摘要
Cowpea protein isolate(CPI)was subjected to various dry and wet heat pretreatments followed by sequential digestion with pepsin and pancreatin;the undigested residues were isolated as the indigestible cowpea proteins(ICPs).All the ICPs exhibited in vitro bile acid-binding capacity but ICP from the slow cooling-induced gelation had the highest yield(68%)and was used for rat feeding experiments to determine effect on plasma total cholesterol(TC).Groups consisting of 3 male and 3 female Sprague-Dawley rats each were fed hypercholesterolemic diets that contained casein only or casein that was partially substituted with ICP of CPI for 6 weeks.Results showed diet that contained 5%(w/w)ICP was more effective in preventing TC increase(1.8 mmol/L)when compared to increases of 9.34 and 4.15 mmol/L for CPI and casein only diets,respectively.
