Ultrasound-assisted modification of rutin to nanocrystals and its application in barley starch pyrodextrinization

Abstract Ultrasound technology offers low cost and efficiency in nanodrug production and therefore was selected to investigate the formation of rutin nanocrystals, and its incorporation in barley starch pyrodextrin. Ultrasonication of rutin (600 W in water, citric acid and NaCl media) was carried out prior to rutin-barley starch pyrodextrinization (90 °C, 1 h). The ultrasound treated rutin (UTR) nanocrystal strands had