Encapsulation of hydrophobic materials in yeast cells
Hydrophobic compound | Encapsulation process | Yeast | Effects of encapsulation | Reference |
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Pure curcumin and temulawak extract | Diffusion with an incubator shaker (35°–55°C, 18 h) and vacuum-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | The highest encapsulation efficiency/yield is at 45°C, while the lowest is at 35°C. | [69] |
Curcumin | Osmoporation | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | -Improvement of EE (60%);-Retained over 80% of antioxidant activity after exposure to high temperatures (150°C) and artificial light for 50 days;-Increase 5.7-fold in photochemical stability, with a half-life of 181 days under illumination conditions. | [47] |
Pressure-facilitated infusion | Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Alive yeast cells, deactivated yeast cells, and yeast cell wall particles) | -EE: 18% for yeast cell wall particles, 31% alive yeast cells; 37% deactivated yeast cells;-99% bacterial inactivation of yeast cell wall particles with curcumin. | [89] | |
Curcumin and fisetin | Dehydration, rehydration, vacuum infusion, or incubation | Saccharomyces cerevisiae (native yeast, yeast cell wall particles) | EE: 66.6% curcumin and 64% fisetin (35% ethanol). | [38] |
Curcumin | Controlled evaporation | Saccharomyces cerevisiae (glucan particles) | EE: 88.5%. | [88] |
Curcumin | Diffusion and freeze-drying | Chlorella Vulgaris | EE: 98%. | [87] |
Curcumin and ibuprofen | Spray drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast glucan particles) | EE: 102% curcumin; 64.3% ibuprofen. | [67] |
Curcumin | Vacuum infusion | Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Intact yeast cells, plasmolyzed yeast, i.e., yeast cell wall particles) | EE: 99.7% (90°C for 1 min). | [65] |
Mentha pulegium essential oil | Plasmolysis pretreatment, diffusion, and freeze-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | EE: 36%. | [59] |
Manuka essential oil | Vacuum infusion method | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | EE: 16.8 mg/g ± 1.8 mg/g (14.24% w/v the concentration of oil in the encapsulation solution). | [74] |
Purslane seed oil | Pretreatments: Non-plasmolyzed; emulsification plasmolyzed, diffusion and freeze-drying; extra-coating with carboxymethylcellulose | Saccharomyces cerevisiae [non-plasmolyzed, plasmolyzed, and plasmolyzed carboxy methyl cellulose (CMC)-coated] | -EE: 53–65%;-The plasmolysis;-Treatment increased EE and decreased the peroxide value of oil;-The lowest oxidation rate plasmolyzed CMC-coated microcapsules. | [70] |
Menhaden fish oil | Pretreatments: autolysis or enzymatic hydrolysis; emulsification, diffusion, and freeze-drying; extra-coating with hydroxypropyl methylcellulose | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | -Autolysis at 55°C, combined with 1.5% ethyl acetate pretreatment (EE: 90%);-Stable for 30 days under < 70% RH. | [25] |
Black cumin seed oil | Plasmolysis pretreatment, diffusion, and freeze-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | -EE: 59.97%, plasmolyzed loaded yeast capsules;-EE: 39.18%, non-plasmolyzed loaded yeast capsules. | [66] |
Wheat germ oil | Alive, non-plasmolyzed, and plasmolyzed, freeze-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | EE: 43.1%, plasmolyzed loaded yeast capsules. | [91] |
Oil blends (rapeseed, camelina, black cumin, evening primrose, wheat germ, and rice bran oil) | Autolysis, microencapsulation by ultrasound process, and freeze-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | EE: 8.25–13.98%. | [92] |
Flavonoid: quercetin | Diffusion and freeze-drying | Yarrowia lipolytica W29 | Longer lifetime of the long-term quercetin population. | [73] |
Flavonoid: fisetin | Osmotic dehydration, rehydration, and internalization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Improvement of EE (33%) and internalized fisetin content (1.199 mg) via osmoporation. | [63] |
Flavonoid: fisetin | Sonoprocessing and either spray-drying or freeze-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | Better EE, encapsulation yield, and antioxidant activity for spray-dried microcapsules. | [82] |
Flavonoid: taxifolin | Ultrasonic micro-structuring and diffusion | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | -EE: 61.7% at 37°C compared to 28°C;-More than 1.5 times higher antioxidant activity and bioavailability after in vitro digestion via encapsulation. | [9] |
Terpene: carvacrol | Diffusion and freeze-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | -EE: 60%;-The highest larvicidal activity and lower volatility on Rhipicephalus microplus. | [10] |
Terpene: limonene | Emulsification and high-pressure spraying process (concentrated powder form technology) | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | EE of concentrated powder form technology: 85.9%. | [44] |
Terpene: limonene | Diffusion and spray-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | -aw < 0.7: no limonene release;-Thermostable and resistant up to 263°C; the release of limonene started above 243°C. | [20] |
Terpene: limonene, carvone, and linalool | Diffusion | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | The process of encapsulation was mainly passive diffusion with slightly active transportation. | [64] |
Stilbenes: resveratrol | Diffusion and freeze-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | -2–3 times higher the water solubility;-The slower photodecomposition;-Stronger antioxidant activity. | [71] |
Carotenoids: β-carotene | Magnetic agitation | Yarrowia lipolytica | Optimum EE: 42.8 μg/g β-carotene with Yarrowia lipolytica cultured at pH 4.5, a medium volume equal to 115 mL, and agitation speed at 211 r/min. | [4] |
Carotenoids: β-carotene | Ultrasound-assisted diffusion and freeze-drying | Yarrowia lipolytica W29 | Ultrasound treatment was four times higher than chloroform-mediated encapsulation. | [34] |
Vitamin: cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) | Diffusion and spray-drying or freeze-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | -Highest EE: plasmolyzed and spray-dried capsules, approximately 76%;-Diffusion mechanism: fickian mechanism;-Lower release rate in gastric conditions (up to 35.75%) than in intestinal conditions (up to 97.9%). | [72] |
Vitamin: cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) | Diffusion and spray-drying or freeze-drying | Saccharomyces cerevisiae | -53% protection against UV and over 90% protection against thermal treatment (80°C, 1 h)-Over 90% encapsulated vitamin D3 in baked bread. | [81] |
EE: encapsulation efficiency; CMC: carboxy methyl cellulose; aw: water activity; RH: relative humidity; UV: ultraviolet