1. Antioxidant activity of cod (Gadus morhua) protein hydrolysates: Fractionation and characterisation of peptide fractions.
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Sabeena Farvin KH, Andersen LL, Otte J, Nielsen HH, Jessen F, and Jacobsen C
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- Amino Acids chemistry, Animals, Chelating Agents chemistry, Chelating Agents isolation & purification, Chemical Fractionation, Chromatography, Gel, Molecular Weight, Oxidation-Reduction, Peptides isolation & purification, Antioxidants chemistry, Gadus morhua, Peptides chemistry, Protein Hydrolysates chemistry, Seafood analysis
- Abstract
This study aimed to characterise peptide fractions (>5kDa, 3-5kDa and <3kDa) with antioxidative activity obtained from a cod protein hydrolysate. The free amino acids in all fractions were dominated by Ala, Gly, Glu and Ser. The total amino acid composition had high proportions of Lys, Ala and Glu. The 3-5kDa and <3kDa fractions were further fractionated by size exclusion chromatography. All sub-fractions showed high Fe(2+) chelating activity. The DPPH radical-scavenging activity of the 3-5kDa fraction was exerted mainly by one sub-fraction dominated by peptides with masses below 600Da. The DPPH radical-scavenging activity of the <3kDa fraction was exerted by sub-fractions with low molecular weight. The highest reducing power was found in a sub-fraction containing peptides rich in Arg, Tyr and Phe. Both free amino acids and low molecular weight peptides thus seemed to contribute to the antioxidative activity of the peptide fractions, and Tyr seemed to play a major role in the antioxidant activity., (Copyright © 2016. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)
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- 2016
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