Preparation and characteristics of galangal essential oil/alginate microcapsules

Authors

  • Thichanee Jiamrungraksa Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University
  • Sireerat Charuchinda National Center of Excellence for Petroleum, Petrochemicals, and Advanced Materials

Keywords:

Galangal essential oil, Microencapsulation, Sodium alginate/Calcium chloride

Abstract

Galangal essential oil/alginate microcapsules were prepared by solidifying in liquid (orifice method) between sodium alginate and calcium chloride. The structure, morphology and also the thermal stability of the microcapsules were investigated by FT-IR, optical microscope, infrared moisture determination balance (IMDB) at 120ºC for 2 hours. The galangal essential oil release content of microcapsules was estimated by measuring time course of weight of microcapsules determination by isothermal TGA at 37ºC and 120ºC. FT-IR spectral data confirmed the presence of galangal essential oil in the prepared microcapsules. An increase of sodium alginate concentration and oil content resulted in significantly higher average size of the microcapsules ranging from 750 to 1000 μm. However, at 1% (w/v) of sodium alginate concentration, microcapsules tended to form agglomerate. IMDB data indicated that maximum oil content in the microcapsules was 40%. The galangal essential oil release content indicated that the thermal stability of galangal essential oil was less than the galangal essential oil/alginate microcapsules. Thus, it is expected that the microcapsules might be useful for improving the retention time of galangal essential oil in the capsule.

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Published

2017-04-15

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T. Jiamrungraksa and S. . Charuchinda, “Preparation and characteristics of galangal essential oil/alginate microcapsules”, J Met Mater Miner, vol. 20, no. 2, Apr. 2017.

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2010)

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Original Research Articles

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