Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 66, Issue 20, Pages 5167-5177Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b01347
Keywords
flaxseed gum; nanocomposite; iron supplement; simulated digestion; release kinetics
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFD0400200]
- Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province [2017B090907018, 2016A010105010, 2017A030310012]
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Nanocomposites, based on iron salts and soluble flaxseed gum (FG), were prepared as potential treatments of iron deficiency anemia (IDA). FG was extracted, characterized, and formulated into iron-loading nanocomposites via ion exchange against FeCl3, Fe-2(SO4)(3), FeCl2, and FeSO4 center dot 7H(2)O. FG-iron nanocomposites preparation condition was optimized, and physicochemical properties of the nanocomposites were investigated. In vitro release kinetics of iron in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) was also evaluated. FG heteropolysaccharide, consisting of rhamnose (33.73%), arabinose (24.35%), xylose (14.23%), glucose (4.54%), and galactose (23.15%) monosaccharides, linked together via varieties of glycosidic bonds, was a good recipient for both ferric and ferrous irons under screened conditions (i.e., 80 degrees C, 2 h, I/G = 1:2). Iron loaded contents in the nanocomposites prepared from FG-FeCl3, FG-Fe-2(SO4)(3), FG-FeCl2, and FG-FeSO4 center dot 7H(2)O were 25.51%, 10.36%, 5.83%, and 22.83%, respectively. Iron in these nanocomposites was mostly in a bound state, especially in FG-FeCl3, due to chelation forming bonds between iron and polysaccharide hydroxyl or carboxyl groups and formed stable polysaccharide-iron crystal network structures. Free iron ions were effectively removed by ethanol treatments. Because of chelation, the nanocomposites delayed iron release in SGF and the release kinetics were consistent with Korsmeyer-Peppas model. This indicates that such complexes might reduce side effects of free iron in human stomach. Altogether, this study indicates that these synthetic FG-iron nanocomposites might be developed as novel iron supplements for iron deficiency, in which FG-FeCl3 is considered as the best option.
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