Special Issue "Vesicular Encapsulation of Bioactives and Nutraceuticals—Advantages and Applications"

Dear Colleagues,

Vesicular encapsulation of bioactive compounds entraps the chemical entities in a thin layer, or a vesicular system separates them from the external environment. The encapsulation process into vesicles can be physical or chemical, and micro- and nanoencapsulation that can be used to deliver nutrients, phytochemicals, therapeutics, nutraceuticals, etc. The encapsulation improves nutrition, extends shelf-life, and offers great opportunities to expand the product development options for agriculture, food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries.

Research and development at public and private level is providing options to encapsulate solutions for food, feed, pharma, and cosmetics, and the active substances or products are protected in these structures that creats barriers to preserving them during processing and facilitate the release and the delivery at the right moment and place for better efficiency. The control of the release is useful for:

• Protecting the bioactives and nutraceuticals during shelf-life;
• Preventing losses of quality (moisture, rancidities, etc.);
• Enhancing organoleptic properties (taste, masking undesirable odors, etc.);
• Fortification (of nutrients);
• Delivery of functional ingredients;
• Stability;
• Enhancing bioavailability;
• Facilitating delivery.

The encapsulated bioactives and nutraceuticals require generation of knowledge and evidence beyond the state-of-the-art on the molecular sciences and related areas with special interest in stability, bioaccessibility, bioavailability, and bioactivity. Research and development and innovations in these subjects are welcome in this Special Issue.

Dr. Diego A. Moreno
Prof. Dr. Micaela Carvajal-Alcaráz
Guest Editors

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• vesicles
• nanoencapsulation
• microencapsulation
• nutrient
• bioactive compounds
• therapeutic
• nutraceutical
• cosmeceutical
• delivery
• controlled release
• bioaccesibility
• bioavailabilty
• bioactivity