Development of Controlled Delivery Functional Systems by Microencapsulation of Different Extracts of Plants: Hypericum perforatum L., Salvia officinalis L. and Syzygium aromaticum

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2021

Authors

Berta Nogueiro Estevinho (Author) FEUP; Ioana-Luiza Horciu (Author) Other; Alexandra-Cristina Blaga (Author) Other; Fernando Rocha (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Food and Bioprocess Technology

Vol. 14

Pages: 1503-1517

ISSN: 1935-5130

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Associated Projects

MicroDelivery - Desenvolvimento de sistemas funcionais de libertação controlada por microencapsulação de compostos ativos e naturais, com interesse terapêutico, nutricional e tecnológico

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Authenticus ID: P-00T-XPC

DOI: 10.1007/s11947-021-02652-9

Abstract (EN): Extracts of different plants (Hypericum perforatum L., Salvia officinalais L. and Syzygium aromaticum) were microencapsulated. Different microparticles were prepared by a spray drying process, and they were fully characterized and evaluated in terms of controlled release. The product yield of the spray dryer varied from 26.5 to 65.5 wt%. All the microparticles present a regular shape, a very smooth surface and a mean size smaller than 20 mu m. The total release was achieved in less than 70 min. The encapsulation efficiency was around 100%. The release profiles were simulated and evaluated using different kinetic models: Korsmeyer-Peppas (R-2: 0.795-0.992), Weibull (R-2: 0.973-0.999) and Baker-Lonsdale (R-2: 0.855-0.964). These mathematical models allowed the evaluation of the mass transport mechanisms involved in the release, which, in turn, helps to design a system with specific characteristics. Finally, the Weibull model presents a better adjustment to the experimental release profiles, and the drug transport mechanism involved in almost all the release profiles studied is by an anomalous transport.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 15