The ideal drug delivery system has a bioavailability comparable to parenteral dosage forms
but is as convenient and easy to use for the patient as oral solid dosage forms. In recent …

Corn is an economically important crop with a broad presence worldwide, especially for
providing animal feed and human consumption products, including those from industries …

Prolamins extracted from cereal crops have shown promise as delivery vessels for
hydrophobic bioactives. Kafirin, the main prolamin in sorghum, is more hydrophobic than its …

In this study, oxidized starch (OS)/zein nanoparticles (ZNP) complexes were prepared and
used to stabilize Pickering emulsions. The effect of starch oxidation using three levels of …

Phytosterols have been shown to lower cholesterol levels and to have antioxidant, anti-
inflammatory and other biological activities. However, the high melting point and poor …

Tissue engineering (TE) is one of the most challenging fields of research since it provides
current alternative protocols and materials for the regeneration of damaged tissue. The …

In this study, a folic acid-functionalized niosome was formulated and loaded with letrozole
and curcumin as a promising drug carrier system for chemotherapy of the breast cancer …

Zein is a natural, biocompatible, and biodegradable polymer widely used in the
pharmaceutical, biomedical, and packaging fields because of its low water vapor …

Background Zein-based nanoparticles and nanofibers have attracted considerable attention
because of their ability to co-encapsulate and deliver multiple bioactive compounds. Zein …

Naringenin, a lipophilic flavanone of citrus fruits, was encapsulated for enhanced
bioavailability using biodegradable polymers of polylactic acid/polyvinyl alcohol (PLA/PVA) …