Molecular Mechanism for Improving Emulsification Efficiency of Soy Glycinin by Glycation with Soy Soluble Polysaccharide.

Glycation with carbohydrates has been considered to be an effective strategy to improve the emulsifying properties of plant storage globulins, but the knowledge is inconsistent and even contradictory. This work reported that the glycation with soy soluble polysaccharide (SSPS) progressively improved the emulsification efficiency of soy glycinin (SG) in a degree-of-glycation (DG)-dependent manner. The glycation occurred in both the acidic (A) and basic (B) polypeptides to a similar extent.

Ovalbumin as an Outstanding Pickering Nanostabilizer for High Internal Phase Emulsions.

There is still a debate about the effectiveness of native globular proteins to perform as Pickering-like stabilizers for oil-in-water high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs). In the work, we report one native globular protein (ovalbumin) with strong structural integrity and high refolding ability, exhibits an outstanding Pickering stabilization for HIPEs. Ultrastable gel-like HIPEs can be formed through a facile one-pot homogenization even at a concentration as low as 0.