Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions

In the present work, sodium alginate (SA), low methoxyl pectin (PEC) and κ-carrageenan (κ-CAR) were evaluated for their intragastric structuring ability by means of light microscopy and dynamic oscillatory rheology. SA and PEC solutions, their Ca2+ complexed gel analogues as well as their binary ble...

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Main Authors: Soukoulis, Christos, Fisk, Ian D., Gan, Heng-Hui, Hoffmann, Lucien
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Published: Elsevier 2016
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author Soukoulis, Christos
Fisk, Ian D.
Gan, Heng-Hui
Hoffmann, Lucien
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Fisk, Ian D.
Gan, Heng-Hui
Hoffmann, Lucien
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description In the present work, sodium alginate (SA), low methoxyl pectin (PEC) and κ-carrageenan (κ-CAR) were evaluated for their intragastric structuring ability by means of light microscopy and dynamic oscillatory rheology. SA and PEC solutions, their Ca2+ complexed gel analogues as well as their binary blends with ionically or thermally set sheared κ-CAR gels, were subjected to in vitro orogastric conditions. SA and PEC – Ca2+ complexed sheared gels exerted the highest vulnerability to digestive fluid exposure due to the dialysis of egg-box dimer structures via proton-calcium exchange. Incorporation of SA and PEC systems to κ-CAR gels prevented the loss of mechanical strength of the gastric gels due to the ability of κ-CAR to undergo spontaneous gelation in the presence of Na+ and K+ ions. Binary blends of SA and PEC – Ca2+ complexed sheared gels with κ-CAR-Ca2+ gels exerted a significantly lower mechanical strength loss sensitivity against pH and counterion composition of the gastric fluids.
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spelling nottingham-400542020-05-04T17:59:45Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40054/ Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions Soukoulis, Christos Fisk, Ian D. Gan, Heng-Hui Hoffmann, Lucien In the present work, sodium alginate (SA), low methoxyl pectin (PEC) and κ-carrageenan (κ-CAR) were evaluated for their intragastric structuring ability by means of light microscopy and dynamic oscillatory rheology. SA and PEC solutions, their Ca2+ complexed gel analogues as well as their binary blends with ionically or thermally set sheared κ-CAR gels, were subjected to in vitro orogastric conditions. SA and PEC – Ca2+ complexed sheared gels exerted the highest vulnerability to digestive fluid exposure due to the dialysis of egg-box dimer structures via proton-calcium exchange. Incorporation of SA and PEC systems to κ-CAR gels prevented the loss of mechanical strength of the gastric gels due to the ability of κ-CAR to undergo spontaneous gelation in the presence of Na+ and K+ ions. Binary blends of SA and PEC – Ca2+ complexed sheared gels with κ-CAR-Ca2+ gels exerted a significantly lower mechanical strength loss sensitivity against pH and counterion composition of the gastric fluids. Elsevier 2016-07-26 Article PeerReviewed Soukoulis, Christos, Fisk, Ian D., Gan, Heng-Hui and Hoffmann, Lucien (2016) Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions. Journal of Food Engineering, 191 . pp. 105-114. ISSN 0260-8774 Alginates; Pectins; Intragastric structuring; Pre-absorptive digestion conditions; Acid gelation; Ionotropic gelation http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026087741630259X doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.07.009 doi:10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.07.009
spellingShingle Alginates; Pectins; Intragastric structuring; Pre-absorptive digestion conditions; Acid gelation; Ionotropic gelation
Soukoulis, Christos
Fisk, Ian D.
Gan, Heng-Hui
Hoffmann, Lucien
Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions
title Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions
title_full Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions
title_fullStr Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions
title_full_unstemmed Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions
title_short Intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions
title_sort intragastric structuring of anionic polysaccharide kappa-carrageenan filled gels under physiological in vitro digestion conditions
topic Alginates; Pectins; Intragastric structuring; Pre-absorptive digestion conditions; Acid gelation; Ionotropic gelation
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