Optimizing the Molecular Weight of Oat β-Glucan for in Vitro Bile Acid Binding and Fermentation
2011
Kim, Hyun Jung | White, Pamela J.
A previous study showed β-glucan with low molecular weight (MW, 1.56 × 10⁵ g/mol) bound more bile acid and produced greater amounts of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) than did β-glucan with high MW (M(n) = 6.87 × 10⁵ g/mol). In the current study, β-glucan extracted from oat flour was fractionated into six different MW levels (high MW, 7.09 × 10⁵; low level 1 (L1), 3.48 × 10⁵; L2, 2.42 × 10⁵; L3, 1.61 × 10⁵; L4, 0.87 × 10⁵; and L5, 0.46 × 10⁵ g/mol) and evaluated to find the optimum MW affecting in vitro bile acid binding and fermentation. The β-glucan fractions with 2.42 × 10⁵–1.61 × 10⁵ g/mol (L2 and L3) bound the greatest amounts of bile acid. After 24 h of fermentation, no differences were found in total SCFA formation among L1, L2, L3, and L4 fractions; however, the high MW and L5 MW fractions produced lower amounts of total SCFA. Thus, the optimum MW of β-glucan to affect both hypocholesterolemic and antitumorigenic in vitro effects was in the range of 2.42 × 10⁵–1.61 × 10⁵ g/mol. This MW range also was the most water-soluble among the MWs evaluated.
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