Volume 73, Issue 2 pp. 333-340
Original Research

Antioxidant activities of enzymatic-hydrolysed proteins of dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) colostrum

Olfa Oussaief

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Olfa Oussaief

Livestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute of Medenine, University of Gabes, Medenine, 4119 Tunisia

Author for correspondence: E-mail: [email protected]

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Zeineb Jrad

Zeineb Jrad

Livestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute of Medenine, University of Gabes, Medenine, 4119 Tunisia

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Isabelle Adt

Isabelle Adt

ISARA Lyon, BioDyMIA (Bioingénierie et Dynamique Microbienne aux Interfaces Alimentaires), University of Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Equipe Mixte d’Accueil n°3733, IUT Lyon 1, 01000 Bourg en Bresse, France

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Mohamed Dbara

Mohamed Dbara

Livestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute of Medenine, University of Gabes, Medenine, 4119 Tunisia

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Touhami Khorchani

Touhami Khorchani

Livestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute of Medenine, University of Gabes, Medenine, 4119 Tunisia

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Halima El-Hatmi

Halima El-Hatmi

Livestock and Wildlife Laboratory, Arid Lands Institute of Medenine, University of Gabes, Medenine, 4119 Tunisia

Department of Food, High Institute of Applied Biology of Medenine, University of Gabes, Medenine, 4119 Tunisia

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First published: 06 November 2019
Citations: 11

Abstract

This work investigated the antioxidant activities of dromedary colostrum proteins before and after hydrolysis by pepsin, trypsin, α-chymotrypsin, pancreatin and papain. The enzymatic hydrolysis affected the degrees of hydrolysis, electrophoretic profiles, molecular weight distribution and hydrophobic/hydrophilic properties of the generated peptides. The antioxidant activities were evaluated using four antioxidant assays, including 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2′-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical-scavenging activities, ferric reducing power and ferrous ion chelating activity. Interestingly, the antioxidant activities of dromedary colostrum proteins were enhanced after enzymatic hydrolysis. The highest antioxidant potential was obtained by pancreatic hydrolysates (P ≤ 0.05). These results suggest that dromedary colostrum protein hydrolysates are an important source of natural antioxidant peptides.

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