Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin, China.
Center for Biocomposites and Biomaterials Processing, University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St., Toronto, ON, Canada.
Curr Pharm Des. 2018;24(29):3410-3423. doi: 10.2174/1381612824666180810160321.
Tea polyphenols have received much attention from the pharmaceutical and food industries owing to their extraordinary antioxidant and antibacterial characteristics. However, tea polyphenols are very unstable in processing and storage, since they are sensitive to the environmental factors like temperature, light and pH. Therefore, the effective application of tea polyphenols requires a protective mechanism to maintain its activity. The utilization of compounded tea polyphenols, instead of raw materials, can potentially help to improve their stability. This review focuses on the summarization of the compounding technologies for tea polyphenols, including physical technologies, chemical-interfacial technologies and nano-scale compounding technologies. Of which, the emerging nano cellulose bio-carrier, as a promising technology, is particularly proposed.
茶多酚因其非凡的抗氧化和抗菌特性，受到了制药和食品行业的广泛关注。然而，茶多酚在加工和储存过程中非常不稳定，因为它们对温度、光照和 pH 等环境因素敏感。因此，有效应用茶多酚需要一种保护机制来保持其活性。使用复合茶多酚而不是原材料，可能有助于提高其稳定性。本综述重点总结了茶多酚的复合技术，包括物理技术、化学界面技术和纳米复合技术。其中，新兴的纳米纤维素生物载体作为一种有前途的技术，被特别提出。
