Background The current relevance of functional foods in human health and well-being has
led to an increased interest in developing new types of oral administration systems for …

Probiotics are a promising prevention and treatment strategy for several diseases, such as
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), atopic diseases, acute …

Probiotics are essential to improve the health of the host, whereas maintaining the viability of
probiotics in harsh environments remains a challenge. Polysaccharides have non-toxicity …

Research regarding the use of biopolymers has been of great interest to scientists, the
medical community, and the industry especially in recent years. Initially used for food …

Natural hydrogels such as alginate are hopeful gadgets for cellular encapsulation, drug
delivery, and many others because of their properties, such as biodegradable and non-toxic …

Probiotics must survive in foods and passage through the human mouth, stomach, and small
intestine to reach the colon in a viable state and exhibit their beneficial health effects …

Microencapsulation is a promising technique, which provides core materials with protective
barrier, good stability, controlled release, and targeting delivery. Compared with the …

Some of the most popular cellulose derivatives exhibit charged functional groups, either
cationic (generally, quaternary ammonium moieties) or anionic (most typically, carboxylate …

Probiotics are living microorganisms that can produce health benefits to the host only when
they are ingested in sufficient quantities and reach the intestines active state. However, the …

Alginate-based encapsulation of probiotics is a well-recognized method. Crosslinking of the
hydrogel occurs by ions and the most commonly used ion is calcium. However, dramatic …