Food Chemistry
Food Chemistry
4 years ago

Observations using Phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance (31P-NMR) of structural changes in freeze-thawed hen egg yolk

Hen egg yolk (EY) has a complicated structure consisting of lipids and proteins, and its structure is deeply related with its functional properties. 31P-NMR is an efficient technique to non-destructively detect the dynamic behaviour of phospholipids, the main component of bio-membranes. We determined conditions for measuring the 31P NMR spectra of EY and identified the components. 31P-NMR was used to detect phosvitin, inorganic phosphate, and lipoprotein as well as structural changes such as granule collapse and freeze–thaw denaturation as signal changes. Freeze-thaw denaturation generated a new denaturation peak. We separated aggregates of LDL from freeze-thawed plasma using centrifugation. TEM and 31P-NMR observations revealed that the denaturation peak corresponded to LDL aggregates. The 31P-NMR spectra suggested the formation of multiple forms of LDL aggregates in which the head groups of phospholipid molecules adopt a face-to-face orientation, similar to that observed following the flocculation of lipoproteins or in the lamellar-like structures of phospholipids.

Publisher URL: www.sciencedirect.com/science

DOI: S0308814617316680

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