Comparative assessment of peptide concentration in milk protein hydrolysates and fractions

Jeanette Otte, M. Abdel-Hamid, A. Osman

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Abstract

A comparative study using the Kjeldahl method and two colorimetric methods for the determination of total protein/peptide concentrations in a range of intact and hydrolysed milk protein was carried out. The samples were goat whey, camel whey, buffalos milk retentate and hydrolysates of these made with different enzymes as well as hydrolysate fractions. Bicinchoninic acid (BCA) and o-phthaldialdehyde (OPA) were used as coloring agents to specifically react with proteins and peptides. The results obtained with the BCA method and bovine serum albumin as standard did not correlate with the results obtained by the Kjeldahl method (r2 = 0.17). The OPA method showed better agreement with the Kjeldahl method (r2 = 0.69) and with the use of a whey protein hydrolysate as standard good estimates of the peptide contents in the hydrolysed milk protein samples was obtained compared to the results obtained with the Kjeldahl method.

Original languageEnglish
JournalInternational Journal of Dairy Science
Volume10
Issue number5
Pages (from-to)228-235
Number of pages8
ISSN1811-9743
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Sept 2015

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