Pickering Emulsions Based on the pH-Responsive Assembly of Food-Grade Chitosan.

ABSTRACT: Few natural, biocompatible, and inexpensive emulsifiers are available because such emulsifiers must satisfy severe requirements, be produced synthetically rather than naturally, be nontoxic, and require minimal effort to produce. Therefore, the synthesis of food-grade and biocompatible nanoparticles as an alternative to surfactants has recently received attention in the industry. However, many previous efforts involved chemical modification of materials or the introduction of secondary cocomponents for emulsion formation. To achieve the goal of simple preparation, we consider here chitosan nanoparticles to prepare Pickering emulsions of food-grade oil through the control of pH, without further chemical modification or extra additives. A mild process can prepare nanoparticles from chitosan

SUBMITTER: Bhutto RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8295998 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature