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. 2021 Jul 30;116:415–433. doi: 10.1016/j.tifs.2021.07.037

Table 4.

Chemical constituents of Chongkukjang, Doenjang, and Gochujang.

Vegetable source Compounds References
Chongkukjang Poly-γ-glutamic acid Ratha & Jhon, 2019
Chongkukjang Genistein, daidzein (Kim, Song, et al., 2008)
Doenjang prepared with different content of garlic (2%, 6%, 10%), and thermal processes (heat-drying and freeze-drying) Essential amino acids: isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, valine. Non-essential amino acids: arginine, proline, tyrosine, glycine, alanine, serine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid. Non-proteinogenic amino acids: ornithine, o-phosphoserine, taurine, sarcosine, l-citrulline, y-aminobutyric acid, ethanolamine, hydroxylysine. Bahuguna et al. (2019)
Doenjang Amino acids: glutamate, serine, valine, glycine, leucine, phenylalanine (Chun, Kim, Jeong, & Jeon, 2020)
Soybean koji Doenjang Acids: 2-methylpropanoic acid, acetic acid, 2-methylbutanoic acid, 3-methylbutanoic acid. Alcohols: 3-methylbutan-1-ol, pentan-1-ol. Carbonyls: benzaldehyde, butane-2,3-dione. Phenols: 2-methoxy phenol. (Jeong et al., 2020)
Doenjang Daidzein, glycitein, genistein (Kim & Kim, 2014)
Doenjang Genistein, daidzein, glycitein, genistein (Kim et al., 2018)
Doenjang Apigenin, soyasaponin A2, trihydroxyflavone, luteolin, daidzein, glycitein, genistein, soyasaponin, soyasaponin I, soyasaponin III, soyasaponin βg (Kim, Kwak, & Kim, 2020)
Doenjang Daidzein, glycitein, genistein, daidzin-β-glucoside, glycitin- β-glucoside, genistein- β-glucoside, daidzin malonylglucoside, glycitin malonylglucoside, genistein malonylglucoside, daidzin acetylglucoside, glycitin acetylglucoside, genistein acetylglucoside Kwak, Son, Chung, and Kwon (2015)
Doenjang submitted to steaming, drying, meju fermentation, brining, and aging Isoflavones: malonyldaidzin, malonyglucitin, malonygenistin, acetyldaidzin, acetylglycitin, acetylgenistin, daidzin, glycitin, genistein, daidzein, genistein. Soyasaponins: soyasaponin I–V, soyasaponin γg, soyasaponin γa, soyasaponin Bd, soyasaponin Be (Lee, Lee, et al., 2014)
Doenjang and metabolites in rat plasma Isoflavones: daidzein, genistein, glycitein, malonyl daidzin, malonyl genistein, malonyl glycitin, acetyl daidzin, acetyl genistein, acetyl glycitin. Isoflavone metabolites: 3-hydroxygenistein, hydroxydihydrogenistein, daidzein-4′-glucuronide, daidzein-7-glucuronide, daidzein-4′-sulfate, genistein-4′-glucuronide, genistein-7-glucuronide, genistein diglucuronide, genistein-4′-sulfate, genistein-7-sulfate-4′-glucuronide (Lee et al., 2018)
Gochujang fermented with A. oryzae Genistein, daidzin, apigenin 7-O-β-d-glucopyranoside, quercetin 3-O-α-l-rhamnopyranoside (Cho et al., 2013)
Gochujang Capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin Ha et al. (2010)
Three Gochujang types (white rice, brown rice, and wheat) Isoflavones: daidzin, genistein, daidzein, glycitein, genistein. Soya saponins: soya saponin. (Jang, Shin, et al., 2017)
Gochujang prepared with different cereals (wheat, brown rice, and white rice) and peppers (Capsicum annuum, C. annuum cv. Chung-yang, and C. frutescens) Apigenin-C-hexoside-C-pentoside, dihydrocapsiate, linoleic ethanolamide, luteolin-C-hexoside, quercetin-O-rhamnoside, dihydrocapsaicin (Lee, Suh, Jung, & Lee, 2016)
Gochujang products prepared with combinations of fungal rice koji with B. amyloliquefaciens CJ 3–27 and B. amyloliquefaciens CJ 14-6 Genistein, acetylgenistin, daidzin, luteolin-diglucoside, genistein, apigenin-diglucoside, apigenin-glucoside, isovitexin-glucoside, daidzein, glycitein, luteolin, hydroxydaidzein, capsaicin, dihydrocapsaicin Shin et al. (2016)