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Understanding the shielding effects of whey protein on mulberry anthocyanins: Insights from multispectral and molecular modelling investigations

International journal of biological macromolecules • 2018
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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 Open Link
Supplementary Materials Not Available
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