Resumo (PT):
Abstract (EN):
In addition to the traditional role of calcium homeostasis and bone mineralization,
calcitriol, the active metabolite of vitamin D, also displays other metabolic activities as
antiproliferative, proȬd’fferent’at’ngǰ ant’Ȭ’nflammatoryǰ immunomodulatory, and
antineoplastic effectsǯ Thus, the awareness that vitamin D ’nsuffic’encyȦdefic’ency may
be associated with various diseases has grown. Also nowadays, vitamin D is recognized
as a potential therapeutic agent in anticancer therapy. However, its administration
presents some drawbacks such as high toxicity and low bioavailability. Thus, the use of
nanotechnology may overcome these problems associated with vitamin D administra‐
tion, allowing to decrease its toxicity in healthy tissues and increasing its bioavailability.
In this chapter, an overview on vitamin D and its metabolic activity is presented, as well
as a review of nanosystems forthe encapsulation of vitamin D for d’fferent applications,
such as food and pharmaceutical industries
Idioma:
Inglês
Tipo (Avaliação Docente):
Científica
Nº de páginas:
19