Cyclodextrins: Structural, chemical, and physical properties, and applications

BG Poulson, QA Alsulami, A Sharfalddin… - Polysaccharides, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Due to their unique structural, physical and chemical properties, cyclodextrins and their
derivatives have been of great interest to scientists and researchers in both academia and …

Nanoencapsulation of hydrophobic and low-soluble food bioactive compounds within different nanocarriers

A Rezaei, M Fathi, SM Jafari - Food hydrocolloids, 2019‏ - Elsevier
There are many hydrophobic or poorly soluble nutrients and bioactive compounds which are
essential for human health, such as phenolic compounds, carotenoids, essential oils …

Novel cyclodextrin-based adsorbents for removing pollutants from wastewater: A critical review

Q Liu, Y Zhou, J Lu, Y Zhou - Chemosphere, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, cyclodextrin-based adsorbents have drawn worldwide attention
as new-generation adsorbents for wastewater treatment due to its extraordinary …

A history of cyclodextrins

G Crini - Chemical reviews, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Cyclodextrins (CDs) are synthetic substances obtained from the enzymatic degradation of
one of the most essential polysaccharides, starch. CDs belong to the family of cage …

Microbial medicine: prebiotic and probiotic functional foods to target obesity and metabolic syndrome

M Green, K Arora, S Prakash - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Obesity has become a global epidemic and a public health crisis in the Western World,
experiencing a threefold increase in prevalence since 1975. High-caloric diets and …

Prebiotics as functional foods: A review

SH Al-Sheraji, A Ismail, MY Manap, S Mustafa… - Journal of functional …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Prebiotics are short chain carbohydrates that are non-digestible by digestive enzymes in
humans and selectively enhance the activity of some groups of beneficial bacteria. In the …

Cyclodextrin-based supramolecular systems for drug delivery: recent progress and future perspective

J Zhang, PX Ma - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The excellent biocompatibility and unique inclusion capability as well as powerful
functionalization capacity of cyclodextrins and their derivatives make them especially …

Characterization of beta-cyclodextrin inclusion complexes containing an essential oil component

RL Abarca, FJ Rodríguez, A Guarda, MJ Galotto… - Food chemistry, 2016‏ - Elsevier
An important issue in food technology is that antimicrobial compounds can be used for
various applications, such as the development of antimicrobial active packaging materials …

A review on the application of inorganic nano-structured materials in the modification of textiles: focus on anti-microbial properties

R Dastjerdi, M Montazer - Colloids and surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2010‏ - Elsevier
Textiles can provide a suitable substrate to grow micro-organisms especially at appropriate
humidity and temperature in contact to human body. Recently, increasing public concern …

Cyclodextrins and their uses: a review

EMM Del Valle - Process biochemistry, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Cyclodextrins are a family of cyclic oligosaccharides composed of α-(1, 4) linked
glucopyranose subunits. Cyclodextrins are useful molecular chelating agents. They possess …