Nutraceutical delivery vehicles: enhanced stability, bioavailability

Nanotechnology has gained recognition as the next uprising technology in numerous sectors, together with food industry and agriculture. Diminution of particle size to nanoscale range enhances the surface area, eventually surface-to-volume ratio, subsequently enhances their reactivity by several times, modifying optical, electrical, and mechanical features. Nanotechnology can also modify the aqueous solubility, thermal stability, and bioavailability in oral delivery of bioactive nutraceuticals. Recent research developed number of suitable delivery systems that provide effective site specific release of the nutraceuticals in control way for better utilization. Phospholipid, liposomes, niosome, emulsion, microemulsion/ nanoemulsions, ethosomes, SNEDDS, SLN based delivery vehicles, Nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) for nutraceutical delivery systems will be discussed in this review. Mainly the formulations, principle of the above carrier along with recent researches of those technologies will be discussed.