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SUBMITTER: Samateh M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5943253 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20180509 1
Chia (Salvia hispanica) and basil (Ocimum basilicum) seeds have the intrinsic ability to form a hydrogel concomitant with moisture-retention, slow releasing capability and proposed health benefits such as curbing diabetes and obesity by delaying digestion process. However, the underlying mode of gelation at nanoscopic level is not clearly explained or explored. The present study elucidates and corroborates the hypothesis that the gelling behavior of such seeds is due to their nanoscale 3D-networ ...[more]