Microencapsulation: a Promising Alternative for Preserving Natural Products

• Autor(a) principal: Foglio, M. A.
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Servat, L., Spindola, H. M., Rodrigues, R. A. F.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Fitos
• Texto Completo: https://revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br/index.php/revista-fitos/article/view/116
• topic: Microencapsulation; Microparticles; Natural Products; Microencapsulação; Micropartículas; Produtos Naturais

The increasing utilization of phytotherapics as well as the studies on them has generally triggered also a crescent worry on their efficacy, given that some non-adequate plants processing could chemically degrade their molecular content and lead to the loss of the pharmacological activities. Among the alternative techniques available to preserve the original characteristic properties of medicinal vegetal extracts it may be cited the microencapsulation. In the present survey, the most used methods for obtaining microcapsules are presented, as well as the overall applications and benefits of such. The advantages so far observed may support further studies in the field, aiming the preservation of the natural products original characteristics and, moreover, afford strategies that contribute to the standardization of those extracts and products.