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Vitamin E Encapsulation within Oil-in-Water Emulsions: Impact of Emulsifier Type on Physicochemical Stability and
Shanshan Lv1,2, Yanhua Zhang1, Haiyan Tan1
1Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology (Ministry of Education), College of Material Science and Engineering , Northeast Forestry University , Harbin , 150040 , People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The influence of plant-based (gum arabic and quillaja saponin) and animal-based (whey protein isolate, WPI) emulsifiers on the production and stability of vitamin E-fortified emulsions was investigated. Their impact on lipid digestibility and vitamin bioaccessibility was also studied utilizing an in vitro gastrointestinal tract. WPI and saponin produced smaller emulsions than gum arabic. All emulsions had good storage stability at room temperature (4 weeks, pH 7). Saponin- and gum arabic-emulsions were resistant to droplet aggregation from pH 2 to 8 because these emulsifiers generated strong electrosteric repulsion. WPI-coated droplets flocculated around pH 5 due to a reduction in charge near their isoelectric point. Lipid digestion was slower in saponin-emulsions, presumably because the high surface activity of saponins inhibited their removal by bile acids and lipase. Vitamin bioaccessibility was higher in WPI- than in saponin- or gum arabic-emulsions. This information may facilitate the design of more efficacious vitamin-fortified delivery systems.
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