title: Screening of Functional Rhizopus stolonifer for Alcohol Fermentation and Production of High Quality Korean Traditional Rice Wine.
abstract: Different strains of mold were screened for the production of high quality Korean traditional rice wine with anti-hypertension and good acceptability. We isolated 867 nuruk mold strains and selected 24 for further study based on measurement of amylase activity. Among them, mold No. 17 showed high ethanol production upon fermentation with Saccharomyces cerevisiae as well as anti-hypertensive properties. The No. 17 strain was therefore selected as the functional mold and later identified as Rhizopus stolonifer based on molecular biological characteristics. Optimal fermentation conditions for the brewing of anti-hypertensive traditional rice wine comprised the addition of R. stolonifer No. 17 koji at a concentration of 35 sp/g and a fermentation period of 10 days at 25℃ using S. cerevisiae.
authors: Department of Life Science and Genetic Engineering, Paichai University, Daejeon 302-735, Korea.
authors: Jung-Hwa
authors: JH
authors: Song
authors: Jae-Ho
authors: JH
authors: Kim
authors: Byung-Hak
authors: BH
authors: Ahn
authors: Jong-Soo
authors: JS
authors: Lee
keywords: Anti-hypertensive traditional rice wine; Functional Rhizopus stolonifer
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