ABSTRACT
Sturgeon has a long lifespan and slow evolutionary rate due to their powerful endogenous antioxidant system. This work aimed to assess the in vitro and in vivo antioxidant activity of sturgeon extracts from both muscle and roe. The extraction process without enzyme hydrolysis is not only simple, but also can produce extracts with better free radicals scavenging abilities than enzymatic hydrolysates in both cellular and in vivo experiments. Moreover, in mouse models with liver injury and immunosuppression treatment, the sturgeon extracts demonstrated strong hepatoprotective and immune-enhancing functions, comparable to vitamin C and ginseng extract supplements, which were attributed to abundant antioxidant peptides of the extracts. The 15 isolated peptides exhibited diverse free radical scavenging ability. Therefore, the sturgeon extracts showed high potential to be applied in food and biomedical industries.
ABSTRACT
Sucrose fatty acid esters were synthesized by the transesterification of sucrose with aliphatic esters under ultrasound irradiation in good yield (73%). The optimum reaction conditions for the transesterification reaction include a molar ratio of sucrose to fatty acid ethyl ester of 2:1 and the use of a 13%mol anhydrous K(2)CO(3) catalyst. The optimum reaction temperature was set at 70 degrees C, the optimum reaction time was 2h, and the optimum reaction pressure was 11kPa. The reaction had excellent monoester selectivity. The proportion of monoester (6-monoester+6'-monoester) in the purified products was up to 92-95% via flash column chromatography over silica gel, the ratios of 6-monoester/6'-monoester are 2.1-2.7, and the sucrose monoesters were identified by HPLC-MS, NMR and IR.
