Nutraceuticals: definition, applied nanoengineering in their production and applications

 

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Autores: Alpizar-Vargas, Lidia, Zúñiga-Montero, Carlos, Rodríguez-Murillo, Alicia, Vargas-Vásquez, Amalia, Jose-Roberto, Vega-Baudrit
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2019
Descripción:Background: Nutraceuticals can be defined as nutritional components that provide therapeutic or physiological benefits beyond the basic nutritional needs and include a wide range of compounds. However, they show very low bioavailability due to limited bio-accessibility, poor absorption and/or chemical transformation within the gastrointestinal tract. This renders their health benefits extremely difficult to be realized by the consumers. The present review shows the nanoengineering process involved in their production, starting from the materials used in the encapsulation, the process of nanoencapsulation, the principal encapsulation techniques used and the function of lipids, carbohydrates and proteins at the nanoencapsulation. Besides, this review gives the recent innovations and applications known using nutraceuticals.
País:Repositorio UNA
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Repositorio UNA
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:null:11056/28379
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11056/28379
https://doi.org/10.15406/ijbsbe.2019.05.00154
Palabra clave:NUTRACÉUTICOS
APLICACIONES
SALUD
NANOINGENIERÍA
NUTRACEUTICALS
NANOENGINEERING
NANOTECNOLOGÍA