The antioxidative activity of α-tocopherol and Trolox, a water-soluble carboxylic acid derivative of α-tocopherol, in an emulsion stabilized with the hydrophilic emulsifier, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate, was evaluated by measuring the changes in linoleic acid content, peroxide value, and thiobarbituric acid value. The activity of α-tocopherol and Trolox to depress the autoxidation ...

Ram Vanam M.S., Indiana University, December 2004. Electrostatic modeling of protein aggregation. Research Advisor: Paul L. Dubin Electrostatic modeling was done with Delphi of insight II to explain and predict protein aggregation, measured here for β-lactoglobulin and insulin using turbidimetry and stopped flow spectrophotometry. The initial rate of aggregation of β-Lactoglobulin was studied b...

Mass spectrometry has emerged as a useful tool in the study of proteins and protein complexes. It is of fundamental interest to explore how the structures of proteins and protein complexes are affected by the absence of solvent and how this alters with increasing time in the gas phase. Here we demonstrate that a range of protein and protein complexes can be confined within the Trap T-wave regio...

Stability, aggregation and gelation of β-Lactoglobulin are affected by high pressure and salts of the Hofmeister series. Little is known about their combined effects on structure formation processes of β-Lactoglobulin, mainly because many salts of the series are not suitable for use in food. Here, we investigate the effect of calcium salts on the strength of pressure-induced gels, inspired by t...

PURPOSE Immune system of some autistic patients could be abnormally triggered by gluten/casein assumption. The prevalence of antibodies to gliadin and milk proteins in autistic children with paired/impaired intestinal permeability and under dietary regimen either regular or restricted is reported. METHODS 162 ASDs and 44 healthy children were investigated for intestinal permeability, tissue-t...

OBJECTIVE To compare serum concentrations of specific IgE and mean papule diameters induced in the immediate skin reactivity test with cow's milk (CM) and its fractions with results of the oral challenge test (OCT), and to establish cutoff points capable of predicting clinical reactivity to CM in patients treated at a referral service. METHODS One hundred and twenty-two children (median of 17...

ZAGORCHEV, L., M. DIMITROVA, M. ODJAKOVA, D. TEOFANOVA and P. HRISTOV, 2013. Electrophoretic characterization of milk proteins from Bulgarian Rhodopean cattle. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., Supplement 2, 19: 197–200 αs1-casein, κ-casein and β-lactoglobulin show comparatively the highest polymorphism among the bovine milk proteins. Therefore, they have been extensively investigated in respect to identif...

The overall aim of this work was to characterise the major angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides produced by enzymatic hydrolysis of whey proteins, through the application of a novel integrative process. This process consisted of the combination of adsorption and microfiltration within a stirred cell unit for the selective immobilisation of β-lactoglobulin and casein-derived p...

We have determined bulk rheology of β-lactoglobulin (BLG) foams and surface viscoelasticity of corresponding protein solutions by varying pH as well as type, valency and concentration of the added salt in a wide range. Foam rheology was characterized by the storage modulus G0, the apparent yield stress τy, and the critical strain γc,foam defining the cessation of the linear viscoelastic respons...

β-Lactoglobulin (LG) is suspected to enhance or modulate human immune responses. Moreover, LG is also hypothesized to increase human cell proliferation. However, these potential functions of LG have not been directly or thoroughly addressed. In this study, we demonstrated that LG is a potent stimulator of cell proliferation using a hybridoma cell (a splenocyte fused with a myeloma cell) model. ...