title: Biocompatible water-in-oil emulsion as a model to study ascorbic acid effect on lipid oxidation.
abstract: A biocompatible water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion has been used as a model to study the effect of ascorbic acid (AA) on the oxidation of the oil (glycerol trioleate, GTO) continuous phase. The model system consisted of 3 wt % water dispersed in GTO containing 0.5 wt % sodium oleate (NaO)/oleic acid (OA) mixture (NaO/OA = 20/80 mol/mol %) as a stabilizer. To study the ascorbic acid effect on GTO light-promoted oxidation, we added aqueous solutions of ascorbic acid to GTO in place of distilled water. Results obtained as peroxide values show that ascorbic acid activity depends on its concentration and it is affected by the characteristics of the W/O interface. In the presence of ascorbyl palmitate (AP) or sorbitan trioleate (Span 85) in the continuous phase, ascorbic acid activity increases in the first few hours of oxidation. The effect of ascorbic acid has been related to emulsion structure by calculating characteristic parameters of the droplet size distributions by means of optical microscopy.
authors: Consorzio per lo sviluppo dei Sistemi a Grande Interfase, c/o Dept. Food Technology DISTAAM, Università del Molise, via De Sanctis 86100 Campobasso, Italy. mosca@unimol.it
authors: Monica
authors: M
authors: Mosca
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Ceglie
authors: Luigi
authors: L
authors: Ambrosone
mesh_terms: D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties; D014304:Triolein / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D005609:Free Radicals; D008055:Lipids; D014867:Water; D014304:Triolein; D001205:Ascorbic Acid