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ArticleNPJ science of food2020

Vortex fluidic mediated encapsulation of functional fish oil featuring in situ probed small angle neutron scattering.

Shan He, Nikita Joseph, Marzieh Mirzamani, Scott J Pye, Ahmed Hussein Mohammed Al-Anataki, Andrew E Whitten, Yaonan Chen, Harshita Kumari, Colin L Raston

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Article in NPJ science of food, 2020. 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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8 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Shan He *Department of Food Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006 China.
Nikita Joseph *Flinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042 Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0388-7781
Marzieh Mirzamani *Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0004 USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3404-1137
Scott J PyeFlinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042 Australia.
Ahmed Hussein Mohammed Al-AnatakiFlinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042 Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8576-3805
Andrew E WhittenAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), New Illawarra Road, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234 Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8856-3120
Yaonan ChenDepartment of Food Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006 China.
Harshita KumariDivision of Pharmaceutical Sciences, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0004 USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6861-0281
Colin L RastonFlinders Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042 Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4753-0079
Flinders University · AUGuangzhou University · CNUniversity of Cincinnati · USAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation · AU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Major challenges for optimizing the benefits of fish oil on human health are improved bioavailability while overcoming the strong odor and avoiding significant oxidation of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs). The scalable continuous flow thin film vortex fluidic device (VFD) improves the Tween 20 encapsulation of fish oil relative to conventional homogenization processing, with the fish oil particles significantly smaller and the content of the valuable omega-3 fatty acids higher. In addition, after 14 days storage the remaining omega-3 fatty acids content was higher, from ca 31.0% for raw fish oil to ca 62.0% of freeze-dried encapsulated fish oil. The VFD mediated encapsulated fish oil was used to enrich the omega-3 fatty acid content of apple juice, as a model water-based food product, without changing its sensory values. The versatility of the VFD was further demonstrated in forming homogenous suspensions of fish oil containing water-insoluble bioactive molecules, curcumin and quercetin. We have also captured, for the first time, real-time structural changes in nanoencapsulation by installing a VFD with in in situ small angle neutron scattering. Real-time measurements afford valuable insights about self-assembly in solution.

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Biophysical chemistryPolysaccharides

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