Understanding the shielding effects of whey protein on mulberry anthocyanins: Insights from multispectral and molecular modelling investigations
International journal of biological macromolecules • 2018
Publication Information
Authors
Ibrahim Khalifa, Rongzu Nie, Zhenzhen Ge, Kaikai Li, Chunmei Li
Keywords
Anthocyanins
Journal
International journal of biological macromolecules
Publisher
Elsiver
Volume
119
Issue
Not Available
Pages
116-124
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
Assembling between polyphenols and proteins has been recently spotlighted and this binding is of specific importance in food chemistry since these complexes are typically used in different foodstuffs. A study on the copigmentation among three encapsulation wall-materials, including maltodextrin, gum Arabic, and whey proteins, with mulberry anthocyanins (AC) proved that whey protein (WP) is an outstanding wall-material due to its wrapping and hyperchromicity effects. Additionally, high binding ability of WP with AC was shown to be responsible for its superior copigmentation effects. Accordingly, the underlying shielding mechanism of WP on AC based on their non-covalent assembling was deeply studied using multispectral and computational assays. The fluorometric results demonstrated that a static and heat-stable binding between WP and AC occurred, leading to modification in size, hydrophobicity, and
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