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Physical, thermal and thermodynamical study of high oleic palm oil nanoemulsions

Year: 2018

Journal: Food Chem., Volume 256, AUG 1, page 62–70

Authors: Ricaurte, Leidy; Hernandez-Carrion, Maria; Moyano-Molano, Miguel; Clavijo-Romero, Angelica; Ximena Quintanilla-Carvajal, Maria

Organizations: Universidad de La Sabana [ING-170-2016]; Banco de Desarrollo de America Latina (CAF); COLCIENCIAS [727-2015]

Keywords: Nanoemulsions; Thermodynamic; Stability; Ostwald ripening; High oleic palm oil

Nanoemulsions are useful for encapsulating nutritionally compounds of the high oleic palm oil (HOPO) including beta-carotene and tocopherols. However, some nanoemulsions can be thermodynamically unstable. For this reason, it is important to understand the thermal and thermodynamic stability of nanoemulsions and to investigate both the parameters that cause, and the mechanisms associated with, the destabilization. In this sense, the DSC, TGA and destabilization analysis were used. In this work, the average droplet size (ADS) and zeta potential (zeta) had a significant influence over HOPO nanoemulsions stability. The range of ADS and. were between 162 and 839 nm and -9to -40 mV, respectively. Furthermore, the HOPO nanoemulsions were establish until temperatures of 80 degrees C, showing lower loss of weight when the ADS was higher. Additionally, the destabilization of nanoemulsions occurred by the Ostwald ripening mechanism. The Ostwald ripening rate was provided as stability parameter which increased to nanoemulsions with ADS higher between 5 x 10(-23) and 8 x 10(-23)m(3)/s.