Abstract
Confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) has been used to study the behaviour of mixtures of proteins, gelatine, whey proteins and ß-lactoglobulin, and polysaccharides, dextran, gellan gum, carrageenan, gum Arabic, and starch. CSLM proved to be a suitable technique to visualise the microstructure of these (phase separated) mixtures in two and three-dimensional images. Contrast through fluorescence is obtained either by covalent labelling (polysaccharides and proteins) or non-covalent labelling (proteins and starch). Double and triple labelling allows the visualisation of individual components in a complex mixture of biopolymers.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 159-168 |
Journal | Colloids and Surfaces. B: Biointerfaces |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 1-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- phase-separation
- light-microscopy
- whey
- proteins