FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 100-103.

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Study on Extraction of Capsaicinoids from Capsicum frutescens L.with Cellulase Enzymolysis

DONG  Xin-Rong, LIU  Zhong-Hua, GUO  De-Yin, LI  Yu-Hong, XIE  Da-Ping   

  1. 1.College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; 2.Natural Product Research Center, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China; 3.College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
  • Online:2007-03-15 Published:2011-12-31

Abstract: In this paper, a new technology, extracting capsaicinoids from Capsicum frutescens L. with cellulase is studied. Some affecting factors, such as enzymatic hydrolysis temperature, pH of the enzyme solution, the time of enzymatic hydrolysis and the amount of enzyme on extraction of capsaicin are optimized. The optimum parameters are: enzyme solution pH5.3, enzymatic hydrolysis temperature 40℃, enzyme 10mg/g and time of enzymatic hydrolysis 3 hours. The extractive efficiency is 7% more than that of traditional extract with ethanol comparatively.

Key words: Capsicum frutescens L., capsaicinioids, cellulase, extraction