FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (7): 1-5.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201307001

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Microbial Esterification of Organic Acids in Yellow Water by Monascus purpureus and Yeasts: A Comparative Study

CHEN Shuai1,ZHAO Jin-song1,ZHENG Jia1,LIU Kun-yi1,HUANG Jun1,ZHOU Rong-qing1,2,3,*   

  1. 1. National Engineering Laboratory for Clean Technology of Leather Manufacture, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; 2. College of Light Industry, Textile and Food Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; 3. National Engineering Research Center of Solid-State Brewing, Luzhou 646000, China
  • Received:2012-02-21 Revised:2013-01-24 Online:2013-04-15 Published:2013-03-20
  • Contact: ZHOU Rong-qing E-mail:zhourqing@scu.edu.cn

Abstract: Comparison of Monascus purpureus AS 3.972 and Pichia anomala 2.10 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2.178 was carried out for the microbial esterification of organic acids in yellow water as a by-product of Chinese liquor making. The fermentation products were analyzed by GC-MS. These three microbial strains showed different esterification efficiencies for organic acids in yellow water and resulted in the formation of different products; the esterification efficiency of Monascus purpureus AS 3.972 was 56.81% and 80.85% higher than Pichia anomala 2.10 and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2.178, respectively and resulted in the formation of 13 esters such as ethyl hexanoate and ethyl caprylates and a similar volatile profile to luzhou-flavor liquor. PCA and OAV analysis suggested that Monascus purpureus AS 3.972 was more suitable for the bioconversion of yellow water than yeasts.

Key words: yellow water, aroma-producing microorganisms, biotransformation, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), esterification products

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