Gelation of gellan induced by trivalent cations and coexisting trivalent with monovalent cations studied by rheological and DSC measurements.

The effect of trivalent cation Fe on the gelation process of a sodium salt form of gellan (DG, deacylated gellan gum) was investigated by rheology and DSC studies. On addition of a fairly low concentration of Fe (1 mM), both the complex modulus (G*) of a 1.0 % DG solution in gel state and the sol-gel transition temperature (T) slightly decreased.

Fabrication and characterization of alginate-zein core-shell microcapsules for controlled release of buckwheat honey.

In this study, extrusion method was employed to fabricate alginate-zein core-shell microcapsules loaded with buckwheat honey by dropping alginate and buckwheat honey mixture solution into a 70.0 % zein ethanol solution(v/v) containing 5.0 % CaCl solution (wt%).