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Feather Protein Hydrolysates: A Study of Physicochemical, Functional Properties and Antioxidant Activity

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Abstract

Purpose

The feather is a valuable protein resource. The feather is the major waste by-product resulting from the poultry processing plants. Therefore, increasing the values of poultry feather waste has a significant effect in the environment.

Methods

In this study, the physicochemical and functional properties as well as the antioxidant activities of the feather protein hydrolysates (FPHs) obtained by acid hydrolysis after 100 min (FPH100), 200 min (FPH200) and 300 min (FPH300) were investigated.

Results

The results showed that FPH100, FPH200 and FPH300 presented high protein content 74.04%, 71.05% and 73.94%, respectively. All FPHs had a good solubility and possessed some interfacial properties, governed by their concentrations. The antioxidant activities of the different FPHs were evaluated using various in vitro antioxidant assays such as 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging activity, total antioxidant capacity, reducing power and β-carotene bleaching. FPH100 generally showed a greater antioxidant activity across all the considered methods. The DPPH IC50 of FPH100 values were found to be 0.47 ± 0.011 mg/mL. Moreover, the FPH100 exhibited notable total antioxidant capacity and strong reducing power.

Conclusions

Our results suggested that FPHs could be a new potential source for preparing natural antioxidants applied in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic preparations.

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This research was supported by the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research.

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Ben Hamad Bouhamed, S., Krichen, F. & Kechaou, N. Feather Protein Hydrolysates: A Study of Physicochemical, Functional Properties and Antioxidant Activity. Waste Biomass Valor 11, 51–62 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-018-0451-2

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