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Review
. 2023 Apr 3;12(7):1502.
doi: 10.3390/foods12071502.

Emulsion-Based Delivery Systems to Enhance the Functionality of Bioactive Compounds: Towards the Use of Ingredients from Natural, Sustainable Sources

Júlia Teixé-Roig  1 , Gemma Oms-Oliu  1 , Isabel Odriozola-Serrano  1 , Olga Martín-Belloso  1
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Emulsion-Based Delivery Systems to Enhance the Functionality of Bioactive Compounds: Towards the Use of Ingredients from Natural, Sustainable Sources

Júlia Teixé-Roig et al. Foods. .

Abstract

In recent years, the trend in the population towards consuming more natural and sustainable foods has increased significantly. This claim has led to the search for new sources of bioactive compounds and extraction methods that have less impact on the environment. Moreover, the formulation of systems to protect these compounds is also focusing on the use of ingredients of natural origin. This article reviews novel, natural alternative sources of bioactive compounds with a positive impact on sustainability. In addition, it also contains information on the most recent studies based on the use of natural (especially from plants) emulsifiers in the design of emulsion-based delivery systems to protect bioactive compounds. The properties of these natural-based emulsion-delivery systems, as well as their functionality, including in vitro and in vivo studies, are also discussed. This review provides relevant information on the latest advances in the development of emulsion delivery systems based on ingredients from sustainable natural sources.

Keywords: bioactive compounds; delivery systems; emulsions; plant-based; sustainability.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Bioactive compounds from microalgae and agrifood residues.
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Different emulsion-based delivery systems to carry bioactive compounds. (a) Oil-in-water emulsions. (b) Oil-in-water nanoemulsions. (c) Pickering emulsions. (d) Water-in-oil-in water double emulsions. (e) Solid-lipid nanoparticles. (f) Multi-layer emulsions.
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