Identification of novel antioxidant peptides generated in Spanish dry-cured ham

The objective of this study was to purify and identify antioxidant peptides present in a water soluble extract of Spanish dry-cured ham. The initial extract was loaded into a Sephadex G25 column and fractions showing antioxidant activity were collected, pooled together and subjected to reversed-phas...

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Autores: Escudero, Elizabeth, Mora, Leticia, Fraser, Paul D., Aristoy, María Concepción, Toldrá Vilardell, Fidel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/381331
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/381331
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84873709794
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Antioxidant peptides
DPPH radical-scavenging activity
Dry-cured ham
Mass spectrometry
Proteomics
Reducing power
antioxidants
proteomics
cured meat
dried meat
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Sumario:The objective of this study was to purify and identify antioxidant peptides present in a water soluble extract of Spanish dry-cured ham. The initial extract was loaded into a Sephadex G25 column and fractions showing antioxidant activity were collected, pooled together and subjected to reversed-phase chromatography for further purification. Using a nano-LC-MS/MS analysis, 27 peptides were identified in these fractions. Several key peptides were selected for synthesis and the determination of their antioxidant properties using the DPPH radical-scavenging assay and reducing power analysis. The strongest radical-scavenging activity was observed with peptide SAGNPN which showed 50% antioxidant activity at a concentration of 1.5mg/ml. On the other hand, the peptide GLAGA showed the higher reducing power with 0.5 units of absorbance at 700 nm at a concentration of 1mg/ml. Other synthesised sequences showed lower antioxidant activity. The results indicate the potential of Spanish dry-cured ham as a source of antioxidant peptides naturally generated during the dry-curing process.