Abstract:
Objective A process of extracting sialic acid from chicken small-intestine mucosa was optimized for the utilization of a broiler processing byproduct.
Method A single factor experiment was conducted to select appropriate acid for the extraction. Then, a 3-factors Box-Behnken test was designed to optimize the acid concentration, time, and liquid-to-material ratio in extracting sialic acid from chicken intestinal mucosa.
Result Seventeen experiments were performed in triplicate to arrive at the optimized process that utilized citric acid at a concentration of 0.1 mol·L−1 in a liquid-to-material ratio of 32.20 ∶ 1 (mL·g−1), which was simplified to 30 ∶ 1 (mL·g−1), to extract for 4 h. The resulting extract contained sialic acid (1 010.39±21.87) μg·g−1, which was close to the targeted goal of 1 025.69 μg·g−1.
Conclusion The optimized sialic acid extraction from chicken small-intestine mucosa provided a new venue for byproduct utilization and waste reduction in poultry processing.