abstract

• Recent research and applications of polyphenols have generated great interest in the functional food, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical industries because of the health benefits that they offer to humans. The application of polyphenols is limited by their unpleasant taste. In addition, the bioactive effectiveness of polyphenols involves preservation, stability, bioactivity, and bioavailability of the active ingredients. Procyanidins are a complex family of polyphenols that are widespread and powerful antioxidants. Due to their strong antioxidant capacity, procyanidins can be easily denaturalized by light, oxygen, and other factors, and they are also difficult to store and transport. Different techniques are used to maintain the stability of these compounds. Micro- and nanoencapsulation are techniques that have been used to protect these bioactive compounds. The main objective of these encapsulation techniques is to protect the bioactive compounds from environmental conditions (effects of light, humidity, and oxygen), allowing them to keep their biological activity and improve their stability, promoting a controlled release of the encapsulated compound. Procyanidins encapsulation technologies are discussed in this chapter. It includes the wall materials tested and drying techniques such as spray drying, and freeze-drying, among others. © 2024 by Apple Academic Press, Inc.

authors

• Aguilar-Zárate M.
• Aguilar-Zárate P.
• Muñiz-Márquez D.B.
• Wong Paz Jorge Enrique

publication date

• 2024-01-01

published in

• Food Byproducts Management and Their Utilization  Book

keywords

• bioactivities; microencapsulation; polyphenols

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1201/9781003377801-17

PubMed ID

start page

• 347

end page

• 364

volume

issue