Effects of Lipids on the Rheological Properties of Aqueous Soybean Protein Dispersions |
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Authors: | Makoto Miura Fumio Yamauchi |
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Institution: | Department of Food Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan |
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Abstract: | The flow properties of soybean protein–lipid–water suspension systems and coagulated gels were related to a protein–lipid interaction. For powdered soybean lecithin-added soybean protein suspension systems and their heat-induced gels, the yield stress (σy) and the consistency index (K) increased with increasing amounts of added lipid, but the flow behavior index (n) and the thixotropy index (TI) decreased. On the other hand, there were only small changes in the magnitudes of the thixotropic parameters and the viscometric parameters (σy, K and n) after adding soybean oil at various concentrations to soybean protein dispersions. These facts suggested that the formation of a protein–phospholipid complex increased the effective particle size, and that the intermolecular entanglements and linkages among the protein molecules or among the protein-phospholipid complexes were weakened by the addition of polar lipids. The thixotropy index defined in this study is available for characterizing the stress decay that occurs within soybean protein dispersions and heat-induced gels as they are sheared. |
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Keywords: | ras 4-methylthio-3-butenyl isothiocyanate reactive oxygen species cell cycle |
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