PROPERTIES OF NANOSTRUCTURED CHIA SEEDS AND PROSPECTS OF THEIR APPLICATION IN FUNCTIONAL FOODSTUFFS
ALEXANDER A. KROLEVETS 1, NINA I. MYACHIKOVA 1, CECILIA GEORGESCU 2*, VYACHESLAV S. ANDREENKOV 1 1. Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education «Belgorod State University», Institute of Pharmacy, Chemistry and Biology, Department of Food Technology, 85, Pobedy Street, 308015, Belgorod, Russia
2. ”Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Faculty of Agriculture Science, Food
Industry and Environmental Protection,7-9, Ratiu Street, 550012, Sibiu, Romania
*Corresponding author: cecilia.georgescu@ulbsibiu.ro
The research paper sets out the results of the examination of nanostructured chia seed properties by the methods of self-organization and nanoparticle tracking analysis. The research results show that the chia seed nanoparticles exhibit supramolecular properties and are water-soluble; a nanocapsule medium size is from 214 to 291 nm. That said, the size of chia seed nanocapsules depends on the nature of a carbohydrate shell significantly.
