Nitrate and Nitrite Content of Some Fermented Sea Foods and Vegetables

시판젓갈류와 채소류중의 질산염 및 아질산염함량

  • LEE Eung-Ho (Department of Food Science and Technology, National Fisheries University of Busan) ;
  • KIM Se-Kwon (Department of Food Science and Technology, National Fisheries University of Busan) ;
  • JEON Joong-Kyun (Department of Food Science and Technology, National Fisheries University of Busan) ;
  • CHUNG Sook-Hyun (Department of Food Science and Technology, National Fisheries University of Busan) ;
  • CHA Yong-Jun (Department of Food Science and Technology, National Fisheries University of Busan) ;
  • KIM Soo-Hyun (Department of Food Science and Technology, Jeju University) ;
  • KIM Kyung-Sam (Department of Food and Nutrition, Busan Woman's Junior College)
  • 이응호 (부산수산대학 식품공학과) ;
  • 김세권 (부산수산대학 식품공학과) ;
  • 전중균 (부산수산대학 식품공학과) ;
  • 정숙현 (부산수산대학 식품공학과) ;
  • 차용준 (부산수산대학 식품공학과) ;
  • 김수현 (제주대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 김경삼 (부산여자전문대학 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 1982.04.01

Abstract

Nitrate and nitrite, which readily produce N-nitrosamines by reaction with secondary amines, are widely distributed in natural products such as vegetables and cereals, and are also used as a color fixation in meat products or fish roes. This experiment was carried out to determine the contents of nitrate and nitrite in foods such as fermented sea foods and fresh vegetables purchased at markets in Korea. The contents of nitrate were $0.74\sim13.81\;ppm$ for fermented sea foods and $4.0\sim1,572.5\;ppm$for fresh vegetables. As for vegetables, the nitrate levels of edible herbs were relatively higher than those of greens, fruits and rootcrops. The nitrite contents in fermented demoisells(Chromis notatus), fermented shrimp, fermented small squid, fermented anchovy and salted Alaska pollack roe were very little, while those in fermented hairtail and fermented entrails were not detected. As for vegetables, nitrite levels found for cabbage and lettuce were relatively as high as 3.8 ppm and $2.5\sim2.9\;ppm$, respectively, but were not detected in Korean cabbage, green perilla leaf, pepper, garlic and burdock. Of vegetables, the nitrate values in the outer part of Korean cabbage, stems of water cress and leaves of green onion were higher than in the other parts. Little variety of the nitrate levels were found during 4 days storage. In the comparison of low temperature storage and room temperature storage, lettuce, pumpkin and spinach contained higher levels of nitrate at low temperature storage, while eggplant and green onion, at room temperature storage.

우리나라에서 시판되고 있는 젓갈류 및 채소류의 질산염 및 아질산염함량을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 젓갈류에 있어서 절신염의 함량은 $0.74\sim13.81\;ppm$으로서 종류에 따라 차이가 많았다. 아질산염 함량은 자리돔젓, 새우젓, 꼴뚜기젓, 멸치젓 및 명란젓에서는 소량 검출되었고 갈치젓과 창란젓에서는 검출되지 않았다. 한편, 채소류에 있어서 엽채류의 질신염 함량은 근채류, 과채류에 비해 그 함량이 많았고 특히 상치는$1,320\sim1,412\;ppm$, 배추는 1,572.5 ppm으로서 가장 높았고 부추, 파 및 들깨잎등은 $5\sim219\;ppm$으로서 함량이 낮았다. 과채류의 질산염함량은 가지가 $109.1\sim373.1\;ppm$으로서 다소 높았으나 마늘, 고추 및 토마토에서는 각각 35.1 ppm, 4.09 ppm 및 $4.2\sim7.1\;ppm$으로서 채소류중 그 함량이 낮았다. 아질산염함량은 양배추3.8ppm, 상치 $2.5\sim2.9\;ppm$으로서 비교적 높았으나 배추, 고추, 들깨잎, 마늘 및 우엉에서는 검출되지 않았다. 채소류의 부위별 질산염함량은 배추가 속부분이 210ppm, 겉부분이 682ppm으로서 녹색이 진한 겉부분에 그 함량이 많았으며 미나리는 줄기부분이, 파는 잎부분이 질산염함량이 많았는데 채소류의 증류에 따라 다소 차이가 있었다. 질산염함량은 4일간 저장중 큰 변화는 없었으며, 저온저장과 정온저장한 것을 비교해 보면 상치, 호박 및 시금치등은 저온에서 저장한 것이 높았으며가지, 파등은 상온저장한 것이 함량이 높았다. 본 연구는 부산수산대학 부설 수산식품연구소 1981등도 사업의 일부임.

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