In this work, the undenatured type II collagen (UC-II) with an intact triple helix structure was obtained from chicken breast cartilage by the enzymatic extraction method. The self-assembly kinetics of UC-II at different parameters of concentration, pH and temperature was characterized by...

Ferritin naturally has a shell-like architecture with inner/outer surfaces, which can be applied as a nanovehicle of biologically active molecules. Herein, a CHAPS-involved scheme was arranged to fabricate the ferritin-agaro oligosaccharide-epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) nanoparticle (FAE)...

PbO_x (PbO₂ and PbO, x = 1, 2) nanoparticles are emerging contaminants in dust, soil, and water due to extensive application of commercial lead products. As far as we know, the current studies are first conducted to understand the phytotoxic effects of PbO₂ (10 ± 3 nm) and PbO NPs (20 ± 5 nm) on...

Hydrogels are important bionic materials that can be used in a wide variety of biomedical applications. Artemisia sphaerocephala Krasch polysaccharide (ASKP) has been demonstrated to be crosslinked by ferric ions to form three-dimensional network. Here, a semi-interpenetrating network (semi-IPN)...

Collagen films have weak wet mechanical properties due to poor water resistance. Herein, two mineralization processes were designed to improve the mechanical properties of collagen fibers under wet conditions for use as packaging materials. One scheme (S1) involved preparing carboxymethyl chitosan...

In this work, Pickering high internal phase emulsions (HIPEs) were employed to protect peach polyphenols in vitro and vivo. Firstly, HIPEs stabilized by zein nanoparticles and gum Arabic (GA) with corn oil volume fraction of 76% were prepared. The effects of pH in aqueous phase (pH 3-7) and GA...

This work investigated the effect of different pH values (4, 7, 11) and nanocellulose morphologies (cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), cellulose nanospheres (CNSs), and cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs)) on the low-oil gelatin emulsions performance. Results showed the electrostatic complex (pH = 4)...

Investigating the changes in the structural and functional properties of soy protein isolate (SPI) modified by high-performance protein-glutaminase (PG) and understanding their interactions are crucial for the application of SPI nanoparticles. Herein, the thermal stability and activity of PG were...

In ice cream, food hydrocolloids are commonly used as stabilizers for controlling ice recrystallization. Recent studies suggest that some stabilizers might bind to ice crystal surfaces and inhibit recrystallization. However, this ice-binding mechanism is challenged by the fact that stabilizers at...

The encapsulation and organization of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (BIFIDO) probiotic cells within maltodextrin microcapsules using electrospray processing was investigated. By choosing an appropriate polarity of the DC electric field, the surface charged probiotic cells were localized...