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Preparation, Purification, and Use of Fatty Acid-containing Liposomes
Published on: February 9, 2018
Structural and thermal properties of amylose-fatty acid complexes prepared via high hydrostatic pressure
Zebin Guo1, Xiangze Jia1, Song Miao2
1College of Food Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China; Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quality Science and Processing Technology in Special Starch, Fuzhou, Fujian, PR China; China-Ireland International Cooperation Centre for Food Material Science and Structure Design, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, PR China.
Abstract:
An innovative approach of high hydrostatic pressure was used to prepare lotus seed amylose-fatty acid complexes. The objective of this study was to investigate their structure and thermal properties. WAXD pattern of amylose changed from B-type to B- and V6-type hybrid polymorphs, and its relative crystallinity increased upon the addition of fatty acids. Carboxyl group observed by FTIR indicates the formation of complexes. SAXS was performed to measure the lamellar structure of complexes. The complexes were more compact and had lower amounts of amorphous regions compared with amylose controls. Entrapped fatty acids, higher melting temperature, and enthalpy change of complexes but not of the controls were detected by DSC. The distribution of fatty acid molecules in the complex matrix was estimated through NMR. Under different pressures, the complexes exhibited dissimilar characteristics with the increase in aliphatic chain length, as observed by WAXD, FTIR, DSC and NMR.
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