Lai, W.-F. orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-6396, Wong, E. and Wong, W.-T. (Cover date: 2020) Multilayered composite-coated ionically crosslinked food-grade hydrogel beads generated from algal alginate for controlled and sustained release of bioactive compounds. RSC Advances, 10 (72). pp. 44522-44532. ISSN 2046-2069
Abstract
Hydrogels have gained interest as sustained-release matrices partly because of their high biocompatibility and ease of preparation. Their wide application has, however, been limited by their poor mechanical strength and their lack of tunability in the performance of bioactive agent delivery. By using the lake substratum as a gel property modifier, in combination with the use of the surface coating approach and the ionic gelation technique, hydrogel beads are generated from algal alginate for controlled and sustained release of bioactive compounds. Both the acute and chronic toxicity of the beads are found to be negligible in 3T3 fibroblasts. The capacity of the beads in retaining the activity of the loaded agent is verified by the negligible change in the action of the loaded compound on foodborne bacteria (viz., Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli). Along with the high flexibility provided by the adopted method in the choice of coating materials, our beads extend the limitations of conventional ionically crosslinked gel systems, and show high potential for applications in functional food development, nutraceutical delivery, and pharmaceutical formulation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2020. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported Licence. |
Keywords: | Chemical Sciences; Bioengineering |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Food Science and Nutrition (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2024 10:24 |
Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2024 10:24 |
Published Version: | https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/202... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
Identification Number: | 10.1039/d0ra07827a |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:215496 |