Microencapsulation of microbial antioxidants from Mucor circinelloides, their physico-chemical characterization, in vitro digestion and releasing behaviors in food

Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 2 Flow properties of microbial extracts microencapsulated with 5% WPHG + 5% pectin (T_A), 10% WPHG (T_B), 5% PHGG + 5% pectin (T_C), 10% of PHGG (T_D) by freeze drying

Parameters	5% WPHG + 5% pectin (T_A)	10% WPHG (T_B)	5% PHGG + 5% pectin (T_C)	10% of PHGG (T_D)
Bulk density (kg/m³)	137.5 ± 3.9a	135.2 ± 4a	132.8 ± 5.9a	132.2 ± 3.1a
Compact density (kg/m³)	224.8 ± 3.1a	221.3 ± 3.4a	220.5 ± 5.3a	219.6 ± 4.9a
Particle density (kg/m³)	747.5 ± 3.9a	740.7 ± 2.5a	739.3 ± 5.6a	737.6 ± 6.0a
Angle of repose (°)	42.6 ± 1.8a	41.6 ± 0.7a	43.3 ± 1.6a	42.2 ± 1.1a
Chroma	23.3 ± 1.1a	24.3 ± 0.7a	25.7 ± 0.5a	23.1 ± 0.9a
Compressibility (%)	42.2 ± 2.5a	40.5 ± 1.3a	41.2 ± 0.5a	39.5 ± 1.1a
Hausner ratio	0.93 ± 0.1a	1.1 ± 0.3a	0.97 ± 0.1a	1.13 ± 0.0a
Yield microencapsulation (%)	95.3 ± 1.7a	93 ± 1.2a	93.9 ± 2.2a	91.1 ± 1.1a

Data are expressed as 3n ± S.D. Same letters within the same row mean a non-significant difference (p > 0.05)