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Optimising the Encapsulation of an Aqueous Bitter Melon Extract by Spray-Drying.
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Foods (Basel, Switzerland) [Foods] 2015 Sep 09; Vol. 4 (3), pp. 400-419. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Sep 09. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Our aim was to optimise the encapsulation of an aqueous bitter melon extract by spray-drying with maltodextrin (MD) and gum Arabic (GA). The response surface methodology models accurately predicted the process yield and retentions of bioactive concentrations and activity ( R ² > 0.87). The optimal formulation was predicted and validated as 35% (w/w) stock solution (MD:GA, 1:1) and a ratio of 1.5:1 g/g of the extract to the stock solution. The spray-dried powder had a high process yield (66.2% ± 9.4%) and high retention (>79.5% ± 8.4%) and the quality of the powder was high. Therefore, the bitter melon extract was well encapsulated into a powder using MD/GA and spray-drying.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2304-8158
- Volume :
- 4
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28231214
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/foods4030400