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Balanč B, Salević-Jelić A, Đorđević V, Bugarski B, Nedović V, Petrović P, Knežević-Jugović Z. The Application of Protein Concentrate Obtained from Green Leaf Biomass in Structuring Nanofibers for Delivery of Vitamin B12. Foods 2024; 13:1576. [PMID: 38790876 PMCID: PMC11121456 DOI: 10.3390/foods13101576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Nanofibers made of natural proteins have caught the increasing attention of food scientists because of their edibility, renewability, and possibility for various applications. The objective of this study was to prepare nanofibers based on pumpkin leaf protein concentrate (LPC) as a by-product from some crops and gelatin as carriers for vitamin B12 using the electrospinning technique. The starting mixtures were analyzed in terms of viscosity, density, surface tension, and electrical conductivity. Scanning electron micrographs of the obtained nanofibers showed a slight increase in fiber average diameter with the addition of LPC and vitamin B12 (~81 nm to 109 nm). Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy verified the physical blending of gelatin and LPC without phase separation. Thermal analysis showed the fibers had good thermal stability up to 220 °C, highlighting their potential for food applications, regardless of the thermal processing. Additionally, the newly developed fibers have good storage stability, as detected by low water activity values ranging from 0.336 to 0.376. Finally, the release study illustrates the promising sustained release of vitamin B12 from gelatin-LPC nanofibers, mainly governed by the Fickian diffusion mechanism. The obtained results implied the potential of these nanofibers in the development of functional food products with improved nutritional profiles.
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- Bojana Balanč
- Innovation Centre of Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; (B.B.); (P.P.)
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11080 Beograd, Serbia; (A.S.-J.); (V.N.)
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- Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; (B.B.); (Z.K.-J.)
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- Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; (B.B.); (Z.K.-J.)
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- Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11080 Beograd, Serbia; (A.S.-J.); (V.N.)
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- Innovation Centre of Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; (B.B.); (P.P.)
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- Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; (B.B.); (Z.K.-J.)
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Bernier MÈ, Thibodeau J, Bazinet L. Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Water Lentil (Duckweed): An Emerging Source of Proteins for the Production of Antihypertensive Fractions. Foods 2024; 13:323. [PMID: 38275690 PMCID: PMC10814938 DOI: 10.3390/foods13020323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Water lentil (Duckweed), an emerging protein source, is a small floating aquatic plant with agronomic and compositional characteristics rendering it a potential source of bioactive peptides. However, enzymatic hydrolysis of duckweeds has only been carried out to assess the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the hydrolysates. The main objectives of this study were to perform enzymatic hydrolysis of duckweed powder utilizing several enzymes and to evaluate the final antihypertensive activity of the fractions. Duckweed powder was efficiently hydrolyzed by pepsin, chymotrypsin, papain and trypsin, with degree of hydrolysis ranging from 3% to 9%, even without prior extraction and concentration of proteins. A total of 485 peptide sequences were identified in the hydrolysates and only 51 were common to two or three hydrolysates. It appeared that phenolic compounds were released through enzymatic hydrolyses and primarily found in the supernatants after centrifugation at concentrations up to 11 mg gallic acid/g sample. The chymotryptic final hydrolysate, the chymotryptic supernatant and the papain supernatant increased the ACE inhibitory activity by more than 6- to 8-folds, resulting in IC50 values ranging between 0.55 to 0.70 mg peptides/mL. Depending on the fraction, the ACE-inhibition was attributed to either bioactive peptides, phenolic compounds or a synergistic effect of both. To the best of our knowledge, this was the first study to investigate the enzymatic hydrolysis of duckweed proteins to produce bioactive peptides with therapeutic applications in mind.
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- Department of Food Sciences, Laboratoire de Transformation Alimentaire et Procédés ÉlectroMembranaires (LTAPEM, Laboratory of Food Processing and ElectroMembrane Processes), Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Université Laval, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; (M.-È.B.); (J.T.)
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Bioactivity Evaluation of Peptide Fractions from Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) Using Alcalase and Hydrolytic Enzymes Extracted from Oncorhynchus mykiss and Their Potential to Develop the Edible Coats. FOOD BIOPROCESS TECH 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11947-022-02986-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Sulewska K, Rybarczyk-Płońska A, Karamać M. Antioxidant Capacity of Lentil Flour Hydrolysates Obtained with Pancreatin. POL J FOOD NUTR SCI 2022. [DOI: 10.31883/pjfns/155932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Noman A, Wang Y, Zhang C, Abed S. Antioxidant Activity of Hybrid Sturgeon (<i>Huso dauricus</i> × <i>Acipenser schrenckii</i>) Protein Hydrolysate Prepared Using Bromelain, Its Fractions and Purified Peptides. POL J FOOD NUTR SCI 2022. [DOI: 10.31883/pjfns/146317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Liu W, Li H, Wen Y, Liu Y, Wang J, Sun B. Molecular Mechanism for the α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Effect of Wheat Germ Peptides. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2021; 69:15231-15239. [PMID: 34874169 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c06098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Wheat germ peptides (WGPs) have various benefits to human health, while their antidiabetes mechanism remains unknown. In this study, the α-glucosidase inhibition activity of WGPs was identified, exhibiting an IC50 value of 6.87 mg/mL. By further filtrating them into five groups according to molecular weight (Mw), the fraction with Mw < 1 kDa displayed the highest inhibitory activity with an IC50 of 2.10 mg/mL. The addition of 2 mg/mL WGPs with Mw < 1 kDa effectively reduced the glucose-releasing rate on everted intestine sleeves. By virtual screening and HPLC-QTOF-MS/MS, LDLQR, AGGFR, and LDNFR were identified and synthesized for the first time, and their IC50 values were 8.59, 8.66, and 9.21 mM, respectively. Molecular docking and amino acid composition analysis results showed that the high content of C-terminal Arg residues in the peptides could be the essential reason for their α-glucosidase inhibition activity. This study paved a way to utilize WGPs as potential antidiabetes ingredients for the food industry.
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- Weiwei Liu
- China-Canada Joint Lab of Food Nutrition and Health (Beijing), School of Food and Health, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), 11 Fucheng Road, Beijing 100048, China
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- China-Canada Joint Lab of Food Nutrition and Health (Beijing), School of Food and Health, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), 11 Fucheng Road, Beijing 100048, China
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), 11 Fucheng Road, Beijing 100048, China
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- China-Canada Joint Lab of Food Nutrition and Health (Beijing), School of Food and Health, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), 11 Fucheng Road, Beijing 100048, China
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- China-Canada Joint Lab of Food Nutrition and Health (Beijing), School of Food and Health, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), 11 Fucheng Road, Beijing 100048, China
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- China-Canada Joint Lab of Food Nutrition and Health (Beijing), School of Food and Health, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), 11 Fucheng Road, Beijing 100048, China
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Famuwagun AA, Alashi AM, Gbadamosi SO, Taiwo KA, Oyedele D, Adebooye OC, Aluko RE. Effect of Protease Type and Peptide Size on the In Vitro Antioxidant, Antihypertensive and Anti-Diabetic Activities of Eggplant Leaf Protein Hydrolysates. Foods 2021; 10:foods10051112. [PMID: 34069802 PMCID: PMC8157255 DOI: 10.3390/foods10051112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Solanum macrocarpon (eggplant) leaf protein isolate (ELI) was hydrolyzed using four different enzymes to produce hydrolysates from alcalase (AH), chymotrypsin (CH) pepsin (PH) and trypsin (TH). CH had an overall stronger antioxidant property and was separated using ultrafiltration membranes into <1, 1–3 and 3–5 kDa peptide fractions. Gel-permeation chromatography confirmed conversion of the ELI (average of 22 kDa) into protein hydrolysates that contained smaller peptides (<6 kDa). A total of 23 peptides consisting of tri and tetrapeptides were identified from the CH, which is a wider spectrum when compared to seven for AH and four each for TH and PH. CH exhibited stronger scavenging activities against DPPH and hydroxyl radicals. CH and TH exhibited the strongest inhibitions against angiotensin-converting enzyme. In contrast, AH was the strongest inhibitor of α-amylase while AH and PH had strong inhibitory activities against α-glucosidase when compared with other hydrolysates. Ultrafiltration fractionation produced peptides that were stronger (p < 0.05) scavengers of DPPH, and hydroxyl radicals, in addition to better metal-chelating and enzyme inhibition agents. The study concluded that the eggplant protein hydrolysates and the UF fractions may find applications in tackling oxidative stress-related diseases and conditions involving excessive activities of the metabolic enzymes.
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- Akinsola A. Famuwagun
- Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; (A.M.A.); (S.O.G.); (R.E.A.)
- Department of Food Science & Technology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220002, Nigeria;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +234-7038688258
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- Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; (A.M.A.); (S.O.G.); (R.E.A.)
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- Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; (A.M.A.); (S.O.G.); (R.E.A.)
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220002, Nigeria;
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- Department of Soil and Land Resources Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220002, Nigeria;
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- Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 220002, Nigeria;
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- Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada; (A.M.A.); (S.O.G.); (R.E.A.)
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