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Single cell protein production using low quality fruits of some dates

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Dairy Science, Food Science and Technology

Abstract

Single cell protein (SCP) is a good source of essential amino acids. This study aimed to utilize some date by-products such as date fruit flesh to produce single cell protein.  Fruit flesh of three unknown dates and three date varieties were used to produce a single cell protein by Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATCC64712 under different condition (sugar concentrations in the extract media, temperatures and pH values). The results showed that the optimum production of the biomass (42.85 g/l) was produced from date extracts media at 18% sugar, 30˚C and pH 4.5. To reduce nucleic acids content in the biomass, heat shock was used. The effect of heat shock on protein content and nucleic acids percentage for the studied yeast strain was 75.83%, and the maximum reduction of nucleic acids was observed at pH4 and 60°C for 30 sec with 20.88% loss of its protein content. The present study provides evidence that date flesh is a great source for single cell protein that can be used in variable fermentations. Additionally, single cell protein has a high level of essential amino acids such as lysine, methionine and threonine. This source of protein has been proved a good replacement of other expensive protein sources like fish and soybean meals. Therefore, conclusion can be made that single cell protein can easily replace traditional (plant and animal) protein sources in human, animal as well as fish diets without any detrimental effect.

DOI

10.21608/aasj.2021.65566.1056

Keywords

Single Cell Protein, Date fruit, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Amino acids

Authors

First Name

M.

Last Name

Sorour

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Food Science and Nutrition Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

Email

sorour3@yahoo.com

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First Name

B.

Last Name

Ramadan

MiddleName

R.

Affiliation

Food Science and Technology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

bramadan1958@yahoo.com

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First Name

A.

Last Name

Mehanni

MiddleName

E.

Affiliation

Food Science and Nutrition Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

Email

amehanni@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-0229-6314

First Name

Naglaa

Last Name

Abdelsabour

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Food Science and Dairy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, South Valley University, Qena, Egypt

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n_naglaa_100@yahoo.com

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Volume

4

Article Issue

1

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26235

Issue Date

2021-04-01

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2021-02-06

Publish Date

2021-04-01

Page Start

115

Page End

126

Print ISSN

2535-1680

Online ISSN

2535-1699

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Research article

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764

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Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal

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https://aasj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Single cell protein production using low quality fruits of some dates

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22 Jan 2023