Title
Colloidal properties of sodium caseinate-stabilized nanoemulsions prepared by a combination of a high-energy homogenization and evaporative ripening methods
Date Issued
01 October 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Buenos Aires-CONICET
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Nanoemulsions stabilized by sodium caseinate (NaCas) were prepared using a combination of a high-energy homogenization and evaporative ripening methods. The effects of protein concentration and sucrose addition on physical properties were analyzed by dynamic light scattering (DLS), Turbiscan analysis, confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Droplets sizes were smaller (~ 100 nm in diameter) than the ones obtained by other methods (200 to 2000 nm in diameter). The stability behavior was also different. These emulsions were not destabilized by creaming. As droplets were so small, gravitational forces were negligible. On the contrary, when they showed destabilization the main mechanism was flocculation. Stability of nanoemulsions increased with increasing protein concentrations. Nanoemulsions with 3 or 4 wt% NaCas were slightly turbid systems that remained stable for at least two months. According to SAXS and Turbiscan results, aggregates remained in the nano range showing small tendency to aggregation. In those systems, interactive forces were weak due to the small diameter of flocs.
Start page
143
End page
150
Volume
100
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biotecnología industrial Nano-tecnología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85021783956
PubMed ID
Source
Food Research International
ISSN of the container
09639969
DOI of the container
10.1016/j.foodres.2017.06.035
Source funding
Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology
Synchrotron Light National Laboratory
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the National Agency for the Promotion of Science and Technology (ANPCyT) through Project PICT-2013-0897, and by the University of Buenos Aires through Project UBA-20020130100136BA. The authors wish to thank the Synchrotron Light National Laboratory (LNLS, Campinas, Brazil) for the use of the SAXS1 facilities through proposal 20150056.
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