کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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5133725 | 1492071 | 2017 | 6 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

- Starch suspension was cross-linked, gelled and then freeze-dried to aerogel.
- The aerogel was loaded with trans-2-hexanal and coated with sorbitan monooleate.
- Cross-linking resulted in a higher gel hardness and crystallinity index value.
- Surface coating introduced a more sustained release character for the loaded hexanal.
- Coating decreased the lethality rate of Aspergillus cells inoculated on pistachio nut.
Starch suspensions were crosslinked with trisodium citrate for either 0 or 17Â h, gelled and then freeze-dried to corresponding aerogels. The aerogel from the 17Â h-crosslinked suspension was loaded with the antifungal compound, trans-2-hexenal, and coated with the surfactant, sorbitan monooleate. Aerogel hardness was increased by the citrate-mediated crosslinking, whereas its adhesiveness decreased. Starch gelation decreased the crystallinity index (CrI) from 59% to â23%; however, the pre-gelation crosslinking resulted in a higher CrI value (i.e. â38%) for the aerogel. The voids at the internal microstructure of the 17Â h-crosslinked aerogel were more uniform and coating with surfactant closed the surface openings. The latter accordingly resulted in a more sustained release of the volatile, trans-2-hexenal, from the crosslinked starch aerogel and led to slower lethality of Aspergillus parasiticus cells inoculated on pistachio nuts compared with the non-coated condition.
Journal: Food Chemistry - Volume 221, 15 April 2017, Pages 147-152