Emerging plant proteins as nanocarriers of bioactive compounds

M Hadidi, C Tan, E Assadpour, MS Kharazmi… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
The high prevalence of chronic illnesses, including cancer, diabetes, obesity, and
cardiovascular diseases has become a growing concern for modern society. Recently …

Modeling the release of food bioactive ingredients from carriers/nanocarriers by the empirical, semiempirical, and mechanistic models

N Malekjani, SM Jafari - … Reviews in Food Science and Food …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The encapsulation process has been utilized in the field of food technology to enhance the
technofunctional properties of food products and the delivery of nutraceutical ingredients via …

Preparation and characterization of zein/carboxymethyl dextrin nanoparticles to encapsulate curcumin: Physicochemical stability, antioxidant activity and controlled …

R Meng, Z Wu, QT Xie, JS Cheng, B Zhang - Food Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, zein/carboxymethyl dextrin nanoparticles were successfully fabricated at
different zein to carboxymethyl dextrin (CMD) mass ratios. Zein/CMD nanoparticles with the …

Recent advances on food-grade particles stabilized Pickering emulsions: Fabrication, characterization and research trends

J Xiao, Y Li, Q Huang - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Colloidal particles assembled from food grade materials with proper fabrication
and/or modification can function as Pickering emulsion stabilizers. Scope and approach This …

Co-encapsulation of curcumin and β-carotene in Pickering emulsions stabilized by complex nanoparticles: Effects of microfluidization and thermal treatment

Y Wei, C Wang, X Liu, A Mackie, M Zhang, L Dai, J Liu… - Food …, 2022 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to explore the influence of different particle concentrations
(0.5%–3.0%, w/v), microfluidization pressures (0–150 MPa) and heating temperatures (30 …

Assembly of protein–polysaccharide complexes for delivery of bioactive ingredients: A perspective paper

Z Wei, Q Huang - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Protein–polysaccharide complexes can be created in various ways (physical mixing,
enzymatic cross-linking, chemical cross-linking, and Maillard reaction), and diverse protein …

Entrapment of curcumin in whey protein isolate and zein composite nanoparticles using pH-driven method

X Zhan, L Dai, L Zhang, Y Gao - Food Hydrocolloids, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, encapsulation strategy of curcumin was employed by fabricating protein-based
composite nanoparticles with hydrophilic whey protein isolate (WPI) and hydrophobic zein …

Fabrication of zein and rhamnolipid complex nanoparticles to enhance the stability and in vitro release of curcumin

L Dai, R Li, Y Wei, C Sun, L Mao, Y Gao - Food Hydrocolloids, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, zein/rhamnolipid complex nanoparticles were successfully fabricated by anti-
solvent co-precipitation method to deliver curcumin (Cur). The results showed that the mean …

Release kinetics and antibacterial activity of curcumin loaded zein fibers

H Wang, L Hao, P Wang, M Chen, S Jiang, S Jiang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was to evaluate the release kinetics and antibacterial activities
of curcumin (CUR) loaded in zein (zein-CUR) electrospun fibers towards Escherichia coli (E …

Study on simultaneous binding of resveratrol and curcumin to β-lactoglobulin: Multi-spectroscopic, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation approaches

X Zhang, Y Lu, R Zhao, C Wang, C Wang, T Zhang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2022 - Elsevier
Worldwide popularization of natural polyphenol urges preparation of multi-ligand protecting
and transporting system. Simultaneous binding of resveratrol (RES) and curcumin (CUR) …