National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaNational Natural Science Foundation of China [21676208, 21706201]; Natural Science Foundation of Hubei ProvinceNatural Science Foundation of Hubei Province [2018CFA030, 2019CFB252]; Foundation of Hubei Educational Commission [Q20181806]; Wuhan Morning Light Plan of Youth Science and Technology [2017050304010326]; Application Foundation Frontier Project of Wuhan Science and Technology Bureau [2019020701011478]
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食品科学与工程学院
化学与环境工程学院
摘要：
Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is a common method of molecular crosslinking and sterilization of collagen. In this study, UV irradiation at low temperature conditions was investigated as an induction and regulation method for fiber-like aggregation and gelation of collagen. Differences between gelation processes induced by UV irradiation and by traditional temperature-induced methods as well as differences in the properties of the gelation products were systematically analyzed. We found that UV irradiation can induce fiber-like aggregation and gelation of bovine tendon collagen at lower temperat...
