Carotenoids are fat-soluble natural pigments with potent antioxidant and antibacterial
properties, and their colors are sensitive to environmental pH changes (halochromic …

Liposomes are amphiphilic structures widely explored for the encapsulation of various active
ingredients in the area of pharmaceutics, cosmetics and numerous others. Wherein, the …

Inulin is a fructan biosynthesized mainly in plants of the Asteraceae family. It is also found in
edible vegetables and fruits such as onion, garlic, leek, and banana. For the industrial …

Natural phytochemicals are well known to protect against numerous metabolic disorders.
Anthocyanins are vacuolar pigments belonging to the parent class of flavonoids. They are …

The oil extracted from baru (Dipteryx alata Vog.) seeds is in bioactive compounds and it
presents potential to be used in food and cosmetic industries. Therefore, this study aims to …

The plant pigments called betalains are nutritionally safe polar compounds. They are
subdivided into betaxanthins (having orange to yellow hues) and betacyanins (purple to red …

Background The scientific evidence linking several diseases to human diet has highlighted
the beneficial impacts of various natural food components, including carotenoids. The …

Traditional foods in Australia have been under-explored as both food colourants and
microencapsulates. Many of these native foods are high in anthocyanins. Anthocyanins …

Objectives: This study investigates the biological activities of microencapsulated
anthocyanins extracted from two Andean ancestral edible plants, Solanum tuberosum, and …

Babassu oil (BO) was used in the production of oil in water (O/W) nanoemulsions in order to
evaluate the potential application of an alternative source of vegetable oil in the composition …