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标题：Does Fermentation Really Increase the Phenolic Content in Cereals? A Study on Millet
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作者：Diletta Balli ; Maria Bellumori ; Laura Pucci 等
期刊名称：Foods
电子版ISSN：2304-8158
出版年度：2020
卷号：9
期号：3
页码：303-319
DOI：10.3390/foods9030303
出版社：MDPI Publishing
摘要：Millet is underutilized in Europe, despite its advantages compared to other common cereals. In Asia and Africa, millet is mainly eaten in fermented form; its consumption has beneficial properties on human health. Three millet batches were compared in terms of free and bound phenols by High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Diode Array Detector-Mass Spectrometry (HPLC-DAD-MS). The richest one in terms of bound phenols was selected for testing via a basic (0.1 M NaOH) and an acidic (1.2 M H2SO4) hydrolysis, in which 149.3 and 193.6 mg/100 g of phenols were recovered, respectively. The ability of fermentation, with yeast and Lactobacilli, to increase the content of phenolic compounds was verified. Five withdrawalswere performed to verify the influence of fermentation time on the total phenolic content. The greatest phenolic content was observed after 72 h. Fermentation increased the cinnamic acids and flavonoids contents by approximately 30%. Vitexin and vitexin 2″-O-rhamnoside contents were significantly higher in the fermented millet; these compounds partially inhibit the protein tyrosine phosphatase enzyme, which is overexpressed in type-2 diabetes. A molecular dynamic simulation showed the two flavonoids to be allosteric inhibitors. The phenolic extract from fermented millet demonstrated a higher level of antioxidant protection on human erythrocytes by ex vivo cellular antioxidant activity in red blood cells. In this context, functional foods based on fermented millet could represent a new trend in European markets.
关键词：fermented millet; Lactobacilli; flavonoids; cinnamic acids; PTP1B enzyme; molecular dynamic