A review of the microencapsulation techniques for the incorporation of probiotic bacteria in functional foods

G Frakolaki, V Giannou, D Kekos… - Critical reviews in food …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Probiotic strains are claimed to confer health benefits to human organisms when consumed
in adequate amounts. Thus, over the last decades there has been an increased interest in …

Micro-and nano bio-based delivery systems for food applications: In vitro behavior

L de Souza Simões, DA Madalena, AC Pinheiro… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Micro-and nanoencapsulation is an emerging technology in the food field that potentially
allows the improvement of food quality and human health. Bio-based delivery systems of …

Complex coacervation: Encapsulation and controlled release of active agents in food systems

N Eghbal, R Choudhary - Lwt, 2018 - Elsevier
Complex coacervation is a liquid-liquid phase separation phenomenon occurring between
oppositely charged biopolymers through electrostatic interaction. Coacervates are generally …

Tuning egg yolk granules/sodium alginate emulsion gel structure to enhance β-carotene stability and in vitro digestion property

H Zhang, Z Huang, P Guo, Q Guo, H Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, emulsion gels were constructed by ionic gelation method using egg yolk
granules/sodium alginate bilayers emulsion. In particular, the main driving force of the …

Interpolymeric complexing between egg white proteins and xanthan gum: Effect of salt and protein/polysaccharide ratio

CJF Souza, EE Garcia-Rojas - Food Hydrocolloids, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to characterize the complexes lysozyme (Lyso)/xanthan gum (XG)
and ovalbumin (Ova)/xanthan gum in terms of their physicochemical properties and to study …

Effect of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose on complex coacervates formation with gelatin: Coacervates characterization, stabilization and formation mechanism

E Duhoranimana, E Karangwa, L Lai, X Xu, J Yu… - Food …, 2017 - Elsevier
The complexation mechanism of gelatin (G) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and their
coacervates formation process were studied as a function of pH and protein (Pr) to …

Green assessment of polymer microparticles production processes: a critical review

H El Itawi, S Fadlallah, F Allais, P Perré - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The fabrication of simple and core–shell polymer microparticles is of great importance due to
their wide range of industrial applications, such as in the food industry, cosmetics, and drug …

Biopolymer-based coacervates: Structures, functionality and applications in food products

T Moschakis, CG Biliaderis - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Complex coacervates are self-assembly structures with many potential functional properties.
Coacervates are mainly fabricated from proteins and polysaccharides and therefore they …

Natural macromolecules as carriers for essential oils: From extraction to biomedical application

Z Dajic Stevanovic, E Sieniawska… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Essential oils (EOs) and their main constituents, the terpenes, are widely studied, mostly
relating to their antioxidant ability and bioactivity, such as antimicrobial, anticancer, anti …

Effects of salt and protein concentrations on the association and dissociation of ovalbumin-pectin complexes

CJF Souza, EE Garcia-Rojas - Food Hydrocolloids, 2015 - Elsevier
Formation of ovalbumin-pectin coacervate complexes was analyzed in various NaCl
concentrations and with various protein: polysaccharide ratios by isothermal titration …