Department of Food Technology, University of Lleida - Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain; Alianza Latinoamericana De Nutrición Responsable (ALANUR), Inc. 400 E Randolph St Suite 2305 Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Food Safety and Preservation Department, IATA-CSIC, Avda. Agustín Escardino 7, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2023 Jul;227:113349. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113349. Epub 2023 May 13.
The present work aimed at studying the in vitro digestion fate of κ-carrageenan (KC) or agar (AG) emulsion gels (EG), and KC oil-filled aerogels (OAG) in terms of their structural changes, lipolysis kinetics and curcumin bioaccessibility. On the one hand, both EG and aerogels showed large (70-200 µm) and heterogeneous particles after gastric conditions, indicating the release of bulk oil and gelled material. Nonetheless, this material release in the stomach phase was lower in the case of EG-AG and OAG-KC compared to EG-KC. After small intestinal conditions, EG and oil-filled aerogels presented a wide range of particle sizes probably due to the presence of undigested lipid material, gelled structures, as well as lipid digestion products. For the most part, adding curcumin to the structures' lipid phase did not cause of the structural modifications that occurred at the different in vitro digestion phases. On the other hand, the lipolysis kinetics was different depending on the type of structure. Amongst emulsion-gels, those formulated with κ-carrageenan presented a slower and lower lipolysis kinetics compared to those formulated with agar, which could be attributed to their higher initial hardness. Overall, the addition of curcumin in the lipid phase decreased the lipolysis in all the structures, which evidenced its interference in the lipid digestion process. The curcumin bioaccessibility reached high values (≈ 100 %) for all the studied structures, presenting a high solubility in intestinal fluids. This work unravels the implications of microstructural changes of emulsion-gels and oil-filled aerogels during digestion and their impact on their digestibility and subsequent functionality.
本研究旨在研究 κ-卡拉胶(KC)或琼脂(AG)乳液凝胶(EG)和 KC 油填充气凝胶(OAG)在结构变化、脂肪分解动力学和姜黄素生物利用度方面的体外消化命运。一方面,胃条件后,EG 和气凝胶均显示出大(70-200 µm)和不均匀的颗粒,表明大量油和凝胶材料的释放。然而,与 EG-KC 相比,EG-AG 和 OAG-KC 在胃相中这种材料的释放量较低。在小肠条件下,EG 和油填充气凝胶呈现出广泛的粒径范围,可能是由于存在未消化的脂质材料、凝胶结构以及脂质消化产物。在很大程度上,向结构的脂质相中添加姜黄素不会导致在不同的体外消化阶段发生结构修饰。另一方面,脂肪分解动力学取决于结构类型。在乳液凝胶中,与用琼脂形成的凝胶相比,用 κ-卡拉胶形成的凝胶的脂肪分解动力学更慢、更低,这可能归因于其初始硬度较高。总体而言,姜黄素在脂质相中添加降低了所有结构的脂肪分解,这证明了其对脂质消化过程的干扰。所有研究结构的姜黄素生物利用度均达到较高值(≈100%),在肠液中具有较高的溶解度。这项工作揭示了乳液凝胶和油填充气凝胶在消化过程中微结构变化及其对消化性和随后功能的影响。