Development of Microencapsulation Technique for Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus MTCC 5462 with Selected Coating Materials
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Date
2014
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AAU, Anand
Abstract
Probiotics are defined as essential live microorganisms that, when
administered in adequate amounts, confer health benefit on the host.
Survival and stability in the gastrointestinal tract is being debated by
scientists. To overcome these limitations, microencapsulation techniques
are receiving considerable attention. Microencapsulation is a
physicochemical or mechanical process to entrap a substance in a
material in order to produce particles with diameters of a few
micrometers to a few millimeters.
The present investigation is undertaken to develop the process of
microencapsulation of live probiotic culture by extrusion and emulsion
process using chitosan and ĸ- carrageenan as coating polymers.
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Food Processing Technology, Bio Energy, method