Structural Characterization and Digestibility of Curcumin Loaded Octenyl Succinic Nanoparticles
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School of Perfume and Aroma Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technology, No. 100 Hai Quan Road, Shanghai 201418, China
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Department of Dairy and Food Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
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Biological Engineering and Whistler Carbohydrate Research Center, Philip E. Nelson Hall of Food Science, Room 2195745 Agricultural Mall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
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Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, 2015 Fyffe Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1007, USA
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Nanomaterials 2019, 9(8), 1073; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081073
Received: 3 July 2019 / Revised: 15 July 2019 / Accepted: 22 July 2019 / Published: 26 July 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nanocomposites: Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (Nanoscale Phenomena) in Advanced Composites)
Curcumin displays anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and anti-obesity properties but its water insolubility limits the wholesome utility. In this study, curcumin has been encapsulated in an amphiphilic biopolymer to enhance its water solubility. This was accomplished through self-assembly of octenyl succinic anhydride–short glucan chains (OSA–SGC) and curcumin. The nanoparticles were prepared with the degree of substitution (DS) of 0.112, 0.286 and 0.342 of OSA. Thus prepared nanoparticles were in the range of 150–200 nm and display high encapsulation efficiency and high loading capacity of curcumin. The Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) and X-ray diffraction analyses confirmed the curcumin loading in the OSA–SGC nanoparticles. The complexes possessed a V-type starch structure. The thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) revealed the thermal stability of encapsulated curcumin. The OSA–SGC nanoparticles greatly improved the curcumin release and dissolution, and in-turn promoted the sustained release.
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Keywords:
curcumin; short glucan chains; octenyl succinic anhydride; amphiphilic biopolymer; in vitro digestion
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Hu, Z.; Feng, T.; Zeng, X.; Janaswamy, S.; Wang, H.; Campanella, O. Structural Characterization and Digestibility of Curcumin Loaded Octenyl Succinic Nanoparticles. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1073. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081073
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Hu Z, Feng T, Zeng X, Janaswamy S, Wang H, Campanella O. Structural Characterization and Digestibility of Curcumin Loaded Octenyl Succinic Nanoparticles. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(8):1073. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081073
Chicago/Turabian StyleHu, Zhongshan; Feng, Tao; Zeng, Xiaolan; Janaswamy, Srinivas; Wang, Hui; Campanella, Osvaldo. 2019. "Structural Characterization and Digestibility of Curcumin Loaded Octenyl Succinic Nanoparticles" Nanomaterials 9, no. 8: 1073. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081073
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