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FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL
Volume 51, Issue 2, Pages 866-871Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2013.01.058
Keywords
Desolvation; Date palm; Encapsulation; Whey protein nanoparticles
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- Zam Zam Co. (Tehran, Iran)
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An alkaline solution of whey protein isolate was charged with absolute ethanol resulting in precipitation of whey protein particles. The vacuum-dried particles were then dispersed either in water or aqueous ethanol. Heat-treatment of whey proteins before desolvation process decreased the mean size of particles when dispersed in aqueous ethanol from 280 nm to 183 nm. The range and mean size of particles prepared from heat-treated protein solution when dispersed in water were 41-212 nm and 103 nm, respectively. Date palm pit aqueous extract was encapsulated inside the particulating heat-treated whey proteins during the desolvation stage with encapsulation efficiency of similar to 78%. Extract-loaded particles had mean size of 163 nm in alcoholic dispersion and 92 nm in water dispersion. Scanning electron microscopy imaging showed spherical nanoparticles aggregated in dry state. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy suggested that extract and whey proteins did not covalently bind. Heat-treatment of whey proteins before desolvation resulted in the absence of denaturation endotherm in differential scanning calorimetry curve of extract-free particles. Extract loading in particles interrupted the continuity of protein matrix causing the occurrence of mild glass transition phenomenon in extract-loaded particles when heated. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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