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Bioactive Ingredients in the Food Matrix

A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Chemistry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 12989

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ali Rashidinejad

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Guest Editor
Riddet Institute, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North 4442, New Zealand
Interests: bioactive compounds; phenolic compounds; functional foods; encapsulation; phytochemical delivery
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Dr. Seid Mahdi Jafari

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Guest Editor
Department of Food Materials and Process Design Engineering, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
Interests: nano-encapsulation; spray drying; food ingredients; food nano/emulsions

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Recently, there has been a growing research interest in the functionality and bioefficacy of bioactive ingredients using different techniques and the incorporation of these materials into various food products, known as ‘functional foods’. The bioactive ingredients include a diverse class of bioactive compounds such as polyphenols, carotenoids, vitamins, minerals, essential oils, and flavors, as well as bioactive live organisms (i.e., probiotics).

This Special Issue of ‘Bioactive ingredients in the Food Matrix’ aims to bring together pure and applied research papers on various aspects that have been experimented and suggested for the aforementioned broad group of bioactive compounds and bioactive live organisms (i.e., probiotics).

Dr. Ali Rashidinejad
Dr. Seid Mahdi Jafari
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • bioactive ingredients
  • functional foods
  • food matrix
  • probiotic cells
  • encapsulation
  • nanodelivery
  • encapsulation
  • bioactive bioavailability

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Vitamin B12 in Foods, Food Supplements, and Medicines—A Review of Its Role and Properties with a Focus on Its Stability
by Žane Temova Rakuša, Robert Roškar, Neal Hickey and Silvano Geremia
Molecules 2023, 28(1), 240; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28010240 - 28 Dec 2022
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Abstract
Vitamin B12, also known as the anti-pernicious anemia factor, is an essential micronutrient totally dependent on dietary sources that is commonly integrated with food supplements. Four vitamin B12 forms—cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalamin, 5′-deoxyadenosylcobalamin, and methylcobalamin—are currently used for supplementation and, here, we [...] Read more.
Vitamin B12, also known as the anti-pernicious anemia factor, is an essential micronutrient totally dependent on dietary sources that is commonly integrated with food supplements. Four vitamin B12 forms—cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalamin, 5′-deoxyadenosylcobalamin, and methylcobalamin—are currently used for supplementation and, here, we provide an overview of their biochemical role, bioavailability, and efficacy in different dosage forms. Since the effective quantity of vitamin B12 depends on the stability of the different forms, we further provide a review of their main reactivity and stability under exposure to various environmental factors (e.g., temperature, pH, light) and the presence of some typical interacting compounds (oxidants, reductants, and other water-soluble vitamins). Further, we explore how the manufacturing process and storage affect B12 stability in foods, food supplements, and medicines and provide a summary of the data published to date on the content-related quality of vitamin B12 products on the market. We also provide an overview of the approaches toward their stabilization, including minimization of the destabilizing factors, addition of proper stabilizers, or application of some (innovative) technological processes that could be implemented and contribute to the production of high-quality vitamin B12 products. Full article
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