Edible oleogels: An opportunity for fat replacement in foods

AJ Martins, AA Vicente, RL Cunha, MA Cerqueira - Food & function, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The scientific and industrial communities have been giving great attention to the
development of new bio-based materials with potential use in innovative technological …

Physiology and physical chemistry of bile acids

MC Di Gregorio, J Cautela, L Galantini - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bile acids (BAs) are facial amphiphiles synthesized in the body of all vertebrates. They
undergo the enterohepatic circulation: they are produced in the liver, stored in the …

Tailoring the multi-functional properties of phospholipids for simple to complex self-assemblies

T Waghule, RN Saha, A Alexander, G Singhvi - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
The unique interfacial properties, huge diversity, and biocompatible nature of phospholipids
make them an attractive pharmaceutical excipient. The amphiphilic nature of these …

Self-assembly of bile salts and their mixed aggregates as building blocks for smart aggregates

PY Parekh, VI Patel, MR Khimani, P Bahadur - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The present communication offers a comprehensive overview of the self-assembly of bile
salts emphasizing their mixed smart aggregates with a variety of amphiphiles. Using an …

Bile salts: natural surfactants and precursors of a broad family of complex amphiphiles

MC Di Gregorio, L Travaglini, A Del Giudice, J Cautela… - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bile salts (BSs) are naturally occurring rigid surfactants with a steroidal skeleton and specific
self-assembly and interface behaviors. Using bile salts as precursors, derivatives can be …

[HTML][HTML] Inverting structures: from micelles via emulsions to internally self-assembled water and oil continuous nanocarriers

O Glatter, S Salentinig - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
Fluid-like colloidal structures are key components in nature's own functional materials and
important for various applications. For instance, self-assembled structures are formed …

Research on characteristics, antioxidant and antitumor activities of dihydroquercetin and its complexes

Y Zhang, J Yu, XD Dong, HY Ji - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Dihydroquercetin is a kind of dihydroflavonol compounds with antioxidant, antitumor,
antivirus and radioresistance activities. This study attempted to produce the …

Bile salts: unlocking the potential as bio-surfactant for enhanced drug absorption

PSA Chakravarthy, P Popli, RR Challa… - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2024 - Springer
In the pursuit of developing new active ingredients for drug development, bile salts have
emerged as promising substances that can enhance absorption. Their unique properties …

The development of phytosterol-lecithin mixed micelles and organogels

AB Matheson, G Dalkas, A Gromov, SR Euston… - Food & Function, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate that by mixing the phytosterol-ester oryzanol with lecithin in an organic
solvent, both components may be dispersed at much higher concentrations than they may …

Bile salts caught in the act: from emulsification to nanostructural reorganization of lipid self-assemblies

A Sadeghpour, M Rappolt, S Misra, CV Kulkarni - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bile salts (BSs) are important for the digestion and absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins
in the small intestine. In this work, we scrutinized, with small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) …