Probiotics exhibit many health benefits and a great potential for broad applications in
pharmaceutical fields, such as prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal tract diseases …

Microencapsulation is an emerging process in which an active substance is entrapped in a
homogeneous or heterogeneous matrix to form capsules. This technique allows reducing …

In the present study the effects of encapsulation with alginate and chitosan, with or without
inulin, on viability of probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG in apple juice during 90 days …

Bifidobacteria are considered one of the most important intestinal probiotics because of their
significant health impact. However, this ability is usually limited by gastrointestinal fluid and …

Thanks to the beneficial properties of probiotic bacteria, there exists an immense demand for
their consumption in probiotic foods worldwide. Nevertheless, it is difficult to retain a high …

Objectives Four kinds of oligosaccharides were used as co-encapsulating agents to test the
effect of extrusion-based microencapsulation on protection of Lactobacillus fermentum L7 …

The aim of this study was to increase the efficacy of probiotic Bacillus subtilis E20 by
encapsulating the probiotic in alginate and coating it with chitosan. The protective effect was …

This study reports a novel carrier based on blends of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and k-
carrageenan (k-Carr) for probiotic colon delivery. Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC: 13643 (L …

This research verified the behavior of Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Lactobacillus casei
added to ice cream in free form or encapsulated with alginate-chitosan by comparing …

Sodium alginate hydrogel particles coated with cationic biopolymers have been shown to be
one of the promising means for probiotic encapsulation and protection. In this study, we …