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- Andlid, Thomas, 1963, et al.
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Folate and Bifidobacteria
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Ingår i: The Bifidobacteria and Related Organisms: Biology, Taxonomy, Applications. - 9780128050606 ; , s. 195-212
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Folate is the generic term for a group of chemically related and biologically active forms of vitamin B9, needed by all organisms. Folic acid is the fully oxidized synthetic form of the vitamin. The chapter starts with nomenclature and chemical structure of folate forms followed by methodologies for extraction and chemical analysis of bacterial folate. Folates are unstable and susceptible to interconversion reactions so the special care needed to correctly determine folates in bacteria is discussed. Next follows folate biosynthesis, which happens commonly in plants and many microbes, including most bifidobacteria, but is absent in mammals, such as humans. Relevant genes, enzymes, and intermediate metabolites are described. Thereafter, the chapter continues to review folate metabolism, which describes cycling of different one-carbon units, using folate as vehicle, necessary for, for example, nucleic acid biosynthesis (purines and thymidine), amino acid homeostasis (glycine, serine, and methionine), and methylation of macromolecules, such as proteins and DNA, which includes epigenetic maintenance. Next follows a section on how biotechnology can be applied to produce high levels of microbial folate, to be used either as a food additive or as folate-producing probiotics. Finally, the main concerns and health implications from insufficient folate intake are described.
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- Andlid, Thomas, 1963, et al.
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Folate and phytase produced by yeasts
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 23rd VH-Yeast Conference April 26-27, 2010 in Vienna, Advances in Science and Technique of Baker's Yeast. ; , s. 79-88
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- Barbosa, Gabriel, 1980, et al.
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Effects of pulsed electric field-assisted osmotic dehydration and edible coating on the recovery of anthocyanins from in vitro digested berries
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Ingår i: Foods. - : MDPI AG. - 2304-8158. ; 8:10
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Berry fruits, such as strawberries and blueberries, are rich sources of anthocyanins. Several studies have been made on the impact of non-thermal treatments on safety, shelf-life and nutritional characteristics of such products, but the effects of these processes on anthocyanin stability during digestion in the gastrointestinal tract are still not completely clear. The aim of this study was to assess the recovery of anthocyanins after simulated gastrointestinal digestion of (1) strawberry samples, pre-treated with pulsed electric field (PEF) at 100 or 200 V·cm−1, prior to osmotic dehydration (OD), and (2) blueberry samples coated with chitosan and procyanidin. After digestion, a significantly higher content of cyanidin-3-O-glucoside and malvidin-3-O-glucoside was quantified by LC-MS/MS in processed strawberry and blueberry samples, compared with the controls. The highest recovery of cyanidin-3-O-glucoside was detected in digested strawberry samples osmotically dehydrated with trehalose. The recovery of malvidin-3-O-glucoside was highest in digested blueberries coated with chitosan and stored for 14 days, compared with untreated samples or samples coated with chitosan and procyanidin. Our study shows the potential of mild PEF treatments combined with OD, or the use of edible coating, to obtain shelf-stable products without substantially affecting the composition or the stability of anthocyanins during digestion in the upper gastrointestinal tract.
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- Barbosa, Gabriel, 1980, et al.
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Tailoring bilberry powder functionality through processing: Effects of drying and fractionation on the stability of total polyphenols and anthocyanins
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Ingår i: Food Science and Nutrition. - : Wiley. - 2048-7177. ; 7:3, s. 1017-1026
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Bilberries are a rich natural source of phenolic compounds, especially anthocyanins. The press cake obtained during the processing of bilberry juice is a potential source of phytochemicals. The objective of this study was to evaluate different drying techniques and the fractionation of bilberry press cake powder toward obtaining phenolic-rich ingredients for incorporation into value-added food products. The derived powders were dispersed in water and dairy cream, to investigate the effects of drying and fractionation on the dispersibility and solubility of phenolic compounds. The drying techniques, hot air drying and microwave drying, applied on bilberry press cake reduced the content of total phenolics and anthocyanins. The degradation was, however, consistently small and similar for both techniques. The major anthocyanins detected in the samples were stable during drying and fractionation treatments. Fractionation of the press cake powder affected the total apparent phenolic content and composition of the different fractions. The highest phenolic content (55.33 +/- 0.06 mg g(-1) DW) and highest anthocyanin content (28.15 +/- 0.47 mg g(-1) DW) were found in the fractions with the smallest particle size (<500 mu m), with delphinidin-3-O-galactoside being the most abundant anthocyanin. Dispersibility of all dried powder samples was higher in dairy cream than water, and the highest level of anthocyanins was measured in samples from the powder with the smallest particle size (<500 mu m), dispersed in cream. The application of drying, milling and fractionation was found to be a promising approach to transform bilberry press cake into stable and deliverable ingredients that can be used for fortification of food products with high levels of phenolic compounds.
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- Bergkvist, Sharon W, 1973, et al.
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Improved iron solubility in carrot juice fermented by homo- and hetero-fermentative lactic acid bacteria
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Ingår i: Food Microbiology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0740-0020 .- 1095-9998. ; 22:1, s. 53-61
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To evaluate lactic acid fermentation as a means to increase the availability of iron in carrot juice, two strains (Lactobacillus pentosus FSC1 and Leuconostoc mesenteroides FSC2), two types of carrot juice and two modes of fermentation were compared. Fermentation improved iron solubility up to 30 fold. The total mineral content and the yield of soluble iron differed between the two types of juice. Addition of pectolytic enzyme and cellulase further improved iron solubility in fermented juice by about 10%. L. pentosus FSC1 yielded the largest improvement in soluble iron, which was not simply a result of a decrease in pH. The concentration of soluble iron in Ln. mesenteroides FSC2 fermentation was linearly related to the major acids produced. Besides, the mineral inhibitor phytate was completely degraded in all the fermentations. Lactic acid fermentation strongly improves iron solubility in carrot juice. The level of improvement was strain specific and related to the produced acids rather than a simple pH effect. Composition of carrot juice and addition of viscosity-reducing enzymes also contributed to this improvement. Our study suggests that carrot juice with high mineral availability may be achieved by fermentation using selected starter cultures, substrate and process.
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