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Dr. Adem Gharsallaoui

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Laboratoire d’Automatique, de Génie des Procédés et de Génie Pharmaceutique, CNRS, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
Interests: encapsulation; molecular interactions; bioactive molecules; biopolymers; controlled release
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Dear Colleagues,

Microencapsulation is an emerging technology that has been widely used in the food industry over the past decade, along with strong scientific advances in the topic. This technique aims to protect or ensure the targeted release of food-grade molecules by inclusion in an edible matrix sizing a few tens of nanometers to a few hundred micrometers. The applications in food industry are numerous and mainly target the protection of sensitive and reactive molecules (flavors, polyunsaturated oils, pigments, enzymes, etc.), or the delivery of bioactive compounds such as micronutrients or living cells into food or in the digestive tract. Several technologies have been designed at the laboratory scale or are now used at an industrial scale: spray drying, freeze drying, spray chilling, extrusion, fluidized-bed coating, emulsion, coacervation, liposomal entrapment and inclusion complexation. The development of new applications in microencapsulation and associated innovative technologies must take into account new challenges such as the demand for more natural and clean-label food products, as well as the development of clean processes that are less costly in energy and resources.

Considering the focus of this topic, we are organizing a Special Issue entitled “Advanced Microencapsulation in Food Science: 2nd Edition”, addressed to report the most recent basic and applied findings on the topic.

Researchers are invited to submit original research papers or reviews covering the following themes:

Chemistry of encapsulation materials;
New microencapsulation technologies;
Engineering of micro- and nanostructured particles;
Protective effects on biomolecules;
Physics of release mechanisms through the capsule wall and/or desorption from the carrier;
Controlled release evaluation by in vitro method or along digestive tract;
Impacts on food products;

and all related topics.

Dr. Adem Gharsallaoui
Guest Editor

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Review

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Open AccessReview

Complexation of Terpenes for the Production of New Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Molecules and Their Encapsulation in Order to Improve Their Activities

by Yousra El Fannassi, Adem Gharsallaoui, Simon Khelissa, Mohamed Amin El Amrani, Isabelle Suisse, Mathieu Sauthier, Charafeddine Jama, Saïd Boudra and Nour-Eddine Chihib

Appl. Sci. 2023, 13(17), 9854; https://doi.org/10.3390/app13179854 - 31 Aug 2023

Cited by 2 | Viewed by 1730

Abstract

Microbiological risk associated with abiotic surfaces is one of the most important issues worldwide. Surface contaminations by pathogenic bacterial biofilms or adherent cells affect a number of sectors, including medical services, food industries, human services, and the environment. There is a need to synthesize or to set up novel biosource-based antimicrobials. Terpenes such as limonene carvacrol are usually found in essential oils and have potent antimicrobial activities. However, the direct use of these molecules is often inefficient due to their low water solubility, loss of volatile compounds, thermal degradation, oxidation, and toxicity. The organic synthesis of stable metal complexes based on terpene ligands seems to be a promising issue, since it can allow for and promote the use of terpenes and challenge the drawbacks of these molecules. Spray drying could be the most suitable method for encapsulating metal complexes based on terpene ligands to protect and enhance their activity against bacterial biofilms. The goal of this review is to discuss the microbiological risk associated with pathogenic bacterial biofilm and the organic synthesis of novel antimicrobial complexes based on terpene ligands. In addition, this review explores how to improve their bioactivities and characteristics using a formulation based on encapsulation. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Microencapsulation in Food Science: 2nd Edition)

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