期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
卷 177, 期 -, 页码 578-588出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.02.086
关键词
Alginate; Gelation; Ions; Mechanisms; Applications
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31972023]
- National Key Research and Development Project [2019YFD0901905]
- Shanghai Pujiang Program [19PJ1406500]
- Startup Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University [19X100040028]
- Oceanic Interdisciplinary Program of Shanghai Jiao Tong University [SL2020MS024]
Alginate is an important natural biopolymer that is widely used in various industries such as food, biomedical, and chemical. The gelation of alginate induced by different cations, including H+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Cu2+, Sr2+, Zn2+, Fe2+, Mn2+, Al3+, and Fe3+, can lead to gels with different properties and applications. Understanding the mechanisms and properties of ionotropic alginate gels is crucial for practical applications of alginate.
Alginate is an important natural biopolymer and has been widely used in the food, biomedical, and chemical industries. Ca2+-induced gelation is one of the most important functional properties of alginate. The gelation mechanism is well-known as egg-box model, which has been intensively studied in the last five decades. Alginate also forms gels with many other monovalent, divalent or trivalent cations, and their gelation can possess different mechanisms from that of Ca2+-induced gelation. The resulted gels also exhibit different properties that lead to various applications. This study is proposed to summarize the gelation mechanisms of alginate induced by different cations, mainly including H+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Cu2+, Sr2+, Zn2+, Fe2+, Mn2+, Al3+, and Fe3+. The mechanism of H+-induced gelation of alginate mainly depends on the protonation of carboxyl groups. Divalent ions-induced gelation of alginate show different selection towards G, M, and GM blocks. Trivalent ions can bind to carboxyl groups of uronates with no selection. The properties and applications of these ionotropic alginate gels are also discussed. The knowledge gained in this study would provide useful information for the practical applications of alginate. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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