Alginate as a promising biopolymer in drug delivery and wound healing: A review of the state-of-the-art

MAS Abourehab, RR Rajendran, A Singh… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biopolymeric nanoparticulate systems hold favorable carrier properties for active delivery.
The enhancement in the research interest in alginate formulations in biomedical and …

Advances on alginate use for spherification to encapsulate biomolecules

C Bennacef, S Desobry-Banon, L Probst, S Desobry - Food Hydrocolloids, 2021 - Elsevier
Spherification methods to produce particles of millimetric size are detailed in this review,
especially for encapsulation purpose and using alginate. Therefore, alginate properties and …

Recent reports on polysaccharide-based materials for drug delivery

J Kurczewska - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polysaccharides constitute one of the most important families of biopolymers. Natural
polysaccharide-based drug delivery systems are of constant interest to the scientific …

[HTML][HTML] A multifunctional chitosan-derived conformal coating for the preservation of passion fruit

Y Zhou, Y Zhong, L Li, K Jiang, J Gao, K Zhong, M Pan… - LWT, 2022 - Elsevier
A third of all fruits are wasted at the agricultural and postharvest stages before reaching the
consumer. This spoilage issue is particularly common for respiratory climactic fruit such as …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrogel beads for designing future foods: Structures, mechanisms, applications, and challenges

MN Saqib, BM Khaled, F Liu, F Zhong - Food Hydrocolloids for Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Food colloids are mounting curiosity in the food industry to meet modern demands and
challenges. The food hydrocolloids market was valued at approximately USD 9928.5 million …

Alginate biopolymeric structures: versatile carriers for bioactive compounds in functional foods and nutraceutical formulations: a review

BB Yerramathi, BA Muniraj, M Kola, KK Konidala… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alginate-based biopolymer products have gained attention for protecting and delivering
bioactive components in nutraceuticals and functional foods. These naturally abundant …

Chitosan and its composites-based delivery systems: advances and applications in food science and nutrition sector

Y Hua, Z Wei, C Xue - Critical Reviews in Food Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Natural bioactive ingredients have lower bioavailability because of their chemical instability
and poor water solubility, which limits their applications in functional foods. Among diverse …

Stirred yogurt as a delivery matrix for freeze-dried microcapsules of synbiotic EVOO nanoemulsion and nanocomposite

HS El-Sayed, K Youssef, AF Hashim - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Nowadays, dairy products are considered a good matrix to deliver many functional
substances either vital oils or probiotic cells. Two models of microcapsules were produced …

A functional spreadable canola and milk proteins oleogels as a healthy system for candy gummies

HH Salama, AF Hashim - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Recently, interest and demand for healthy and useful food products have become a global
requirement. Thus, the production of functional foods with high polyunsaturated fatty acids …

Recent developments in the microencapsulation of fish oil and natural extracts: procedure, quality evaluation and food enrichment

T Perez-Palacios, J Ruiz-Carrascal, JC Solomando… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the beneficial health effects of omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants and their limited
stability in response to environmental and processing factors, there is an increasing interest …