EVALUATION OF INTESTINAL ABSORPTION OF HERBAL LIPID BASED COMPOSITIONS USING CACO-2 CELL MODEL

• Grant number: 14/01898-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: May 30, 2014
• End date: November 29, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Industrial Operations and Equipment for Chemical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Wanderley Pereira Oliveira
• Grantee: Diego Francisco Cortés-Rojas
• Supervisor: Günther Hochhaus
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto (FCFRP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Ribeirão Preto , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of Florida, Gainesville (UF), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 12/09890-6 - ENCAPSULATION OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS FROM Syzygium aromaticum in SOLID LIPIDIC CARRIERS, BP.DR

Abstract

Lipidic formulations were developed to improve the chemical instability and to increase the absorption of bioactive compounds of clove. This project will evaluate the efficacy of those lipidic formulations on the intestinal absorption using CaCo-2 cells.