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ReviewMicroorganisms2023

Application of Encapsulation Strategies for Probiotics: From Individual Loading to Co-Encapsulation.

Sofia Agriopoulou, Maria Tarapoulouzi, Theodoros Varzakas, Seid Mahdi Jafari

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Review in Microorganisms, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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56citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Core-shell commensal biocapsules forBioactive materials · 2026
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  18. Probiotic Development Strategy Centered on Stability and Regulatory Considerations.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sofia AgriopoulouDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of the Peloponnese, 24100 Kalamata, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7052-514X
Maria TarapoulouziDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Pure and Applied Science, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia CY-1678, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0003-0206-4860
Theodoros VarzakasDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of the Peloponnese, 24100 Kalamata, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3927-9056
Seid Mahdi JafariDepartment of Food Materials and Process Design Engineering, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan 49189-43464, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-6877-9549

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Consumers are increasingly showing a preference for foods whose nutritional and therapeutic value has been enhanced. Probiotics are live microorganisms, and their existence is associated with a number of positive effects in humans, as there are many and well-documented studies related to gut microbiota balance, the regulation of the immune system, and the maintenance of the intestinal mucosal barrier. Hence, probiotics are widely preferred by consumers, causing an increase in the corresponding food sector. As a consequence of this preference, food industries and those involved in food production are strongly interested in the occurrence of probiotics in food, as they have proven beneficial effects on human health when they exist in appropriate quantities. Encapsulation technology is a promising technique that aims to preserve probiotics by integrating them with other materials in order to ensure and improve their effectiveness. Encapsulated probiotics also show increased stability and survival in various stages related to their processing, storage, and gastrointestinal transit. This review focuses on the applications of encapsulation technology in probiotics in sustainable food production, including controlled release mechanisms and encapsulation techniques.

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bioactive ingredientsco-encapsulationencapsulationnanoemulsionsprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID38138040
PMCPMC10745938

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