Melanin and humic acid-like polymer complex from olive mill waste waters. Part I. Isolation and characterization

Autor: Georgios Sotiroudis, Vassiliki Papadimitriou, Maissa Khemakhem, Nabiha Bouzouita, Cécile Arbez-Gindre, Theodore G. Sotiroudis, Panagiotis Zoumpoulakis
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Food Chemistry. 203:540-547
ISSN: 0308-8146
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.01.110
Popis: A water soluble humic acid and melanin-like polymer complex (OMWW-ASP) was isolated from olive mill waste waters (OMWW) by ammonium sulfate fractionation to be used as natural additive in food preparations. The dark polymer complex was further characterized by a variety of biochemical, physicochemical and spectroscopic techniques. OMWW-ASP is composed mainly of proteins associated with polyphenols and carbohydrates and the distribution of its relative molecular size was determined between about 5 and 190 kDa. SDS-PAGE shows the presence of a well separated protein band of 21.3 kDa and a low molecular weight peptide. The OMWW-ASP complex exhibits a monotonically increasing UV-Vis absorption spectrum and it contains stable radicals. Antioxidant activity measurements reveal the ability of the OMWW protein fraction to scavenge both the cationic 2,2'-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS(+)) radical, as well as the stable nitroxide free radical 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine 1-oxyl (TEMPOL).
Databáze: OpenAIRE