Bioaccessibility and Delivery of Food Bioactive Compounds
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 61
Editors
Interests: functional food development; bioactive compounds; nutrition and health; chronic disease prevention; bioavailability; nano-delivery systems; controlled release
Interests: plant protein; emulsions
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Interests: food protein; nano-delivery systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diet plays a crucial role in maintaining human health and preventing chronic diseases, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity and certain types of cancers. Natural food-derived bioactive compounds, such as terpenoids, flavonoids, polyphenols, carotenoids, alkaloids and bioactive peptides, have attracted widespread attention owing to their excellent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties. Nevertheless, despite their remarkable in vitro biological activities, their low bioaccessibility and bioavailability greatly constrain their health-promoting effects in the human body.
Most bioactive ingredients are highly unstable during food processing, storage and gastrointestinal digestion. In addition, their inherent hydrophobicity, limited transmembrane transport capacity and rapid intestinal metabolism further hinder their efficient delivery to target tissues. Accordingly, the development of advanced delivery systems, including nanoparticles, emulsions, liposomes and encapsulation technologies, has become a prevailing research hotspot bridging food science and nutritional medicine. Such technologies are predicted to protect bioactive substances from degradation in the gastrointestinal tract and achieve precise controlled release and targeted delivery of nutrients.
This Special Issue aims to collect high-quality original research articles and comprehensive reviews focusing on the latest advances in enhancing the bioaccessibility, stability and delivery efficiency of food bioactive compounds. We particularly welcome scientific contributions concerning food matrix effects, digestive mechanisms and the fabrication of novel biopolymer-based delivery carriers.
Dr. Jiacheng Wang
Dr. Yufan Sun
Dr. Mingming Zhong
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioavailability
- functional foods
- delivery systems
- nanoparticles
- biopolymer hydrogels
- gastrointestinal fate
- controlled release
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