Changing the Vision in Smart Food Design Utilizing the Next Generation of Nanometric Delivery Systems for Bioactive Compounds.

Francesco Donsì,Giovanna Ferrari

doi:10.3390/foods9081100

Francesco Donsì, Giovanna Ferrari

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https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9081100

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Journal: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)	Publication Date: Aug 12, 2020
Citations: 7	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: University of Salerno

Abstract

In modern foods, the delivery systems for bioactive compounds play a fundamental role in health promotion, wellbeing, and disease prevention through diet. Nanotechnology has secured a fundamental role in the fabrication of delivery systems with the capability of modulating the in-product and in-body behavior for augmenting bioavailability and activity of bioactive compounds. Structured nanoemulsions and nanoparticles, liposomes, and niosomes can be designed to improve bioactives preservation after ingestion, mucoadhesion, as well as of their release and pathophysiological relevance. In the future, it is expected that the delivery systems will also contribute to augment the efficacy of the bioactive compounds, for example by improving the intestinal absorption and delivery in the bloodstream, as well as promoting the formation of additional bioactive metabolites by regulating the transformations taking place during digestion and the interaction with the intestinal microbiota.

Highlights

In modern foods, the delivery systems for bioactive compounds play a fundamental role in health promotion, wellbeing, and disease prevention through diet
Nanotechnology has secured a fundamental role in the fabrication of delivery systems with the capability of modulating the in-product and in-body behavior for augmenting bioavailability and activity of bioactive compounds
The growing demand for health promotion, wellbeing and disease prevention through diet and nutrition has stimulated the development of smart foods, characterized by advanced functionality for the delivery to the target sites of the bioactive compounds they contain

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Introduction

The delivery systems for bioactive compounds play a fundamental role in health promotion, wellbeing, and disease prevention through diet. Structured nanoemulsions and nanoparticles, liposomes, and niosomes can be designed to improve bioactives preservation after ingestion, mucoadhesion, as well as of their release and pathophysiological relevance.

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