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Recent Advances and Applications of Plant-Based Bioactive Saponins in Colloidal Multiphase Food Systems

The naturally occurring saponins exhibit remarkable interfacial activity and also possess many biological activities linking to human health benefits, which make them particularly attractive as bifunctional building blocks for formulation of colloidal multiphase food systems. This review focuses on...

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Autores principales: Xu, Mengyue, Wan, Zhili, Yang, Xiaoquan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8512339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34641618
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26196075
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description The naturally occurring saponins exhibit remarkable interfacial activity and also possess many biological activities linking to human health benefits, which make them particularly attractive as bifunctional building blocks for formulation of colloidal multiphase food systems. This review focuses on two commonly used food-grade saponins, Quillaja saponins (QS) and glycyrrhizic acid (GA), with the aim of clarifying the relationship between the structural features of saponin molecules and their subsequent self-assembly and interfacial properties. The recent applications of these two saponins in various colloidal multiphase systems, including liquid emulsions, gel emulsions, aqueous foams and complex emulsion foams, are then discussed. A particular emphasis is on the unique use of GA and GA nanofibrils as sole stabilizers for fabricating various multiphase food systems with many advanced qualities including simplicity, ultrastability, stimulability, structural viscoelasticity and processability. These natural saponin and saponin-based colloids are expected to be used as sustainable, plant-based ingredients for designing future foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
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spelling pubmed-85123392021-10-14 Recent Advances and Applications of Plant-Based Bioactive Saponins in Colloidal Multiphase Food Systems Xu, Mengyue Wan, Zhili Yang, Xiaoquan Molecules Review The naturally occurring saponins exhibit remarkable interfacial activity and also possess many biological activities linking to human health benefits, which make them particularly attractive as bifunctional building blocks for formulation of colloidal multiphase food systems. This review focuses on two commonly used food-grade saponins, Quillaja saponins (QS) and glycyrrhizic acid (GA), with the aim of clarifying the relationship between the structural features of saponin molecules and their subsequent self-assembly and interfacial properties. The recent applications of these two saponins in various colloidal multiphase systems, including liquid emulsions, gel emulsions, aqueous foams and complex emulsion foams, are then discussed. A particular emphasis is on the unique use of GA and GA nanofibrils as sole stabilizers for fabricating various multiphase food systems with many advanced qualities including simplicity, ultrastability, stimulability, structural viscoelasticity and processability. These natural saponin and saponin-based colloids are expected to be used as sustainable, plant-based ingredients for designing future foods, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. MDPI 2021-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8512339/ /pubmed/34641618 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26196075 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Recent Advances and Applications of Plant-Based Bioactive Saponins in Colloidal Multiphase Food Systems
title Recent Advances and Applications of Plant-Based Bioactive Saponins in Colloidal Multiphase Food Systems
title_full Recent Advances and Applications of Plant-Based Bioactive Saponins in Colloidal Multiphase Food Systems
title_fullStr Recent Advances and Applications of Plant-Based Bioactive Saponins in Colloidal Multiphase Food Systems
title_full_unstemmed Recent Advances and Applications of Plant-Based Bioactive Saponins in Colloidal Multiphase Food Systems
title_short Recent Advances and Applications of Plant-Based Bioactive Saponins in Colloidal Multiphase Food Systems
title_sort recent advances and applications of plant-based bioactive saponins in colloidal multiphase food systems
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8512339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34641618
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26196075
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