Abstract
Mushrooms are rich in ergosterol, a precursor of ergocalciferol, which is a type of vitamin D2. The conversion of ergosterol to ergocalciferol takes place in the presence of UV radiation by the cleavage of the "B-ring"in the ergosterol. As the UV radiation cannot penetrate deep into the tissue, only minimal increase occurs in sunlight. In this study, upconversion nanoparticles with the property to convert deep-penetrating near-infrared radiation to UV radiation have been cast into a disk to use sunlight and emit UV radiation for vitamin D conversion. An engineered upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP) disk with maximum particles and limited clusters demonstrates ∼2.5 times enhanced vitamin D2 conversion.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 291-298 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 11 Jan 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- UCNP device
- mushroom
- nanoagri
- nutrition
- vitamin D
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomaterials
- Biomedical Engineering