0.84, respectively). Plant height, FW, and DW of the New Zealand spinach accessions were decreased with increasing irrigation salinity, while root length was not significantly different compared to control. Based on previous report, more narrow spectrum of salinity range (up to 16 dS/m) needs to be further studied in order to obtain more accurate salinity responses of the plant. As expected, leaf Na content was increased significantly with increasing salinity, while K and Ca contents decreased. Growth responses to soil texture and irrigation salinity implied the potential use of New Zealand spinach as a leafy vegetable in salt-affected soil constructed with silt loam or sandy loam soils.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.715-724
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• 2014

Tongdosa, which is located in Gajisan(Mt.) Provincial Park of Yangsan City, is one of three representative temple in Korea. The purpose of this study was to investigate a relation between plants community and environmental factors in Tongdosa(Temple) District of Gajisan(Mt.) Provincial Park. In order to find out vegetation structure of Gajisan(Mt.) Provincial Park, thirty one plots(unit size: $200{\sim}300m^2$) were set up and surveyed. For environmental factors, it were surveyed and analyzed physical factors such as altitude, aspect etc. and soil characteristics such pH, organic content, total nitrogen content, exchangeable cation and so on. Using DCCA technique, a relation between plants community and environmental factors were analyzed. The surveyed plots were divided into five groups which are Pinus densiflora - Quercus aliena, Carpinus tschonoskii - Q. spp., P. densiflora - C. tschonoskii, P. densiflora - Q. variabilis, and Q. variabilis - Q. mongolica community. Vegetation succession was progressed from Pinus densiflora toward Carpinus tschonoskii and Quercus spp. It was found out that the distribution of vegetation was affected by altitude. Pinus densiflora - Quercus aliena community is located lower altitude and Q. variabilis - Q. mongolica community is located higher area.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.127-133
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• 2013

The quality characteristics of Hwanggeumju (a type of traditional Korean rice wine), which has been described in an ancient document (Sangayorok), were investigated. During its fermentation, its pH gradually decreased from 4.23 to 3.96); and after four days of fermentation, its sugar content significantly decreased. After seven days, its alcohol content rapidly increased to 15.8 percent. Its major organic acid is lactic acid, but malic, succinic, citric and acetic acid were also detected in it. The free amino acid analysis showed relatively high alanine, arginine, asparagine, glutamic acid and leucine contents. The sensory evaluation resulted in high scores for color, turbidity and taste.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.318-323
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• 2008

We studied on the effects of slurry composting and biofiltration liquid fertilizer (SCBLF) on growth of two-year-old poplar clones planted in a reclaimed land mounding soil. The soil on the experimental site had lower concentrations of both exchangeable cations and salinity than before reclamation. However, the content of organic matter was low compared with the most soils. We applied SCBLF to the poplars six times and 5 L in each time for 80 days. Ten clones of six poplar species or hybrids were tested in this study: Populus alba ${\times}$ P. glandulosa(Clivus, 72-30, 72-31, Bongwha1), P. deltoides ${\times}$ P. nigra(Dorskamp), P. deltoides(Lux) ${\times}$ P. deltoides(Harvard)(97-19), P. euramericana(Eco28, I-476), P. nigra ${\times}$ P. maximowiczii(62-2) and P. Koreana ${\times}$ P. nigra var. italica(Suwon). Growth performance varied more among clones than among species. Average height growth of treated plots was 18% greater than control, and clones Clivus, 97-19, Eco28 and Dorskamp were more vigorous than other clones. Diameter at breast height in treated plots was 41% greater than control, and 97-19, Dorskamp, Eco28 and Clivus were the four best clones in this respect. Mean leaf area of treated trees was 26% greater for control trees. Chlorophyll content was similar between treated and controlled trees. Total nitrogen values in leaves were much higher in treated trees 18%. SCBLF treatment on poplars planted in reclaimed land helped tree growth.