The invention discloses a thiolated
polysaccharide combined
probiotic microcapsule as well as a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
probiotic microcapsules. Comprising the following steps: (1) mixing and incubating a
probiotic suspension and a 2-imino thioalkane solution to obtain thiolated probiotics; and (2) adding the thiolated probiotic suspension into the thiolated
polysaccharide solution, carrying out oscillation reaction, and centrifuging to remove unattached probiotics.
Polysaccharide is firstly subjected to thiolation modification, and primary amino groups on the surfaces of
bacteria are converted into free mercaptan under a
cell compatibility condition through a simple one-step
imide ester reaction, so that the free mercaptan can spontaneously form disulfide bonds to perform chemical bonding under a catalyst-free condition, and the primary amino groups on the surfaces of the
bacteria are converted into the free mercaptan. The microcapsule prepared from the modified
polysaccharide and the probiotics can also be combined with
mucoprotein rich in the
mucous layer of the intestinal tract to generate a catalyst-
free thiol-disulfide exchange reaction, and
colonization is carried out at the
mucous layer in the intestinal tract, so that better intestinal
disease treatment and probiotic benefits are generated.