Cholesterol Removal from Homogenized Milk with Crosslinked β-cyclodextrin by Adipic Acid

The present study was carried out to develop crosslinking of β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) using adipic acid, and to determine the optimum conditions of different factors (β-CD concentration, mixing temperature, mixing time and mixing speed) on cholesterol reduction from homogenized milk. Crosslinked β-CD was prepared with adipic acid. When the milk was treated with different conditions, the cholesterol removal rate was in the range of 92.1 to 93.1% with 1% β-CD addition, which were not significantly different among treatments. After cholesterol removal from milk, the used crosslinked β-CD was washed for cholesterol dissociation and reused. For recycling study, the cholesterol removal rate in the first trial was 92.5%, which was mostly same as that using new crosslinked βCD. With repeated ten time trials using same sample, 81.4% of cholesterol was removed from milk. Therefore, the present study indicated that the optimum conditions for cholesterol removal using crosslinked β-CD were 1% β-CD addition and 10 min mixing with 400 rpm speed at 5°C with over 90% cholesterol removal. In addition, crosslinked β-CD made by adipic acid resulted in the effective recycling efficiency. (Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2005. Vol 18, No. 12 : 1794-1799)