Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Award Date
2025
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
First Advisor
Zhengrong Gu
Abstract
With an ever-growing population comes the need for a greater food supply. Yet land and other agricultural resources put a limit on the availability of food production. As farmers strive to optimize higher produce yields, society must turn to greener, more sustainable food preservation techniques to reduce food spoilage. The inclusion of extracted bioactive compounds found in canola meal into a food preservative hydrogel is such a solution for food spoilage reduction. In this thesis, extraction parameters of glucosinolates were examined along with their inhibition of E. coli DH5αZ1 when incorporated into 2 developed hydrogels: gelatin A Schiff-base and agar-agar. The optimal extraction parameters used a1000 μm particle size for 15 min. at 50°C with a 1:5 solid-to-liquid loading ratio and pH 3.0 buffer solution as liquid volume for a total glucosinolate amount of 925.68 μmol. The gelatin A Schiff-base hydrogel showed possible inhibition but was ineffective for industrial use, whereas the agar-agar hydrogel did not have visible bacterial inhibition.
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Christopherson, Kayla, "Development of Food Preservative Hydrogel Using Bioactive Compounds Extracted from Canola Meal" (2025). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1500.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd2/1500
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