Tea,
leaf, or bud from the plant Camellia sinensis, make
up some of the beverages popularly consumed in different parts
of the world as green tea, oolong tea, or black tea. More particularly,
as a nonfermented tea, green tea has gained more renown because of
the significant health benefits assigned to its rich content in polyphenols.
As a main constituent, green tea polyphenols were documented for their
antioxidant, anti-inflammation, anticancer, anticardiovascular, antimicrobial,
antihyperglycemic, and antiobesity properties. Recent reports demonstrate
that green tea may exert a positive effect on the reduction of medical
chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s
disease, Parkinson’s disease, and diabetes. The health benefits
of green teas, in particular EGCG, are widely investigated, and these
effects are known to be primarily associated with the structure and
compositions of its polyphenols. This Review focuses on the diverse
constituents of green tea polyphenols and their molecular mechanisms
from the perspective of their potential therapeutic function. Recent
advances of green tea polyphenols on their bioavailability, bioaccessibility,
and microbiota were also summarized in this article. Dietary supplementation
with green tea represents an attractive alternative toward promoting
human health.
Antioxidant peptides are gradually being accepted as food ingredients, supplemented in functional food and nutraceuticals, to positively regulate oxidative stress in the human body against lipid and protein oxidation. Meat muscle and meat by-products are rich sources of proteins and can be regarded as good materials for the production of bioactive peptides by use of enzymatic hydrolysis or direct solvent extraction. In recent years, there has been a growing number of studies conducted to characterize antioxidant peptides or hydrolysates derived from meat muscle and by-products as well as processed meat products, including dry-cured hams. Antioxidant peptides obtained from animal sources could exert not only nutritional value but also bioavailability to benefit human health. This paper reviews the antioxidant peptides or protein hydrolysates identified in muscle protein and by-products. We focus on the procedure for the generation of peptides with antioxidant capacity including the acquisition of crude peptides, the assessment of antioxidant activity, and the purification and identification of the active fraction. It remains critical to perform validation experiments with a cell model, animal model or clinical trial to eliminate safety concerns before final application in the food system. In addition, some of the common characteristics on structure-activity relationship are also reviewed based on the identified antioxidant peptides.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of power ultrasound intensity (PUS, 2.39, 6.23, 11.32 and 20.96Wcm(-2)) and treatment time (30, 60, 90 and 120min) on the oxidation and structure of beef proteins during the brining procedure with 6% NaCl concentration. The investigation was conducted with an ultrasonic generator with the frequency of 20kHz and fresh beef at 48h after slaughter. Analysis of TBARS (Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances) contents showed that PUS treatment significantly increased the extent of lipid oxidation compared to static brining (P<0.05). As indicators of protein oxidation, the carbonyl contents were significantly affected by PUS (P<0.05). SDS-PAGE analysis showed that PUS treatment increased protein aggregation through disulfide cross-linking, indicated by the decreasing content of total sulfhydryl groups which would contribute to protein oxidation. In addition, changes in protein structure after PUS treatment are suggested by the increases in free sulfhydryl residues and protein surface hydrophobicity. Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) provided further information about the changes in protein secondary structures with increases in β-sheet and decreases in α-helix contents after PUS processing. These results indicate that PUS leads to changes in structures and oxidation of beef proteins caused by mechanical effects of cavitation and the resultant generation of free radicals.
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