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Published on: January 22, 2015
Purification, characterization and antioxidant activity of dextran produced by Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides from
Renpeng Du1, Xiaoxiao Qiao1, Fangkun Zhao1
1School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China.
Abstract:
An exopolysaccharide (EPS) was produced by Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides DRP-5 isolated from homemade wine. The EPS was obtained with ethanol extraction, which was further purified by chromatography of Sephadex G-100 to get a purified fraction. The monosaccharide composition of the EPS was glucose, and its molecular weight (Mw) was 6.23 × 106 Da, as determined by gas chromatography (GC) and high-performance size-exclusion chromatography (HPSEC). Fourier transform infrared spectra (FT-IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra (NMR) showed that the EPS was a linear glucan with α-(1→6)-linked glucosidic bonds. The water holding capacity (WHC), water solubility index (WSI) and emulsifying activity (EA) of DRP-5 EPS were 296.76 ± 18.93%, 98.62 ± 3.57% and 87.22 ± 2.18%, respectively. DRP-5 EPS have a higher degradation temperature of 278.36 °C, suggesting high thermal stability of the EPS. Also, DRP-5 EPS was found to have moderate 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, hydroxyl radical, superoxide anion radical, 2,2'-Azinobis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonate) (ABTS) radical, Fe2+ scavenging activities and reducing power. All these characteristics suggest that DRP-5 EPS might have potential applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries.
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