The document discusses two methods for identifying and quantifying proteins and amino acids in food: enzyme hydrolysis and derivatization with o-phthaldehyde, and capillary electrophoresis. It also covers two methods for determining amino acid content: capillary electrophoresis with UV detection, which uses NBD-Cl for pre-column derivatization, and reaction flow chromatography with post-column derivatization using fluorescamine. The document provides details of the procedures, advantages and disadvantages of each method. It concludes that enzyme hydrolysis provides the most accurate protein quantification while capillary electrophoresis is best for amino acid analysis due to its low cost and short analysis time.
2. WHAT ARE PROTEINS ?
• Building blocks of amino acids
• Workhorses of life
• Present in every single cell
• Structure and texture to food
• Maillard reaction
3. Protein Analysis – Significant ??
• Healthy food
• Biological activity indicator
• Chemical reactions
4. SOME METHODSTO DETERMINE PROTEIN
CONTENT
• ENZYME HYDROLYSIS AND
DERIVATISATION WITH O-
PHTHALDEHYDE
• CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS
5. ENZYME HYDROLYSIS AND DERIVATIZATION
WITH O-PHTHALDEHYDE
• Based on the concept of enzyme hydrolysis of proteins
• Derivatization of peptides
• Partially automated
6. ENZYME HYDROLYSISAND DERIVATIZATIONWITH O-PHTHALDEHYDE
• Chemicals Needed: Samples to analyze:
Buffer salts
Enzymes
O-Phthaldehyde
Heptane
Acetic acid
Apparatus :
=> Pancreatic enzyme column
=> Centrifuge
=>Vortex mixer
Fresh full-fat and low-fat milk
Skimmed milk powder
Fresh standard and low-fat creams
Whey protein isolate
7. ENZYME HYDROLYSISAND DERIVATIZATIONWITH O-PHTHALDEHYDE
PROCEDURE
Preparation of
pancreatic
enzyme column
• Immobilization
• Incubation for 17 hours
• Washing in blocking
buffer
• Packed column
Sample
Preparation
• Heptane addition
• Mixing withVortex mixer
• Centrifugation -- defatting
• Dilution and denaturation
Enzyme
Hydrolysis
• Sample injection
• On & Off Buffer
• OPA reagent
• Fluorescence
detector
11. ENZYME HYDROLYSIS AND DERIVATIZATION
WITH O-PHTHALDEHYDE
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Partially automated High Cost
No loss of tryptophan Time consuming
Good accuracy and precision OPA sensitive to moisture
Avoid underestimation of proteins Cysteine instability may occur.
Fast chemical reactivity of OPA with amino acids
Accurate determination of protein with enzyme hydrolysis
Avoid sample contamination, using immobilized enzymes
12. CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS (CE)
• Electrophoresis is a differential movement of ions in an electric field
• Separation of milk proteins based on their charge to mass ratio
• Quality of dairy products at commercial level
18. ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Simplicity of method Negative effects of pH and Temperature on
molecular charge and flow
Quick and reliable High injection volume suffers separation
Low operating cost Tiny peaks
Fully Automated Low sensitivity
CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS (CE)
19. COMPARISON BETWEEN BOTH METHODS:
Enzyme hydrolysis and derivatization with o-
phthaldehyde
Capillary Electrophoresis
Advantages Advantages
Partially automated Simplicity of method
No loss of tryptophan Quick and reliable
Good accuracy and precision Low operating cost
Avoid underestimation of proteins Fully Automated
Fast chemical reactivity of OPA with amino acids
Disadvantages Disadvantages
High Cost Negative effects of pH and Temperature on molecular charge and
flow
Time consuming High injection volume suffers separation
OPA sensitive to moisture Tiny peaks
Cysteine instability chances Low sensitivity
20. CONCLUSION:
• Enzyme Hydrolysis and derivatization with O-phthaldehyde method shows
various merits in terms of precision and accuracy.The main purpose of
protein analysis is to know the accurate quantity of food proteins in order to
describe food more purposely. But High cost and more time consumption
are the two main draw backs of this method. However, chance of cysteine
instability cannot be neglected as it is important for protein synthesis.
Overall, this method can be improved by lowering the operating cost as well
as reducing the chances of cysteine instability.
• Capillary Electrophoresis technique has good command in automation,
simplicity and low operating costs but this technique is low sensitive as well
as shows tiny peaks. However derivatization process can make this
technique superior than the previous one. I preferred first method as it
provides accurate quantification of proteins in foods.
21. AMINO ACIDS
• Basic components of proteins
• Source of energy
• Impact on nutritional value of proteins
• Essential and Non essential amino acids
22. SOME METHODSTO DETERMINE AMINO
ACIDS IN FOOD SYSTEM
• CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS WITH UV-DETECTION
• REACTION FLOW CHROMATOGRAPHY WITH POST COLUMN
DERIVATISATION
23. CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS WITH UV
DETECTION
• Separation on the basis of charge to mass ratio
• Used pre column derivatization to enhance the detectability of amino acids
• NBD-Cl is used as derivatization agent
25. Preparation of Electrolytes and standard solution
Sample Preparation
Pre Column Derivatization with NBD-Cl
CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESISWITH UV DETECTION
PROCEDURE
26. • Capillary Electrophoresis:
Separation was carried out on fused silica capillaries of 40 cm total length
with internal diameter of 50 m.
The temperature of capillary was kept constant at 25℃.
Before each injection of sample, capillary was preconditioned with 0.1M
NaOH, water and the running buffer for 3 min.
Samples were injected at a pressure of 0.5 psi for 10 sec, and separation
were performed under 25kV positive high voltage.
The data was collected and processed by software developed by Beckman.
CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESISWITH UV DETECTION
29. ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Less expensive
Sometimes Less sensitive
Short analysis time
Short preparation time
Powerful separation technique
NBD-Cl for pre column derivatization
NBD-Cl Produce low number of bio products
Precision and accuracy
CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESISWITH UV DETECTION
30. REACTION FLOW CHROMATOGRAPHY
• Fast and more sensitive approach forAA analysis
• Use fluorescamine for post column derivatization
• Detect derivatized and underivatized samples simultaneously
31. REACTION FLOW CHROMATOGRAPHY
• Chemicals:
Acetonitrile, Water, acetone, fluorescamine, ultrapure water
ammonium acetate, ammonia and amino acids.
• Sample:
Espresso Coffee – Nestle
• Apparatus:
Multi Solvent delivery LC System with pumps and detectors
32. • Buffer Solution and Standard Solution preparation
• Sample Preparation
• Reaction flow (RF) Chromatography - Post column Derivatization (PCD)
REACTION FLOW CHROMATOGRAPHY
PROCEDURE
33. • Reaction flow (RF) – PCD:
• The standards were separated in isocratic mode using a premixed mobile phase of
ratio 95:5 (H2O: ACN) at a flow rate of 0.7 ml/min.
• The eluent was then combined with ammonium acetate buffer (0.45 ml/min) at a
zero dead volumeT-piece, passing through a reaction coil.
• The fluorescamine reagent was then introduced at the multiport outlet of RF
column through one peripheral port at a flow rate of 0.1 ml/min, one peripheral
port was blocked and the derivatized eluent containing the derivatized solutes
exited the RF end fitting from third peripheral port to the detector at 390 nm.
• Mobile phase carrying underivatized solutes eluted from the radial central exit port
and this was directed to a second detector at 280 nm.
• Same procedure was applied for coffee samples (spiked with 500 ppm amino acids)
and chromatographic separation for all four derivatized amino acids was shown in
figure.
REACTION FLOW CHROMATOGRAPHY
37. COMPARISION BETWEEN BOTH
TECHNIQUES:
Capillary Electrophoresis with UV-Detection Reaction flow Chromatography- PCD
Advantages Advantages
Less expensive Multiplexed detection
Short analysis time Fluorescamine rapid reaction
Short preparation time High sensitivity
Powerful separation technique Excellent separation performance
NBD-Cl for pre column derivatization Disadvantages
NBD-Cl Produce low number of bio products Expensive
Precision and accuracy Time consuming
38. CONCLUSION
• Capillary electrophoresis with UV detection as well as derivatized by low
cost reagent shows numerous benefits for the analysis of amino acids in
terms of less expensive, less time consuming and with high precision and
accuracy. But some times for complex samples, it shows difference in
migration times with respect to the standards. It can be modified with high
usage of derivatization reagent to overcome this problem. I prefer this
technique superior than RF-PCD for analysis of amino acids.
• Advantages of RF-PCD cannot be neglected in terms of sensitivity and
accuracy, but sometimes cost and time are the factors that contribute to
neglect this technique for amino acid analysis.