Characterization of the nutritive value of tropical legume grains as alternative ingredients for small‐scale pork producers using in vitro enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation*

In the tropic, the small‐scale pork production is negatively influenced by the low availability of high protein ingredients. The study aimed to compare the protein and starch hydrolysis as well as fibre fermentation of five tropical legume grains (Canavalia brasiliensis, CB; Lablab purpureus, LP; Vigna unguiculata, white WVU; pink PVU and red RVU) and a control (extruded full‐fat soybean (SB)), using an in vitro model that simulated digestion in the gastrointestinal tract of pigs. A sequential in vitro hydrolysis was carried out with pepsin (120 min) and pancreatin (240 min) to determine the degree of hydrolysis (DH) of protein and starch. The indigestible residue was fermented in vitro with pig faecal inoculum to compare the modelled kinetics of gas production over 72 h and the production of short‐chain fatty acids (SCFA). After 360 min of pepsin–pancreatin hydrolysis, SB and WVU had the highest protein hydrolysis (76% and 66%) and PVU and WVU the highest starch hydrolysis (70% and 64%) (p < 0.01). The in vitro fermentation of the indigestible residue of WVU resulted in the highest (482 ml/g DM; p < 0.001) and CB the lowest (335 ml/g DM) gas production. These data were consistent with the SCFA production. Butyrate, propionate and total SCFA were higher (or tended) for RVU and WVU when compared with CB and SB (p = 0.015–0.085). In conclusion, the high DH of protein and starch as well as the high gas and SCFA production obtained with raw WVU makes it an interesting alternative to SB as a feedstuff for swine nutrition in the tropic. Other legume grains (LP and CB) cannot be used by pigs in their raw form.     

Amylase activity in potato tubers

Summary Amylase activity in extracts of sprouted tubers was optimised at final concentrations of soluble starch in the incubation medium of 0.6–2.0 mg cm⁻³. Optimum pH was 6. The exclusion of calcium ions from extraction and incubation media did not result in reduced enzyme activity. This, together with a shift in the absorption maximum of the starch-iodine complex almost identical to that observed with pure β-amylase, indicates the predominance of β-amylase in the extracts. Over a 15-min incubation period the linearity of the response was dependent upon the volume of tuber extract included in the assay medium. Gel filtration of extracts did not influence this response.     

Optimization of formic/acetic acid delignification of Miscanthus × giganteus for enzymatic hydrolysis using response surface methodology

A Box-Behnken experimental design and response surface methodology were employed to optimize the pretreatment parameters of a formic/acetic acid delignification treatment of Miscanthus × giganteus for enzymatic hydrolysis. The effects of three independent variables, namely cooking time (1, 2 and 3 h), formic acid/acetic acid/water ratio (20/60/20, 30/50/20 and 40/40/20) and temperature (80, 90 and 107 °C) on pulp yield, residual Klason lignin content, concentration of degradation products (furfural and hydroxymethylfurfural) in the black liquor, and enzymatic digestibility of the pulps were investigated. The major parameter influencing was the temperature for pulp yield, delignification degree, furfural production and enzymatic digestibility. According to the response surface analysis the optimum conditions predicted for a maximum enzymatic digestibility of the glucan (75.3%) would be obtained using a cooking time of 3 h, at 107 °C and with a formic acid/acetic acid/water ratio of 40/40/20%. Glucan digestibility was highly dependent on the delignification degree.     

Effects of preemergence and postemergence herbicides on urea hydrolysis and nitrification of urea nitrogen in soil

The influence of 5 and 50 mg active ingredient kg^-1 soil of nine preemergence and nine postemergence herbicides on transformations of urea N in soil was studied in samples of two coarse-textured and two fine-textured soils incubated aerobically at 20°C. The effects of each herbicide on soil urea transformations was measured by determining the amounts of urea hydrolyzed and the amounts of NO _inf3 ^sup- and NO _inf2 ^sup- produced at various times after treatment with urea. Applied at the rate of 5 mg active ingredient kg^-1 soil, none of the herbicides retarded urea hydrolysis in the four soils used, but four of the postemergence herbicides (acifluorfen, diclofop methyl, fenoxaprop ethyl) retarded urea hydrolysis in the two coarse-textured soils. All the herbicides tested except siduron retarded nitrification in the two coarse-textured soils when applied at 50 mg of urea N active ingredient kg^-1 soil, and fenoxaprop ethyl and tridiphane markedly retarded nitrification of urea N in all four of the soils when applied at this rate. One-way analysis of variance and correlation analyses indicated that the inhibitory effects of the 18 herbicides tested on nitrification of urea N in soil increased with a decrease in the organic-matter content and an increase in the sand content of the soil. Present address: Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA     

鱼鳞制胶及其综合利用

鱼鳞很适合提取优质胶。通过酸碱水解和酶促水解的比较，得出酶解工艺更适合鱼鳞制胶，并确定了酶解的最佳条件。鱼鳞胶的应用非常广泛，其副产品也可以利用。     

Production of Interesting Peptide Fractions by Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Tuna Dark Muscle By-Product Using Alcalase

ABSTRACT

A protein hydrolysate was prepared from proteins of tuna dark muscle by-product. The hydrolysis conditions (time, temperature, pH, and enzyme concentration) using Alcalase was optimized by response surface methodology (RSM). The regression coefficient close to 1.0, observed during experimental and validation runs, indicated the validity of the model. The hydrolysate produced under the optimum conditions determined by RSM has a low rate of peptide fraction of molecular weight of 4–1 kDa. Meanwhile, the results obtained by hydrolysis under optimal conditions determined by a complementary study (temperature 55°C, time 60 min, 1% enzyme concentration, and pH 8.5) show that the hydrolysate produced has a height rate of the peptide fraction of molecular weight of 4–1 kDa. The amino acid composition of the protein hydrolysate prepared proved to have the potential for application as an ingredient in balanced fish diets and as a source of nitrogen in microbial growth media.     

蚯蚓蛋白酶解工艺及其产物分析

采用Asl.398枯草蛋白酶制备蚯蚓肽,通过单因素与正交试验设计(L9(34)),以氨基氮数,多肽浓度为衡量指标,对最佳酶条件进行筛选研究,并分析了酶解液氨基酸含量和相对分子量的分布。结果表明:最佳酶解条件为pH 6.5、酶浓度为1%、温度50℃反应、时间8 h,在此条件下,酶解蚯蚓蛋白的水解液氨基氮数可以达到16.55 mmol/100 mL,水解液多肽浓度达9.22 mg/mL,酶解液分子量大部分是在5 000以下的多肽、小肽及氨基酸的混合物,其中分子量在220以下的占了72.09%,氨基酸组成平衡,含量丰富,可用来制取新型氨基酸微量元素及小肽添加剂。     

荞麦淀粉酶水解工艺条件研究

为探索荞麦淀粉酶水解特性及工艺条件,试验采用中温α-淀粉酶、真菌α-淀粉酶及其不同组合对荞麦淀粉进行水解,并在水解温度、pH、底物浓度及酶用量等单因素试验的基础上进行了二次回归正交旋转试验,确定了荞麦淀粉酶解工艺条件。结果表明,真菌α-淀粉酶适用于荞麦淀粉水解,其淀粉转化率和DE值均较高;各因素对真菌α-淀粉酶水解荞麦淀粉影响程度大小依次为pH>水解温度>酶用量>底物浓度;真菌α-淀粉酶水解荞麦淀粉的适宜工艺条件为:水解温度54℃,pH 6.0,底物浓度50 g/L,酶用量100~130 U/g,水解时间为75 m in,在此工艺条件下荞麦淀粉酶水解度为66.05%。     

温度和酸的种类对人参二醇得率的影响

目的研究温度和酸的种类对人参总皂苷酸水解的影响，从而确定人参二醇的最佳制备工艺。方法以人参总皂苷为原料，在规定温度分别以10％3种酸、50％乙醇溶液为溶剂，水浴回流水解4h，水解液回收乙醇后用氯仿萃取，氯仿层合并回收氯仿，残渣用甲醇溶解，用薄层扫描仪测定含量。结果80℃时，盐酸、硫酸和硝酸人参二醇得率分别为10．15％、8．81％和16．69％；90℃时，分别为1．80％、11．02％和2．14％；100℃时分别为0．47％、13．70％和2．35％。结论盐酸和硝酸温度越高，人参二醇含量反而降低；硫酸温度越高，人参二醇得率越高且纯度高。因此，人参二醇最佳的制备方法应为100℃、10％硫酸水解。     

杉木微晶纤维素的制备

以杉木木材为原料，经过制取纤维素和稀酸水解，制备了微晶纤维素(MCC)。水解的最佳条件是：使用质量分数为6％的盐酸，m(杉木纤维素)：m(盐酸)=1：20，水解温度为92℃，水解时间为25min，产率达到94．6％。对制得微晶纤维素作了红外光谱和X-射线衍射分析与确认。