Electrospinning of glutelin-hordein incorporated with Oliveria decumbens essential oil: Characterization of nanofibers

Nafiseh Zahabi,Mohammad-Taghi Golmakani,Mahboubeh Fazaeli,Fatemeh Ghiasi,Mohammadreza Khalesi

doi:10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112058

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.112058

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In this study, electrospinning of hordein and glutelin extracted from barley was carried out. Different ratios of the glutelin-hordein blends (25:75, 30:70, 35:65) were tested and the operation parameters including voltage, ejection flow rate and needle-to-collector distance were optimized. According to the scanning electron microscope images, the glutelin-hordein 25:75 blend generated at the voltage of 15 kV, the needle-to-collector distance of 150 mm and the ejection rate of 1 mL/h was selected for the fabrication of uniform nanofibers. The apparent viscosity at the ejection point was decreased with increasing the glutelin concentration from 25 to 35 %. Moreover, the Oliveria decumbens essential oil (ODEO) with different loading concentrations (2–4 % (v/v)) was incorporated into the protein blend. Fourier-transform infrared spectra demonstrated the occurrence of the interactions of proteins the ODEO. The encapsulation efficiency of ODEO in the nanofibers was 79.30 %. The presence of ODEO led to inhibition the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus in a synthetic medium. The optimal nanofibers showed high antioxidnat activity. The results herein showed the possibility of the production of electrospun nanofibers using barley proteins with promising (bio)functionalities for the active food packaging applications.

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Electrospinning has emerged as a simple, cost effective, and versatile electrohydrodynamic technique which is used for the fabrication of micron, submicron- and nano-scale fibers from different polymer sus pensions
It was expected that the D hordeins bands were identified at 80− 90 kDa, no visible band on the SDS-PAGE pattern suggested that D hordeins were not extracted effectively when ethanol was used as the only extraction media
It seems that A hordeins were not extracted from barley as no band was identified around 15 kDa

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Electrospinning has emerged as a simple, cost effective, and versatile electrohydrodynamic technique which is used for the fabrication of micron-, submicron- and nano-scale fibers from different polymer sus pensions. Electrospun fibers are formed using the application of a highvoltage electrostatic field between a jet of a polymer suspension and a collector plate with opposite charges [1]. These fibers may possess several unique structural and functional properties including high porosity with small pore size, large surface area-to-volume ratio, high gas permeability and promising mechanical properties [2]. It is well documented that the incorporated bioactive compounds in ultrafine electrospun fibers can significantly enhance their functionality as a result of nano-scale advantages [11]

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