Functional Food Ingredients Based on Sunflower Protein Concentrates Naturally Enriched with Antioxidant Phenolic Compounds

The functional properties of three sunflower protein concentrates having different content of phenolic compounds (mainly chlorogenic and caffeic acids) obtained from sunflower oil cake, a by-product of the oil industry, were evaluated. Sunflower protein concentrates exhibited high water solubility a...

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Autores: Salgado, Pablo Rodrigo, Molina Ortiz, Sara E., Petruccelli, Silvana, Mauri, Adriana Noemí
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/140959
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/140959
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ciencias Exactas
Sunflower protein concentrates
Phenolic compounds
Functional properties
Solubility
WIC
WHC
Emulsions
Foams
Gelation
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Sumario:The functional properties of three sunflower protein concentrates having different content of phenolic compounds (mainly chlorogenic and caffeic acids) obtained from sunflower oil cake, a by-product of the oil industry, were evaluated. Sunflower protein concentrates exhibited high water solubility and moderate water-imbibing and water-holding capacities. It was possible to obtain foams and emulsions of different stability at different pH and ionic strength from these protein concentrates, as well as self-supporting gels produced by thermal induction. The presence of phenolic compounds not only conferred antioxidant activity and changed the color of protein products, but also reduced the water imbibing capacity of sunflower protein concentrates, the stability of the emulsions obtained, and the hardness of protein gels. In contrast, phenolic compounds did not modify the water holding capacity, their water solubility or their foaming properties. These results suggest that these protein products may be used as functional ingredients in the food industry.