Title
Complex coacervates obtained from peptide leucine and gum arabic: Formation and characterization
Date Issued
01 March 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Gulão E.D.S.
De Souza C.J.F.
Andrade C.T.
Universidade Federal Rural de Rio de Janeiro
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
In this study, interactions between polypeptide-leucine (0.2% w/w) and gum arabic (0.03, 0.06, 0.09, 0.12, and 0.15% w/w) were examined at concentrations of NaCl (0, 0.01, 0.25, 0.3, 0.5 mol/l) and at different pH values (from 1.0 to 12.0). Formation of insoluble complex coacervates was highest at pH 4.0. At pH 2.0, which is the pKa of the gum Arabic, the dissociation of precipitate occurred. The pH Ø2 positively shifted with the addition of higher concentrations of salt. Samples containing 0.2% PL and 0.03% GA and no salt had higher turbidity and increased formation of precipitates showing greater turbidity and particle sizes. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy confirms the complex coacervate formation of leucine and gum arabic, and rheological measurements suggest the elastic behavior of 0.2% PL and 0.03% GA complex. Overall, the study suggests that complex coacervates of PLs could be one feasible ways of incorporating amino acids in food products.
Start page
680
End page
686
Volume
194
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Alimentos y bebidas Química analítica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84940022339
PubMed ID
Source
Food Chemistry
ISSN of the container
03088146
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank CNPq – Brazil and FAPERJ – Brazil for the financial support.
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