Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (3): 526-533.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.03.18

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Changes of rheological properties and proteins components of egg albumin during storage at room temperature

YANG Xiaopan, LIU Lili*(), HUANG Zhengdi, LI Yuanyuan, HAO Weiming, ZHANG Mengjun, SHI Shengjuan   

  1. National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Food Processing and Security, Henan Engineering Technology Research Center for Food Ingredients, Henan International Joint Laboratory for Food Processing and Quality Safety Control, College of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471023, China
  • Received:2020-08-14 Online:2021-04-02 Published:2021-03-25
  • Contact: LIU Lili

Abstract:

In order to explore the effect of storage at room temperature on rheological properties and proteins components of egg albumin, the main proteins contents and rheological properties of egg albumin were measured when the egg was stored at 25 ℃ for 28 d. The results showed that with the prolonged storage time, the content of ovomucin decreased significantly (P<0.05), while the content of S-ovalbumin increased significantly (P<0.05), reaching (92.99±0.81)% at 28 d. Lysozyme content showed a significant (P<0.05) trend of first increasing and then decreasing, yet its activity exhibited decreasing tendency. With the change of proteins contents, the foaming and emulsifying properties of egg albumin significantly (P<0.05) increased first and then decreased, while the foam stability and emulsion stability decreased significantly (P<0.05). The thermal denaturation temperature and enthalpy value of the egg albumin increased gradually during the storage. In the early stage of storage, the apparent viscosity of the egg albumin increased, and the energy storage modulus value (G') was higher than energy consumption modulus value (G″), which showed the elastic properties of the fluid. In the late stage of storage, the apparent viscosity decreased, and the G' was smaller than G″, which showed the characteristics of viscosity. These findings provided a theoretical basis for further research on the thinning of egg albumin.

Key words: rheological properties, protein content, functional properties, storage at room temperature

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