| In this research, the effect of enzymatic hydrolysis of casein on the degree of hydrolysis, functional
characteristics (solubility, emulsifying and foaming properties) and antioxidant activity (DPPH free
radical scavenging, ABTS radical scavenging, reducing power, hydroxyl radical scavenging,
antioxidant activity in emulsion and chelating properties of iron and copper ions) was evaluated. The
hydrolysis process was performed using pancreatin enzyme and enzyme to substrate ratio (3-5% w/w)
for 180 min. The results showed that enzymatic hydrolysis of casein improved the solubility and
induced the change in the emulsion and foaming activity (especially in acidic pH). In general,
hydrolyzed casein showed the best characteristics in 2.5% enzyme to substrate ratio. Hydrolysis of
casein with 2.5% pancreatin resulted changes in DPPH radical scavenging (from 11.13 to 42.17%),
ABTS (from 22.01 to 84.31%), Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (0.51% to 2.28 mM), reducing
power (0.41 to 0.62), hydroxyl radical scavenging (13.31 to 73.01%) and Thiobarbituric acid
reactive substances or TBARS (0.41 to 0.25 mg/liter emulsion), respectively. Also, iron chelating
activity (19.7 to 68.9%) and copper chelating activity (2.49 to 17.38%) changed before and after
hydrolysis, respectively. The results showed that enzymatic hydrolysis of casein by pancreatin is an
effective method for producing a product with antioxidant properties and proper operation that can be
used in the formulation of different food emulsions. |