ReviewDesigned monomers and polymers2025
Advances in bio-polymer coatings for probiotic microencapsulation: chitosan and beyond for enhanced stability and controlled release.
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- Recent Advances in Polysaccharide-Based Encapsulation of Probiotics: Encapsulation Technologies, Material Properties, and Applications in Dairy Products.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Metal-Organic Frameworks in Food Biotechnology: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Perspectives for Probiotic Delivery, Precision Fermentation, and Circular Food Systems.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Nanoencapsulation ofPharmaceutics · 2026Article
- Polymer-Based and Biomaterial Encapsulation of Probiotics for Improved Viability.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Robustness-by-design for Probiotic Foods: Mechanisms, Non-thermal Stress Conditioning, and Engineered Microenvironments.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- The probiotic bacteria and their encapsulated forms as food components: Survival, effects and quality.AIMS microbiology · 2026Review
- Smart Probiotic Solutions for Mycotoxin Mitigation: Innovations in Food Safety and Sustainable Agriculture.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Engineering bacteria for enhanced tumor therapy: from surface modification to synthetic genetic circuits.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2025Review
- Chitosan nanoparticles: Green synthesis, biological activities, and sustainable frontiers in targeted drug delivery and cancer nanomedicine - A comprehensive review.Materials today. Bio · 2025Review
- Alginate oligosaccharides in the food industry: emerging functional roles, health benefits, and technological applications - Review.Food chemistry: X · 2025Review
- Survival ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Nanoparticle-Driven Modulation of Mucosal Immunity and Interplay with the Microbiome.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Probiotics and human health: biological activities, nutritional aspects, immunomodulatory properties, applications, and future perspectives - a comprehensive review.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
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Abstract
This review paper analyzes recent advancements in bio-polymer coatings for probiotic microencapsulation, with a particular emphasis on chitosan and its synergistic combinations with other materials. Probiotic microencapsulation is essential for protecting probiotics from environmental stresses, enhancing their stability, and ensuring effective delivery to the gut. The review begins with an overview of probiotic microencapsulation, highlighting its significance in safeguarding probiotics through processing, storage, and gastrointestinal transit. Advances in chitosan-based encapsulation are explored, including the integration of chitosan with other bio-polymers such as alginate, gelatin, and pectin, as well as the application of nanotechnology and innovative encapsulation techniques like spray drying and layer-by-layer assembly. Detailed mechanistic insights are integrated, illustrating how chitosan influences gut microbiota by promoting beneficial bacteria and suppressing pathogens, thus enhancing its role as a prebiotic or synbiotic. Furthermore, the review delves into chitosan's immunomodulatory effects, particularly in the context of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and autoimmune diseases, describing the immune signaling pathways influenced by chitosan and linking gut microbiota changes to improvements in systemic immunity. Recent clinical trials and human studies assessing the efficacy of chitosan-coated probiotics are presented, alongside a discussion of practical applications and a comparison of in vitro and in vivo findings to highlight real-world relevance. The sustainability of chitosan sources and their environmental impact are addressed, along with the novel concept of chitosan's role in the gut-brain axis. Finally, the review emphasizes future research needs, including the development of personalized probiotic therapies and the exploration of novel bio-polymers and encapsulation techniques.
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