Recovery of Isoflavone Aglycones from Soy Whey Wastewater Using Foam Fractionation and Acidic Hydrolysis

Autor: Lian Jie Wang, Zhaoliang Wu, Wei Liu, Huixin Zhang, Yan Ji Wang
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 61:7366-7372
ISSN: 1520-5118
0021-8561
DOI: 10.1021/jf401693m
Popis: The purpose of this work was to recover isoflavone aglycones from industrial soy whey wastewater, where the isoflavone aglycones mainly existed in the form of β-glycosides. First, foam fractionation was used for effectively concentrating the total soy isoflavones, including isoflavone aglycones and β-glycosides, from the wastewater. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy indicated the existence of complexes of soy isoflavones and soy proteins. When soy proteins were used as the collectors, a high enrichment ratio of 3.68 was obtained under the optimal operating conditions of temperature of 50 °C, pH of 5.0, volumetric air flow rate of 100 mL/min, and loading liquid height of 400 mm. Subsequently, acidic hydrolysis was used for hydrolyzing β-glycosides in the foamate into aglycones. Using response surface methodology, a hydrolytic percentage could reach 96% under the optimum hydrolysis conditions of hydrolytic temperature of 80 °C, hydrochloric acid concentration of 1.37 mol/L, and hydrolytic time of 90 min.
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