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International Journal of Biomass & Renewables, 4(2) : 17 - 21, 2015
Production and Antioxidative Activity of Alcoholic Beverages
Made From Newly Isolated Vietnamese Men Yeast
Hao Pan1, Ryoichi Takeshita1, Noriaki Saigusa1, Ngo Thi Phuong Dung2,
Aporn Wongwicharn3 and Yuji Teramoto1*1Department of Applied Microbial Technology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, Ikeda 4-22-1, Nishi Ward, Kumamoto 860-0082, Japan.
2Biotechnology Research and Development Institute, Can Tho University Campus II, 3-2 Street, Can Tho City, Vietnam.
3Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 126 Prachautid Road, Bangmod, Ratburana, Bangkok 10140, Thailand.
Fermentation yeast was newly isolated from a traditional Vietnamese microbial starter for brewing alcoholic beverages, called
men. The isolated yeast was identified as a strain of the
Saccharomyces cerevisiae and designated as
S. cerevisiae Y3. The alcoholic beverage made with 3 yeast strains, Y3, NP01, and K7 from uncooked and cooked nonglutinous rice grains had an ethanol concentration of approximately 11.6 to 14.5% (v/v). Resulting alcoholic beverages made with Y3, NP01, and K7 yeasts had antioxidative activity. The DPPH radical scavenging activity of the alcoholic beverages made with 3 yeast strains is equivalent to approximately 500 to 600 µM Trolox. The DPPH radical scavenging activity of the alcoholic beverage made with Y3 yeast was higher than that of the alcoholic beverage made with NP01 and K7 yeasts. The inhibitory activity of lipid peroxidation of the alcoholic beverages made with Y3 and NP01 yeasts was higher than that of the alcoholic beverages made with K7 yeast.
Key words:
men, fermentation yeast, antioxidative activity, uncooked fermentation.
We have been researching fermented foods worldwide and
out in order to utilize the isolated yeast to modern brewing
their microbial resources. We previously reported on the
characteristics of a traditional Thai alcoholic beverage called
ou, which was drunk through tubes, and its fermentation yeast [1]. We also reported on the characteristics of alcoholic
beverages drunk through tubes in Uganda and Bahrain [2, 3].
Yeast strain
Food materials containing antioxidative compounds are known
to contribute to prevention of diseases such as arteriosclerosis
We attempted to isolate a fermentation yeast strain from
and many studies were done [4, 5].
commercial
men, Nam Hoa, used in the local microdistillery in the Cai Lay District in Vietnam, using plates of an agar-solidified
In this study, we tried to isolate and identify the yeast strain
YPD medium (yeast extract, 10 g; peptone, 20 g; glucose, 20 g;
from a Vietnamese microbial starter called
men and to utilize
tap water, 1,000 ml) containing 50 μg of chloramphenicol/ml.
the isolated yeast for ethanol fermentation. The characteristics
The isolated strain of yeast was maintained on YPD agar slopes.
of the alcoholic beverage made with the isolated yeast were
A taxonomical study concerning rDNA analysis of the isolated
determined to develop the functional alcoholic beverage,
yeast strain was carried out by Toyobo Biologics, Inc. (Tsuruga,
which has antioxidative activity [6, 7]. For a comparative study,
S. cerevisiae NP01, stocked in our laboratory, and the industrial sake brewing yeast
S. cerevisiae K7 were used as well.
For a comparative study,
S. cerevisiae NP01 isolated in Thailand and stocked in our laboratory [1] and the industrial sake yeast
We are now trying hard to research the undeveloped microbial
S. cerevisiae K7 purchased from the Brewing Society of Japan
resources of tropical area under the project of Japan Society
(Tokyo, Japan) were used.
for Promotion of Science (JSPS)–National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT). Comparative studies of newly isolated yeast of tropical area and industrial brewing yeast are also carried
*Corresponding author.
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Rice grains
Acidity was measured by titrating 10 ml of alcoholic beverage with 0.1 N NaOH. Reducing sugar as glucose was determined
Commercial nonglutinous rice grains
(Oryza sativa var. according to the methods of Somogyi and Nelson [8, 9]. The
Japonica cv. Hinohikari) were ground to particles of 2–3 mm
amount of total phenolic compounds, expressed as gallic acid,
in diameter with an electric grinder and were used for ethanol
was determined according to the Folin-Ciocalteu method [10,
11]. The ethanol concentration of alcoholic beverage was
determined with a gas chromatograph (model GC-14A; Shimadzu Co., Kyoto, Japan) equipped with a 3.1-m PEG-HT
A glucoamylase preparation, Sumizyme, kindly donated by
column (Gasukuro Kogyo, Inc., Tokyo, Japan).
Shin Nihon Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Anjo, Japan), was used as the saccharifying agent.
Determination of antioxidative activity
The DPPH radical scavenging activity as the Trolox equivalent was measured on the basis of the method of Yamaguchi
et
DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) was purchased from
al. [12]. The lipid peroxidation inhibitory activity as the BHT
Nacalai Tesque (Kyoto, Japan). Trolox (6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-
equivalent was determined using β-carotene [11].
tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid) was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich, Inc. (St. Louis, Mo, USA). BHT (2,6-di-tert-butyl-p-cresol) was purchased from Tokyo Kasei Co., Ltd. (Tokyo,
Results and Discussion
Efforts were made to research traditional Vietnamese alcoholic
Ethanol fermentation procedure
beverages in November 2011. Research was done in Go Den District, Cai Lay District, Tra Vinh District, and O Mon District in
Traditional ethanol fermentation with cooking was performed
the Mekong Delta [13]. In Vietnam, alcoholic beverages have
according to the procedure below. Thirty grams of uncooked
traditionally been made using a special microbial starter, the
unpolished nonglutinous rice grains and 50 ml of deionized
native name of which is
men.
water were dispensed into a 300-ml Erlenmeyer flask and autoclaved at 121ºC for 15 min. After cooling, the cooked rice
A strain of yeast designated Y3 was isolated from the
was mixed with 0.2 g of Sumizyme as the saccharifying agent,
Vietnamese commercial men Nam Hoa. Y3 yeast was found
40 ml of deionized water, and 10 ml of a yeast suspension,
to be fermentation yeast with globose or subglobose
which readily brought the population of yeast in the initial
cells. Pseudohyphae were not observed during cultivation.
mash to 3.0×107 cells/ml. Ethanol fermentation was conducted
D-Glucose, D-galactose, mannose, maltose, and sucrose were
at 25 ºC in the dark.
fermented, while lactose was not.
Ethanol fermentation without cooking was done as follows.
rDNA analysis of Y3 yeast was carried out by Toyobo Biologics,
Thirty grams of uncooked unpolished nonglutinous rice grains,
Inc., and was identified as a strain of
Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
90 ml of deionized water, 0.2 g of Sumizyme, and 10 ml of a
According to these characteristics, the isolated yeast was
yeast suspension were dispensed into a 300-ml Erlenmeyer
identified as a strain of
S. cerevisiae.
flask. The population of yeast in the initial mash was adjusted to 3.0×107 cells/ml, and fermentation was conducted in the
The fermentation curves of the mashes made from the 3 yeast
same manner as for ethanol fermentation with cooking. In this
strains,
S. cerevisiae Y3, NP01, and K7 are shown in Fig. 1. A
procedure, there is no cooking or steaming process.
larger amount of CO2 was generated from the mash with Y3
and NP01 yeasts than that with K7 yeast on day 1. Fermentation
The decrease in weight of the Erlenmeyer flask and its contents
was completed after 5 days.
as a result of the evolution of CO2 gas was measured every 24 h.
General analytical methods
Fermented mash made from nonglutinous rice grains was centrifuged at 3,000 rpm for 15 min and filtered through No. 101 filter paper (Advantec Toyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), and the resulting alcoholic beverage was analyzed.
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Figure 1 : Time courses of fermentation of mashes using 3 yeast strains and nonglutinous rice grains.
, fermentation with cooking; ○, fermentation without cooking. Values are the mean of 3 replicates.
A, Y3 yeast; B, NP01 yeast; C, K7 yeast.
Y3 yeast is applicable to conventional ethanol fermentation
only and capture aqueous vapor and volatile compounds such
with cooking and ethanol fermentation without cooking as
as higher alcohols and esters. Then, sometime, depends on the
well. In the system of ethanol fermentation without cooking,
fermentation condition, too much aqueous vapor and volatile
material rice grain was directly applied to ethanol fermentation,
compounds were captured by gas trap and the volume of
then we can save energy for cooking or steaming.
resulting filtrate decrease and ethanol concentration increase. We are not determined but there is a possibility, instead
The characteristics of alcoholic beverage made from the 3
of ethanol other metabolite such as organic acid might be
yeasts are shown in Table 1. The ethanol concentration of the
produced. We observed sometime amount of released CO2 and
alcoholic beverages was approximately 11.6 to 14.5% (v/v). We
amount of ethanol are not precisely parallel.
use gas trap containing concentrated H2SO4 to release CO2
Table 1 : Composition of initial mash and analysis of resulting alcoholic beverages
uncooked cooked uncooked cooked
Polished rice (g)
Deionized water (ml)
Yeast suspension (ml)*
Ethanol concentration (%, v/v)
Total phenolic compound content (µg/ml)
Reducing sugar content (µg/ml)
*Cell number of the initial mash was adjusted to be 3.0×107 cells/ ml.
Acidity of the resulting alcoholic beverages was 1.8 to 2.6 and
Reducing sugar of the resulting alcoholic beverages were
pH of them was 3.0 to 4.2. Acidity and pH of resulting alcoholic
around 600 to 700 µg/ml. This means ethanol fermentation
beverages were almost similar to Japanese sake.
proceeded properly and there are not so many residual sugar.
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The total amount of phenolic compounds of alcoholic beverage made from uncooked rice grains was higher than that of the beverage made from cooked rice grains. In the case of fermentation without cooking, rice grain was not heated or steamed; the phenolic compounds might be not decomposed by heating. Alcoholic beverages made with Y3 yeast contained relatively higher amount of phenolic compounds. Y3 yeast might produce much phenolic compounds including protein and aromatic amino acids.
The antioxidative activity of the alcoholic beverage was determined. The DPPH radical scavenging activity of various alcoholic beverages is equivalent to approximately 500 to 600 µM Trolox (Fig. 2). The DPPH radical scavenging activity of the alcoholic beverage made with Y3 yeast was higher than that of the alcoholic beverage made with NP01 and K7 yeasts.
Figure 3 : Inhibitory activity of lipid peroxidation of
alcoholic beverages made from 3 yeast
The inhibitory activity of lipid peroxidation of the alcoholic
strains and nonglutinous rice grains.
beverages is shown in Fig. 3. The inhibitory activity of lipid peroxidation of the alcoholic beverage made with Y3 and
Closed bars, alcoholic beverage made by fermentation without
NP01 yeasts was higher than that of the beverages made with
cooking; open bars, fermentation with cooking.
Y3 and NP01 yeasts were screened from the warm region.
Then it was considered that fermentation advanced quickly in a warm environment of 25 ºC. It has been suggested that
Newly isolated yeast strain
S. cerevisiae Y3 was applicable for
compounds related to DPPH radical scavenging activity and
ethanol fermentation. Comparative study with
S. cerevisiae
the inhibitory activity of lipid peroxidation are different. We
NP01 isolated in Thailand and
S. cerevisiae K7 industrial sake
would like to determine the compounds related to DPPH
yeast used in Japan was done. Y3 yeast had similar fermentation
radical scavenging activity and the inhibitory activity of lipid
ability compared with NP01 yeast isolated in Thailand and K7
industrial sake yeast used in Japan.Y3 yeast was applicable for traditional ethanol fermentation with cooking and ethanol fermentation without cooking.
The alcoholic beverages made from various yeasts and nonglutinous rice grains showed antioxidative activity. The DPPH radical scavenging activity of the alcoholic beverage made with Y3 yeast was higher than that of the alcoholic beverage made with NP01 and K7 yeasts. We would like to determine the compounds contained in the alcoholic beverages which have DPPH radical scavenging activity and the inhibitory activity of lipid peroxidation.
We would like to improve the taste and aroma of the alcoholic beverage and produce a fine alcoholic beverage that also has physiological advantages. We also apply the tropical microbial resources to modern brewing industry.
Figure 2 : DPPH radical scavenging activity of alcoholic
beverages made from 3 yeast strains and
nonglutinous rice grains.
Closed bars, alcoholic beverage made by fermentation without
This work was partially funded by the Japan Society for
cooking; open bars, fermentation with cooking.
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