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Transparent Dispersions Of Milk Fat-Based Solid Lipid Nanoparticles For Delivery Of Beta-Carotene, Linhan Zhang

Masters Theses

Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) are a category of delivery systems applicable to various bioactive compounds in the food industry. Compared to conventional emulsions that have a fluidic oil phase, the mobility and release of bioactive compounds can be controlled by encapsulation in the solid lipid matrix with appropriate properties. Common approaches of preparing SLNs are high energy methods and solvent evaporation methods, which have can lead to degradation of compounds during processing and residues of organic solvent, respectively. In this thesis, a low energy approach based on the phase inversion temperature method has been used to prepare SLNs based on …