1. Photo-stability of lutein in surfactant-free lutein-zein composite colloidal particles
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de Boer, Frankjen Ynske, Imhof, Arnout, Velikov, Krassimir Petkov, Sub Soft Condensed Matter, Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysics, IoP (FNWI), Soft Matter (WZI, IoP, FNWI), Sub Soft Condensed Matter, and Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysics
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Lutein ,endocrine system ,Antioxidant ,genetic structures ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Zein ,Composite number ,Nanoparticle ,962) [Water (PubChem CID] ,lcsh:TX341-641 ,02 engineering and technology ,Article ,Analytical Chemistry ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0404 agricultural biotechnology ,Dynamic light scattering ,517045) [Sodium acetate (PubChem CID] ,Ethanol (PubChem CID 702) ,medicine ,Water (PubChem CID: 962) ,Sodium acetate (PubChem CID: 517045) ,5281243) [Lutein (PubChem CID] ,lcsh:TP368-456 ,food and beverages ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,6212) [Chloroform (PubChem CID] ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Ascorbic acid ,040401 food science ,eye diseases ,Lutein (PubChem CID: 5281243) ,Solvent ,Acetic acid (PubChem CID: 176) ,Photo-stability ,lcsh:Food processing and manufacture ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,Plant protein ,176) [Acetic acid (PubChem CID] ,Chloroform (PubChem CID: 6212) ,Encapsulation ,sense organs ,0210 nano-technology ,lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply ,54670067) [Ascorbic acid (PubChem CID] ,Ascorbic acid (PubChem CID: 54670067) ,Food Science - Abstract
Highlights • Lutein-zein nanoparticles were successfully synthesized. • Photo-stability of lutein-zein particles was improved, compared to pure lutein. • Ascorbic acid had a positive effect on the photo-stability of the dispersions., The ability of nanoparticles from the plant protein zein to protect lutein from light degradation was studied under various conditions. Lutein-zein nanoparticles were synthesized, after zein purification, by anti-solvent precipitation. Particle sizes, ranging from 25 to 75 nm, measured by dynamic light scattering, were tuned by varying zein concentrations in the solvent phase (before anti-solvent precipitation), which was linked to the encapsulation efficiency. However, changes in particle sizes did not result in significant changes in photo-stability. Zein-lutein nanoparticles showed increased photo-stability of lutein when compared to lutein dispersions in water. To further promote the lutein stability, ascorbic acid was used as an antioxidant in the aqueous dispersion. The addition of ascorbic acid to lutein-zein particles resulted in dispersions with similar properties. However, the photo-stability of lutein in dispersions stabilized with ascorbic acid improved significantly compared to samples without ascorbic acid or to pure lutein dispersions (about 25% increased relative stability).
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- 2020