Z3625
Zein
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Form:
powder
Biological source:
maize
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Application
Zein has been used as a biopolymer in electrospinning technique. It has also been used to blend starch involved in the manufacture of thermoplastic material.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Zein is used in the manufacture of fiber, adhesive, coating, ceramic, ink, cosmetic, textile, chewing gum and biodegradable plastics. This protein is a biodegradable and sustainable agropolymer. Thus, it is a great potential replacement for traditional oil-based plastics.
General description
Zein is a prolamine and an alcohol soluble protein present in maize endosperm cells. Zein is a 20kDa structural protein and is encoded by the gene mapped on the short arm of maize chromosome 7. This protein lacks essential amino acids, such as lysine and tryptophan. Therefore, it has a poor nutritional value.
Storage Class
11 - Combustible Solids
wgk
WGK 3
flash_point_f
Not applicable
flash_point_c
Not applicable
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Fabrication of agar/biopolymer blend aerogels in ionic liquid and co-solvent mixture
Shamsuri AA, et al.
Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, 46(1-2), 45-52 (2012)
Starch-zein blends formed by shear flow
Habeych E, et al.
Chemical Engineering Science, 63(21), 5229-5238 (2008)
Zhenyao Wu et al.
ACS omega, 7(15), 13371-13381 (2022-04-28)
The objective of this work is to design and fabricate a natural zein-based nanocomposite with core-shell structure for the delivery of anticancer drugs. As for the design, folate-conjugated zein (Fa-zein) was synthesized as the inner hydrophobic core; soy lecithin (SL)
Clustering of genes for 20 kd zein subunits in the short arm of maize chromosome 7
Soave C, et al.
Genetics, 97(2), 363-377 (1981)
Lorina Bisharat et al.
International journal of pharmaceutics, 556, 311-319 (2018-12-18)
This study describes the preparation of free films of zein with and without acetylated high amylose maize starch (HAS) and their corresponding coated tablets as a novel approach to colonic drug delivery. We hypothesise that the embedding of a digestible
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