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 ...

Lecithins are a mixture of acetone insoluble phospholipids, containing mainly phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), phosphatidylinositol (PI), phosphatidic acid (PA), and other minor substances such as ...

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 ...

Lecithins are a mixture of acetone-insoluble phospholipids and other minor substances (triglycerides, carbohydrates, etc.). The most commonly processes used for lecithin modification are: fractionation by deoiling to ...