Probiotics and plant extracts: a promising synergy and delivery systems

Author(s)

Holkem, Augusto Tasch ; da Silva, Marluci Palazzolli ; Favaro-Trindade, Carmen Silvia

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION; v. N/A, p. 19-pg., 2022-04-16.

Abstract

There is a current interest in healthy diets and supplements, indicating the relevance of novel delivery systems for plant extracts rich in bioactive compounds and probiotics. This simultaneous delivery system can be prospective for health. In this sense, investigating foods rich in bioactive compounds or supplemented by them for incorporating probiotics and some approaches to improve probiotic survivability, such as the choice of resistant probiotic strains or microencapsulation, is valuable. This review addresses a brief discussion about the role of phenolic compounds, chlorophyll and carotenoids from plants and probiotics in gut health, indicating the benefits of this association. Also, an overview of delivery systems used in recent studies is shown, considering their advantages for incorporation in food matrices. Delivery systems containing compounds recovered from plants can reduce probiotic oxidative stress, improving survivability. However, investigating the beneficial concentration of some bioactive compounds from plant extracts is relevant due to their antimicrobial potential. In addition, further clinical trials and toxicological studies of plant extracts are pertinent to ensure safety. Thus, the recovery of extracts from plants emerges as an alternative to providing multiple compounds with antioxidant potential, increasing the preservation of probiotics and allowing the fortification or enrichment of food matrices. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/19375-0 - Coencapsulation of probiotics and proanthocyanidin-rich extract obtained from cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume)
• Grantee: Augusto Tasch Holkem
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 16/24895-5 - Coencapsulation of guarana (Paullinia cupana) extracts and probiotics
• Grantee: Marluci Palazzolli da Silva Padilha
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 18/05315-3 - Chemo-preventive properties of extracts from blueberries, jabuticabas and cinnamon isolated or combined with probiotics
• Grantee: Augusto Tasch Holkem
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 19/09757-3 - Encapsulation using cells-based carrier: infusion of vegetable extracts
• Grantee: Marluci Palazzolli da Silva Padilha
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate