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Evaluation of Thermal Effects on the Bioactivity of Curcumin Microencapsulated with Porous Starch-Based Wall Material Using Spray Drying

Processes 2020, 8(2), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8020172
by Chenwei Huang 1, Shengwen Wang 2 and Huaiwen Yang 2,*
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Reviewer 3: Anonymous
Processes 2020, 8(2), 172; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr8020172
Submission received: 23 December 2019 / Revised: 16 January 2020 / Accepted: 30 January 2020 / Published: 4 February 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Drying Kinetics and Quality Control in Food Processing)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments for the authors:

Introduction must be improved by including more recent references and research findings on the proposed approach and by presenting the novelty of the study.

 

Line 72 - Mention the source from where the authors got the sample.

 

In Materials and Methods section, the authors should mention the properties of the encapsulation in detail in a separate section.

 

The experimental design must be improved.

 

Mention the bioactivity of the encapsulated Curcumin with a graphical representation.

 

Can Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and x-ray Diffraction methods be performed for the current study? Did the authors carry out these techniques?

 

Show the results of the thermal analysis—DSC and TGA by a graph.

 

Add Curcumin and microcapsule preparations stability.

 

Describe about the limitations and disadvantages of the proposed study.

 

The figures must be enlarged and their quality must be improved.

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Reviewer 2 Report

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Reviewer 3 Report

The manuscript entitled "Evaluation of thermal effects on the bioactivity of
curcumin microencapsulated with porous starch- based wall material using spray drying" deals with a topic of interest in the scientific community and it's experimental plan is well planned. However the English language is not always clear and the results are not always well discussed. 

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I suggest major revisions. 

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