BACKGROUND Pea protein (from Pisum sativum) is under consideration as a sustainable, satiety-inducing food ingredient. OBJECTIVE In the current study, pea-protein-induced physiological signals relevant to satiety were characterized in vitro via gastric digestion kinetics and in vivo by monitoring post-meal gastrointestinal hormonal responses in rats. DESIGN Under in vitro simulated gastric ...

Introduction: Study was taken with an objective to investigate the inhibitory effect of Phaseolus lunatus seeds extract on three enzymes (α-amylase, maltase and glucoamylase) which are involved in diabetes. The disadvantages related use synthetic drugs make it necessary search for alternative from medicinal plants. One therapeutic approach treatment postprandial hyperglycaemia is decrease plasm...

One of the microalgae that can be potentially used to produce bioethanol is Chlorella vulgaris, as it rich in carbohydrates. However, carbohydrates C. vulgaris cannot converted directly into ethanol. This study aimed investigate chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis which subsequently followed by fermentation. The catalysts were hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, potassium while enzymes mixture a...

In this paper glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger was immobilized by using a modified version of cross-linked enzyme aggregates (CLEA). The co-aggregates were cross-linked with glutaraldehyde; meanwhile dextrin and xanthan gum as protecting agents were added, which provides high affinity with the enzyme molecules. The immobilized glucoamylase was stable over a broad range of pH (3.0–8.0) and te...

The secreted yield of hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL) from the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger was increased 10-20-fold by constructing a novel gene fusion. The cDNA sequence encoding mature HEWL was fused in frame to part of the native A. niger gene encoding glucoamylase (glaA), separated by a proteolytic cleavage site for in vivo processing. Using this construct, peak secreted HEWL yields ...

Heterologous expression of plant genes may serve as an important alternative for producing plant proteins. We have investigated the ability of the fungus Neurospora crassa to secrete zeamatin, a protein produced by Zea mays. Zeamatin was induced after being fused to glucoamylase, an extracellular hydrolase produced by N. crassa. Glucoamylase induction and other culture parameters were monitored...