된장모델로서 0.1M glucose-0.1M glutamic acid 모델을 선정하고 0.2mM $FeCl_{2}$의 존재 하에 갈변억제제인 50mM citric acid와 이의 synergist로 5종의 phenolic acids를 첨가하여 조제한 시료를 $4^{circ}C$와 $30^{circ}C$에서 4주간 저장하면서 phenolic acids가 갈변억제에 미치는 영향을 알아보았다. 그 결과 phenolic acids 첨가에 따른 갈변억제효과는$4^{circ}C$의 저온에서보다 $30^{circ}C$의 실온에서 저장시 pH의 변화 없이 더욱 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 5종의 phenolic acids 중에서 hydroxybenzoic acid는 갈변억제능이 가장 높아, 갈변억제능은 $30^{circ}C$에서 4주간 저장후 phenolic acids 무첨가구보다 13%가 높았다. Caffeic acid와 protocatechuic acid와 같이 OH기가 2개 치환된 phenolic acid는 Maillard 반응의 촉매로 작용하는 철 이온과의 결합능이 높아 Maillard 반응이 보다 더 억제되어 3-DG 및 형광화합물과 같은 중간반응산물의 생성을 가장 억제하였으나, 이들 phenolic acids는 유색의 착체를 형성하여 동일계의 OH기가 0, 1개 치환된 phenolic acids보다 갈변도는 오히려 증가하였다. Hydroxybenzoic acid는 실제 된장에도 사용가능한 첨가물로서 citric acid를 갈변억제제로 사용시 이의 synergist로 사용이 가능할 것으로 생각되었다.
The effects of phenolic acids on inhibition of browning by the Maillard reaction were investigated with a glucose-glutamic acid model for doenjang with citric acid as the antibrowning agent and phenolic acid as its synergist. Five phenolic acids, cinnamic, coumaric, caffeic, hydroxybenzoic, and protocatechuic acids, were used. In order to investigate the antibrowning capacity, 0.1M glucose, 0.1M glutamic acid, 50mM citric acid, and 1mM phenolic acid were dissolved in 1M phosphate buffer (pH 7.0), heated at $50^{circ}C$ for 24hr in the presence of 0.2mM $FeCl_{2}$, and stored at $4^{circ}C$ or $30^{circ}C$ for four weeks. Phenolic acid addition more efficiently inhibited browning during storage at $30^{circ}C$ than at $4^{circ}C$, without changes in pH. Hydroxybenzoic acid was the most efficient and increased the antibrowning capacity by 13% compared to sample without phenolic acids. Although caffeic and protocatechuic acids inhibited most the formation of 3-deoxyglucosone or fluorescence, they increased browning by forming colored complexes between two hydroxy groups of phenolic acids and iron ions. Hydroxybenzoic acid will be able to be a useful synergist of citric acid, an antibrowning agent in doenjang, since it is permitted for doenjang.
