In this study, three kinds of Korean snake wine (50 V% alcohol extracts) were determined by amino acid analyzer and were discussed as follows.
1. Salmosa Ju and Nungsa Ju were composed of 22 free amino acids: cysteic acid, aspartic acid, threonine, serine, glutamic acid, proline, glycine, alanine, cystine, valine, methionine, iso-leucine, allo-iso-leucine, leucine, nor-leucine, tyrosine, phenylalanine, -alanine, lysine, arginine, histidine, trytophan.
2. Doksa Ju were composed of 21 free amino acids which were all same as above except missing histidine.
3. The free amino acid composition were almost identical in Doksa Ju, Salmosa Ju and Nungsa Ju quantitatively.
4. The contents of cysteic acid, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine, valine, leucine and lysine were relatively high, on the other hand, methionine, allo-iso-leucine, nor-leucine, and tryptophan were trace amount in every snake wine.
5. Eleven unknowns of ninhydrin positives were identified in the every snake wine.
6. The free amino acids in snake wines were various in kind as compared with in beer, ,Japanese sake and Korean Tack Ju. Especially cysteic acid, allo-iso-leucine, nor-leucine and β-alanine in snake wines were missed in every cereal wine.
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