Recent advances of silk fibroin materials : From molecular modification and matrix enhancement to possible encapsulation-related functional food applications

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Silk fibroin materials are emergingly explored for food applications due to their inherent properties including safe oral consumption, biocompatibility, gelatinization, antioxidant performance, and mechanical properties. However, silk fibroin possesses drawbacks like brittleness owing to its inherent specific composition and structure, which limit their applications in this field. This review discusses current progress about molecular modification methods on silk fibroin such as extraction, blending, self-assembly, enzymatic catalysis, etc., to address these limitations and improve their physical/chemical properties. It also summarizes matrix enhancement strategies including freeze drying, spray drying, electrospinning/electrospraying, microfluidic spinning/wheel spinning, desolvation and supercritical fluid, to generate nano-, submicron-, micron-, or bulk-scale materials. It finally highlights the food applications of silk fibroin materials, including nutraceutical improvement, emulsions, enzyme immobilization and 3D/4D printing. This review also provides insights on potential opportunities (like safe modification, toxicity risk evaluation, and digestion conditions) and possibilities (like digital additive manufacturing) in functional food industry.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

2023

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:438

Enthalten in:

Food chemistry - 438(2023) vom: 16. Apr., Seite 137964

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Xu, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Chaoyang [VerfasserIn]
Lay Yap, Pei [VerfasserIn]
Losic, Dusan [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Juncheng [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Yuxin [VerfasserIn]
Qiao, Shihao [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Liang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yuhao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hongxia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3D printing
9007-76-5
Biocompatible Materials
Emulsions
Encapsulation
Fibroins
Journal Article
Molecular modification
Review
Silk fibroin

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Date Completed 28.12.2023

Date Revised 28.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137964

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NLM364684178