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Impact of Pressurized Liquid Extraction and pH on protein yield, changes in molecular size distribution and antioxidant compounds recovery from Spirulina
* 1 , * 1 , * 2 , * 3 , * 4 , * 1 , * 1, 5
1  Nutrition and Food Science Area, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Food Science, Toxicology and Forensic Medicine Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitat de València, Avda. Vicent Andrés Es-tellés, s/n, 46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
2  Nutrición y Bromatología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Burgos, 09001 Burgos, Spain
3  College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, 430023, China
4  Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
5  Nutrition and Bromatology Group, Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Vigo, Ourense Campus, E32004 Ourense, Spain
Academic Editor: Christopher J. Smith

https://doi.org/10.3390/Foods2021-10955 (registering DOI)
Abstract:

The research aims to extract nutrients and bioactive compounds from spirulina using a non-toxic, environmentally friendly and efficient method-Pressurized Liquid Extraction (PLE). In this work, Response Surface Methodology (RSM)-Central Composite Design (CCD) was used to evaluate and optimize the extraction time (5-15 min), temperature (20-60 °C) and pH (4-10) during PLE extraction (103.4 bars). The multi-factor optimization results of the RSM-CCD showed that under the pressure of 103.4 bars, the optimal conditions to recover the highest content of bioactive compounds were 10 minutes, 40 °C and pH 4. Furthermore, the compounds and antioxidant capacity of PLE and non-pressurized extraction extracts were compared. The results showed that under the optimal extraction conditions (10 minutes, 40 °C and pH 4), PLE significantly improved the antioxidant capacity (2843.57±153.6 µM TE), protein yield (136.7±4.3 mg/g), chlorophyll a (1.46±0.04 mg/g), carotenoids (0.12±0.01 mg/g), total polyphenols (11.49±0.04 mg/g) and carbohydrates content (78.12±1.40 mg/g) of the extracts compared with non-pressurized extraction (p<0.05). The protein molecular distribution of the extracts was analyzed by SDS-PAGE and the results showed that there were more small-molecule proteins in PLE extracts. Moreover, Triple TOF–LC–MS–MS was used to analyze the phenolic profile of the extracts, and the results showed the extracts were rich on phenolic compounds, such as p-coumaric acid and cinnamic acid being the predominant phenolic compounds in the PLE extract. This indicates that PLE can promote the extraction of bioactive compounds from Spirulina, which is of great significance for the application of PLE technology to obtain active substances from marine algae resources.

Keywords: Microalgae; PLE; RSM-CCD; Biomass; SDS-PAGE; Triple TOF–LC–MS–MS
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