Isolation of protein from vegetable seeds

摘要

A density fractionation process for recovering vegetable seed protein granules from the remaining portion of the vegetable seeds, said seeds having a lipid concentration of from 10% to about 70%, using a ternary, single-phase solution of water, an electrolyte, and a carbohydrate, said solution having a density of from about 1.1 to about 1.5 g/ml and a water activity of less than about 0.90.