The invention discloses a preparing method and application of
chitosan-covering zein nanoparticles. The preparing method of the nanoparticles comprises the steps that an
ethanol solution of zein is added into a spraying
bottle with the droplet particle size of about 10-50 microns, a water phase is added into another spraying
bottle with the droplet particle size of about 10-50 microns, and the twospraying bottles conduct opposite spraying in a closed device to obtain a solution containing the zein nanoparticles, wherein for the zein nanoparticles, the particle size is about 160-200 nm, and the
zeta potential is minus 8 to 12 mv. A proper amount of a zein
nanoparticle solution is added into a
chitosan solution, through incubation, the
chitosan-covering zein nanoparticles can then be obtained, and for the chitosan-covering zein nanoparticles, the particle size is 160-180 nm, and the
zeta potential is about 50 mv. According to the preparing method and application of the chitosan-coveringzein nanoparticles, the chitosan-covering zein nanoparticles can be continuously produced, and the preparing method is simple, free of
pollution, mild, safe and high in yield. When the chitosan-covering zein nanoparticles are used for loading
acacetin sodium salt, the
drug loading capacity is about 20-30%, the particle size is 190-260 nm, the
zeta potential is 35-45 mv, and the stability of the
acacetin sodium salt can be improved after the
acacetin sodium salt is covered with the nanoparticles.