Immobilization and microencapsulation

Microencapsulation and Nanoencapsulation: A Review

ABSTARCT Encapsulation is a process of enclosing the substances within an inert material which protects from environment as well as control drug release. Recently, two type of encapsulation has been performed in several research. Nanoencapsulation is the coating of various substances within another material at sizes on the nano scale. Microencapsulation is similar to nanoencapsulation aside fro...

Microencapsulation of Cells

................................................................................................. 2 Introduction Hormone replacement............................................................................ 3 Encapsulation of cells........................................................................ 4 Problem statement...........................................................................

Microencapsulation of Rodenticides

Microencapsulation of Vitamins

Functional foods are beginning to play a major role in what consumers buy and eat. The International Life Science Institute has defined a functional food as ‘a food which has a beneficial effect on one or more target functions of the body, above and beyond the usual effects of food, such as improving the state of health and well-being or reducing the risk of disease. Examples of these types of ...

Microencapsulation of Probiotic Bacteria:

In the recent past, there has been an explosion of probiotic health-based products. Many reports indicated that there is poor survival of probiotic bacteria in these products. Further, the survival of these bacteria in the human gastro-intestinal system is questionable. Providing probiotic living cells with a physical barrier against adverse environmental conditions is therefore an approach cur...