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Sonochemical action and reaction of edible insect protein: Influence on enzymolysis reaction‐kinetics, free‐Gibbs, structure, and antioxidant capacity
Author(s) -
Mintah Benjamin Kumah,
He Ronghai,
Dabbour Mokhtar,
Agyekum Akwasi Akomeah,
Xing Zheng,
Golly Moses Kwaku,
Ma Haile
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of food biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-4514
pISSN - 0145-8884
DOI - 10.1111/jfbc.12982
Subject(s) - chemistry , kinetics , antioxidant capacity , action (physics) , chemical kinetics , food science , antioxidant , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract We investigated the impact of sonochemical action and the reaction of Hermetia illucens larvae meal protein (HILMP) as regards enzymolysis under varied enzyme concentration and temperature to explain the mechanism and effect of sonication on molecular conformation, limits of kinetics, free‐Gibbs energy, and antioxidative capacity. Control treatment was used for comparison. The results showed sonochemical treatment enhanced HILMP‐enzymolysis efficiency at various enzyme volume, and temperature. Enzymolysis‐kinetics revealed sonochemical treatment increased the rate constant ( p < .05) by 17.21%, 25.06%, 26.91%, and 41.38% at 323, 313, 303, and 293 K, respectively. On free‐Gibbs, sonochemical treatment reduced the reactants‐reactivity energy, enthalpy, and entropy by 30.53%, 35.05%, and 10.71%, respectively ( p < .05). Changes in spectra of UV and fluorescence, and micrographic imaging indicated alterations of HILMP by sonochemical treatment. Antioxidative activity of sonochemically‐treated HILMP increased, compared to control. Thus, sonochemical treatment may be beneficial in the production of edible insect proteins with smaller molecular weights for different food and/or pharmaceutical applications. Practical applications Sonochemical pretreatment of HILMP positively impacted it enzymolysis rate‐reaction, stability of reaction products, structure, and bioactivity. Thus, the technique may be beneficial to industry in the processing/development of new (bioactive/pharmaceutical) products involving enzymolysis of edible insects (e.g., Hermetia illucens ) protein; particularly at such a time where edible insects are projected to be a source of protein for human nutrition and livestock in the next few years.