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ReviewProbiotics and antimicrobial proteins2022

Targeted Delivery of Probiotics: Perspectives on Research and Commercialization.

K S Yoha, Sundus Nida, Sayantani Dutta, J A Moses, C Anandharamakrishnan

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Review in Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

K S YohaComputational Modeling and Nanoscale Processing Unit, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, 613 005, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sundus NidaComputational Modeling and Nanoscale Processing Unit, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, 613 005, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sayantani DuttaComputational Modeling and Nanoscale Processing Unit, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, 613 005, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
J A MosesComputational Modeling and Nanoscale Processing Unit, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, 613 005, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
C AnandharamakrishnanComputational Modeling and Nanoscale Processing Unit, Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology (IIFPT), Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, 613 005, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. anandharamakrishnan@iifpt.edu.in.ORCID 0000-0002-9599-5594

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Considering the significance of the gut microbiota on human health, there has been ever-growing research and commercial interest in various aspects of probiotic functional foods and drugs. A probiotic food requires cautious consideration in terms of strain selection, appropriate process and storage conditions, cell viability and functionality, and effective delivery at the targeted site. To address these challenges, several technologies have been explored and some of them have been adopted for industrial applicability. Encapsulation of probiotics has been recognized as an effective way to stabilize them in their dried form. By conferring a physical barrier to protect them from adverse conditions, the encapsulation approach renders direct benefits on stability, delivery, and functionality. Various techniques have been explored to encapsulate probiotics, but it is noteworthy that the encapsulation method itself influences surface morphology, viability, and survivability of probiotics. This review focuses on the need to encapsulate probiotics, trends in various encapsulation techniques, current research and challenges in targeted delivery, the market status of encapsulated probiotics, and future directions. Specific focus has been given on various in vitro methods that have been explored to better understand their delivery and performance.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeProbioticsFunctional FoodHumansEncapsulationProbiotic foodsProbioticsStabilityTargeted delivery

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PMID33904011
PMCPMC8075719

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