β-Glucan Interaction with Lentil (Lens culinaris) and Yellow Pea (Pisum sativum) Proteins Suppresses Their in Vitro Digestibility

Autor: Mieke M.B. Commandeur, Ruth T. Boachie, Edoardo Capuano, Chibuike C. Udenigwe, Raliat O. Abioye, Teresa Oliviero, Vincenzo Fogliano
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 69 (2021) 36
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 69(36), 10630-10637
ISSN: 0021-8561
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c03022
Popis: In this study, β-glucan interaction with lentil and yellow pea proteins and the effect on in vitro protein digestibility were investigated. Proteins were mixed with β-glucan at mass ratios of 1:0.5, 1:1, and 1:2. The interaction between β-glucan and the proteins was demonstrated by the decrease in transmittance and surface charge and the increase in particle size of the complexes. Bright-field microscopy showed the formation of aggregates between the biopolymers, although increased molecular size was not observed by discontinuous native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Fluorescence microscopy indicated that β-glucan formed aggregates with lentil proteins, while the interaction with yellow pea proteins appeared as distinct phases of protein within the β-glucan network. The in vitro protein digestibility of lentil and pea protein decreased by 27.3 and 34.5%, respectively, in the presence of a β-glucan mass ratio of 1:2. The findings confirm the possibility to modulate protein digestibility by changing the physical characteristics of a food matrix.
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