Table 5
Compar ison of free amino acid content of commercial Cheonggukjang and manufactured Cheonggukjang with SRCM 100730

Free amino acid content (mg/L) Sample
Manufactured Chunggukjang with SRCM 100730 Commercial Chunggukjang
Phosphoserine 128.44±1.241) 138.99±2.12
Urea 232.94±1.00 151.59±1.51
Aspartic acid 6.02±0.02 13.72±0.15
Threonine 7.75±0.04 10.95±0.11
Glutamic acid ND2) 88.75±0.84
α-Aminoadipic acid 78.83±0.41 22.29±0.02
Glycine 20.22±0.28 29.67±0.34
Alanine 29.75±0.22 30.16±0.15
Citrulline 20.18±0.22 1.06±0.07
α-Aminobutyric acid 6.97±0.28 ND
Valine 24.38±0.16 25.90±0.15
Cysteine 53.29±0.68 49.10±0.36
Methionine 28.27±0.28 26.51±0.99
Cystathionine ND 20.03±0.21
Isoleucine 15.09±0.07 18.80±0.05
Leucine 42.01±0.01 68.36±0.04
Tyrosine 58.08±0.09 73.13±0.06
Phenylalanine ND ND
β-Alanine 47.62±0.35 45.16±0.12
β-Aminoisobutyric acid 36.28±0.41 83.32±0.35
γ-Aminobutyric acid 28.72±0.48 10.33±0.18
Ethanolamine 11.75±0.57 1.71±0.08
Ammonia 20.33±0.12 17.07±0.01
Ornithine 1.51±0.07 15.07±0.08
Lysine 0.99±0.12 9.25±0.12
1-Methylhistidine 14.62±0.44 97.78±0.55
Histidine 9.01±0.08 27.67±0.67
Anserine 22.84±0.04 41.91±0.12
Arginine 23.21±0.92 44.17±0.18
All the data were expressed as mean±SD (n=3).
ND, no detection.