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Preparation, Purification, and Use of Fatty Acid-containing Liposomes
Published on: February 9, 2018
Study of monoglycerides enriched with unsaturated fatty acids at sn-2 position as oleogelators for oleogel
Chong Chen1, Cheng Zhang1, Qianyu Zhang1
1College of Food Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Grain Circulation and Safety, Key Laboratory of Grains and Oils Quality Control and Processing, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing 210003, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The effect of using highly unsaturated 2-monoglycerides as oleogelators on the properties of soybean oil oleogels designed to eliminate saturated and trans fatty acids was investigated in this study. We adopted a novel two-step synthesis aiming to increase the yield of the 2-monoglycerides. The optimal synthesis conditions were a substrate weight ratio of 2:1 (w/w), 10% Lipozyme 435 (w/w total reactants), and 4 h of reaction time at room temperature. Under these conditions, the 2-monoglyceride yield (40.69%) increased by 10% compared to that of the conventional synthesis route. Additionally, soybean oil oleogels prepared using 10% 2-monoglycerides with or without rice bran wax were systematically characterized by polarized light microscopy, a texture analyzer, XRD spectroscopy, and rheometry. Comparative studies indicated that a combination of rice bran wax and 2-monoglycerides had synergistic effects on gel properties. A mixture of 4% rice bran wax and 6% 2-monoglycerides was found to provide better oleogels.
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