TY - BOOK AU - De Sousa Lobato,K.B. AU - Paese,K. AU - Forgearini,J.C. AU - Guterres,S.S. AU - Jablonski,A. AU - De Oliveira Rios,A. TI - Characterisation and stability evaluation of bixin nanocapsules KW - BIXACEAE KW - BIXA ORELLANA KW - ANNATTO SEEDS N2 - The aim of this study was to produce bixin nanocapsules by the interfacial deposition of preformed poly?-caprolactone (PCL). PCL (250 mg), capric/caprylic triglyceride (400 ?L), sorbitan monostearate (95 mg)and bixin were dissolved in a mixture of acetone (60 mL)and ethanol (7.5 mL)under stirring (40 °C). This organic solution was added to the aqueous solution (130 mL)containing Tween 80 (195 mg). The size distributions in the formulations with bixin concentration from 11 to 100 ?g/mL were evaluated periodically during 3 weeks of storage at ambient temperature. The optimal formulation (bixin concentration of 16.92 ± 0.16 ?g/mL)was characterised in terms of particle size distribution, zeta potential, bixin content and encapsulation efficiency, and showed a volume-weighted mean diameter (D4,3)of 195 ± 27 nm, around 100 per cent of encapsulation efficiency and the nanocapsules were considered physically stable during 119 days of storage at ambient temperature UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hfSKyijokDSE-yBugZF4ynass7Wn_9cb/view?usp=drivesdk ER -