Purification and bioactivity of legume protein as nutritional supplements

羽扇豆籽是澳大利亚一种主要的高蛋白豆类作物，由于用作动物饲料，其价值仅被低估了约200美元。然而，该项目的目标是通过设计一种可扩展的食品级和可商业化的技术来从羽扇豆籽废料中提纯蛋白质-γ-胶凝素，以增加这种作物的价值，作为一种控制人体血糖的营养食品。将通过蛋白质组学分析和细胞研究来了解伽马-胶凝素的工艺优化和作用机理。从该项目中，农民可能会通过增加他们的作物价值而受益，一种新的伽马-胶凝素纯化技术将可供加工商商业化，消费者将拥有一种天然产品来帮助他们控制血糖。

Lupin seed is a major Australian high protein legume crop, undervalued at only ~$200 tonne due to its use as an animal feed. However this project aims to add value to the crop by designing a scalable food-grade and commercialisable technology to purify the protein gamma-conglutin from lupin seed waste as a nutraceutical for human blood glucose control. The process optimisation and mechanism of action for gamma-conglutin will be informed by proteomic analysis and cellular studies. From the project farmers may benefit through adding a premium to their crop value, a new gamma-conglutin purification technology will be available for processors to commercialise and consumers will have a natural product to help their blood glucose control.