Microencapsulatin of thyme oil by coacervation

The objective of this work is to develop a novel coacervation process to produce microcapsules of polylactide (PLA) to encapsulate thyme oil that will be used in cosmetics. The novelty of this approach consists of dissolving PLA in dimethylformamide (DMF) which is a good solvent for PLA but in addit...

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Main Author: Martins, I.M. (author)
Other Authors: Rodrigues, S.N. (author), Barreiro, M.F. (author), Rodrigues, Alírio (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Microcapsules
Coavervation
PLA
Thyme oil
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10198/1414
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:bibliotecadigital.ipb.pt:10198/1414

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http://hdl.handle.net/10198/1414

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