Title
Ultrasound-assisted optimal extraction and thermal stability of betalains from colored quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) hulls
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Ultrasound-assisted extraction in water of betalains from selected colored quinoa hulls with specific colors was optimized by response surface methodology using a Box-Benhken design and then the thermal stability of these betalains was evaluated. Betacyanins from quinoa hulls were optimally extracted at amplitude = 70%, cycle = 0.6 and very short extraction time = 9.2 s, which produced 96.477 mg of betalains/100 g fresh weight of sample (FW). For quinoa hulls containing betaxanthins, an amplitude = 90%; cycle = 0.7 and extraction time = 40 s was required for the optimal extraction of pigments (201.01 mg of betalains/100 g FW). Total content of saponins between 0.69 and 1.14 mg/g FW, and 0.51 and 0.62 mg/g FW were found in the extract of betacyanins and betaxanthins, respectively. Conventional extraction of betalains from quinoa hulls required 30 min at room temperature to reach similar yields. The thermal stability kinetic parameters at 90 °C (first-rate rate constant, k = 0.068 min−1 and half-time, t1/2 = 10.2 min) for betacyanins extracted from quinoa hulls were comparable to those measured for beetroot betalains whereas betaxanthin extracted from quinoa hulls was more thermostable with a k = 0.019 min−1 and t1/2 = 37 min. Quinoa hulls are a good source of betalains and the presence of saponins in the extracts could help produce a unique bifunctional ingredient for the food and/or pharmaceutical industries.
Start page
606
End page
614
Volume
111
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología agrícola, Biotecnología alimentaria
Otras ingenierías, Otras tecnologías
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85034631050
Source
Industrial Crops and Products
ISSN of the container
09266690
Sponsor(s)
The authors are indebted to Universidad Nacional de Juliaca (UNAJ) for the funding received from the Project Canon Minero 2013 , Resolution No. 102-2013-CO-UNAJ Puno, Peru.
Sources of information:
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