Investigation of alginate beads for gastro-intestinal functionality, Part 1: In vitro characterisation

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 816-822

  Rayment, Phillippa ^a   Wright, Peter ^b   Hoad, Caroline ^b   Ciampi, Elisabetta ^a   Haydock, David ^a   Gowland, Penny ^b   Butler, Michael F ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alginate; Gastro intestinal conditions; Gel microstructure; Mechanical properties; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Swelling behaviour

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; GELATION; IONIC STRENGTH; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SODIUM ALGINATE;

ALGINATE BEADS; ALGINATE GEL BEADS; CONDITION; GASTRIC CONDITIONS; GASTRO-INTESTINAL CONDITION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEL MICROSTRUCTURE; GEL NETWORKS; IN-VITRO; SWELLING BEHAVIOR;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 54249160420     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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