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Nanocarriers, Films and Composites Based on Milk Proteins

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Advances in Natural Polymers

Part of the book series: Advanced Structured Materials ((STRUCTMAT,volume 18))

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The dominant milk proteins, caseins are similar in structure and found in milk as nanoparticles called micelle. Casein micelles (300-600 nm) are composed of several thousand molecules, bonded via calcium phosphate nanoclusters. All other proteins present in milk are grouped together and termed whey proteins. The primary whey protein in cow milk is β-lactoglobulin. Here we firstly review the chemistry of caseins and whey proteins including presented models and theories for the structure of casein micelles.

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  1. , Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarshini Hills P. O., Kottayam, Kerala, 686 560, India

    Sabu Thomas

  2. , Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotech., Mahatma Gandhi University, Priyadarshini Hills P. O., Kottayam, Kerlala, 686 560, India

    P. M. Visakh

  3. , Dept. Applied Physics and Mech. Eng., Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, 97187, Sweden

    Aji. P. Mathew

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Madadlou, A., Azarikia, F. (2013). Nanocarriers, Films and Composites Based on Milk Proteins. In: Thomas, S., Visakh, P., Mathew, A. (eds) Advances in Natural Polymers. Advanced Structured Materials, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20940-6_6

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