Fabrication of zein/quaternized chitosan nanoparticles for the encapsulation and protection of curcumin. Issue 18 (5th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liang, Hongshan; Zhou, Bin; He, Lei; An, Yaping; Lin, Liufeng; Li, Yan; Liu, Shilin; Chen, Yijie; Li, Bin
• Is Part Of: RSC advances. Volume 5:Issue 18(2015)
• Page Start: 13891
• Page End: 13900
• Publication Date: 2015-03-05
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540.5
• DOI: 10.1039/c4ra14270e
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2046-2069

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="toc"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <graphic position="anchor" id="ga" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgh3xs5gmd1" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" />In this article, we report the successful assembly of nanoparticles (NPs) from a water-soluble chitosan (CS) derivative (<italic>N</italic>-(2-hydroxyl)propyl-3-trimethyl ammonium chitosan chloride, HTCC) and zein <italic>via</italic> a low-energy phase separation method.</p> </abstract>