Cellulose Nanofibers Improve the Performance of Retrograded Starch/Pectin Microparticles for Colon-Specific Delivery of 5-ASA

• Main Authors: Andréia Bagliotti Meneguin (Author), Rafael Miguel Sábio (Author), Maurício Palmeira Chaves de Souza (Author), Richard Perosa Fernandes (Author), Anselmo Gomes de Oliveira (Author), Marlus Chorilli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) were employed as the nanoreinforcement of a retrograded starch/pectin (RS/P) excipient to optimize its colon-specific properties. Although starch retrogradation ranged from 32 to 73%, CNF addition discretely disfavored the RS yield. This result agrees with the finding that...