Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9600
ISSN: 2155-9600
Research Article - (2022)Volume 12, Issue 1
In this study, the effect of low concentration of proanthocyanidins (extracted from grape seeds) on the gel properties of chicken breast myofibrillar protein was studied. The addition of proanthocyanidins could strengthen the spatial structure of myofibrillar proteins and slow down the gel oxidation. The threshold value of the addition amount of proanthocyanidins refers to the threshold value of NaNO2, a commonly used food additive in meat products, closer to the actual production and application. In the threshold range, low concentration of proanthocyanidins had more stable water retention and slower structural decay. High concentration of proanthocyanidins’ gel (PG) had better stability in the first ten days, but a rapid decline occurred after 10 days. Raman microscope showed that the gel formed after adding proanthocyanidins had more compact spatial structure and smaller pore size, which was more conducive to maintaining water content. In this experiment, when the amount of proanthocyanidins exceeded the national standard threshold, the spatial structure of the gel was destroyed, and the data were disordered. Proanthocyanidins extracted from grape seeds (PFGS) could be appropriately added within the national standard threshold, which was beneficial to the stability, oxidation resistance and texture of the gel. Therefore, improving the stability of protein gel systems was important for the design and development of novel food products.
Proanthocyanidins; Gel; Characterize; HPLC
CMPG was a method of extracting protein from meat products and conducting specialized research on protein properties. By extracting the protein, other ingredients in meat products can be prevented from having uncertain effects on the research protein. The formation of CMPG was based on the salting-out effect of protein, which causes the protein to agglomerate and precipitate out of the solution [1]. The stability of the gel affects the stability of the protein to a certain extent. Thermal processing was one of the common methods for producing CMPG. During the heating process of the protein, the protein backbone was broken at low temperature and the hydrophobic group was exposed. As the temperature rises, the protein aggregates, the α-helical structure unfolds, and it gradually transforms into a β-sheet structure [2]. The gelation of proteins comes from the cross-linking between proteins through covalent and non-covalent bonds, including ionic bonds, hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions, disulfide bonds and other covalent bonds. Play a decisive role in the production of gel. Therefore, to avoid the gel degradation, this study adopted a twostage water bath heating (TS-WB) method (30℃ heating at a speed of 1°C/min for 50 min to 80°C and 80°C heating for 20 min) to prepare CMPG.
Proanthocyanidins (Pas) were oligomeric or high polyphenolic substances with flavan-3-ols as the basic structural unit, which could produce anthocyanidins under thermal acid treatment. Proanthocyanidins were widely distributed in the leaves, seeds and peels of plants, and they were the second largest type of dietary polyphenols in the plant kingdom. Pas could play an effective role in anti-oxidation, weight loss and lipid-lowering, neuroprotection, anti-ovarian cancer, analgesia, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and inhibition of melanin production [3,4]. At the same time, its food safety has been preliminarily proved through animal models. Pas were rich in hydrophobic aromatic rings and hydroxyl groups, and might interact with biomolecules, especially proteins, through hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions. Since Pas were polymers, they have a stronger effect on proteins than single-molecule flavonoids [5]. Hydrogen bond interaction and hydrophobic interaction make Pas better bind to proteins. Pas-protein complexes form hydrogen bonds between phenol residues and polar groups in the protein, and the phenol residues and the weak in the protein Polar groups such as the hydrophobic interaction between proline residues. Based on the relative concentration of the two ligands, this phenomenon could be regarded as the polar and soluble proteins being wrapped by Pas molecules or forming a molecular network by connecting multifunctional Pas molecules to multiple proteins at the same time. Therefore, Pas often causes protein precipitation or enzyme activity inhibition. This property of Pas wasusually called astringency and has nutritional significance. Pas wasa part of plant extracts, and phenolic substances have important value in inhibiting the formation of rancid odors in meat products by acting as free radical scavengers as hydrogen atoms or electron donors. However, adding high levels of antioxidants wasdetrimental to the food industry, because high concentrations of phenolic compounds might change the food matrix, including color and touch. Oxidation wasa natural process that occurs during meat processing and storage. However, no studies have been published to evaluate the effects of appropriate concentrations of proanthocyanidin compounds on the oxidative stability and gelling properties of proteins.
In recent years, the methods of gel research have emerged endlessly, such as low-field nuclear magnetism, rheology, texture, infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, circular dichrograph, laser particle size analyzer, scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, laser confocal microscope, and differential. Scanning calorimeters, etc., can systematically characterize the water content, water retention, texture, microstructure, molecular bond vibration, etc. of the gel, and fully and systematically express the characteristics of the gel. The Silicon pressure resistance sensor used in this experiment is a volume detection method for irregular solids through electrical signals, which is more accurate and has fewer errors than other methods.
Materials
Fresh chicken breast was purchased from a local supermarket in Qingdao, China. Catechin, Procyanidin dimer and Procyanidin tetramer was purchased from QILU PHARMACEUTICAL and the purity reached 99.9%. Grape seed was purchased from Château Zhuoqi in Yantai, Shandong Province, China. HPLCgrade ethanol, vanillin and methanol were obtained from Fisher Scientific (Fairlawn, NJ, USA). All the experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
Proanthocyanidins preparation
20 g grape seeds were grinded by refrigeration-rubbing machine, and the milled powder passed 100 mesh sieves. The filtered powder was extracted by Soxhlet extractor for 8 hours to remove lipids. After that, the powder was freeze-dried by vacuum freezedrying machine (BIOCOOL, Pilot 3-6E, China). The freeze-dried powder was removed and added into 50% ethanol with a material liquid ratio 1:14. The solution was added 0.56 g/L cellulase and doused for 30 minutes. After that, the solution was treated in Mar.6 microwave digestion (flexiWAVE, Japen) with microwave processing time 6 min, microwave power 800 W and microwave temperature 60°C [6]. The solution after microwave processing was centrifuged for 10 min at 4°C, 8000 r/min, then the supernatant tested 6 times.
Concentration of proanthocyanidins detected by the method of vanillin-hydrochloric acid. Vanillin 40 g dissolved in methanol to 1 L named Vanillin-methanol (VM) solution. Catechin standard solutions with concentrations of 50 ug/mL, 100 ug/mL, 150 ug/mL, 200 ug/mL and 250 ug/mL were prepared. 1 mL standard solution of catechin, 6 mL VM solution and 3 mL concentrated hydrochloric acid were added in turn, then the mixed solution was placed in the temperature-controlled magnetic stirrer at 4°C for 15 h. The mixed solution of VM solution: methanol: concentrated hydrochloric acid=6:1:3 was used as the blank contrast, and the absorbance was measured at 500 nm by ultraviolet spectrophotometer.
α=(c×d×v)/(m×1000)
α was the extraction rate of PFGS. c was the concentration obtained by regression equation (mg/mL). d was the dilution multiple. v was the volume of liquid to be measured (mL). m was the mass of grape seed extract after freeze-drying (g).
The PFGS were detected by high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detector (HPLC-FLD). The column used was a 250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm (Thermo Fisher). The binary mobile phase consisted of (A) CH3CN: HOAc (98:2, v/v) and (B) CH3OH: H2O: HOAc (95:3:2, v/v/v). Separations were effected by a linear gradient at 30°C with a 1.5 mL/min flow rate as follows: 0-20 min, 0-40% B; 20-25 min, 0% B, followed by a 5 min reequilibration time. Eluent was monitored by fluorescence detection with excitation at 276 nm and emission at 316 nm. Samples were dissolved in acetone: water: acetic acid (70:29.5:0.5, v/v/v) and filtered through 0.22 μm PTFE syringe filters prior to injection.
Gel preparation
100 g chopped chicken breast mixed with 10 vol cold buffer (25 mM NaCl, 5 mM EDTA and 5 mM Tris HCl, pH=7.5), then the mixture was broken by a crusher for 10 seconds. The mixture in the crusher was centrifuged at 10000 g, 4° for 10 minutes and the supernatant was discarded. Precipitation was mixed with 5 vol 0.1 M NaCl solution (5 mM EDTA and 5 mM Tris HCl, pH=7.5) and 0.5% Triton X-100. Then the solution was homogenized for one minute at 8000 r/min and centrifuged at 10000 g for 10 minutes. After discarding the supernatant, the precipitate was suspended in 5 vol 0.1 M NaCl solution (5 mM EDTA-Na2 and 5 mM Tris HCl, pH=7.5), and the connective tissue and lipids were removed by three-layer gauze filtration. After the solution was centrifuged at 10000 g for 10 min, it was washed three times with cold distilled water. Then the precipitation was placed in a freeze-drying machine (BIOCOOL, Pilot 3-6E, China) until freeze-drying (-80°C, 0.01 MPa). The freeze-dried myofibrillar protein (MP) was ground in a cryomill for 10 minutes at 4°C.
The extracted MP powder was mixed with phosphate buffer solution (PBS, 0.6 mol/L NaClï¼?20 mmol/L Na2HPO4/NaH2PO4 pH=7.0) to form MP solution with concentration of 100 mg/mL. The 50 mL MP solution was placed in 80 mL beaker. At this point, the 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20 g/kg NaNO2 and 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25 g/kg PFGS were added to the beaker respectively. And it was kept in a water bath at a speed of 1 ml/min from room temperature to 80° in darkness at a constant temperature of 80° for 30 min. Then the beaker was transferred to -20°C and cooled for 10 min, and the liquid was discarded. The remaining lumps were synthetic gels. Protein purity was calculated using the formula: P%=detected protein content (after treatment)/initial protein content (before treatment).
Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) measurement
The DLS measurement was performed according to the methods introduced by some research with slight modifications [7,8]. The aqueous (ultrapure water) suspension of ground MP powder was set at 0.1% (w/v) at room temperature, followed by ultrasonication with low intensity (<0.15 W/cm2) at a power of 100 W for 20 min for pre-dispersion using an ultrasonic oscillator (SBL-72DTY, SCIENTZ, China) at an initial temperature of 25 ± 2°C. After that, hydrodynamic diameters of MP particles were determined using the auto-correlation function based on a single exponential fit to obtain the mean particle size (Z-average diameter). Each sample was measured with a detection angle of 90° at 25 ± 0.1°C by a DLS (ENTASIZER, Nano-ZS90, China) and was measured in triplicate.
Texture characteristics
Textural properties of MP were measured following the method described by a research with some modifications using a Texture analyzer (TA. new plus, The USA) [9]. The prepared MP were initially cut into small cubes (1 cm × 1 cm × 1 cm). Measurements were performed at room temperature exactly 30 min after gelation. Hardness, chewiness and springiness were tested using a P50 probe and calculated based on the texture profile analysis (TPA) at optimal test conditions as follows: strain (40%), trigger force (10 g), pretest, test and post-test speed (0.1, 0.2, 0.2 mm/s), and interval time (10 s). Each sample was measured in triplicate.
Fourier Transforms Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) spectroscopy
at room temperature using a FTIR (Thermo Fisher, China). The scouldning wavelengths ranged from 500 to 4,000 cm-1 with a resolution of 2 cm-1 and a scouldning frequency of 128.
Raman spectroscopy
The MP were analyzed at room temperature by a laser Raman spectroscope (OLYMPUS, Thermo Fisher, China) The detecting parameters were set as follows: Laser power (10 mW), Exposure time (0.5 sec), Number of scoulds (350), aperture (200 μm), raster (600 g/mm), scouldning area (100-3,400 cm-1), resolution (4 cm-1), and scouldning speed (120 cm-1/min). Each sample was measured in triplicate. The microscopic images were from the Raman high resolution microscope (OLYMPUS, Thermo Fisher, China).
Low Field-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (LF-NMR)
According to the method by a research mobility and distribution of water were evaluated at 32°C under a resonant frequency of 22.6 MHz and a scouldning frequency of 32 for MP using a LFNMR apparatus (NIUMAG, China) [10,11]. Approximately 2 g of MP was placed in a Φ 15 mm cylindrical glass tube and inserted in the NMR probe. The spin-spin relaxation time (T2) was measured under a τ-value of 200 μs between pulses of 90° and 180°. The NMR T2 data were analyzed using the Multi-Exp Inv Analysis Software (Niumag Inc., Shanghai, China). T1-2, T2-3, and T3-4 were the central relaxation time of responsive peaks, corresponding to water populations, and P1-2, P3-4, and P5-6 were the corresponding area fractions. Each sample was measured in triplicate.
Rheological measurements
The viscoelastic properties were evaluated by a Discovery HR-1 rheometer (Modular Compact Rheometer, China) equipped with steel parallel plate geometry (40 mm diameter and 1 mm gap, PP50, Pareliel plate, China). The unheated CMPG of 1.5 mL were placed on the plate surface and then immediately sealed with silicone oil. The constant frequency of 10 Hz was used to monitor the storage modulus (G') and loss modulus (G") under the following procedures: heating from 30 to 80°C at 0.5°C/min [12,13]. Additionally, the frequency scouldning test was carried out on the gel samples at the end of heat treatment (80â??), and the strain range was 0-100 Hz.
Silicon Pressure Resistance Sensor (SPRS)
cutting machine. Because the prepared gel had space gap, it could not be detected by ordinary drainage method or overflow method. Therefore, SPRS method was used for detection, which had high accuracy and stable data. The cut samples were put into the detector for 10 s and then read, which could prevent the data error caused by bubbles on the gel surface. Each sample was measured in triplicate.
Questionnaire
Methods a questionnaire survey was conducted among 300 students in 6 colleges, using the Gel Touch Improvement Questionnaire (GTIQ).
The experimental method follows the Nuremberg Code and the Declaration of Helsinki. This experiment was approved by Health and Safety Quarantine Center of Qingdao Agricultural University. All subjects signed the notification form, were informed of the contents of the experiment, and were given disposable medical gloves and masks. The method is to touch and squeeze the sample with a gloved hand. After touching the samples with their hands, the subjects will be disinfected
Statistics
Origin 2018 software was used to analyze the data.
Proanthocyanidins preparation
The catechin standard curve was taken as abscissa by the concentration of catechin standard solution, and the absorbance was taken as ordinate. The Figure 1 shows the results for the regression equation: Y=0.001191X+0.00123, R2=0.99988. The final extraction rate was 5.29% and the relative deviation was 0.638%.
Figure 1: Catechin standard curve.
The red curve was the HPLC-FLD chromatogram containing Catechin/epicatechin, Procyanidin dimer and Procyanidin tetramer, black curve was the HPLC-FLD chromatogram of redissolved proanthocyanidins after lyophilisation in Figure 2. From chromatograms and references, the main components of proanthocyanidins extracted by this method were Catechin/ epicatechin, Procyanidin dimer and Procyanidin tetramer, and their ratio was 5:31:4.
Figure 2: HPLC-FLD.
Protein purity and particle size
The Biuret Method was used to detect the current purified protein, and the measured purity result was 90.08 ± 2.27%, which was greater than or equal to the purity of some proteins studied so the experiment was feasible in terms of protein purity [14,15]. In this experiment, the freeze-dried protein was manually ground. The reason was to prevent mechanical grinding from transforming, degrading, or even destroying the internal groups and disulfide bonds between the proteins, which made the gel structure unstable, which could affect the experimental results [16]. In this experiment, mortar was used for grinding, and the protein particles after grinding were tested by DLS. DLS results show that the distribution of MP was relatively wide (2296-3592 nm) and the average particle size was larger (3007 ± 18 nm), reflecting the uneven dispersion of MPs (Figure 3).
Figure 3: DLS.
Texture characteristics
Texture was closely related to sensory characteristics, physicochemical properties, and processing characteristics of gelatinous products. Hardness, chewiness and springiness were the important indicators for texture characteristics, because they directly affect the quality of gelatinous products.
In the Figure 4, category 0 was the blank contrast, and category 1-4 was 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20 g/kg NaNO2, abbreviated as C1, C2, C3, C4, respectively. Category 5-9 was 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25 g/ kg PFGS, referred to as C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, respectively. a was the data map of springiness, b was the data map of chewiness, c was the data map of hardness.
Figure 4: Texture characteristics.
It could be seen from Figure 4a, that springiness of the gel increased with the increase of NaNO2 and PFGS addition, but the springiness of the 0.20 g/kg proanthocyanidins group (PG) was only 8.3587% ± 0.657% higher than that of the NaNO2 group. In addition, Figure 5 showed that through the sensory evaluation of 300 random people, 96.832% believed that elasticity did not change. It could be seen from the Figure 4a that after 20 days of storage at 4â??, the springiness decay rate of the original anthocyanin group was lower than that of the NaNO2 group, and the decay rate was 13.574% lower than that of the NaNO2 group. It was believed that the decrease of springiness was related to the loss of free water and the destruction of disulfide bonds in the gel during 20 days. It could be seen that the volume measured by SPRS also showed that the gel had a certain degree of shrinkage and collapse. However, from the data, the gel collapse rate of the PG was slower than that of the blank contrast group. This may be due to the polymerization of C-ring in PFGS with C-C and C-N bonds in gel particles during the heating process of gel formation, which strengthens the interaction between bonds in gel.
Figure 5: Questionnaire.
The chewing force data in Figure 4b showed that the chewing force of the gel in the NaNO2 group increased slowly with the increase of NaNO2 content. The masticatory force of the PG at 0.05 g/kg was lower than that of the blank contrast gel. Considering that the adhesiveness and cohesion of the gel formed were insufficient when the concentration of PFGS was too low, and the influence on the disulfide bond and the amide bond was unstable, which led to the lower masticatory force at 0.05 g/kg. However, with the increase of the amount of the original pigment, it could be seen that the chewing force had a very rapid growth trend. At the same time, the respondents also obviously feel that the gel chewing force of the original pigment group at 0.20 g/kg had been greatly strengthened, and the touch was more like rubber.
With the passage of time, the decline rate of chewing force in the NaNO2 group was roughly the same and the decline was slow. The chewing force in the PG at all concentrations decreased rapidly with time. It could be seen that PFGS could play an antioxidant and stabilizing role in gel formation, but PFGS were easy to polymerize and had too many oligomeric forms, resulting in the molecular groups of PFGS and gel formation were very different. As time goes by, different molecular groups turn into new molecular forms due to oxidation, resulting in a softening of the gel layer outside the gel. When the gel of the 20-day PG was sliced, it was found that the gel surface was soft and crisp, but the central part still showed gel properties. This was consistent with the observation trend of Raman microscope. It could be seen from Figure 4c that with the increase of the concentration of the original pigment group and the NaNO2 group, the hardness of the formed gels increased, and with the passage of time, the hardness of the gels still increased, which was directly related to the water loss of the gels. The free water content of the two groups’ decreased significouldtly on 20 days, and the gels showed hard and brittle properties.
In summary, it could be seen that when the original pigment was 0.25 g/kg, the gel did not form bulky elastic substances, but formed flocculent condensation substances. The substances in this state did not have gel properties, and the detection also showed data different from the gel, which was corresponding to the following infrared characterization. When the original pigment was 0.25 g/ kg, the data of formed substances were disordered. At the same time, it was found that the parallelism of PG was more unstable than that of NaNO2 group in the process of texture detection. It was analyzed that during the heating process of gel formation, different proanthocyanidins oligomers or polymers were formed, and different polymers had different effects on S-S, which made the experimental stability of PG lower than that of NaNO2 group. This could be seen from the experimental error.
FTIR analysis
FTIR was applied to further investigate the intermolecular interactions in Protein-Proanthocyanidins matrixes. As shown in Figures 6 and 7 the broad band centered at 3000-3600 cm-1 was assigned to O-H and N-H groups, implying the potential for hydrogen-bonding interactions This means that with the addition of PFGS, O-H and N-H groups in the gel force increased
Figure 6: FTIR.
Figure 7: SPRS.
Compared to blank contrast, the stretching vibrations of O-H and N-H groups appeared at 3000-3500 cm-1, revealed enhanced intensity profiles for 0.15% and 0.20% PFGS, which suggesting that the intensities of inter and intra-molecular hydrogen bonds were enhanced. This was a favorable change in affecting affinities between proteins. The strong hydrogen bond potentials in the MPs surface contributed to the stability and order between proteins, and accelerated the process of rearrangement and aggregation. The change was then noticeably reflected in 0.20% PFGS which had a minimal particle size because of exposure of internal functional groups, or selfregulation of secondary structures within ground MPs due to that polymerization of PFGS during the formation of gel.
LF-NMR
LF-NMR had been widely used to evaluate the distribution and mobility of different fractions of water molecules in a gel system. According to Figures 8 and 9 the T curves were well described by three separate peaks centered at approximately 10-70 ms, 10-500 ms and 500-3000 ms, revealing bound water, immobilized water, and free water, respectively. Among them, immobilized water, which reflected the trapped water molecules within the three-dimensional network, dominated the gel systems.
Figure 8: LF-NMR the first day.
Figure 9: Overview.
When H atom was on different molecules or in samples under different physical states, its relaxation time will be different. It could be seen from the Figure 8 that the relaxation time of three kinds of water in the gel added with PFGS at the 0th day of gel formation was significouldtly delayed. The addition of PFGS enhanced the stability of the gel. The delay in relaxation time proved that PFGS played a role in strengthening the water molecules of the gel. The reason may be that some gel molecules formed a spatial structure with more bound water with PFGS during polymerization, or that the reaction of PFGS with a large number of hydroxyl groups in the formation stage of the gel made H atoms more exposed.
Figure 9 and Tables 1-5, showed the detection diagrams of five samples over time. It could be seen that only the relaxation time of T1 and T2 was advanced again in the fifth day and later detection. The reason may be that the hydroxyl of PFGS and gel molecules formed more stable bound water under the action of air oxidation. In other words, PFGS induced the conversion of free water to immobilized water. Therefore, water mobility in the PG was somehow restricted. This phenomenon may be attributed to the well-aggrega.
Table 1: day 0.
| Proanthocyanidins | T1-2(ms) | PT1-2(%) | T3-4(ms) | PT3-4(%) | T5-6(ms) | PT5-6(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 g/kg | 3.51 ± 0.01a | 4.5% ± 0.38a | 37.64 ± 0.04a | 60.91% ± 0.44a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 34.58% ± 2.65a |
| 0.05 g/kg | 4.03 ± 0.01a | 3.3% ± 0.18a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 39.44% ± 0.38a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 57.25% ± 1.65a |
| 0.10 g/kg | 4.03 ± 0.01a | 3.5% ± 0.37a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 52.41% ± 0.41a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 44.08% ± 0.72a |
| 0.15 g/kg | 4.03 ± 0.01a | 3.91% ± 0.62a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 53.88% ± 0.35a | 1629.75 ± 0.01a | 42.21% ± 0.84a |
| 0.20 g/kg | 4.03 ± 0.01a | 3.99% ± 0.57a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 54.15% ± 0.52a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 41.86% ± 0.51a |
Table 2: day 5.
| Proanthocyanidins | T1-2(ms) | PT1-2(%) | T3-4(ms) | PT3-4(%) | T5-6(ms) | PT5-6(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 g/kg | 2.66 ± 0.0a | 5.3% ± 0.05a | 37.64 ± 0.04a | 62.83% ± 1.58a | 1232.84 ± 0.01a | 31.87% ± 1.73a |
| 0.05 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 3.57% ± 0.18a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 43.85% ± 2.83a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 52.58% ± 2.19a |
| 0.10 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 3.71% ± 0.47a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 55.87% ± 1.71a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 40.42% ± 0.47a |
| 0.15 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 4.07% ± 0.26a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 57.21% ± 2.49a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 38.72% ± 1.64a |
| 0.20 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 4.26% ± 0.91a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 72.31% ± 3.51a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 23.43% ± 3.41a |
Table 3: day 10.
| Proanthocyanidins | T1-2(ms) | PT1-2(%) | T3-4(ms) | PT3-4(%) | T5-6(ms) | PT5-6(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 g/kg | 2.66 ± 0.01a | 5.41% ± 0.02a | 37.65 ± 0.02a | 65.47% ± 2.71a | 1232.84 ± 0.01a | 29.21% ± 1.44a |
| 0.05 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 3.77% ± 0.12a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 46.52% ± 3.98a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 49.71% ± 1.09a |
| 0.10 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 3.89% ± 0.22a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 51.86% ± 2.41a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 44.25% ± 0.51a |
| 0.15 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 4.12% ± 0.38a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 59.41% ± 3.98a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 36.47% ± 2.72a |
| 0.20 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 4.41% ± 0.85a | 43.28 ± 0.01a | 69.42% ± 6.17a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 26.17% ± 2.69a |
Table 4: day 15.
| Proanthocyanidins | T1-2(ms) | PT1-2(%) | T3-4(ms) | PT3-4(%) | T5-6(ms) | PT5-6(%) |
| 0 g/kg | 2.65 ± 0.02a | 15.42% ± 0.52a | 29.65 ± 0.01a | 66.19% ± 1.49a | 1232.84 ± 0.01a | 18.39% ± 2.15a |
| 0.05 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 13.32% ± 1.18a | 32.74 ± 0.01a | 62.84% ± 2.48a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 23.84% ± 1.26a |
| 0.10 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 15.49% ± 0.83a | 32.74 ± 0.01a | 63.87% ± 3.49a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 20.64% ± 1.55a |
| 0.15 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 18.78% ± 0.40a | 32.74 ± 0.01a | 65.64% ± 3.81a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 15.58% ± 2.40a |
| 0.20 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 20.53% ± 0.24a | 32.74 ± 0.01a | 67.08% ± 2.48a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 12.39% ± 2.82a |
Table 5: day 20.
| Proanthocyanidins | T1-2(ms) | PT1-2(%) | T3-4(ms) | PT3-4(%) | T5-6(ms) | PT5-6(%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 g/kg | 2.65 ± 0.07a | 27.46% ± 1.14a | 29.65 ± 0.01a | 59.47% ± 3.71a | 1232.85 ± 0.03a | 13.07% ± 1.04a |
| 0.05 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 17.25% ± 2.11a | 32.74 ± 0.01a | 66.33% ± 4.90a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 16.42% ± 0.81a |
| 0.10 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 18.73% ± 1.69a | 32.74 ± 0.01a | 65.14% ± 2.712a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 16.13% ± 2.10a |
| 0.15 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.01a | 24.57% ± 2.27a | 32.74 ± 0.01a | 61.98% ± 6.04a | 1417.47 ± 0.01a | 13.45% ± 1.71a |
| 0.20 g/kg | 3.05 ± 0.02a | 28.53% ± 3.81a | 32.74 ± 0.01a | 60.61% ± 7.15a | 1417.47 ± 0.02a | 10.86% ± 3.01a |
It could be seen from the Figure 6 that on day 0, although the parameter was set as 1 cm × 1 cm × 1 cm, the volume measured by SPRS decreases. Therefore, it was believed that the gel formed after the addition of PFGS had a closer spatial structure, and the gel density was also larger. Water molecules were not easy to volatilize, and the water retention was stronger. Before 10 days, the gel volume was positively correlated with the amount of PFGS added. After 10 days, the gel volume decreased rapidly with the addition of 0.15 and 0.20 g/kg PFGS, but still higher than the blank contrast. Therefore, it could be inferred that at the concentration of 0-0.2 g/kg PFGS, the water retention of low-concentration gels was more stable over time, and high-concentration PFGS had better water retention in the short term, but the water retention decreased in the long term.
Raman spectroscopy
Recently many studies had used Raman spectroscopy to reflect information about the secondary and tertiary structure of protein gel. The gel properties were related to changes of the secondary structure [17]. Generally, the Raman spectral bands of amide I (1600-1700 cm-1) and amide III (1200-1300 cm-1) were used for measuring the secondary structure [18,19]. The MPs gel of high percent of α-helix, β-sheet, random coil and β-turn could be severally appointed at 1650-1658 cm-1, 1665-1680 cm-1, 1660-1665 cm-1 and 1680-1690 cm-1 [20,21].
Figures 10 and 11 showed Raman spectra of gels treated with different concentrations PFGS. The bands of amide I centered at 1652 cm-1 and the bands of amide â?¡ centered at 1234 cm-1 were fitted through Gaussian curve and Fourier self-deconvolution (FSD) to analyze the structure of the protein (Figures 12 and 13). The band of 1652, 1663, 1674, and 1683 cm-1 respectively indicated α-helix, random coil, β-sheet and β-turn [22]. 1235 ± 10 cm-1 wavelength in the amide III region showed β-folding. The wavelength of 920-1180 cm-1 was N-Cα-C skeleton stretching vibration, which was classified as amide mode by some authors (Figure 14). Wavelength 1400- 1500 cm-1 was the CαH2 bending mode of glycine or serine and wavelength 1509-1592 cm-1 was the amide II region (Figure 15).
Figure 10: Raman spectroscopy 1000-2000 cm-1.
Figure 11: Raman spectroscopy 2750-3250 cm-1.
Figure 12: Overview of 1652.431 cm-1 in Raman spectroscopy.
Figure 13: Overview of 1234.649 cm-1 in Raman spectroscopy.
Figure 14: Overview of 1161.315 cm-1 in Raman spectroscopy.
Figure 15: Overview of 1532.837 cm-1 in Raman spectroscopy.
On the 0th day of gel formation, the addition of PFGS was positively correlated with the strength range of N-Cα-C skeleton stretching vibration, which was most likely due to the large amount of C=O, hydroxyl or benzene ring in Proanthocyanidins that enhanced the Cα-C strength of certain amino acids in the gel. However, with the passage of time, the strengthening effect of PFGS gradually weakened, and the higher the concentration was, the stronger the strengthening effect at the beginning was, and the faster the strengthening effect decreased with time.
It could be seen from the figure that β-sheet of amide 1 band 1673.892 nm-1 and amide II band 1234.649 nm-1 formed gel on the 0th day, β-sheet increased with the increase of concentration (Figure 16). This was probably because the polymerization of PFGS in the formation process takes away the charge of some amino acids in the gel. With the decrease of the same charge and the increase of the different charge, the β-sheet formed between the peptide chains becomes stronger and more stable. But with the passage of time, especially in 5-10 days, β-sheet had a rapid downward trend, after 10 days continue to decline slowly, may be the gel hydrogen bond or S-S was oxidized broken, resulting in gel instability.
Figure 16: Overview of 1673.892 cm-1 in Raman spectroscopy.
As could be seen from the Figure 12, α-helix had little effect after adding PFGS The reduction of the amide I band at around 1650 cm-1 meant a decrease of total α-helix content. The decrease might be caused by the damage of considerable amounts of α-helix conformation that accounted for the major part of MPs. It should be pointed out that the peptide bonds in the α-helix conformation may form hydrogen bonds, and therefore, α-helix was very stable. In this study, the α-helix conformation largely despiralized after adding PFGS. The exposure of intramolecular hydrophobic groups appears to be conducive to formation of gel networks and appearance of new protein folding after despiralization. As a result, the enhancement of hydrophobic effects and gelation was promoted.
In the amide II region, there were N-H in-plane bending, C-N stretching, C-O in-plane bending and C-C stretching [23,24]. With the addition of PFGS, the intensity of detection in the amide II region was also enhanced, possibly due to the presence of C-C, C-O and a large number of benzene rings in the Proanthocyanidins molecule. However, the strength in the amide II region still increased over time. The possible reason was that oxidation and dehydration expose the C-C expansion and C-O in-plane bending of the amide II region, thus detecting greater strength.
In the Raman spectrum, the C-H bond stretching vibration of aliphatic residues exists at 2500-3000 cm-1 [25,26]. From Figure 11, it could be seen that the sample has a strong peak at 2930 cm-1, and compared with the blank contrast, the PFGS processing had a certain effect on the aliphatic C-H stretching vibration in the MP Raman spectrum [27]. With the gradual increase in the amount of PFGS, the more aliphatic residues are exposed after the protein was reversed, and more aliphatic residues appear, thereby promoting the hydrophobic interaction at the protein interface [28,29]. The results show that as the concentration of PFGS increases, the gel has greater hydrophobic interaction and gelling properties. But the peak in the blank contrast detected on day 0 was larger than the PG group, because the blank contrast contained more free water and the binding water.
Rheological properties
Storage modulus (G’) and loss modulus (G’’) were important indicators of gel viscoelasticity. Dynamic rheological analysis was very useful for the study of protein functional properties during muscle processing, and it was helpful to study the gel formation process, which was the basis for the formation of good texture. The G’ represents the energy change caused by the change of elastic deformation in the gel structure, and the G’’ represents the change of viscosity during heating.
It could be seen from Figures 17a and 17b that the G’ gradually decreases with the increase of temperature, reaching the lowest point at 48â??. Then continue to rise to 80â??, G’ continued to increase to a stable state, The study also found similar results. The increase of G’ indicates the initial formation of gel or elastic protein network structure [30,31]. The temporary decrease of G’ before 48â?? was due to the expansion and crosslinking of myosin heavy chain, possibly due to the denaturation of myosin tail, mainly involving the dissociation of non-covalent bonds and the temporary interaction between molecules, thereby increasing the mobility of myosin. After further heating up, the formation of hydrophobic groups and the interaction of disulfide bonds increase the interaction of protein aggregates and form a good silk structure, which leads to the increase of G’, indicating that the viscous sol state changes to the elastic gel network structure. Then, the G’ increased rapidly and reached a steady state at 72°C, which indicated that the gel network structure was completely formed.
Figure 17: -A, -B was Rheological properties of gel changes with temperature, -C, -D was Rheological properties of gel changes with temperature frequency.
When the PG concentration was higher than 0.05 g/kg, the G’ starting point and final point of PG were higher than those of the blank control group, indicating that the gel strength increased with the addition of PFGS. When the addition amount was 0.25 g/kg, it was found that there was a peak at 64.8â??, and then G’ continued to increase, indicating that substances with very weak strength were formed at 0.25 g kg concentration. The samples after rheological completion were observed, which was consistent with the normal formation of gel in visual observation, and the morphology was flocculent condensation block.
With the addition of PFGS, G’’ also showed an upward trend, and G’ was more than five times that of G’’. With the increase of temperature, it reached the peak at about 70°C, and then showed a downward trend. When the addition amount was 0-0.20 g/kg, the viscosity of the gel increased with the increase of the addition amount and was higher than that of the blank contrast. However, when the addition amount was greater than or equal to 0.25 g/kg, the viscosity of PG was lower than that of the blank control.
The frequency scouldning in Figures 17c and 17d showed that the average G’ and G’’ of PG increase with the addition of PFGS and scouldning frequency in the concentration range of 0-0.20 g/ kg. However, it could be seen from 0.20 g/kg PG that the gel had shown certain instability, and the data were extremely low at 0.25 g/kg (Figure 18e). At the same time, the data of G’/G’’ could be obtained from Figure 18f. When the addition amount was 0.05 g/ kg, the composite viscosity data of PG and the blank contrast had no significouldt difference. When the addition amount was 0.05- 0.20 g/kg, it could be seen that the addition of PFGS enhanced the strength of the gel, but there was also instability at 0.20 g/kg. With the addition of PFGS, the hardness and viscosity of the gel increased, but PG had instability at 0.20 g/kg, which was consistent with the detection of texture, Raman, and infrared.
Figure 18: -F was G’/G’’, -E was the complex viscosity, -G was storage modulus and loss modulus of gel changes with temperature, -H was storage modulus and loss modulus of gel changes with frequency.
It could be seen from Figure 18e that with the increasing amount of Pas, the Persistence of CMPG continues to increase and collapses at 0.25 g/kg, which was the same trend as the gel in rheology. Figure 18g was the change trend of Storage modulus and Loss modulus with temperature and Pas addition. Comparing Figure 18h, it could be seen that the change of Figure 18g was not very stable. The error may be the temperature change of the heater caused by unevenness. The Hz change in Figure 18h was a stable digital control, so the change trend was relatively stable. Figures 18h and 18g could see that with the continuous increase of temperature, frequency and Pas addition, the storage modulus and Loss modulus of the gel were all increasing, but the growth rate of Storage modulus was significantly higher than that of Loss modulus, which proves that it was heating A gel was formed during the process, and it shows a certain degree of gel stability during frequency scanning.
Microstructure
Figure 19a was the 0th day of blank contrast, Figure 19b was the 20th day of blank contrast, Figure 19c was the 0th day of 0.20 g/kg PG, and Figure 19d was the 20th day of 0.20 g/kg PG.
Figure 19: Microstructure picture.
By comparing the microscopic images of the blank contrast and the original anthocyanin group at day 0, It was evident that the pure gel exhibited a rough surface with a disordered structure, implying that protein molecules were not fully unfolded and not welllinked to each other during gelation. With PFGS incorporation, the gel network became more regular and homogeneous with compact pores (Figure 19c). Overall, PFGS induced the development of a stable three-dimensional gel network. A highly interconnected and compact network structure might exhibit greater resistance to external stress and provide more space for entrapping water via capillary effects, thereby increasing gel strength and LF-NMR. In addition, based on the self-agglomeration effect of PFGS, the agglomerated PFGS could act as fillers to fill the network structure, and these filling effects seemed to be more pronounced at higher concentrations. In Figures 20a-20c was a solid figure with 0.20 and 0.25, 0.50 g/kg PFGS, respectively. It could be seen that with the increasing amount of PFGS, the morphology of the gel was broken, dried and irregular.
Figure 20: Gel object pictures.
It could be seen that the surface and internal gel structure of the PG on day 0 was different, which was consistent with the problems found in LF-NMR, volume and texture detection of the block. Consideration may be caused by excessive contact between the epidermis of the outer layer of the gel and the solution during gel formation. So the PG removed all the surface gel on day 0. On the 20th day, it could be seen 20th day that a large area of collapse occurred in both groups of gels.
Carbonyl formation was commonly used as an indicator of the oxidative stability of proteins in biological systems and was often used as a marker of the oxidative stability in meat products [32-34]. When the carbonyl group in the protein was formed, the function and structural properties of the protein will be impaired. Since there were many ways to form carbonyl groups, including amino acid side chain modification of especially proline, arginine, lysine, and threonine residues, and might lead to cross-linking or release of free carbonyls from the amino acid side chains [35]. Therefore, it was difficult to fundamentally inhibit the formation of carbonyl groups [36]. The only way to reduce the formation of carbonyl groups was to add antioxidant substances [37,38]. Once the carbonyl group was formed, it could not be reduced, and other thiol-derived oxidation products might also be formed, which will further damage the protein.
According to existing reports many studies favor high concentrations of catechins without considering and comparing the limits of commonly used additives in national standards [39]. Studies had shown that when adding 10 μmol/l PFGS, a significouldt loss of thiols (S-H) content was observed in MP in the presence of catechin. This was consistent with the gel observed in the study when PFGS exceeded 0.20 g/kg. And catechin at higher concentrations (50, 100 and 200 μmol/g protein) caused severe deterioration of MP gelation, which may be due to the PFGS-MP covalent interactions and the exposure of hydrophobic domains caused by catechin.
However, published studies had shown that the addition of catechins or proanthocyanidins had a strengthening effect on 3D printing materials, and the addition had better printability and gelability [40]. Studies had shown that proanthocyanidins could reduce the surface hydrophobicity of gel, thereby changing the secondary structure of proteins [41]. Studies had shown that the addition of proanthocyanidins could protect meat products from UV-induced light damage, which was an effective strategy to reduce UV-induced oxidative damage [42]. The proanthocyanidins added in this study were derived from natural substances, and they were also tested according to the addition range of national standards. Therefore, the test results had practical production value. When the addition levels were 0-0.10 g/kg and 0.10-0.20 g/kg, the gel showed different but similar strengthening gel structure, improving gel hardness and viscoelasticity, and had more compact spatial structure, stronger water locking ability and slower failure rate compared with the blank contrast.
This study provides new ideas for future research and future food additives, and provides valuable improvement guidelines for personalized meat products. Evaluation of its nutritional value needs further study.
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All the data in this paper are valid and have experimental repeatability and stability.
Professor Zheng carried out the experiment and data processing part of the paper, and Professor Li wrote and revised the paper.
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Citation: Li J, Zheng Z (2022) Effects of Low Concentration of Proanthocyanidins and Oxidation Conditions on Myofibrillar Protein in Chicken Breast Muscle. J Nutr Food Sci. 12:835.
Received: 19-Jan-2022, Manuscript No. jnfs-22-15527; Editor assigned: 21-Feb-2022, Pre QC No. jnfs-22-15527 (PQ); Reviewed: 04-Feb-2022, QC No. jnfs-22-15527; Revised: 09-Feb-2022, Manuscript No. jnfs-22-15527 (R); Accepted: 14-Feb-2022 Published: 16-Feb-2022 , DOI: 10.35248/2155-9600.22.12.1000835
Copyright: © 2022 Li J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.