Noore / Pathania / Fuciños Nanocarriers for Controlled Release and Target Delivery of Bioactive Compounds

1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-57488-7
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 90 Seiten

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition

This brief provides a comprehensive overview of nanocarriers used for nanoencapsulation of bioactive compounds. It includes the basis of encapsulation mechanism, encapsulation efficiency, controlled release, target delivery, and its application in food, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Noore, Shaba

Pathania, Shivani

Fuciños, Pablo

O'Donnell, Colm P.

Tiwari, Brijesh K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- Lipid-based nanocarriers (LNCs).- Protein-Based nanocarriers.- Carbohydrate/ polymer-based nanocarriers.- Synthetic polymeric nanocarriers.- Quality parameters of nanoencapsulation.- Nanoencapsulation of bioactive compounds.- Controlled release and target delivery of nanoencapsulated compounds.- Future challenges and conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Shaba Noore is a Doctorate Researcher at the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Shivani Pathania is a Research Officer at Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Dublin, Ireland.

Pablo Fuciños is a Staff Researcher at the Food Processing and Nutrition Group, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Braga, Portugal.

Colm O'Donnell is a Full Professor at the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland.

Brijesh K Tiwari is a Principal Research Officer at Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority and an associate professor (Adjunct) at the UCD School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland.