Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology (한국식품과학회지)

Korean Society of Food Science and Technology (한국식품과학회)
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A Study on the Taste Compounds of an Ascidian, Styela plicata

흰멍게의 정미성분(呈味成分)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究)

  • Lee, Eung-Ho (Dept. of Food Science and Technology National Fisheries University of Busan) ;
  • Chung, Seon-Kyu (Dept. of Food Science and Technology National Fisheries University of Busan) ;
  • Jeon, Joong-Kyun (Dept. of Food Science and Technology National Fisheries University of Busan) ;
  • Cha, Yong-Jun (Dept. of Food Science and Technology National Fisheries University of Busan) ;
  • Chung, Soo-Yeol (Dept. of Food Science and Technology National Fisheries University of Busan)
  • 이응호 (부산수산대학 식품공학과) ;
  • 정선규 (부산수산대학 식품공학과) ;
  • 전중균 (부산수산대학 식품공학과) ;
  • 차용준 (부산수산대학 식품공학과) ;
  • 정수열 (부산수산대학 식품공학과)
  • Published : 1983.01.01
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Abstract

Large quantities of an ascidian, Styela plicata, are harvested annually as the by-product of oyster culture on the south coastal area in Korea. It has been traditionally favored and consumed because of its peculiar taste and flavor. But no study on its taste compounds has been reported. An investigation on the taste compounds of fresh meat and integument of an ascidian has been carried out by a series of analysis of taste compounds including nucleotides, free amino acids, betaine, TMAO, TMA and total creatinine. The most abundant nucleotides in fresh meat were AMP and IMP. Their contents were $1.2\;and\;0.8{\mu}mole/g$, respectively. The contents of nucleotides and their related compounds in integument show similar tendency as in fresh meat but their quantities were very low as compared with those in fresh meat. Seventy two percentage of the total free amino acids in fresh meat was consisted of proline, alanine, glutamic acid, glycine and serine. They occupied also 82% of the total free amino acids in integument, but the amount of free amino acids in integument was about 1/10 of that in fresh meat. The contents of betaine-N and creatinine-N were 6.1 and 2.1% of the extractive-N in fresh meat, respectively. The amounts of TMAO-N and TMA-N were very low contents in fresh meat and trace in integument.

흰멍게, Styela plicata의 정미성분(呈味成分)의 함량(含量)을 밝히기 위하여 육(肉)과 피(皮)중의 핵산관련물질(核酸關聯物質), 유리(遊離)아미노산(酸), betaine, TMAO, TMA, total creatinine의 함량(含量)을 분석(分析) 검토(檢討)하였다. 핵산관련물질(核酸關聯物質)의 함량(含量)은 육(肉)에서 AMP가 $1.2{\mu}mole/g$으로 가장 많았다. 그리고 IMP도 $0.8{\mu}mole/g$으로 상당히 많이 함유(含有)되어 있었다. 피(皮)에서도 같은 경향(傾向)이었지만 그 함량(含量)이 육(肉)에 비(比)하여 아주 적었다. 육(肉)중에 다량(多量)으로 함유(含有)된 유리(遊離)아미노산(酸)은 proline, alanine, glutamic acid 및 serine으로서 이들 5종(種)의 유리(遊離)아미노산(酸)이 전체(全體) 유리(遊離)아미노산(酸)의 72%를 차지하였다. 피(皮)에서도 이들 유리(遊離)아미노산(酸)이 전체(全體) 유리(遊離)아미노산(酸)의 82%를 차지하였으나 그 함량(含量)은 육(肉)의 약(約) 1/10 정도에 불과(不過)하였다. 육(肉)중의 betaine 질소량(窒素量)은 16.4mg/100g으로서 육(肉)의 전체(全體)엑스분질소량(分窒素量)의 6.1%를 차지하였다. 피(皮)에서는 0.9mg/100g으로서 그 함량(含量)이 아주 낮았다. TMAO 및 TMA는 그 함량(含量)이 비교적(比較的) 미량(微量)이었다. total creatinine 질소량(窒素量)은 육(肉)과 피(皮)에서 각각(各各) 5.8mg/100g 및 1.1mg/100g으로서 전체(全體)엑스분질소량(分窒素量)의 2%정도였다.

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