Lecithin is a mixture of acetone-insoluble phospholipids. These compounds contain lipophilic fatty acyl groups and hydrophilic head groups; this amphiphilic structure makes lecithin a good surface tension reducing agent, ...

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) lecithins are obtained by gum purification from raw oil by a degumming process, which is a step of the refining process of raw vegetable oils. Food industry uses lecithins because of their ...

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) has an extremely favorable agro-ecological environment for cultivation in Argentina. In this country, the whole harvest for oil production is considered as non-GMO. Sunflower lecithins are ...

Sunflower lecithin is a promising alternative to soybean lecithin because it is considered the product of a non?genetically modified organism (non-GMO). Lecithin modification under industrial conditions with adequate ...

In this work, a study of exchange of soy lecithin, a natural product, in bentonite was performed in order to synthesize bio-organoclays. The effects of initial amount of modifier and reaction time were studied at a fixed ...