05-01-2017 дата публикации
Номер: US20170000903A1
Crystalline cellulose gels useful in the stabilization of emulsions, including nanoemulsions, and for acting as cryptands or clathrates, and methods for their use and production are provided. In some embodiments, the emulsion is an oil-in-water emulsion. In some embodiments, such emulsions and/or vesicles produced in such emulsions, and/or the crystalline cellulose gel itself 15 are useful in the fields of drug delivery, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, feed and food, paints and coatings, mining, or oil and gas recovery. 2. An emulsion as defined in claim 1 , comprising:between 45% and 98% v/v aqueous phase;between 1% and 50% v/v oily phase; andbetween 0.1% and 5% w/v crystalline cellulose gel.3. An emulsion as defined in claim 1 , wherein the oily phase comprises a plant-based oil claim 1 , wherein the plant-based oil optionally comprises flax oil claim 1 , hemp oil claim 1 , canola oil claim 1 , corn oil claim 1 , sunflower oil claim 1 , safflower oil claim 1 , soy oil claim 1 , coconut oil claim 1 , palm oil claim 1 , sesame oil claim 1 , or olive oil; and/or wherein the oily phase comprises an animal-based oil claim 1 , wherein the animal-based oil optionally comprises fish oil or milk fat; and/or wherein the oily phase comprises a combination of two or more of the foregoing oils.4. An emulsion as defined in claim 1 , wherein the crystalline cellulose gel is obtained from agricultural biomass or forestry by-products claim 1 , or from bacterial cellulose.5. An emulsion as defined in claim 4 , wherein the agricultural biomass or forestry by-products comprise wood claim 4 , cotton claim 4 , cereal straw claim 4 , grass straw claim 4 , flax straw claim 4 , or hemp straw; wherein the cereal straw optionally comprises wheat claim 4 , oat claim 4 , barley or rice straw; and wherein the flax straw or hemp straw optionally comprises shives (hurd) claim 4 , bast fiber claim 4 , or whole straw.6. (canceled)7. An emulsion as defined in claim 1 , comprising an active agent or ...
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