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Abstract

Evaluation of the Antidepressant-Like Activity of Ice Cream Containing some Milk Derived Proteinous Substances in Mice

Emam AO and Heba AS El-Nashar

The aim is to behaviorally and biochemically evaluate the antidepressant- like effect of vanilla ice cream in mice, with the light on the physicochemical quality of the resultant ice cream functional product. Whey protein isolate, lactoferrin or α-casozepine was applied in ice cream as milk derived neurogenesis precursors at a rate of 3% with curcumin or β-carotene as phytochemical antidepressant colouring agent at a rate of 0.3%. Male albino mice were used for the evaluation; soy protein-based diet was introduced as standard, and tramadol was administered as antidepression reference. The results indicated that the functional protein ingredients led to increase overrun and food efficiency ratio (FER), and enhance the melt resistance, and to decrease the values of ash and lactose. The curcumin led to decrease the FER, while β-carotene led to decrease

Published Date: 2021-03-19; Received Date: 2020-12-31