Phytate-degrading Pediococcus pentosaceus CFR R123 for application in functional foods.

Raghavendra, P. and Ushakumari, S. R. and Prakash, M. Halami (2011) Phytate-degrading Pediococcus pentosaceus CFR R123 for application in functional foods. Beneficial Microbes, March ; 2(1):, 2 (1). pp. 57-61.

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Abstract

The present work looks at the role of phytate-degrading Pediococcus pentosaceus CFR R123 application in functional foods to evaluate the fate of phytate and calcium solubility during fermentation. Under standard conditions, CFR R123 grown in modified MRS containing sodium phytate CFR R123 showed 43% degradation of sodium phytate in 15 minutes. Fermentation of malted finger millet seed coat (MFSC) and soya milk (SM) with CFR R123 for 12 h resulted in 5.6-12% phytate degradation and a notable increase in calcium availability (125%) was observed. The isolate CFR R123 was found to decrease the phytic acid levels resulting in increased levels of calcium during MFSC and soya milk fermentation. This study introduces phytate-degrading P. pentosaceus CFR R123 that can be employed as a starter culture as well as an ingredient of functional food to provide nutritive benefits to the consumer with a natural phenomenon.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	functional food, lactic acid bacteria, mineral absorption, Pediococcus pentosaceus, phytic acid
Subjects:	500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 07 Life Sciences > 04 Microbiology > 02 Bacteriology 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 18 Processed foods > 04 Functional foods
Divisions:	Food Microbiology
Depositing User:	Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2018 04:26
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2018 04:26
URI:	http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/2394

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