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Microencapsulation of thyme oil by coacervation
| Resumo: | In this work we have developed a process to encapsulate thyme oil using PLA as the wall material. Firstly, an oil-in-water (o/w) emulsion stabilized with tween 20 (HLB of 16,7) and a solution of PLA in dimethylformamide (DMF) have been prepared. Thereafter, the PLA solution was added to the previously prepared o/w emulsion. The o/w emulsion was obtained by dispersion with an ultraturrax and the encapsulation process proceeded under stirring using an impeller stirrer in a batch actor. The microcapsules formed were hardened by adding octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane and allowed to stand during one hour. After this step, they were decanted and washed with pluronicÒ F68 solution (0.1% w/w), an ethanol solution (30% v/v), and hexane. Finally, the microcapsules were freeze-dried during 24h. |
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| Autores principais: | Martins, Isabel M. |
| Outros Autores: | Barreiro, M.F.; Rodrigues, Alírio |
| Assunto: | Polylactide Thyme oil Coacervation Microencapsulation |
| Ano: | 2008 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | documento de conferência |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Instituto Politécnico de Bragança |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Biblioteca Digital do IPB |
| Resumo: | In this work we have developed a process to encapsulate thyme oil using PLA as the wall material. Firstly, an oil-in-water (o/w) emulsion stabilized with tween 20 (HLB of 16,7) and a solution of PLA in dimethylformamide (DMF) have been prepared. Thereafter, the PLA solution was added to the previously prepared o/w emulsion. The o/w emulsion was obtained by dispersion with an ultraturrax and the encapsulation process proceeded under stirring using an impeller stirrer in a batch actor. The microcapsules formed were hardened by adding octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane and allowed to stand during one hour. After this step, they were decanted and washed with pluronicÒ F68 solution (0.1% w/w), an ethanol solution (30% v/v), and hexane. Finally, the microcapsules were freeze-dried during 24h. |
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