Abstract
The housefy is an important resource insect and the housefy larvae are ideal source of food additives. The housefy larvae protein hydrolysates were obtained by enzymatic hydrolysis by alcalase and neutral proteinase. Their antioxidant activities were investigated, including the superoxide and hydroxyl radical-scavenging activity, 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity, reducing power and metal chelating activity. The antioxidant activities of both hydrolysates increased with their increasing concentrations. The alcalase hydrolysate (AH) showed higher scavenging activities against hydroxyl radical and superoxide anion radical at low concentrations and higher metal-chelating activity than the neutral proteinase hydrolysate (NPH). The NPH exhibited higher scavenging activity against DPPH free radical and higher reducing power than the AH. Both hydrolysates showed more than 50% superoxide anion radical-scavenging activity at 10 μg/mL. These results indicate that both housefy larvae protein hydrolysates display high antioxidant activities and they could serve as potential natural antioxidant food additives.
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Zhang, H., Wang, P., Zhang, AJ. et al. Antioxidant Activities of Protein Hydrolysates Obtained from the Housefly Larvae. BIOLOGIA FUTURA 67, 236–246 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1556/018.67.2016.3.2
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