• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.222-226
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• 2008

Nanoparticles have been developed and applied for various applications to intelligently deliver bioactive materials. Herein, lactocin was processed into nanoparticles with methacrylic acid-methyl methacrylate copolymer (1:1) (eudragit L100). The eudragit polymer can protect lactocin from the stomach acid and release lactocin in the intestines. When acetone and pH 7 buffer solution were used as non-solvent and solvent, respectively, the smallest volume-average particle size (290 nm) could be obtained. Freeze drying in presence of carrageenan (dispersant) can process the particles into dried powders with minimum aggregation. SEM observation revealed the primary particles prepared based on lactocin and eudragit were of a few tens of nanometers.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.5-10
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• 2007

Ultrasonication was employed to prepare solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) for smart probiotic nanoparticles as a nanofood. The model probiotic material, lactocin from Lactobacillus plantarum (CBT-LP2), was incorporated into SLN. The CBT-LP2 loaded SLN (CBT-LP2-SLN) were spherical in the photograph of scanning electron microscope (SEM). The particle size measured by laser diffraction (LD) was found to be $97.3{\pm}8.2nm$. Zeta potential analyzer suggested the zeta potential of LP-SLN was $-29.36{\pm}3.68$ mV in distilled water. The entrapment efficiency (EE%) was determined with the sephadex gel chromatogram and high-performance liquid chromatogram (HPLC), and up to 90.59% of nanofood was incorporated. Stability evaluation showed relatively long-term stability with only slight particle growth (P>0.05) after storage at room temperature for 4 weeks. Therefore, ultrasonication is demonstrated to be a simple, available and effective method to prepare high quality SLN loaded probiotic material.