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ArticlePolymers2018

Electrosprayed Core⁻Shell Composite Microbeads Based on Pectin-Arabinoxylans for Insulin Carrying: Aggregation and Size Dispersion Control.

Agustín Rascón-Chu, Jonathan A Díaz-Baca, Elizabeth Carvajal-Millan, Elías Pérez-López, Arland T Hotchkiss, Humberto González-Ríos, Rene Balandrán-Quintana, Alma C Campa-Mada

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Article in Polymers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Agustín Rascón-ChuResearch Center for Food and Development, CIAD, A.C., Carretera a La Victoria Km. 0.6, Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico. arascon@ciad.mx.ORCID 0000-0003-2759-0525
Jonathan A Díaz-BacaResearch Center for Food and Development, CIAD, A.C., Carretera a La Victoria Km. 0.6, Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico. mcjonathandiaz@gmail.com.
Elizabeth Carvajal-MillanResearch Center for Food and Development, CIAD, A.C., Carretera a La Victoria Km. 0.6, Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico. ecarvajal@ciad.mx.ORCID 0000-0003-4390-7457
Elías Pérez-LópezInstitute of Physics, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, Álvaro Obregón #64, San Luis Potosí SLP 78000, Mexico. elias@ifisica.uaslp.mx.ORCID 0000-0003-3002-7100
Arland T HotchkissAgricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 E. Mermaid Lane, Wyndoor, PA 19038, USA. arland.hotchkiss@ars.usda.gov.
Humberto González-RíosResearch Center for Food and Development, CIAD, A.C., Carretera a La Victoria Km. 0.6, Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico. hugory@ciad.mx.
Rene Balandrán-QuintanaResearch Center for Food and Development, CIAD, A.C., Carretera a La Victoria Km. 0.6, Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico. rbalandran@ciad.mx.
Alma C Campa-MadaResearch Center for Food and Development, CIAD, A.C., Carretera a La Victoria Km. 0.6, Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico. acampa@ciad.mx.ORCID 0000-0002-8422-4612
Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo · MXAgricultural Research Service · USAutonomous University of San Luis Potosí · MX

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aggregation and coalescence are major drawbacks that contribute to polydispersity in microparticles and nanoparticles fabricated from diverse biopolymers. This study presents the evaluation of a novel method for the direct, electrospray-induced fabrication of small, CaCl₂/ethanol-hardened low methoxy pectin/arabinoxylans composite microbeads. The electrospray method was evaluated to control particle size by adjusting voltage, flux, and crosslinking solution content of CaCl₂/ethanol. A bead diameter of 1µm was set as reference to test the capability of this method. Insulin was chosen as a model carried molecule. Statistical analysis was a central composite rotatable design (CCRD) with a factorial arrangement of 2⁴. The variables studied were magnitude and particle size dispersion. For the determination of these variables, light diffraction techniques, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and confocal laser scanning microscopy were used. Major interaction was found for ethanol and CaCl₂ as well as flow and voltage. Stable spherical structures of core⁻shell beads were obtained with neither aggregation nor coalescence for all treatments where ethanol was included in the crosslinking solution, and the average diameter within 1 ± 0.024 μm for 11 KV, 75% ethanol with 11% CaCl₂, and flow of 0.97 mL/h.

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arabinoxylancore–shell compositeelectrosprayinsulin microbeadspectin

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PMID30966143
PMCPMC6414949
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