Enzymatic High Digestion of Soybean Milk Residue (Okara)
- 6 August 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Vol. 52 (18), 5709-5716
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jf035067v
Abstract
The objective of this study was to digest okara in high yield by food-processing enzymes. Autoclaving of okara was effective in increasing cellulase digestion for the primary cell wall, and the digestion was accelerated by the formation of single cells by stirring. Most of the residual okara after autoclaving and cellulase digestion was found to be the secondary cell walls compared with the cellulase-treated soybean single cells. The secondary cell wall was found to be composed of galacturonic acid, neutral sugars, and protein and was considered to be a complex of these compositions. Many celullolytic and proteolytic enzymes could not digest the secondary cell wall; however, it was found that two pectinases could digest the secondary cell wall. A series of digestions resulted in yields of 83−85% from the raw okara, and the final residues were identified as oil body complexes in the soybean cells and fiber-like organ between the cells. Keywords: Soybean residue; okara; cellulase; pectinase; cell wall; enzymatic digestionKeywords
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