Effect of drying method on mechanical, thermal and water absorption properties of enzymatically crosslinked gelatin hydrogels



Document title: Effect of drying method on mechanical, thermal and water absorption properties of enzymatically crosslinked gelatin hydrogels
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000409048
ISSN: 0001-3765
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Tecnologica Federal do Parana, Departamento Academico de Alimentos, Campo Mourao, Parana. Brasil
2Universidade Tecnologica Federal do Parana, Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Tecnologia de Alimentos, Campo Mourao, Parana. Brasil
3Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Departamento de Engenharia Quimica e Engenharia de Alimentos, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina. Brasil
Year:
Season: May
Volumen: 89
Pages: 745-755
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Nota breve o noticia
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract Enzymatically crossliked gelatin hydrogel was submitted to two different drying methods: air drying and freeze drying. The resulting polymeric tridimensional arrangement (compact or porous, respectively) led to different thermal and swelling properties. Significant differences (p < 0.05) on thermal and mechanical characteristics as well as swelling in non-enzymatic gastric and intestinal simulated fluids (37 ºC) were detected. Water absorption data in such media was modelled according to Higuchi, Korsmeyer-Peppas, and Peppas-Sahlin equations. Freeze dried hydrogel showed Fickian diffusion behavior while air dried hydrogels presented poor adjustment to Higuchi model suggesting the importance of the relaxation mechanism at the beginning of swelling process. It was possible to conclude that the same gelatin hydrogel may be suitable to different applications depending on the drying process used
Disciplines: Química,
Ingeniería
Keyword: Bioquímica,
Química de alimentos,
Ingeniería industrial,
Secado con aire,
Liofilización,
Hidrogeles,
Transglutaminasa
Keyword: Chemistry,
Engineering,
Biochemistry,
Food chemistry,
Industrial engineering,
Air drying,
Lyophilization,
Hydrogels,
Transglutaminase
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