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A Review on the Application of Electrospinning Technology in Poultry Egg Proteins

ZHANG Zhen, MA Meihu, HUANG Xi*   

  1. Egg Processing Technology Local Joint National Engineering Research Center, National R&D Center for Egg Processing,
    College of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
  • Online:2015-04-15 Published:2015-05-05

Abstract:

Eggs are a natural treasure house of proteins with diverse biological functions such as antimicrobial,
immunomodulatory, anticancer, antitumor, and antihypertensive activities. Protein has good biocompatibility and biodegradability.When its scale reaches the nanometer level, protein will have many desirable properties. Electrospinning is recognized as a simple and effective method for fabricating nanofibers. Electrospinning nanofibers can not only improve the pecific surface area and porosity of protein materials, but also can retain their important functions in nature. Therefore, the anomaterials have great development prospects. The main aim of this article is to review electrospinning technology and its
applications in biologically active proteins such as ovalbumin, lysozyme, phosvitin and soluble eggshell membrane protein.
We expect that this review will provide useful references for further studies on the application of electrospinning technology
on active proteins in poultry eggs.

Key words: electrospinning, ovalbumin, lysozyme, phosvitin, soluble eggshell membrane protein

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