Chen, Liang, Qian, Wen-Wen, Zhou, Shaobo ORCID: 0000-0001-5214-2973, Zhou, Tao and Gu, Qing (2023) Fabrication of whey protein/pectin double layer microcapsules for improving survival of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus ZFM231. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 242 (4):125030. ISSN 0141-8130 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125030)

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Abstract

To improve the viability of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus ZFM231 strain in the gastrointestinal tract and exhibit better probiotic effect, an internal emulsification/gelation technique was employed to encapsulate this strain using whey protein and pectin as wall materials to fabricate the double layer microcapsules. Four key factors affecting the encapsulation process were optimized using single factor analysis and response surface methodology. Encapsulation efficiency of L. rhamnosus ZFM231 reached 89.46±0.82%, the microcapsules possessed a particle size of 172±1.80 μm and ζ-potential of -18.36 mV. The characters of the microcapsules were assessed using optical microscope, SEM, FT-IR and XRD analysis. It was found that after exposure to simulated gastric fluid, the bacterial count (log (CFU g-1)) of the microcapsules only lost 1.96 units, the bacteria were released readily in simulated intestinal fluid, reaching 86.56% after 90 min. After stored at 4 °C for 28 days and 25 °C for 14 days, bacterial count of the dry microcapsules decreased from 10.59 to 9.02 and 10.49 to 8.70 log (CFU g-1), respectively. The double layered microcapsules could significantly increase the storage and thermal abilities of bacteria. Such L. rhamnosus ZFM231 microcapsules could find applications as ingredient of the functional foods and the dairy products.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	microcapsule; Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus; gastrointestinal conditions
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Biomedical Science Research Group Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Science (SCI)
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2023 12:51
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/42952

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