Background Bioactive compounds possess plenty of health benefits, but they are chemically
unstable and susceptible to oxidative degradation. The application of pure bioactive …

Highlights•Enhanced molecular bioavailability by micro-carriers and nano-carriers in
foods.•Polymers and lipids as source of novel molecular carriers.•Lipidic carriers useful for …

Lipophilic biocomponents pose a real challenge to food and drug researchers because they
have weak solubility in water and cannot be easily included into the food and drug matrix …

Today, there is an ever-growing interest on natural food ingredients both by consumers and
producers in the food industry. In fact, people are looking for those products in the market …

Highlights•Advances in food nanotechnology present many novel nanostructured bioactive
delivery systems.•SLNs, NLCs, nanoliposomes, protein co-assemblies, nanofibers …

Some of the most commonly used agri-food products worldwide are vegetable and fruit-
based products that are rich in bioactive compounds such as vitamins, polyphenols, and …

Recently, owing to well-controlled release, enhanced distribution and increased
permeability, nanocarriers used for alternative drug and food-delivery strategies have …

In the last few decades, various bioactive compound-delivery technologies have been
emerged and nanoscale delivery devices have been developed. Nanostructured lipid …

Nanoencapsulation/nanocarrier systems like nanoemulsions, nanoliposomes, solid lipid
nanoparticles, biopolymeric nanocarriers, nature-inspired nanocapsules, have been shown …

Nanoencapsulation is one of the most promising technologies for entrapping bioactive
compounds so as to protect them from degradation. Currently, various nanoencapsulation …