Valor nutricional y contenido de factores antinutricionales de harinas precocidas de granos de Canavalia ensiformis / Nutritional value and antinutritional factors content of precooked flours prepared from Canavalia ensiformis

Precooked flours obtained five Canavalia ensiformis varieties were prepared by dehydration in double drums. On a dry matter basis, significant differences (P < 0.05) among varieties were detected for crude protein content (25 to 30 percent), starch (36 to 40 percent) and dietary fiber (13 to 15 percent). Hemagglutinins were eliminated as result of the high temperature (146 degrees C/4 min) employed during the drying process. Similar results were not obtained for trypsin inhibitors and canavanine considering that small amounts of these compounds remained in the precooked flours prepared from canavalia seeds. A 10 percent decrease in available lysine was observed. Biological assays yielded Protein Efficiency Ratio (PER) values of 0, 8-1 and Neat Proteic Relation (NPR) values of 2-3-2.6. True digestibility of protein values were improved from 87 to 90 percent. All cultivars had similar starch digestive utilization coefficient (96 percent) and starch fraction (4 percent) resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis in the rat digestive tract

Effect of succinylation of oil palm protein concentrates on the functional properties

Defatted kernel flour of oil palm, grounded to 60 mesh, was taken as raw material to produce protein concentrates (70.8) protein) which were succinylated at different levels (0.05; 0.2 and 0.6). The extent of acylation was measured as percentage of lysine modification reaching values from 18.4 to 48.6. Protein concentrate functional properties were determined: Water solubility (pH 2-10); water absorption (320); oil absorption (2.2 ml oil/g), emulsion activity and emulsion stability (28-46). The functional properties were enhanced by succinylation if compared with the untreated protein concentrate, however, "in vitro" digestibility was not affected, by succinylation. In summary, the results of this study indicate that acylation using succinyl anhydride can improve the functional properties of oil palm protein concentrate over those without such treatment.