Addressing astringency of grape seed extract by covalent conjugation with lupin protein

Astringency of phenolic-rich foods is a key tactile perception responsible for acceptability/rejection of plant extracts as ingredients in formulations. Covalent conjugation of phenolic extracts with plant proteins might be a promising strategy to control astringency, but suffers from a lack of mech...

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Main Authors: Cristhian Rafael Lopes Francisco, Siavash Soltanahmadi, Tatiana Porto Santos, Rosiane Lopes Cunha, Anwesha Sarkar
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Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
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Tatiana Porto Santos
Rosiane Lopes Cunha
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description Astringency of phenolic-rich foods is a key tactile perception responsible for acceptability/rejection of plant extracts as ingredients in formulations. Covalent conjugation of phenolic extracts with plant proteins might be a promising strategy to control astringency, but suffers from a lack of mechanistic understanding from the lubrication point of view. To shed light on this, this ex vivo study evaluated the effect of conjugation of a phenolic grape seed extract (GSE) with legume protein (lupin, LP) on tribological and surface adsorption performance of GSE in the absence and presence of human saliva (ex vivo). Tribological results confirmed GSE had an inferior lubrication capacity as compared to LP. The lubrication performance of LP-GSE dispersions was comparable to their corresponding LP dispersion (p > 0.05) when covalently conjugated with LP (LP-GSE) with increasing LP:GSE ratio up to 1:0.04 w/w and at a specific degree of conjugation (DC: 2%). Tribological and surface adsorption measurements confirmed the tendency of GSE to interact with human saliva (ex vivo, n = 17 subjects), impairing the lubricity of salivary films. The covalent bonding of LP to GSE hindered GSE's interaction with human saliva, implying the potential influence of covalent conjugation on attenuating astringency. LP appeared to compete with human saliva for surface adsorption and governed the lubrication behaviour in LP-GSE dispersions. Findings from this study provide valuable knowledge to guide the rational design of sustainable, functional foods using conjugation of phenolics with plant proteins to incorporate larger proportions of health-promoting phenolics while controlling astringency, which needs validation by sensory trials.
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spelling doaj-art-96e3f8e8359f44ae8081c1d6c54eef9f2024-12-13T11:02:59ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Food Science2665-92712024-01-019100795Addressing astringency of grape seed extract by covalent conjugation with lupin proteinCristhian Rafael Lopes Francisco0Siavash Soltanahmadi1Tatiana Porto Santos2Rosiane Lopes Cunha3Anwesha Sarkar4Food Colloids and Bioprocessing Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; Laboratory of Process Engineering, Department of Food Engineering and Technology, School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Monteiro Lobato 80, 13083-862, São Paulo, Campinas, BrazilFood Colloids and Bioprocessing Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; Corresponding author.Laboratory of Food Process Engineering, Wageningen University and Research, Bornse Weilanden 9, 6708 WG, Wageningen, the NetherlandsLaboratory of Process Engineering, Department of Food Engineering and Technology, School of Food Engineering, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Rua Monteiro Lobato 80, 13083-862, São Paulo, Campinas, BrazilFood Colloids and Bioprocessing Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK; Corresponding author.Astringency of phenolic-rich foods is a key tactile perception responsible for acceptability/rejection of plant extracts as ingredients in formulations. Covalent conjugation of phenolic extracts with plant proteins might be a promising strategy to control astringency, but suffers from a lack of mechanistic understanding from the lubrication point of view. To shed light on this, this ex vivo study evaluated the effect of conjugation of a phenolic grape seed extract (GSE) with legume protein (lupin, LP) on tribological and surface adsorption performance of GSE in the absence and presence of human saliva (ex vivo). Tribological results confirmed GSE had an inferior lubrication capacity as compared to LP. The lubrication performance of LP-GSE dispersions was comparable to their corresponding LP dispersion (p > 0.05) when covalently conjugated with LP (LP-GSE) with increasing LP:GSE ratio up to 1:0.04 w/w and at a specific degree of conjugation (DC: 2%). Tribological and surface adsorption measurements confirmed the tendency of GSE to interact with human saliva (ex vivo, n = 17 subjects), impairing the lubricity of salivary films. The covalent bonding of LP to GSE hindered GSE's interaction with human saliva, implying the potential influence of covalent conjugation on attenuating astringency. LP appeared to compete with human saliva for surface adsorption and governed the lubrication behaviour in LP-GSE dispersions. Findings from this study provide valuable knowledge to guide the rational design of sustainable, functional foods using conjugation of phenolics with plant proteins to incorporate larger proportions of health-promoting phenolics while controlling astringency, which needs validation by sensory trials.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665927124001217ConjugationProanthocyanidinQCM-DTribologyPlant protein
spellingShingle Cristhian Rafael Lopes Francisco
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Addressing astringency of grape seed extract by covalent conjugation with lupin protein
Current Research in Food Science
Conjugation
Proanthocyanidin
QCM-D
Tribology
Plant protein
title Addressing astringency of grape seed extract by covalent conjugation with lupin protein
title_full Addressing astringency of grape seed extract by covalent conjugation with lupin protein
title_fullStr Addressing astringency of grape seed extract by covalent conjugation with lupin protein
title_full_unstemmed Addressing astringency of grape seed extract by covalent conjugation with lupin protein
title_short Addressing astringency of grape seed extract by covalent conjugation with lupin protein
title_sort addressing astringency of grape seed extract by covalent conjugation with lupin protein
topic Conjugation
Proanthocyanidin
QCM-D
Tribology
Plant protein
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665927124001217
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