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- Engineering and health benefits of fruits and vegetables beveragesPublication . Veiga, Mariana; Costa, Eduardo M.; Voss, Glenise; Silva, Sara; Pintado, ManuelaFruits and vegetables are one of the pillars of a healthy diet. However, individuals frequently disregard their importance for the maintenance of health and the homeostatic balance and have considerably lower ingestions of these products than recommended by regulatory bodies. The preparation and/or commercialization of fruit and vegetable beverages (with balanced nutrient and phytonutrient profiles) may be an interesting alternative to the direct consumption of fruits and vegetables as it provides an easy, on the go solution for this problem. Therefore, this chapter aimed to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the possibilities of fruit and vegetable beverages as well as characterize the mains constituents responsible for the health benefits attributed to them.
- Fish by-products: a source of enzymes to generate circular bioactive hydrolysatesPublication . Borges, Sandra; Odila, Joana; Voss, Glenise; Martins, Rui; Rosa, Ana; Couto, José António; Almeida, André; Pintado, ManuelaFish viscera are usually discarded as waste, causing environmental problems, or as low-value by-products. This study describes a self-sufficient and zero waste approach to obtain enzymes and protein hydrolysates from fish by-products. Firstly, recovery steps of viscera enzymatic extract were applied, and the resulting raw extract was stable at a pH range of 8–9 and at temperatures between 40 and 50 °C. The application of the extracted enzymes and alcalase on fish by-products hydrolysis was also determined. The selected conditions for the enzymatic hydrolysis were 10% (E/S) for 6 h using viscera enzymatic extract and 3% (E/S) for 2 h using alcalase. Fish protein hydrolysates (FPH) proved to have a notable antioxidant capacity with similar activity, ~11 mg ascorbic acid/g dry extract (ABTS assay) and ~150 mg Trolox/g dry extract (ORAC assay). FPH were also able to inhibit the angiotensin-converting enzyme, however, alcalase hydrolysates revealed a higher antihypertensive potential, IC50 of 101 µg of protein/mL. In general, FPH obtained by both enzymes systems maintained these bioactivities after the passage throughout a simulated gastrointestinal tract. The hydrolysates also displayed important technological properties, namely oil absorption capacity (~1 g oil/g sample) and emulsifying property (~40%). Therefore, it will be conceivable to use fish by-products based on a circular economy approach to generate added value compounds for animal and human nutrition
- Porcine blood: an eco-efficient source of multifunctional protein hydrolysatesPublication . Borges, Sandra; Odila, Joana; Voss, Glenise; Martins, Rui; Almeida, André; Pintado, ManuelaPorcine blood is a major slaughterhouse by-product and a sustainable source of high-quality proteins with potential food and nutraceutical applications. This study valorized porcine whole blood (WB, 6.7 ± 0.1% protein) and red cell fraction (CF, 50.4 ± 0.2% protein) through alcalase hydrolysis, generating hydrolysates (WBH and CFH) with bioactive and techno-functional properties. Optimal hydrolysis conditions, defined as enzyme-to-substrate (E/S) and incubation time yielding the highest degree of hydrolysis (DH) with cost-effective enzyme usage, were 1% E/S for 4 h (WBH) and 2.5% E/S for 4 h (CFH). WBH showed a higher DH (59.5 ± 2.6%) than CFH (30.8 ± 3.3%). Antioxidant assays revealed higher ABTS activity in CFH (14.1 vs. 11.1 mg ascorbic acid equivalents/g, p < 0.05), while both exhibited similar ORAC values (166.8–180.2 mg Trolox equivalents/g, p > 0.05). After simulated gastrointestinal digestion, ABTS activity was preserved, whereas ORAC decreased (~40%). ACE inhibitory activity was also pronounced, particularly in CFH (IC50 = 59.5 µg protein/mL), but digestion converged values between hydrolysates (118–135 µg protein/mL). Techno-functional tests showed moderate emulsifying activity (~40%), with CFH displaying markedly higher oil absorption (4.79 vs. 1.31 g oil/g). Considering the limited information on porcine blood hydrolysates under gastrointestinal conditions, these findings provide new insights into their stability and support their potential as multifunctional ingredients for health-promoting foods and functional formulations.