Investigation of fundamental properties of plant oil bodies towards development of novel food ingredients
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up
Date (from‐to) : 2019/08 -2021/03
Author : Ishii Toya
This study aimed at clarifying physicochemical, emulsifying, and foaming properties of plant oil bodies toward utilization as a food ingredient. Soybean oil bodies were extracted and isolated from soybean seeds via the aqueous extraction method. The soybean oil bodies acted as an emulsifying agent under various pH and ion strength conditions to form physically-stable oil-in-water emulsions. On the other hand, coconut oil bodies were isolated from commercial coconut milk by centrifugal separation. The lipid crystallization in the coconut oil bodies occurred below 10°C. The coconut oil bodies could create foams by mechanical agitation under an ice-cooled condition, whereas they could not at room temperature.