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Removal of deleterious glucosides from safflower meal
Author(s) -
Lyon C. K.,
Gumbmann M. R.,
Betschart A. A.,
Robbins D. J.,
Saunders R. M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02660234
Subject(s) - cathartic , meal , chromatography , food science , chemistry , extraction (chemistry) , traditional medicine , medicine , surgery
Abstract Safflower meal is a source of high quality protein for animal feeds but has not been used for human consumption because it is bitter and mildly cathartic. Deleterious glucosides in the meal were removed or modified by extraction with either water at the iso‐electric point or with methanol, enzymatic treatment with β‐glucosidase, dialysis, or by processing to pre‐pare protein isolates. Analytical procedures were de‐vised for quantitative measurement of two phenolic glucosides reported to be associated with bitterness and cathartic activity in safflower meal, and for es‐timating the cathartic activity of safflower meals and fractions.