Title
Bioprocessed Wheat Ingredients: Characterization, Bioaccessibility of Phenolic Compounds, and Bioactivity During in vitro Digestion
Date Issued
24 December 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Tomé-Sánchez I.
Martín-Diana A.B.
Peñas E.
Frias J.
Rico D.
Jiménez-Pulido I.
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Publisher(s)
Frontiers Media S.A.
Abstract
To enlarge the applications of whole wheat grain (WWG) and wheat bran (WB) as functional ingredients in foodstuffs that can promote human health, researchers have explored bioprocessing approaches to improve the bioaccessibility of phenolic compounds from these food matrices and, subsequently, their biological effects. The objective of this study was to compare the composition in nutrients, anti-nutrients, and bioactive compounds of WWG and WB, and their respective bioprocessed products: sprouted wheat (GERM) and WB hydrolysate (stabilized by spray-drying [SPD] and microencapsulated [MEC]). In addition, to evaluate the functional properties of these ingredients, the bioaccessibility of phenolic compounds and their potential antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities were monitored in different digestion steps. GERM had increased amounts of insoluble dietary fiber, higher diversity of oligosaccharides, and higher concentration of monosaccharides, free phosphorous, and phenolic compounds than WWG. SPD had improved content of soluble dietary fiber, oligosaccharides, monosaccharides, free phosphorous, and phenolic compounds (vs. WB), whereas MEC was mainly composed of protein and had nearly 2-fold lower content of SPD components. All the ingredients showed lower amounts of phytic acid as compared with raw materials. In all samples, hydroxycinnamic acids were the most representative polyphenols followed by minor amounts of hydroxybenzoic acids and flavonoids. Gastrointestinal digestion of GERM, SPD, and MEC revealed high stability of total phenolic compounds in both gastric and intestinal phases. Hydroxycinnamic acids were the most bioaccessible compounds during digestion among the three bioprocessed wheat ingredients studied, although their bioaccessibility varied across ingredients. In this sense, the bioaccessibility of ferulic acid (FA) derivatives increased in GERM with progression of the digestion, while it was reduced in SPD and MEC up to the end of the intestinal phase. Microencapsulation of SPD with pea protein led to generally to lower bioaccessible amounts of phenolic acids. Comparison analysis of biological effects highlighted SPD for its most potent antioxidant effects in the gastrointestinal tract (3 out 4 antioxidant parameters with highest values), while no clear differences were observed with regard to in vitro anti-inflammatory activity. Overall, these results support the potential application of GERM, SPD, and MEC as functional and nutraceutical ingredients.
Volume
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias médicas, Ciencias de la salud
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85122482529
Source
Frontiers in Plant Science
ISSN of the container
1664462X
Sponsor(s)
This research was funded by FEDER/Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities-State Agency of Research (AEI/Spain and FEDER/UE) grant number AGL2017-83718-R. IT-S thanks to AEI/Spain and ESF/UE for her FPI fellowship (PRE2018-086464) and IJ-P to AEI/Spain and ESF/UE for his FPI fellowship (PRE2019-087824).
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