Abstract:For the efficient use of chicken bone resources and the development of novel antioxidants, antioxidant peptides were fermented from chicken bones using Bacillus licheniformis. Firstly, the effect of glucose addition on the growth of Bacillus licheniformis was studied, and then the fermentation conditions were optimized by single factor test and response surface test. At the same time, Tricine-SDS-PAGE analysis was also performed on the chicken bone fermentation broth. Finally, the chicken bone peptides with varying molecular weights were separated by organic membrane, and their antioxidant activities were determined. The results demonstrated that the addition of glucose inhibited the growth of Bacillus licheniformis. The optimal fermentation conditions were determined as follows: the addition of chicken bone meal was 4.2%, the fermentation pH was 6.0, the bacterial inoculum was 4.0%, the liquid loading was 50 mL/250 mL, and the fermentation time was 24 h. Under these conditions, the hydrolysis degree of fermentation solution was 56.29% and the DPPH· clearance rate was 57.11%. Tricine-SDS-PAGE gel confirmed that the chicken bone meal had been hydrolyzed. Among the antioxidant peptide fractions obtained by organic membrane separation, fraction V (with a molecular weight of 3 kDa~5 kDa peptide) exhibited the highest antioxidant activity, in which the scavenging of DPPH, superoxide anion and ABTS were 59.08%, over 19% and 85% respectively. This study laid the foundation for improving the comprehensive utilization value of chicken bones and broadened the scope of research and development of functional products.