Application of Bioactive Compounds and Their Micro/Nano Encapsulation in Food
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutraceuticals, Functional Foods, and Novel Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 7045
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microencapsulation; nanoencapsulation; bioactive extracts; food texture; natural antioxidants; functional foods; bioaccessibility; enzyme inhibition; food industry bioresidues; chemometrics
Interests: curcumin; demethoxycurcumin; nanocrystal; spray drying; powder; drug formulations; macular pigment; lutein; zeaxanthins
Interests: chemistry of natural products; emerging conservation technologies; gamma and electron beam irradiation; development of functional food; recovery of biological waste; bio-based ingredients
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Dear Colleagues,
Bioactive compounds from different natural sources are being extensively explored, and attention was drawn to green obtention methods, precise composition determination, and identification of bioactive properties. It has already been shown that these compounds can be micro/nano encapsulated to improve their bioavailability and bioactivity. However, there is still space for developing functional or bioactive enriched foodstuff. The effects of bioactives incorporation in free or encapsulated forms on technological and sensory aspects remain to be enlightened. This topic aims to shed light on the current efforts of Food Researchers.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- The effect of the incorporation of encapsulated compounds on food texture properties;
- Shelf-life evaluation of foodstuff enriched with encapsulated bioactive compounds (lipids oxidative stability and microbiological quality);
- Sensory aspects of foodstuff enriched with encapsulated bioactive compounds;
- Antioxidant capacity of encapsulated compounds after food processing;
- Digestibility of foods enriched with bioactive compounds;
- Encapsulated bioactive compounds’ bioaccessibility/bioavailability from food matrices.
This Special Issue on “Application of Bioactive Compounds and Their Micro/Nano Encapsulation in Food” will cover selected recent research and review articles on the technological and sensory aspects of foodstuff enriched with encapsulated bioactive compounds. Articles describing the texture, sensory, shelf-life, bioactivity, bioavailability, and digestibility of foodstuff incorporated with encapsulated and free bioactive compounds are the main focus of this Issue.
Prof. Dr. Fernanda Vitória Leimann
Prof. Dr. Odinei Hess Gonçalves
Dr. Eliana Pereira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microencapsulation
- nanoencapsulation
- bioactive extracts
- food texture
- natural antioxidants
- functional foods
- bioacessibility
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