Protein-reinforced and chitosan-pectin coated alginate microparticles for delivery of flavan-3-ol antioxidants and caffeine from green tea extract》.pdf

Food Hydrocolloids 51 (2015) 361e374 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Food Hydrocolloids journal homepage: /locate/foodhyd Protein-reinforced and chitosan-pectin coated alginate microparticles for delivery of flavan-3-ol antioxidants and caffeine from green tea extract a b a c Ana Belscak-Cvitanovic , Verica ÐorCevic , Sven Karlovic , Vladimir Pavlovic , a a b c, * Drazenka Komes , Damir Jezek , Branko Bugarski , Viktor Nedovic a Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia b Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Karnegijeva 4, 11120 Belgrade, Serbia c Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Nemanjina 6, 11081 Belgrade-Zemun, Serbia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: In this study, potential interactions of alginate-proteins and proteins-polyphenols were utilized for the Received 22 November 2014 formulation of microparticles encapsulating green tea flavan-3-ols and caffeine. Electrostatic assisted Received in revised form extrusion of alginate-protein (whey proteins, bovine serum albumine, calcium caseinate, soy proteins, 8 May 2015 hemp proteins) formulations was performed for