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    Over the past few decades, the scientific community is actively involved in the development of edible structuring agents suitable for food, cosmetics, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology applications. In particular, edible oil structuring using simple amphiphiles would be the best alternative for the currently used trans and saturated fatty acids, which cause deleterious health effects and cardiovascular problems. In this report, we have made an attempt to address the aforementioned consequences, by synthesizing a new class of structuring agents by a judicious combination of δ-gluconolactone and ricinoleic acid, compounds classified as GRAS, using simple steps in good yield. To our delight, the synthesized glycolipids self-assemble in a wide variety of vegetable oils and commercially viable glycerol, ethylene glycol, and polyethylene glycol via various intermolecular interactions to form a gel. The morphology of molecular gels was investigated by optical microscopy and FESEM analysis, which reveal the existence of a tubular architecture with a diameter ranging from 75 to 150 nm. Rheological studies disclosed the viscoelastic nature, thermal processability, and thixotropic behavior of both oleogels and organogels. Altogether, self-assembled oleogel and organogel reported in this paper would potentially be used in food, agricultural, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and biotechnological applications.

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    Ayyapillai Thamizhanban, Srikanth Balaji, Krishnamoorthy Lalitha, Yadavali Siva Prasad, R Vara Prasad, R Arun Kumar, C Uma Maheswari, Vellaisamy Sridharan, Subbiah Nagarajan. Glycolipid-Based Oleogels and Organogels: Promising Nanostructured Structuring Agents. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 2020 Dec 16;68(50):14896-14906

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