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Lunasin and Bowman-Birk Protease Inhibitor Concentrations of Protein Extracts from Enzyme-Assisted Aqueous Extraction of Soybeans
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Juliana Maria L. Nobrega de Moura, Iowa State University
  • Blanca Hernandez-Ledesma, University of California - Berkeley
  • Neiva M. de Almeida, Universidade Federal da Paraiba
  • Chia-Chien Hsieh, University of California - Berkeley
  • Ben O. de Lumen, University of California - Berkeley
  • Lawrence A. Johnson, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-31-2011
DOI
10.1021/jf200183m
Abstract
Lunasin and Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor (BBI) are two soybean peptides to which health-promoting properties have been attributed. Concentrations of these peptides were determined in skim fractions produced by enzyme-assisted aqueous extraction processing (EAEP) of extruded full-fat soybean flakes (an alternative to extracting oil from soybeans with hexane) and compared with similar extracts from hexane-defatted soybean meal. Oil and protein were extracted by using countercurrent twostage EAEP of soybeans at 1:6 solids-to-liquid ratio, 50C, pH 9.0, and 120 rpm for 1 h. Protein-rich skim fractions were produced from extruded full-fat soybean flakes using different enzyme strategies in EAEP: 0.5% protease (wt/g extruded flakes) used in both extraction stages; 0.5% protease used only in the second extraction stage; no enzyme used in either extraction stage. Countercurrent two-stage protein extraction of air-desolventized, hexane-defatted soybean flakes was used as a control. Protein extraction yields increased from 66% to 89-96% when using countercurrent two-stage EAEP with extruded full-fat flakes compared to 85% when using countercurrent two-stage protein extraction of air-desolventized, hexane-defatted soybean flakes. Extruding full-fat soybean flakes reduced BBI activity. Enzymatic hydrolysis reduced BBI contents of EAEP skims. Lunasin, however, was more resistant to both enzymatic hydrolysis and heat denaturation. Although using enzymes in both EAEP extraction stages yielded the highest protein and oil extractions, reducing enzyme use to only the second stage preserved much of the BBI and Lunasin.
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Reprinted with permission from Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 59(13): 6940-6946. doi: 10.1021/jf200183m. Copyright 2011 American Chemical Society.

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Citation Information
Juliana Maria L. Nobrega de Moura, Blanca Hernandez-Ledesma, Neiva M. de Almeida, Chia-Chien Hsieh, et al.. "Lunasin and Bowman-Birk Protease Inhibitor Concentrations of Protein Extracts from Enzyme-Assisted Aqueous Extraction of Soybeans" Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Vol. 59 Iss. 13 (2011) p. 6940 - 6946
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/lawrence_johnson/38/