Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5157396 | Carbohydrate Polymers | 2017 | 34 Pages |
Abstract
The behavior of aqueous chitosan (CH), type-B gelatin (GB) and CH-GB coacervate was studied on oil-in-water emulsion formulation at various pH and concentration ratio. The coacervate was formed by phase separation at ratios CH:GB, 1:10 to 1:1 with total biopolymer concentrations of 0.55%-1.0% (w/v) at pH 4.0-5.5. Soluble complexes were formed below pH 5.0 and coacervate formation was confirmed at pH 5.0 and above by zeta potential and UV-spectroscopy measurements. The coacervate formation was found maximum at the CH-GB ratios of 1:10 and 1:5 at pH 5.5. Formulated emulsions (>10 μm droplets) using 1% (w/v) chitosan and GB were found stable (+52.5mv and creaming index 86%) and unstable respectively. Emulsion stabilized by mixed CH:GB 1:5 (3%w/v) had no creaming effect. The instability was attributed to the lower surface activity (K = 5.0 L gâ1) of pure GB compared to CH (K = 14.3 L gâ1). The formulation and methods can successfully tune the stability of the emulsions.
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Authors
Jagadish Chandra Roy, Fabien Salaün, Stéphane Giraud, Ada Ferri, Jinping Guan,