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<p>Probiotics have many benefits for human intestinal health. However, Probiotics have poor tolerance to gastric acid and bile salts of the stomach. Microencapsulation could confer protection to probiotic against harsh environments effectively. In this experiment, <italic>Lactobacillus casei</italic> L61 was embedded by extrusion with gellan gum and chitosan as wall material. The viable cells and encapsulation yield of microcapsules were used as the indexes, the optimum values of each factor were determined by a single factor experiment. Chitosan concentration 0.50%, chitosan pH 4.5, gellan gum concentration 1.50%, the volume ratio of bacterial suspension to gellan gum is 1:6, the volume ratio of bacterial gum to chitosan is 1:4, the stirring time is 40min.</p>
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Probiotics have many benefits for human intestinal health. However, Probiotics have poor tolerance to gastric acid and bile salts of the stomach. Microencapsulation could confer protection to probiotic against harsh environments effectively. In this experiment, Lactobacillus casei L61 was embedded by extrusion with gellan gum and chitosan as wall material. The viable cells and encapsulation yield of microcapsules were used as the indexes, the optimum values of each factor were determined by a single factor experiment. Chitosan concentration 0.50%, chitosan pH 4.5, gellan gum concentration 1.50%, the volume ratio of bacterial suspension to gellan gum is 1:6, the volume ratio of bacterial gum to chitosan is 1:4, the stirring time is 40min.

Effect of Complexation Conditions on Microcapsulation of <italic>Lactobacillus Casei</italic> L61 in Gellan Gum–Chitosan Gels

Shaanxi University of Science & Technology

Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis. Series E: Food Technology

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Effect of Complexation Conditions on Microcapsulation of  L61 in Gellan Gum–Chitosan Gels

Probiotics have many benefits for human intestinal health. However, Probiotics have poor tolerance to gastric acid and bile salts of the stomach....

Effect of Complexation Conditions on Microcapsulation of Lactobacillus Casei L61 in Gellan Gum–Chitosan Gels

Publicado en línea: 28 jun 2021

Páginas: 105 - 114

Recibido: 01 mar 2021

Aceptado: 12 may 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aucft-2021-0010

Palabras clave
Probiotics, Microencapsulation, L61, gellan gum, Chitosan

© 2021 Fanbo Meng et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Effect of Complexation Conditions on Microcapsulation of Lactobacillus Casei L61 in Gellan Gum–Chitosan Gels

Publicado en línea: 28 jun 2021

Páginas: 105 - 114

Recibido: 01 mar 2021

Aceptado: 12 may 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aucft-2021-0010

Palabras claveProbiotics, Microencapsulation, L61, gellan gum, Chitosan

© 2021 Fanbo Meng et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Probiotics, Microencapsulation, L61, gellan gum, Chitosan