Waghmare Roji, R Preethi, Moses J A, Anandharamakrishnan C
Computational Modeling and Nanoscale Processing Unit, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2022;62(15):4186-4207. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2021.1873730. Epub 2021 Jan 22.
The increasing interest in the use of natural ingredients has driven keen research and commercial interest in the use of mucilages for a range of applications. Typically, mucilages are polysaccharide hydrocolloids with distinct physicochemical and structural diversity, possessing characteristic functional and health benefits. Apart from their role as binding, thickening, stabilizing, and humidifying agents, they are valued for their antimicrobial, antihypertensive, antioxidant, antiasthmatic, hypoglycemic, and hypolipidemic activities. The focus of this review is to present the range of mucilages that have been explored as encapsulating agents. Encapsulation of food ingredients, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical ingredients is an attractive technique to enhance the stability of targeted compounds, apart from providing benefits on delivery characteristics. The most widely adopted conventional and emerging extraction and purification methods are explained and supplemented with information on the key criteria involved in characterizing the physicochemical and functional properties of mucilages. The unique traits and benefits of using mucilages as encapsulation agents are detailed with the different methods used by researchers to encapsulate different food and bioactive compounds.
对天然成分使用的兴趣日益增加，激发了对黏液质在一系列应用中使用的深入研究和商业兴趣。通常，黏液质是具有独特物理化学和结构多样性的多糖水胶体，具有独特的功能和健康益处。除了作为粘合剂、增稠剂、稳定剂和保湿剂的作用外，它们还因其抗菌、抗高血压、抗氧化、抗哮喘、降血糖和降血脂活性而受到重视。本综述的重点是介绍已被探索用作包封剂的黏液质的范围。除了在递送特性方面具有优势外，食品成分、营养保健品和药物成分的包封是一种增强目标化合物稳定性的有吸引力的技术。文中解释了最广泛采用的传统和新兴提取及纯化方法，并补充了有关表征黏液质物理化学和功能特性的关键标准的信息。详细介绍了使用黏液质作为包封剂的独特特性和益处，以及研究人员用于包封不同食品和生物活性化合物的不同方法。
