Effects of ribose on properties of cold water fish gelatin films

11 June 2014

Native fish gelatin has some disadvantages. Mixing with other biopolymers and crosslinking by sugars may improve functional properties of fish gelatin. Researchers at the Islamic Azad University in Iran investigated the effects of ribose on the properties of cold water fish gelatin (CWFG) films.
Results showed that incorporation of ribose sugar significantly improved functional properties of CWFG films. Solubility, moisture content and monolayer water content of the matrixes were decreased by increasing the ribose contents. Mechanical properties of biocomposites were improved more than 20%. An article about the research is published in the Journal of Chemical Health Risks.
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