Browsing by Subject "In vitro digestion"

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    Anti-inflammatory properties of fruit juices enriched with pine bark extract in an in vitro model of inflamed human intestinal epithelium: The effect of gastrointestinal digestion
    (Elsevier, 2012-12-05) Frontela Saseta, María del Carmen; López Nicolás, Rubén; Martínez Gracia, Carmen; Ros Berruezo, Gaspar; González Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; Tecnología de Alimentos, Nutrición y Bromatología
    Enrichment of fruit juices with pine bark extract (PBE) could be a strategy to compensate for phenolic losses during the gastrointestinal digestion. A coculture system with Caco-2 cells and RAW 264.7 macrophages was established as an in vitro model of inflamed human intestinal epithelium for evaluating the anti-inflammatory capacity of fruit juices enriched with PBE (0.5 g L 1) before and after in vitro digestion. The digestion of both PBE-enriched pineapple and red fruit juice led to significant changes in most of the analysed phenolic compounds. The in vitro inflammatory state showed cell barrier dysfunction and overproduction of IL-8, nitric oxide (NO) and reactive oxygen species (ROS). In the inflamed cells, incubation with nondigested samples reduced (P < 0.05) the production of IL-8 and NO compared with digested samples. ROS production increased in the inflamed cells exposed to digested commercial red fruit juice (86.8 ± 1.3%) compared with fresh juice (77.4 ± 0.8%) and increased in the inflamed cells exposed to digested enriched red fruit juice (82.6 ± 1.6%) compared with the fresh enriched juice (55.8 ± 6%). The anti-inflammatory properties of PBE-enriched fruit juices decreased after digestion; further research on the bioavailability of the assayed compounds is needed to properly assess their usefulness for the treatment of gut inflammation.
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    Effect of adding different thickening agents on the viscosity properties and in vitro mineral availability of infant formula
    (Elsevier, 2014-03-12) González Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; Frontela Saseta, María del Carmen; López Nicolás, Rubén; Ros Berruezo, Gaspar; Martínez Gracia, Carmen; Tecnología de Alimentos, Nutrición y Bromatología
    The effect of adding different thickening agents (locust bean gum (LBG), modified corn and rice starches (MCS, MRS)) to an infant formula on both in vitro mineral availability (Ca, Fe and Zn), quantified by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS), and formula viscosity, after in vitro gastrointestinal digestion, was investigated. LBG was the most effective agent to increase formula thickness. However, it showed a negative effect on Ca, Fe and Zn in vitro solubility and dialysability. MCS and MRS only affected calcium solubility and dialysability when they were used at P50% of the maximum legal limit. No negative effect was observed for Fe and Zn when modified starches were added at the different concentrations assessed. The phytate content in the thickening ingredients was also analysed. Despite finding a considerable amount of phytic acid in the raw ingredients, its final concentration in the infant formula was insufficient to decrease in vitro mineral availability.
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    Evaluation of the antimicrobial potential of digested and undigested carob phenolic extracts: Impact on selected gut microbiota
    (AKJournals, 2023-10-19) Chaalal, M.; Ydjedd, S.; Chemache, L.; López Nicolás, Rubén; Sánchez Moya, Teresa; Frontela Saseta, María del Carmen; Ros Berruezo, Gaspar; Kati, D.E.; Tecnología de Alimentos, Nutrición y Bromatología
    Carob pulp is a natural source of polyphenols, which have been shown to possess health benefits. These compounds play a crucial role in initiating, shaping, and modulating the gut microbiota. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of carob pulp phenolic extracts on nine specific groups of human gut microbiota before and after in vitro gastrointestinal digestion. The effects of pure gallic and coumaric acids were also tested. The results showed that the treated phenolic compounds exhibited inhibitory effects on the growth of most pathogenic bacteria. Gallic acid, in particular, demonstrated the most potent antimicrobial effect on Listeria monocytogenes, reducing its growth to below 5%. Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli showed a growth reduction of up to 10%. Furthermore, both phenolic acids, before and after digestion, led to a slight reduction in E. coli O157:H7 numbers. Probiotic bacteria experienced minimal decrease following exposure to phenolic extracts. However, the growth of Lactobacillus casei ssp. rhamnosus was significantly inhibited by almost 50%. Interestingly, the in vitro digestion process exhibited a stronger antibacterial effect against pathogenic bacteria compared to probiotic bacteria. These results highlight the potential of carob phenolic extracts in modulating the intestinal microbiota, thereby offering interesting prospects for the development of diet-based health strategies.
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    In vitro digestion effect on CCK and GLP-1 release and antioxidant capacity of some plant-basedmilk substitutes
    (Wiley, 2022-04-02) Aly, Esmat; Sánchez Moya, Teresa; Darwish, Aliaa A.; Ros Berruezo, Gaspar; López Nicolás, Rubén; Tecnología de Alimentos, Nutrición y Bromatología; Facultad de Veterinaria
    Recently, plant-based milk substitutes, as an emerging industry, are receiving more attention. Despite that, these dairy alternatives have not been adequately studied for their functional properties. Thus, the current research was devoted to study the satiety potential through in vitro secretion of cholecystokinin (CCK) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), and the antioxidant capacity of these dairy alternatives after in vitro digestion. The enteroendocrine cell line, STC-1, was used to measure satiety hormones release (CCK and GLP-1) by enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA). Also, total phenolic and flavonoid contents and antioxidant capacity (using oxygen radical absorbance capacity [ORAC], ferric reducing antioxidant power [FRAP], and 2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid [ABTS] assays) were measured before and after in vitro digestion. The results demonstrated that CCK secretion was significantly (p < 0.05) higher for cow's milk (350.64 pg ml–1) as compared to plant-based milk substitutes. Among the plant-based milk substitutes, tiger nut milk showed the highest CCK stimulant (228.96 pg ml–1), followed by hazelnut milk (220.04 pg ml–1). Concerning GLP-1 release, the data exhibited that spelt milk was the food with the highest induction of GLP-1 hormone secretion, followed by cow's milk (910.17 and 876.59 pg ml–1, respectively), but without any significant differences between them. total phenolic content (TPC) values strongly increased after in vitro digestion, cow's milk and soymilk being the samples with the highest TPC values after in vitro digestion (165.76 and 153.71 mg GAE/100 ml, respectively). In line with TPC values, soymilk had the highest ORAC, ABTS, and FRAP values after in vitro digestion (25.41, 8.17, and 2.51 µmol TE/ml, respectively). Thus, these dairy alternatives could be an adequate substitute for cow's milk, according to its satiety and antioxidant capacity.
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    Physicochemical properties of different thickeners used in infant foods and their relationship with mineral availability during in vitro digestion process
    (Elsevier, 2015) Castro, Alejandra; Perez-Rea, Daysi; González Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; Frontela Saseta, María del Carmen; Nilsson, Lars; Martínez Gracia, Carmen; Tecnología de Alimentos, Nutrición y Bromatología
    Locust bean gum (LBG) and modified starches are commonly used as thickeners in food products for infants. However, there is no consensus on their possible effects on infant nutrition, especially on mineral availability. The aimof the present work was to characterize the effect of LBG, cross-linked, hydroxypropylated maize starch (Mhdp) and pre-gelatinized rice starch (gRS) on Ca, Fe and Zn availability during a gastric and intestinal in vitro digestion assay in relation to their physicochemical properties in solution (apparent viscosity, solubility, molar mass (M) and conformational properties) through the simulated digestion process. LBG gave the highest decrease in Ca and Fe gastric (17.96% and 17.6% respectively) and intestinal (19.5% and 13.5%) solubility with respect to the referencewithout thickeners. Ca (11.1%±1.1), Fe (2.77%±0.3) and Zn (7.78%±0.6) dialyzability was also lower than for the reference (23.4%±2.9; 19.65%±3.53 and 27.74%±3.3 respectively). LBG solubility remained stable during gastric digestion, decreasing significantly from a range of 65–69% to 61.1% after intestinal digestion. LBG viscosity remained stable during the digestion process, being these findings attributable to its resistance to enzymes. On the other hand, the addition to Mhdp or gRS slightly affected Ca and Fe solubility or Ca dialyzability, decreasing after gastric digestion and then increasing after intestinal digestion with respect to the reference. These results correlated to the changes in their viscosity enhancing properties, which increased during gastric digestion and decreased after intestinal digestion, being attributable to their digestion by pancreatic enzymes. Gastric digestion resulted in an increase inMfor themodified starches (more pronounced for gRS). The increase inmineral solubility and dialyzability after intestinal digestion with respect to the gastric stage was explained by the degradation of starches by intestinal enzymes, which resulted in a decrease in apparent shear viscosity (from 1.2 to 1 Pa s, measured in a shear rate range 0.00–50 s−1) and an increase in solubility (from 3 to 6% to approximately 70%) after intestinal digestion. In conclusion, LBG could be more effective than Mhdp and gRS as thickener, providing higher viscosity and resistance to digestive process. However, its negative effect on mineral solubility and dialyzability should be taken into account. On the contrary,Mhdp and gRS showed to be degraded after intestinal digestion.
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    Supplementation of infant formulaswith recombinant human lactoferrin and/or galactooligosaccharides increases iron bioaccessibility as measured by ferritin formed in Caco-2 cell model
    (Elsevier, 2016-08-24) Aly, Esmat; Darwish, Aliaa Ali; López Nicolás, Rubén; Frontela Saseta, María del Carmen; Ros Berruezo, Gaspar; Tecnología de Alimentos, Nutrición y Bromatología
    Recently, lactoferrin (Lf), a glycoprotein belonging to transferrin family, has received more attention for the discovery of its wide spectrum of functionalities. Among its important functionalities is its ability to bind Fe and its high stability against in vitro digestion. Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) also has functionality related to Fe bioaccessibility and it also positively affect Lf stability. This study aimed to evaluate the functionality of recombinant human Lf (rhLf) and GOS as factors that improve iron bioaccessibility in human milk. In this study, rhLf and GOS were added to First Infant Formula (FIF) in three concentrations (0.10, 0.15 and 0.20 and 3.3, 5 and 10 g 100 mL−1 of the reconstituted formula, respectively), whether alone or in combination. In vitro digestion model was applied to different infant formulas to evaluate Fe solubility and the obtained digests were added to Caco-2 cell line to determine Fe bioaccessibility through themeasurement of synthesized ferritin. The obtained results revealed that supplementation of formulas with rhLf and GOS enhanced Fe solubility to 66–97% which turns in an improvement of Fe bioaccessibility. Caco-2 cell ferritin content ranged from6 to 46 ng per mgcell protein with 5–7.5 fold increases in cells incubated with digested samples containing both rhLF and GOS. Although mineral solubility is the most important factor, which affects on Fe bioaccessibility, other factorsmay also interfere with it, such as the expression of divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1). The findings also revealed that rhLf is a highly stable protein, especially in the presence of GOS and more researches are needed to clarify this hidden effect of GOS. Thus, rhLf and GOS together are prominent components of human milk could improve Fe bioaccessibility and it is noteworthy that these findingmust be taken into account during infant formula evolution to prevent some disease related to Fe deficiency.