Reducing intestinal digestion and absorption of fat using a nature-derived biopolymer : interference of triglyceride hydrolysis by nanocellulose

• Main Authors: DeLoid, Glen M., Sohal, Ikjot Singh, Lorente, Laura R., Molina, Ramon M., Pyrgiotakis, Georgios, Stevanovic, Ana, Zhang, Ruojie, McClements, David Julian, Geitner, Nicholas K., Bousfield, Douglas W., Demokritou, Philip, Ng, Kee Woei, Loo, Joachim Say Chye, Bell, David C., Brain, Joseph
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Nanocellulose; Triglyceride
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104284; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50214
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Engineered nanomaterials are increasingly added to foods to improve quality, safety, or nutrition. Here we report the ability of ingested nanocellulose (NC) materials to reduce digestion and absorption of ingested fat. In the small intestinal phase of an acellular simulated gastrointestinal tract, t...