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LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 84, Issue -, Pages 617-625Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2017.06.014
Keywords
Functional foods; Essential oils; Microchannel emulsification; O/W emulsion; Emulsifiers
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- UNU-Kirin fellowship at Food Research Institute, NARO, Japan
- Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute
- National Research Council of Thailand
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In this study, MC emulsification was used for obtaining monodispersed essential oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions. The essential oils used were lemongrass oil (LGO), lemon oil (LO), and (R)-(+)-Limonene (LMN). Sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), Tween 20, and bovine serum albumin (BSA) were used as hydrophilic emulsifiers. Spontaneous diffusion of Tween 20 aqueous solution into LGO caused generation of the oil droplets containing smaller aqueous ones. The use of BSA resulted in wetting of the channel when formulating LGO droplets, unlike SDS and Tween 20. Monodispersed essential O/W emulsions with an average droplet diameter (d(avg)) of 23-30 gm and a coefficient of variation (CV) of <5% were observed regardless of the essential oil and emulsifier types. LGO was also diluted with different triglyceride oils at a mixing ratio of 25-75 g/100 g. The droplet generation behaviour changed slightly after each dilution. The advantage of using an oil mixture is that less aqueous phase is diffused into the dispersed phase and that more stable emulsification is obtained. The resultant O/W emulsions were monodisperse with a d(avg) of 20-30 gm and CV of <5%. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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