Calcium hydroxy palmitate: possible precursor phase in calcium precipitation by palmitate

Martina Vavrusova, Riikka Julia Raitio, Vibeke Orlien, Leif Horsfelt Skibsted

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Abstract

Calcium(II) precipitates with palmitate (Pal-), a process affecting calcium absorption in the gut, in a first-order reaction, as followed by a calcium electrode in neutral aqueous solution for excess of calcium(II), with a rate constant showing a minimum at physiological ionic strength of 0.32 ± 0.09 d-1 at 25 °C with a stoichiometry of 1.79 ± 0.03, lower than the expected 1:2. During ageing of precipitate, pH increases in the supernatant, while pH decreases for precipitation with excess of palmitate. Increasing pH, as in some aged food products, decreases the solubility, and Ksp′ = [Ca2+][Pal-][OH-] is found constant rather than Ksp = [Ca2+][Pal-] 2 in agreement with an initial precipitation of Ca(OH)(Pal), which slowly may convert into Ca(Pal)2 · Ca(OH)(Pal) has a solubility minimum at physiological ionic strength with Ksp′ = (1.4 ± 0.4)10-16 M3. X-ray diffraction showed a d-spacing of 44.15 Å (different from 45.2 Å reported for Ca(Pal)2), and infrared spectroscopy confirmed the presence of a hydroxy group.

Original languageEnglish
JournalFood Chemistry
Volume138
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)2415-2420
Number of pages6
ISSN0308-8146
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2013

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