Research Article

Antioxidant and Chelating Activity of Nontoxic Jatropha curcas L. Protein Hydrolysates Produced by In Vitro Digestion Using Pepsin and Pancreatin

Table 1

Amino acid composition of J. curcas protein fractions purified by Fast protein liquid chromatography after 60 min hydrolysis with pepsin and 120 min hydrolysis with pancreatin. Data (g kg−1 protein) represent the average ± SD of two determinations.

ABCDEFAO (1991)

Aspa143 ± 8.7168 ± 2.5163 ± 0.5102 ± 28.086 ± 24.0
Glub251 ± 8.8222 ± 1.2167 ± 0.267 ± 2.923 ± 1.7
Ser65 ± 3.167 ± 1.872 ± 0.118 ± 0.413 ± 1.7
His34 ± 10.825 ± 5.232 ± 1.030 ± 6.013 ± 0.819
Gly64 ± 0.9100 ± 10.689 ± 4.116 ± 0.117 ± 1.0
Thr26 ± 0.146 ± 1.240 ± 0.212 ± 0.45 ± 1.034
Arg133 ± 13.094 ± 1.895 ± 2.0233 ± 6.622 ± 3.0
Ala47 ± 0.265 ± 1.976 ± 1.332 ± 1.010 ± 2.0
Tyr32 ± 0.821 ± 0.722 ± 3.053 ± 0.4400 ± 11.1
Val17 ± 0.026 ± 2.143 ± 0.024 ± 1.92 ± 0.435
Met4 ± 0.15 ± 1.07 ± 3.00.00.0
Cys26 ± 4.517 ± 2.33 ± 0.70.00.025d
Ile25 ± 0.627 ± 0.731 ± 0.148 ± 1.57 ± 2.028
Leu53 ± 0.050 ± 7.582 ± 1.5202 ± 9.834 ± 2.066
Phe22 ± 3.118 ± 2.332 ± 0.0142 ± 7.0362 ± 1.563c
Lys58 ± 0.648 ± 0.246 ± 1.022 ± 0.49 ± 1.858
TrpNDNDNDNDND11
ProNDNDNDNDND

Asp + Asn. bGlu + Gln. cPhe + Tyr. dMet + Cys. ND: not determined.