A review on polymer and lipid-based nanocarriers and its application to nano-pharmaceutical and food-based systems

H Lu, S Zhang, J Wang, Q Chen - Frontiers in nutrition, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Recently, owing to well-controlled release, enhanced distribution and increased
permeability, nanocarriers used for alternative drug and food-delivery strategies have …

The bioavailability and biological activities of phytosterols as modulators of cholesterol metabolism

X Li, Y Xin, Y Mo, P Marozik, T He, H Guo - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Phytosterols are natural sterols widely found in plants that have a variety of physiological
functions, and their role in reducing cholesterol absorption has garnered much attention …

A comprehensive review of wheat phytochemicals: From farm to fork and beyond

W Tian, Y Zheng, W Wang, D Wang… - … Reviews in Food …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The health benefits of whole wheat consumption can be partially attributed to wheat's
phytochemicals, including phenolic acids, flavonoids, alkylresorcinols, carotenoids …

Advances in functional hydrogel wound dressings: a review

Z Shen, C Zhang, T Wang, J Xu - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
One of the most advanced, promising, and commercially viable research issues in the world
of hydrogel dressing is gaining functionality to achieve improved therapeutic impact or even …

Guar gum series affect nanostructured lipid carriers via electrostatic assembly or steric hindrance: Improving their oral delivery for phytosterols

SJ Guo, XD Wang, YX Ma, YY Hu, RN Yang… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surface modification of nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) can be an effective way to
improve their oral delivery for active ingredients. In this study, four type of guar gum series …

Actional mechanisms of active ingredients in functional food adlay for human health

Y Zeng, J Yang, J Chen, X Pu, X Li, X Yang, L Yang… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Medicinal and food homologous adlay (Coix lachryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen Stapf) plays an
important role in natural products promoting human health. We demonstrated the systematic …

An update on nutritional profile, phytochemical compounds, health benefits, and potential applications in the food industry of pulses seed coats: A comprehensive …

D Hou, Q Feng, J Tang, Q Shen… - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Pulses, as a sustainable source of nutrients, are an important choice for human diets, but
vast quantities of seed coats generated in pulses processing are usually discarded or used …

Advances in biomaterials for the treatment of retinoblastoma

W Farhat, V Yeung, A Ross, F Kahale, N Boychev… - Biomaterials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Retinoblastoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in children. Although
traditional chemotherapy has shown some success in retinoblastoma management, there …

Advances and challenges in plant sterol research: fundamentals, analysis, applications and production

DD Evtyugin, DV Evtuguin, S Casal, MR Domingues - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant sterols (PS) are cholesterol-like terpenoids widely spread in the kingdom Plantae.
Being the target of extensive research for more than a century, PS have topped with …

Development of phytochemical delivery systems by nano-suspension and nano-emulsion techniques

G Zuccari, S Alfei - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The awareness of the existence of plant bioactive compounds, namely, phytochemicals
(PHYs), with health properties is progressively expanding. Therefore, their massive …