The interest around essential oils is constantly increasing thanks to their biological
properties exploitable in several fields, from pharmaceuticals to food and agriculture …

Microemulsions, as thermodynamically stable mixtures of oil, water, and surfactant, are
known and have been studied for more than 70 years. However, even today there are still …

There are many examples of bioactive proteins and peptides that would benefit from oral
delivery through functional foods, supplements, or medical foods, including hormones …

Microemulsions are thermodynamically stable, transparent, isotropic single-phase mixtures
of two immiscible liquids stabilized by surfactants (and possibly other compounds). The …

Lipid dosage forms are attractive delivery systems for hydrophobic drug molecules.
Emulsion is one of the popular system since many decades. Pharmaceutical applications of …

This book covers the formation, properties, characterization, and application of different
kinds of colloidal delivery systems that can be utilized within the food industry, including …

The application of nanotechnology to food, medical and pharmaceutical industries has
received great attention from the scientific community. Driven by the increasing consumers' …

Highlights•Colloidal delivery systems for food applications are created using
nanotechnology.•Edible nanoparticles are made from surfactants, lipids, protein and/or …

The pharmaceutical industries face a series of challenges in the delivery of many newly
developed drug molecules because of their low solubility, bioavailability, stability and …

As the continues to improve the nutritional content of their products, challenges in prevention
of rancidity have increased due to the presence of more polyunsaturated fatty acids. In …