Seaweed polysaccharides (laminarin and fucoidan) as functional ingredients in pork meat: an evaluation of anti-oxidative potential, thermal stability and bioaccessibility

Mar Drugs. 2015 Apr 20;13(4):2447-64. doi: 10.3390/md13042447.

Abstract

The anti-oxidative potential of laminarin (L), fucoidan (F) and an L/F seaweed extract was measured using the DPPH free radical scavenging assay, in 25% pork (longissimus thoracis et lumborum (LTL)) homogenates (TBARS) (3 and 6 mg/mL) and in horse heart oxymyoglobin (OxyMb) (0.1 and 1 mg/mL). The DPPH activity of fresh and cooked minced LTL containing L (100 mg/g; L100), F100 and L/F100,300, and bioaccessibility post in vitro digestion (L/F300), was assessed. Theoretical cellular uptake of antioxidant compounds was measured in a transwell Caco-2 cell model. Laminarin displayed no activity and fucoidan reduced lipid oxidation but catalysed OxyMb oxidation. Fucoidan activity was lowered by cooking while the L/F extract displayed moderate thermal stability. A decrease in DPPH antioxidant activity of 44.15% and 36.63%, after 4 and 20 h respectively, indicated theoretical uptake of L/F antioxidant compounds. Results highlight the potential use of seaweed extracts as functional ingredients in pork.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / chemistry*
  • Antioxidants / metabolism
  • Caco-2 Cells
  • Cooking
  • Dietary Carbohydrates / metabolism
  • Digestion
  • Enterocytes / metabolism*
  • Food Preservatives / chemistry*
  • Food Preservatives / metabolism
  • Food Quality
  • Food Storage
  • Glucans / chemistry*
  • Glucans / metabolism
  • Hot Temperature / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Absorption*
  • Laminaria / chemistry
  • Lipid Metabolism
  • Meat Products / analysis*
  • Myoglobin / chemistry
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Polysaccharides / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides / metabolism
  • Seaweed / chemistry
  • Sus scrofa

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Dietary Carbohydrates
  • Food Preservatives
  • Glucans
  • Myoglobin
  • Polysaccharides
  • oxymyoglobin
  • laminaran
  • fucoidan