Abstract:In order to improve the light stability of vitamin D3 (VD3), the soy protein isolatevitamin (SPI-VD3) nanoparticles were prepared by high pressure homogenization. The influences of homogenization times on the SPI structure and VD3 light stability in SPI-VD3 nanoparticles were investigated. The results showed that when the times of high pressure homogenization was 2, compared with the sample without high pressure homogenization, the loading efficiency of SPI-VD3 nanoparticles was increased to 27.7%; the average particle size was reduced from 145.20nm to 82.00nm, the turbidity was gradually decreased and the particle size distribution was more uniform. Two times highpressure homogenization can increase the hydrophobicity of the surface of the SPI-VD3 nanoparticles and enhance the fluorescence intensity of the endogenous fluorescence spectrum. The results of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy showed that the secondary structure of SPI-VD3 nanoparticles was changed after high pressure homogenization. When the number of homogenization times did not exceed 2, αhelix and βfold were gradually changed into βturn. When the number of times were 3 or 4, the sample may undergo insoluble aggregation. After twice highpressure homogenization, the photostability of VD3 in the sample was also improved. Compared with the VD3 control alone, the remaining amount of VD3 was increased to 166.6% after four hours of UV irradiation. Proper highpressure homogenization was a useful method for making SPI-VD3 nanoparticles with improved VD3 photostability.