FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2006, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 147-151.

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Preparation of Antioxidant Peptide from Wheat Germ Protein by Enzymatic Hydrolysis

 CHENG  Yun-Hui, WANG  Zhang, XU  Shi-Ying   

  1. 1.School of Food Science and Technology, Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi 214036, China; 2.Department of Biology and Food Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410015, China
  • Online:2006-06-15 Published:2011-09-22

Abstract: The optimum enzymatic hydrolysis parameters were determined by single-factor test and response surface analysis. It was shown that the optimum hydrolytic conditions for preparing wheat germ antioxidant peptide by protease Proleather FG- F were: [S]5.00%, [E]/[S]4.90%~5.05%, pH9.5, temperature 53.30~54.50℃, and time 3.8h. Furthermore, wheat germ peptide prepared on these conditions showed that the strong scavenging activities of DPPH radical and the superoxide anion-radical could reach the scavenging rate as 59.55% and 56.38%, respectively.

Key words: wheat germ protein, antioxidant peptide, enzymatic hydrolysis, response surface analysis