Whey protein nanoparticles prepared with desolvation with ethanol: Characterization, thermal stability and interfacial behavior

Food Hydrocolloids

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 258-264

  Gülseren, Ibrahim ^a   Fang, Yuan ^b   Corredig, Milena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PEPSICO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryo TEM microscopy; Desolvation; Ethanol; Homogenization; Oil water interface; Tryptophan fluorescence; Whey protein isolate nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860587535     PISSN: 0268005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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