Plant-food-derived bioactives: Key health benefits and current nanosystems as a strategy to enhance their bioavailability

Bahare Salehi, Célia F. Rodrigues, Aslı Can Karaca, Gözde Gülseren, Ezgi Şenol, Evren Demircan, Beraat Özçelik*, Sena Tutuncu, Farukh Sharopov, Javad Sharifi-Rad*, Alfred Maroyi*, Natália Martins*

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Abstract

Natural products interest is gradually increasing worldwide. Plant-food-derived bioactives have a long history of use as a good source of ingredients for valuable medical usages. Plant-based foods consist of micro and macronutrients, and bioactive components, with health-promoting benefits. The handling of complex mixtures of plants has been methodically switched by therapies using a single isolated substance. The delivery of bioactive molecules in nanosystems is enhancing their bioavailability, it is much safer and cost-effective. However, there are many challenges in combining bioactive substances in nanocarrier materials. A discussion related with nanocarriers will be done in this review.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)232-242
Number of pages11
JournalCellular and Molecular Biology
Volume66
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jun 2020

Bibliographical note

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Funding

N. Martins would like to thank the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-Portugal) for the Strategic project ref. UID/BIM/04293/2013 and “NORTE2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte” (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000012) and C. F. Rodrigues for the UID/EQU/00511/2019 Project-Laboratory of Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology, and Energy-LEPABE financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC).

FundersFunder number
Fundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaUID/BIM/04293/2013, UID/EQU/00511/2019, NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000012
Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior

    Keywords

    • Bioavailability
    • Drug delivery
    • Nanocarrier systems
    • Nutrients
    • Plant-food bioactives

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