Milia Massimo, Castangia Ines, Corrias Francesco, Aroffu Matteo, Casula Mattia, Manca Maria Letizia, Manconi Maria, Bouakline Hamza, Angioni Alberto
Department of Life and Environmental Science, University Campus of Monserrato, University of Cagliari, SS 554, 09042 Cagliari, Italy.
Laboratory of Applied Chemistry and Environment, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohamed First, Oujda 60000, Morocco.
Molecules. 2025 Jun 13;30(12):2581. doi: 10.3390/molecules30122581.
Spirulina () is a microalga widely used as a dietary supplement in sports nutrition and in treating metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome. Spirulina's cell structure limits digestibility and reduces the availability of bioactive compounds. The extraction processes, coupled with encapsulation, can enhance the bioavailability of nutritional and antioxidant compounds, protecting them from degradation, preserving their functional activity, and supporting controlled release. The physicochemical properties of liposomes (Lps), bilosomes (Bls), and gelatin-enriched bilosomes (G-Bls) with incorporated Spirulina extracts were investigated. The delivery systems exhibited small particle size (101.8 ± 0.5 to 129.7 ± 1.2 nm), homogeneous distribution (polydispersity index (PDI) 0.17 ± 6.67 to 0.33 ± 9.06), negative surface charges (-31.9 ± 5.2 to 31.1 ± 6.4 mV), and high entrapment efficiency (>80%). G-Bls demonstrated effective retention of the extract, with a low release rate at pH 1.2 (41.8% ± 6.1) and controlled release at pH 7.0 (52.5% ± 3.0). Biocompatibility studies on Caco-2 cells showed that G-Bls maintained high cell viability at 200 μg·mL (87.89% ± 10.35) and significantly mitigated HO-induced oxidative stress at 20 and 200 μg·mL, increasing cell viability by 23.47% and 19.28%. G-Bls are a promising delivery system for enhancing the stability, bioavailability, and protective effects of Spirulina extracts, supporting their potential application in dietary supplements aimed at promoting sports performance and recovery, mitigating exercise-induced oxidative stress, and managing metabolic disorders.
螺旋藻()是一种微藻,在运动营养领域以及治疗糖尿病、肥胖症和代谢综合征等代谢疾病中被广泛用作膳食补充剂。螺旋藻的细胞结构限制了其消化率,并降低了生物活性化合物的利用率。提取过程与包封相结合,可以提高营养和抗氧化化合物的生物利用度,保护它们不被降解,保持其功能活性,并支持控释。研究了含有螺旋藻提取物的脂质体(Lps)、双分子层脂质体(Bls)和富含明胶的双分子层脂质体(G-Bls)的物理化学性质。这些递送系统呈现出小粒径(101.8±0.5至129.7±1.2纳米)、均匀分布(多分散指数(PDI)0.17±6.67至0.33±9.06)、负表面电荷(-31.9±5.2至31.1±6.4毫伏)以及高包封效率(>80%)。G-Bls显示出对提取物的有效保留,在pH 1.2时释放率较低(41.8%±6.1),在pH 7.0时控释(52.5%±3.0)。对Caco-2细胞的生物相容性研究表明,G-Bls在200微克·毫升时保持高细胞活力(87.89%±10.35),并且在20和200微克·毫升时显著减轻过氧化氢诱导的氧化应激,使细胞活力分别提高23.47%和19.28%。G-Bls是一种很有前景的递送系统,可提高螺旋藻提取物的稳定性、生物利用度和保护作用,支持其在旨在提高运动表现和促进恢复、减轻运动诱导的氧化应激以及管理代谢紊乱的膳食补充剂中的潜在应用。