Hydrogels are presently under investigation as a delivery system for bioactive molecules, because of their similar physical properties as that of living tissue, which is due to their high water content, soft and rubbery consistency, and low interfacial tension with water or biological fluids. Anionic hydrogels are used in the design of intelligent controlled release devices for site-specific dr...

Encapsulation and immobilization technology is important for the food processing and bioengineering industries. Chitosan is a natural polysaccharide prepared by the N-deacetylation of chitin. It has been widely used in food and bioengineering industries, including the encapsulation of active food ingredients, in enzyme immobilization, and as a carrier for controlled drug delivery, due to its si...

Engineering drug delivery systems (DDS) aim to release bioactive cargo a specific site within the human body safely and efficiently. Hydrogels have been used as matrices in different studies due their biocompatibility, biodegradability, versatility biomedical purposes. Microparticles also for similar reasons. The combination of microparticles hydrogels composite system has topic many research w...

Bioactive compounds possess a variety of potentially beneficial bioactivities. However, the application these ingredients in food, supplement and pharmaceutical industries is often challenged due to their poor solubility, low chemical stability, unsustainable bioavailability. Carvacrol, for example, can represent wide range bioactive that are susceptible processing, transportation storage condi...

Pectin is a polysaccharide that has been recently gaining attention because it renewable, inexpensive, biocompatible, degradable, non-toxic, non-polluting, and mechanical integrity. The recent extraction techniques modification to the structural property of pectin have led modified whose chemical surface functional groups yield galacturonic acid galactose contents which are primarily responsibl...