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JOURNAL OF CEREAL SCIENCE
Volume 76, Issue -, Pages 85-91Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2017.05.021
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Protein profile; QPM; Antioxidant; Alcalase hydrolysates
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- NutriOmics from Tecnologico de Monterrey [CAT-005]
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, CONACyT-Mexico [346902]
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Maize is the main crop cultivated worldwide with more than 1 billion metric tons produced annually and is one of the most relevant sources of protein for human consumption in developing countries. Proteins and peptides isolated from maize exert relevant antioxidant activity which is increased by enzymatic hydrolysis. However, there is limited information about the antioxidant potential of proteins isolated from Quality Protein Maize (QPM) varieties and their hydrolysates. The aim of this research was to determine the differences in protein profile and antioxidant activity of protein fractions and hydrolysates between a hybrid white maize (Asgrow 773) and a QPM variety (CML-502). The biophysical evaluation and the total protein quantification by Kjeldahl and fractions by ninhydrin were consistent with the changes due to the breeding process of the QPM material. The antioxidant potential of the hydrolysates obtained from albumins and globulins had a 3-fold increase in both maize varieties. The prolamins hydrolysates presented an increase of 7-fold for the normal variety and 2-fold for the QPM variety. The results of this research allow indicate that the QPM varieties are a source of antioxidant peptides and promising candidates in the search for proteins and peptides with other bioactivities. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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