Refrigerated storage stimulates isoflavone and γ-aminobutyric acid accumulation in germinated soybeans
Shengqi Tan1, Ying Zhu1, Yaqiong Wang1
1College of Food Science and Technology, Whole Grain Food Engineering Research Center, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210095, China.
Abstract:
This study aims to investigate the quality changes of germinated soybeans during refrigerated storage (4 °C), with an emphasis on the stimulatory effect of refrigeration on their special functional compounds. After germinating for two days, germinated soybeans were stored at 4 °C for seven days, while the germinated soybeans stored at 25 °C served as control group. The results showed that refrigerated storage significantly affected the physiological changes in germinated soybeans. The weight loss rate, browning rate, malondialdehyde (MDA) content and H2O2 content all decreased dramatically during refrigerated storage compared to the control group. The total phenolic and total flavonoid contents of germinated soybeans under refrigeration exhibited a trend of increasing and then decreasing over time. Additionally, during refrigerated storage, the total isoflavone content reached a peak of 8.72 g/kg on the fifth day, in which the content of daidzein and glycitin increased by 45% and 49% respectively, when compared with the control group. Moreover, the content of γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) peaked on the first day, and kept a high level during storage. In which, the refrigerated group was 2.35-, 2.88-, 1.67-fold respectively after storage for three to seven days. These results indicated that refrigeration stimulated the biosynthesis of isoflavones and GABA in germinated soybeans during storage. More importantly, there was a sequential difference in the timing of the stimulation of the two functional components under refrigeration.
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