TY - JOUR
T1 - Solubilization of water-insoluble nutraceuticals in nonionic microemulsions for water-based use
AU - Garti, Nissim
AU - Zakharia, Imad
AU - Spernath, Aviram
AU - Yaghmur, Anan
AU - Aserin, Abraham
AU - Hoffman, Roy E.
AU - Jacobs, Lewis
PY - 2004/12/13
Y1 - 2004/12/13
N2 - Winsor IV water-dilutable food-grade microemulsions based on ethoxylated sorbitan esters, water, (R)-(+)-limonene, ethanol, and propylene glycol have been prepared. Tocopherols and lycopene, two active lipophilic antioxidants, have been solubilized in the water-in-oil, bicontinuous, and oil-in-water microemulsions several times more than the oil (R)-(+)-limonene dissolution capacity. Dilution of the aqueous phase and decrease of the surfactant content strongly affect the solubilization capacity and solubilization efficiency of the microemulsion. Self-diffusion coefficients of the water and the oil in the presence of the solubilizates were correlated to the solubilization capacity, and are indicative of the locus of solubilization of the lycopene in the different microstructures.
AB - Winsor IV water-dilutable food-grade microemulsions based on ethoxylated sorbitan esters, water, (R)-(+)-limonene, ethanol, and propylene glycol have been prepared. Tocopherols and lycopene, two active lipophilic antioxidants, have been solubilized in the water-in-oil, bicontinuous, and oil-in-water microemulsions several times more than the oil (R)-(+)-limonene dissolution capacity. Dilution of the aqueous phase and decrease of the surfactant content strongly affect the solubilization capacity and solubilization efficiency of the microemulsion. Self-diffusion coefficients of the water and the oil in the presence of the solubilizates were correlated to the solubilization capacity, and are indicative of the locus of solubilization of the lycopene in the different microstructures.
KW - Food microemulsion
KW - Lycopene
KW - Self-diffusion NMR
KW - Solubilization capacity
KW - Tocopherols
KW - Vitamin E
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=9644279492&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/b93976
DO - 10.1007/b93976
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:9644279492
SN - 0303-402X
VL - 126
SP - 184
EP - 189
JO - Colloid and Polymer Science
JF - Colloid and Polymer Science
ER -