Probiotics and plant extracts: a promising synergy and delivery systems

Autor(es)

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

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION; v. N/A, p. 19-pg., 2022-04-16.

Resumo

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)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/19375-0 - Coencapsulação dos probióticos e extrato rico em proantocianidinas obtido da canela (Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blume)
• Beneficiário: Augusto Tasch Holkem
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 16/24895-5 - Coencapsulação dos extratos do guaraná (Paullinia cupana) e probióticos
• Beneficiário: Marluci Palazzolli da Silva Padilha
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 18/05315-3 - Propriedades quimiopreventivas de extratos de mirtilos, jabuticabas e canela isolados ou combinados com probióticos
• Beneficiário: Augusto Tasch Holkem
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 19/09757-3 - Encapsulação usando células como carreador: infusão de extratos vegetais
• Beneficiário: Marluci Palazzolli da Silva Padilha
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Doutorado