The present study describes the utilization of banana--Cavendish (Musa acuminata L., cv cavendshii) and Dream (Musa acuminata colla. AAA, cv 'Berangan')--pulp and peel flours as functional ingredients in yellow alkaline noodles. Noodles were prepared by partial substitution of wheat flour with ripe banana pulp or peel flours. In most cases, the starch hydrolysis index, predicted glycaemic index (pGI) and physicochemical properties of cooked noodles were affected by banana flour addition. In general, the pGI values of cooked noodles were in the order; banana peel noodles < banana pulp noodles < control noodles. Since the peel flour was higher in total dietary fibre but lower in resistant starch contents than the pulp flour, the low pGI of banana peel noodles was mainly due to its high dietary fibre content. In conclusion, banana pulp and peel flour could be useful for controlling starch hydrolysis of yellow noodles, even though some physicochemical properties of the noodles were altered.
Flour prepared from green and ripe Cavendish and Dream banana fruits were assessed for total starch, digestible starch, resistant starch, total dietary fiber, soluble dietary fiber and insoluble dietary fiber. Principle component analysis identified only one component responsible for explaining 83.83% of the total variance in the starch and dietary fiber components data to indicate that ripe banana flour had different characteristics from the green. Cluster analysis applied on similar data obtained two statistically significant clusters of green and ripe banana to indicate difference in behaviors according to the stages of ripeness. In conclusion, starch and dietary fiber components could be used to discriminate between flour prepared from fruits of different stage of ripeness. Results are also suggestive of the potential of green as well as the ripe banana flour as functional ingredients in food.
Illicium verum (IV; dried fruit), Psidium guajava (PG; dried leaves), and Curcuma longa (CL; dried rhizome) water extract and/or fish collagen were added into yogurt to determine their effects on acidification and the proteolysis of milk up to 21 days of storage at 4°C. The angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) test was conducted to analyze the inhibitory activity of bioactive peptides produced during proteolytic activity on the ACE enzyme. The addition of fish collagen in PG-yogurt significantly decreased pH compared to control on day 7 of storage. The presence of IV, PG, and CL enhanced (p<0.05) OPA peptide amount during 7 & 14 days of storage. The highest ACE inhibitory activity was shown on day 7 for all herbal yogurt. Herbal yogurt either in the presence or absence of fish collagen may improve the manufacture and formulation of yogurt with anti-ACE activity.
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