Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8428098 | Trends in Food Science & Technology | 2018 | 90 Pages |
Abstract
Recent developments in the design of bio-based delivery systems offer the possibility of stabilizing and enhancing nutraceuticals' functionality within food products. In fact, different strategies can be used to enhance nutraceuticals' bioavailability: i) nano-delivery systems, besides showing a huge potential for the protection of valuable nutraceuticals during food processing/digestion, can be used to increase their bioavailability; ii) absorption enhancement technologies have been successfully used to increase nutraceuticals' membrane permeation; and iii) excipient foods have been shown to improve nutraceuticals' biological activity. However, the application of these enabling technologies to food is hindered by very pertinent issues that can be summarized in the effective preservation/maximization of the nutraceuticals' bioactivity and safety, once inside the human body.
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Authors
Raquel F.S. Gonçalves, Joana T. Martins, Catarina M.M. Duarte, António A. Vicente, Ana C. Pinheiro,