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FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 205-218Publisher
JAPANESE SOC FOOD SCI & TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.3136/fstr.9.205
Keywords
phenolic acids; flavonoids; food protein/enzyme derivatization; physicochemical characterisation; structure; in-vitro proteolytic degradation; biological activity
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Secondary plant metabolites are important native food components, which are becoming more and more interesting due to their physiological effects on human beings. One of the largest groups of these compounds is represented by plant phenols. This review summarizes the structure, classification and distribution of the phenolic compounds in plant foods, their chemistry and signification with regard to food processing and -storage as well as their physiological effects. This work focuses mainly on such reactions of the phenolic substances with proteins and enzymes that lead to covalent bonds. The derivatives formed have been characterized in terms of changes in their physicochemical and structural properties. The effect on the proteolytic in vitro digestion has been also illustrated. Further aspects reported include the influence on enzyme activity and -kinetic parameters. The different aspects of the nutritional-physiological consequences of such reactions in food and body, especially considering their significance to food science and technology are discussed.
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