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FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
Volume 84, Issue -, Pages 282-291Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2018.06.019
Keywords
Lactoferrin nanogel particles; Pickering emulsion; Particle-particle interface; Inulin nanoparticles; Pepsin digestion; Layer-by-layer
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- National Autonomous University of Mexico [UNAM-PAPIIT IN213616]
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The objective of this study was to delay the rate and extent of gastric destabilization of emulsions using composite particle-particle layers at the O/W interface. Pickering emulsions (20 wt% oil) were prepared using lactoferrin nanogel particles (LFN, D-h = 100 nm) (1 wt%) or a composite layer of LFN and inulin nanoparticles, latter was enzymatically synthetized by inulosucrase IslA from Leuconostoc citreum (INP) (D-h = 116 +/- 1 nm) (1 wt% LFN 3 wt% INP). The hypothesis was that creating a secondary layer of biopolymeric particles might act as a barrier to pepsin to access the underlying proteinaceous particles. Droplet size, microscopy (optical and transmission electron microscopy (TEM)), zeta-potential and sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) were used to understand the colloidal fate of these Pickering emulsions in an in vitro gastric model (pH 3, 37. degrees C, pepsin). The zeta-potential measurements and TEM images confirmed that LFN and INP were at the O/W interface, owing to the electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged LFN (+29.3 +/- 0.7 mV) and INP (-10 +/- 1.8 mV) at both neutral and gastric pH. The SDS-PAGE results revealed that adsorbed LFN was less prone to pepsinolysis as compared to a typical protein monolayer at the interface. Presence of INP further decreased the rate and degree of hydrolysis of the LFN (>65% intact protein remaining after 60 min of digestion) by acting as a steric barrier to the diffusion of pepsin and inhibited droplet coalescence. Thus, composite particle-particle layers (LFN + INP) at droplet surface shows potential for rational designing of gastric-stable food and pharmaceutical applications.
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