A comparison of emulsion stability for different OSA-modified waxy maize emulsifiers : Granules, dissolved starch, and non-solvent precipitates
Saari, Hisfazilah LU ; Wahlgren, Marie LU
; Rayner, Marilyn
LU
; Sjöö, Malin
LU
and Matos, María
(2019)
In PLoS ONE
14(2).
- Abstract
This work investigates the stability of emulsions prepared by using octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA)-modified waxy maize starch in the form of granules, dissolved starch, and non-solvent precipitated starch as Pickering emulsion stabilisers. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different forms of starches on the stability of emulsion using light microscopy, light scattering, and static multiple light scattering. All starch samples were hydrophobically modified with 3% (w/w) n-octenyl succinyl anhydride (OSA). Starch polymer solutions were prepared by dissolving OSA- modified starch in water in an autoclave at 140C. Non-solvent precipitates were obtained through ethanol precipitation of dissolved waxy maize. The... (More)
This work investigates the stability of emulsions prepared by using octenyl succinic anhydride (OSA)-modified waxy maize starch in the form of granules, dissolved starch, and non-solvent precipitated starch as Pickering emulsion stabilisers. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different forms of starches on the stability of emulsion using light microscopy, light scattering, and static multiple light scattering. All starch samples were hydrophobically modified with 3% (w/w) n-octenyl succinyl anhydride (OSA). Starch polymer solutions were prepared by dissolving OSA- modified starch in water in an autoclave at 140C. Non-solvent precipitates were obtained through ethanol precipitation of dissolved waxy maize. The stability of the oil/water emulsions were different for the three forms of starches used. The granule-based emulsions were unstable, with only a small proportion of the granules adsorbed onto oil droplets, as viewed under a light microscope. The emulsions were observed to cream after 2 hours. The dissolved starch and non-solvent precipitate-based emulsions were stable towards creaming for months, and they had almost 100% emulsifying index (EI = 1) by visual observation and EI ~ 0.9 by multiple light scattering measurements. The results from light microscopy and multiple light scattering measurements indicated the occurrence of coalescence for all three types of emulsions. The coalescence was fastest within days for the granule stabilised system while it was slower both for the dissolved starch and non-solvent precipitate-based emulsions. The latter demonstrated the least degree of coalescence over time. Thus, it was concluded that differences in starch particle size and molecular structure influenced the emulsion droplet size and stability. A decreased particle size correlates to a decrease in droplet size, thus increasing stabilisation against creaming. However, stability towards coalescence was low for the large granules but was best for the non-solvent precipitate starch indicating that there is a window of optimal particle size for stability. Thus, best emulsifying properties were obtained with the non-solvent precipitates (~ 120 nm particle size) where the emulsions remained stable after one year of storage. In conclusion, this study illustrated the potentiality of non-solvent precipitated starch as emulsion stabilizers.
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- author
- Saari, Hisfazilah
LU
; Wahlgren, Marie
LU
; Rayner, Marilyn
LU
; Sjöö, Malin
LU
and Matos, María
- organization
- publishing date
- 2019-02-01
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- PLoS ONE
- volume
- 14
- issue
- 2
- article number
- e0210690
- publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85061161677
- pmid:30726246
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0210690
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- English
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- yes
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- b6a201df-502e-4000-bf5e-0933280a2831
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