title: Extraction and composition characterisation of amino acids from tung meal.
abstract: The most desirable content of amino acids (AAs) in the extracted products from tung (Aleurites fordii) meal was 93.88%, which was obtained from shelled tung meal at a hydrolysis temperature of 45 °C and a isoelectric precipitation pH value of 4.4. Furthermore, the cytotoxic activity of extracted AAs was also evaluated by MTT assay. Antioxidant activity of extracted AAs was also measured by the DPPH assay. As a result, the high yield of extracted AAs exhibited so low cytotoxic and high antioxidant activity that had the potential use as a functional ingredient.
authors.affiliation: a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University , Chengdu 610031 , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Xiaotong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University , Chengdu 610031 , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jinlong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University , Chengdu 610031 , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Fengluan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: a School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University , Chengdu 610031 , P.R. China.
authors.forename: Shuxin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qu
mesh_terms: D031284:Aleurites / Q000737:chemistry*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018938:Caco-2 Cells; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000975:Antioxidants
keywords: amino acids; antioxidant activity; cytotoxic activity; tung meal