Background Texture-modified foods (TMF) are commonly used as a therapeutic strategy for
people with chewing or swallowing difficulties such as the elderly, which is the fastest …

This review presents a critical analysis of food-grade delivery systems, which are suitable for
the delivery of essential oils (EOs) for food applications. In particular, the main colloidal …

Encapsulation into nanocarriers, such as niosomes, is a promising way to protect them from
degradation, and allow controll and target delivery of bioactive compounds. For …

The genus Hibiscus includes more than 250 species, and many studies showed that these
plants contain bioactive compounds with technological potential to be used in the …

Ice cream has been selected as a good carrier of beneficial effects through the health‐
promoting component incorporated into the product to meet the needs of functional food …

Microemulsions are thermodynamically stable systems that have attracted considerable
attention in the food industry as delivery systems for many hydrophobic nutrients. These …

In this study, the influences of surfactant types, the molar ratio of surfactant and cholesterol,
and the molar ratio of drug load and total lipids on the size, zeta potential and drug …

Phytomedicines are attracting great interest nowadays due to the fact that they can treat
various diseases with less toxic effects and great medicinal properties. Nanotechnology …

The identification of the necessary conditions for the emergence of elasticity in a gel is
among the most fundamental challenges in gelation. Recent confocal microscopy …

A stable colloidal suspension of nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) was synthesized from
natural source of lipid. The toxicity and insolubility of drugs in water remain a significant …