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Starch-Based Nanomateriales as Carriers in Drug and Nutrient Delivery

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Starch-based Nanomaterials

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Nanoencapsulation is an expanding field among nanoscience, as it has a lot of potential applications, especially in the pharmaceutical and food industries. It involves the introduction of small particles in nano sized capsules of a wall material. (Ezhilarasi et al. 2013) There is a variety of bioactive molecules that have generated great interest in both pharmaceutical and food industries due to their antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory or anticancer activities, among others. Nevertheless, their application has been limited due to several factors, such as sensibility to O2, CO2 and light; low-water solubility and low bioavailability. (Akhavan et al. 2018; Pathakoti et al. 2017; Rostamabadi et al. 2019). Hence, nanoencapsulation has probe to be a powerful technique in the protection and controlled release of several bioactive molecules, proteins, enzymes and peptides.

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Villa Zabala, C.C. (2020). Starch-Based Nanomateriales as Carriers in Drug and Nutrient Delivery. In: Starch-based Nanomaterials. SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42542-5_4

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