| Hydrolysis time (hour) |
Thermolysin |
Alcalase |
| DH |
Peptide content |
DH |
Peptide content |
| (%) |
(mg/ml) |
(%) |
(mg/ml) |
| 0.5 |
27.41 |
2.62 ± 0.17d |
26.85 |
2.03 ± 0.11d |
| 1 |
47.3 |
4.78 ± 0.15c |
34.19 |
3.35 ± 0.07c |
| 2 |
76.29 |
7.92 ± 0.03b |
63.49 |
6.53 ± 0.23b |
| 3 |
88.01 |
9.20 ± 0.25a |
80.66 |
8.40 ± 0.13a |
| 4 |
92.58 |
9.70 ± 0.28a |
85.3 |
8.90 ± 0.27a |
|
| abcdDifferent lowercase letters indicate significant differences (P<0.05) between
samples (n=2). |
| Table 1: Effect of hydrolysis time and different enzymes (Thermolysin and
Alcalase) on degree of hydrolysis and peptide content of O. niloticus protein
hydrolysate (n=2). |
