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F Takayanagi1, T Fukuuchi1, N Yamaoka1
1a Laboratory of Biomedical and Analytical Sciences, Faculty of Pharma-Science , Teikyo University , Tokyo , Japan.
Abstract:
In this study, we investigated the alterations in the purine composition of swordfish prepared using a traditional Japanese processing method of soaking in sake lees. These alterations are the byproducts of the yeast fermentation of rice-koji and are renowned for enhancing the umami nature of food. Using a conventional assay method for hydrolyzing all of the purines into four bases and our developed method for simultaneously analyzing purines, we observed the alterations in four purine bases in the soaked sake lees and swordfish. The findings showed that the total purine content, and hypoxanthine-related and guanine-related purines in swordfish decreased after soaking in sake lees. We also analyzed the free purine composition and showed that the ratio of IMP in swordfish was decreased by soaking, while that of inosine in sake lees was increased by soaking swordfish in it.
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