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Microencapsulation of Lactobacillus plantarum in W/O emulsions of okara oil and block-copolymers of poly(acrylic acid) and pluronic using microfluidic devices.
Quintana, Gabriel; Gerbino, Esteban; Alves, Patricia; Simões, Pedro Nuno; Rúa, María Luisa; Fuciños, Clara; Gomez-Zavaglia, Andrea.
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  • Quintana G; Center for Research and Development in Food Cryotechnology (CCT-Conicet La Plata, UNLP) RA-1900, Argentina.
  • Gerbino E; Center for Research and Development in Food Cryotechnology (CCT-Conicet La Plata, UNLP) RA-1900, Argentina.
  • Alves P; Univ Coimbra, CIEPQPF, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rua Sílvio Lima, Pólo II - Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Simões PN; Univ Coimbra, CIEPQPF, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rua Sílvio Lima, Pólo II - Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-790 Coimbra, Portugal.
  • Rúa ML; Biotechnology Group, CITACA, Agri-Food Research and Transfer Cluster, Campus Auga, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain. Electronic address: mlrua@uvigo.es.
  • Fuciños C; Biotechnology Group, CITACA, Agri-Food Research and Transfer Cluster, Campus Auga, University of Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain.
  • Gomez-Zavaglia A; Center for Research and Development in Food Cryotechnology (CCT-Conicet La Plata, UNLP) RA-1900, Argentina. Electronic address: angoza@qui.uc.pt.
Food Res Int ; 140: 110053, 2021 02.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33648278
Okara oil is a by-product remaining from defatting okara, the solid residue generated after extracting the aqueous fraction of grounded soybeans in the elaboration of soy beverages. The goal of this work was to encapsulate the probiotic Lactobacillus plantarum CIDCA 83114 into W/O emulsions composed of a block-copolymer constituted of pluronic® and acrylic acid (PPP12) and okara oil, prepared in microfluidic devices. For comparative purposes, alginate was also included as a second dispersed phase. Lactobacillus plantarum CIDCA 83114 was suspended in PPP12 or alginate giving rise to dispersed phases with different compositions, named I, II, III and IV. Controls were prepared by suspending microorganisms in water as dispersed phase. 6-carboxyfluorescein was added as bacterial marker in all the emulsions. The presence of green dyed bacteria in the dispersed phases, inside the droplets of the emulsions and the absence of fluorescence outside them, confirmed the complete encapsulation of bacteria in the dispersed phases. After being prepared, emulsions were freeze-dried. The exposure to gastric conditions did not lead to significant differences among the emulsions containing polymers. However, in all cases bacterial counts were significantly lower than those of the control. After exposing emulsions to the simulated intestinal environment, bacterial counts in assays I, II and III (emulsions composed of only one dispersed phase or of two dispersed phases with bacteria resuspended in the PPP12 one) were significantly greater than those of the control (p < 0.05) and no detectable microorganisms were observed for assay IV (emulsions composed of two dispersed phases with bacteria resuspended in the alginate one). In particular, bacterial cultivability in emulsions corresponding to assay I (only PPP12 as dispersed phase) exposed to the intestinal environment was 8.22 ± 0.02 log CFU/mL (2 log CFU higher than the values obtained after gastric digestion). These results support the role of PPP12 as an adequate co-polymer to protect probiotics from the gastric environment, enabling their release in the gut, with great potential for food or nutraceutical applications.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Lactobacillus plantarum Idioma: En Revista: Food Res Int Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Argentina Pais de publicación: Canadá

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Lactobacillus plantarum Idioma: En Revista: Food Res Int Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Argentina Pais de publicación: Canadá