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Removal of phytic acid in protein via pretreatment of rapeseed meal

  • Yanlei Li , Yiying Sun , Lin Lu , Zhiming Gao EMAIL logo , Yuehan Wu ORCID logo , Dan Yuan and Wenxin Jiang

Abstract

To obtain rapeseed protein with low phytic acid (PA), soy protein isolate (SPI) was used to investigate the interactions between SPI and PA. The influence of pretreatment (soaking using salt solution and dialysis) of the defatted rapeseed meal on the PA and protein content in the final rapeseed proteins was also studied. The results showed that electrostatic interactions dominated the protein–PA interaction, which was affected by pH and ionic strength. Accordingly, the pH and ionic strength in the soaking medium also influenced the PA remained in the rapeseed proteins. The PA content decreased with the ionic strength (400–800 mM) and relatively low PA was obtained at pH 6.0 (soaking environment). Finally, 52.8 % of the PA have been removed and PA content remained in rapeseed protein isolate (RPI) reached about 0.84 mg/g, at the same time, the protein content was maintained around 86.70 %. Overall, soaking using salt solution and dialysis could be an effective method to achieve high quality rapeseed protein with low PA.


Corresponding author: Zhiming Gao, Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation (Ministry of Education & Hubei Province), Hubei University of Technology, Nanli Road, Wuhan 430068, P. R. China; and Glyn O. Phillips Hydrocolloid Research Centre, School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Nanli Road, Wuhan 430068, P. R. China, E-mail:
Yanlei Li and Yiying Sun contributed equally.

Award Identifier / Grant number: 32202048

Funding source: Scientific Research Foundation of the Hubei University of Technology

Award Identifier / Grant number: XJ2021001501

Funding source: Collaborative Grant-in-aid of the HBUT National “111” Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics

Award Identifier / Grant number: XBTK-2021008

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: Unassigned

Funding source: Hubei University

Award Identifier / Grant number: Unassigned

  1. Research ethics: The local Institutional Review Board deemed the study exempt from review, and this study complies with local legal requirements.

  2. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this manuscript.

  4. Research funding: This study was financed by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 32202048), the Scientific Research Foundation of the Hubei University of Technology (No. XJ2021001501) and the HBUT National “111” Center for Cellular Regulation and Molecular Pharmaceutics (XBTK-2021008).

  5. Data availability: Data will be made available upon request.

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Received: 2023-11-13
Accepted: 2024-01-18
Published Online: 2024-02-09

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