The Kinetics of Non-Enzymatic Browning Reaction in Green Tea During Storage at Different Water Activities and Temperatures

온도와 수분활성을 달리한 녹차 저장중의 비효소적 갈변

Non-enzymatic browning is a carbohydrate dehydration reaction, accelerated thorough the interaction of amino compounds. Reaction depends on several factors including temperature, reactant concentration, pH, water activity and specific ion concentrations, and result in progressive development of brown pigments in the affected food systems. The present study was designed to utilize a kinetic approach to analyze the effect of temperature and water activity on the browning development in green ten. The green tea was controlled at aw of 0.33, 0.44, 0.52 and 0.65 using saturated salt solutions and then stored at 35,45 and $55^{\circ}C$. Author portion of the sample of which the water activities were controlled in the same manner was stored at 35 and $55^{\circ}C$ alternately with 7 days interval. Simplified kinetic models were used to obtain the various kinetic parameters for browning development in green tea subjected to accelerated shelf-life tests(ASLT). The reaction of browning development was zero order. The activation energies calculated from Arrhenius plot ranged $1.5{\sim}2.4kcal/mole$ and $Q_{10}$ values were between 1.07 and 1.12. These kinetic parameters were then used to predict browning development under the nonsteady storage. Assessed from the parameters the shelf-lives at $25^{\circ}C$, the time to reach 1.02 O.D./g solid at which severe brown color change could be detectable, ranged 57 to 113 days and showed decrease with increase in aw. The predicted shelf-lives at different water activities were a little higher than actual values.

변온조건하에서 녹차를 저장하였을 때 수분활성에 따른 browning development를 반응속도론적으로 고찰한 결과 brownung development는 영차반응으로 증가하였으며, 반응속도는 수분활성이 높을수록, 저장속도가 높을수록 빨랐고, 각 수분활성에서의 활성화 에너지는 $1.5{\sim}2.4kcal/mole$, $Q_{10}$치는 $1.07{\sim}1.12$였다. Accelerated shelf-life test로부터 구한 $25^{\circ}C$에서의 shelf-life는 $57{\sim}113$일의 범위였으며, 온도와 수분활성이 증가함에 따라 단축되었다. 변온조건에서의 실측치와 예측치를 비교한 결과 유효온도차는 $2.66{\sim}5.64^{\circ}C$였고, shelf-life는 예측치가 높게 나타났으나 이 방면의 연구가 더욱 진행된다면 변온저장의 결과를 효율적으로 예측할 수 있을 것으로 예상된다.