Characteristics of legume proteins as wall materials for the encapsulation of fat-soluble vitamins
Wall material | Core material | Encapsulation technique | Main findings | Encapsulation efficiency | Reference |
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PPC | Vitamin D | Nano-emulsion | PPC used as a surfactant improved vitamin absorption | 94–96% | [42, 45] |
PPI | Vitamin E (tocopherol) | Emulsions | Higher stability of PPI emulsions when compared with SPI emulsions | NI | [46] |
Vitamin D | Nano-emulsion created by ultrasound | PPI enhanced vitamin absorption | NI | [44] | |
SPI | Vitamin D | Microcapsules | Encapsulation has high vitamin retention and higher stability with respect to free vitamin D | > 82% | [43] |
Nano-emulsions | Protect vitamin D from UV exposure | > 70% | [47] | ||
Vitamin E (tocopherol) | Microencapsulation by spray-drying | SPI was modified by acylation, leading to a higher retention efficiency of vitamin E compared to native protein | Native SPI: 80%; modified SPI: 95% | [40] | |
Emulsions | Stable delivery system at low temperatures (4°C) | NI | [46] | ||
Vitamin E | Nano-emulsion | Stable delivery system | 60–90% depending on pH | [41] | |
Vitamin A (β-carotene) | Nanoparticles | Successfully managed to preserve β-carotene inside the protein aggregates | > 93% | [48] |
PPC: pea protein concentrate; PPI: pea protein isolate; NI: not informed
ADC and JNP: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft. MCP: Conceptualization, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. All authors read and approved the submitted version.
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This work was financially supported by Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica [PICT2019-877]; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [PIP202-1252]; and Universidad Nacional del La Plata [2020-A346]. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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