Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 48, Issue 6, Pages 2281-2285Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf000061g
Keywords
calcium; fermentation; magnesium; phosphorus; phytate
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Five strains of lactic bacteria have been isolated from sour doughs and examined for their ability to degrade phytic acid. In white flour medium in which phytic acid was the only source of phosphorus, the disappearance of phytate and an elevation of inorganic phosphate were observed after only 2 h of incubation in all strains tested (-30 and +60%, respectively). Both phenomena correspond to phytate breakdown. No difference was observed in the levels of phytic acid hydrolysis among strains, suggesting that phytase enzymes are similar among these bacteria. Using whole wheat flour medium naturally rich in phytic acid in the presence of Leuconostoc mesenteroides strain 38, a 9 h fermentation established that the degradation of PA and the production of lactic acid lead to greater Ca and Mg solubility than in control medium.
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