We prepared two types of cholesterol hydrophobically modified pullulan nanoparticles (CHP) and carboxyethyl hydrophobically modified pullulan nanoparticles (CHCP) substituted with various degrees of cholesterol, including 3.11, 6.03, 6.91 and 3.46 per polymer, and named CHP-3.11, CHP-6.03, CHP-6.91 and CHCP-3.46. Dynamic laser light scattering (DLS) showed that the pullulan nanoparticles were 8...

This study aimed to investigate the incorporation of rutin into electrospun pullulan and poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofibers to obtain ultraviolet (UV)-resistant properties. The effect of weight ratios between pullulan and PVA, and the addition of rutin on the nanofibers' morphology and diameters were studied and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Fourier transform infrared (...

Polymeric nanoparticles have revealed very effective in transmucosal delivery of proteins. Polysaccharides are among the most used materials for the production of these carriers, owing to their structural flexibility and propensity to evidence biocompatibility and biodegradability. In parallel, there is a preference for the use of mild methods for their production, in order to prevent protein d...

The traditional hematite depressant starch has the disadvantages of poor solubility and high viscosity. In this study, a novel depressant, pullulan, with better performance flotation effect than was found. structure, molecular weight viscosity pullulan were determined for its characterization. results tests revealed that separation hematite-quartz by hematite-quartz. selective depression mechan...

Biopolymer-based films were developed using a mixture of pullulan and agar, the fabricated film was functionalized with bioactive functional components, Pickering emulsion eucalyptus essential oil (PEU), rutin. The color PEU rutin supplemented light yellow. As result, yellowness index increased while whiteness reduced. filler showed biocompatibility pullulan/agar polymer matrix. presence materi...

The formation of water-in-water emulsions from the aqueous two phase system containing polyethylene oxide and pullulan, stabilised by montmorillonite platelets, was investigated. A novel approach of preparing the emulsions at non-equilibrium polymer concentrations was successfully utilised to control viscosity during mixing and allow the use of low energy emulsification methods. Polyethylene ox...

Pullulans produced from the Aureobasidium pullulans fermentation of various agro-industrial wastes were characterised in terms of carbohydrate analysis. heterogeneity and molecular weights. Grape skin pulp extract (GSPE), starch waste (SW), olive oil waste effluents (OW) and molasses (M) were used as substrates for the production of pullulan. A glucose based defined medium (D) was used for comp...

Pullulanase. a debranching enzyme that specifically cleaves a 1.6 linkages in amylopectin and pullulan, differs from a-amylase which hydrolyses the a 1,4 linkages of starch, amylose and amylopectin [ I ] . Pullulanases are inactive against linear a 1,4 linkages and a-amylases do not hydrolyse pullulan. Some novel amylolytic enzymes capable of hydrolysing both starch and pullulan have been disco...

Microbial cells are producers of natural polymers present in plant cells. Production of pullulan (an extracellular microbial polysaccharide) by Aureobasidium pullularia pullulans (P. pullulans) was studied under fermentation conditions, and kinetic parameters were determined. Pullulan formation obeyed a growth and non-growth associated term. PHB (polyhydroxybutyrates) an intracellular biopo...