Table 1 Degree of hydrolysis (DH), yield, and protein content (PC) of rice protein hydrolysate fractions.

From: Effects of molecular weight fraction on antioxidation capacity of rice protein hydrolysates

Peptide sizes

DH (%)

Yield (%)*

PC (%)#

Hydrolysate

9.4 ± 0.12

9.7 ± 0.34

3.5 ± 0.05

 < 1 kDa

–

4.6 ± 0.21

2.2 ± 0.17

1–10 kDa

–

2.8 ± 0.76

0.4 ± 0.19

 > 10 kDa

–

2.4 ± 0.56

0.1 ± 0.12

  1. *Weight ratio of the hydrolysate in the starting material (crude rice protein isolate).
  2. #Weight ratio of the protein in the hydrolysate.
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