Anthocyanins are a bioactive compound belonging to the flavonoid classthatis present in
human nutrition through plant-based foods. Due to their antioxidant properties, several …

Lycopene is a non-provitamin A carotenoid that exhibits several health benefits.
Epidemiological data support a correlation between lycopene intake and the attenuation of …

Research on and the application of polyphenols, have recently attracted great interest in the
functional foods, nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries, due to their potential health …

Health issues are an emerging concern to the world population, and therefore the food
industry is searching for novel food products containing health-promoting bioactive …

Background The well-known correlation between diet and physiology demonstrates the
great possibilities of food to maintain or improve our health, increasing the interest in finding …

Microencapsulation technology allows a compound to be encapsulated inside a tiny sphere
known as microsphere/microcapsule, having an average diameter as small as 1 μm to …

The food consumption trends have long since shifted from demanding simple calories and
essential nutrients in order to support the basic human body functions to demanding a …

Written at a level comprehensible to non-experts, this handbook covers the current state of
encapsulation and controlled released technologies, presenting the fundamental processes …

Today, liposomes are among the most applied technologies for the encapsulation and
delivery of bioactive agents and many different compounds in biological, pharmaceutical …

Microencapsulation can represent an excellent example of microtechnologies applied to
food science and biotechnology. Microencapsulation can be successfully applied to entrap …