1996 年 42 巻 4 号 p. 326-332
Adsorption characteristics of β-carotene from triglyceride n-hexane solution were invesitigated to elucidate the inhibition effect of trilinolein on β-carotene adsorption by attapulgites and sepiolites. The inhibition effect of trilinolein was larger than that of triolein in the initial adsorption rate and the adsorbed amount of β-carotene. Inhibition of trilinolein in maximum amount of β-carotene adsorbed on clay minerals was 1.2 times as strong as that of triolein. It was suggested that adsorption of β-carotene on clay minerals was inhibited due to binding trilinolein to β-carotene in n-hexane. The total inhibition effect was not in direct proportion to the number or the concentration of triglycerides coexisted in n-hexane.