An enzymatically controlled mucoadhesive system for enhancing flavour during food oral processing

ARTICLE OPEN An enzymatically controlled mucoadhesive system for enhancing flavour during food oral processing Vlad Dinu 1,2 , Arthur Gadon 2 , Katherine Hurst 2 , Mui Lim2 , Charfedinne Ayed 2 , Richard B. Gillis 3 , Gary G. Adams 3 , Stephen E. Harding 1,4 and Ian D. Fisk 2 While a good mucoadhesive biopolymer must adhere to a mucus membrane, it must also have a good unloading ability. Here, we demonstrate that the biopolymer pullulan is partially digested by human salivary α-amylase, thus...