Excipient Nanoemulsions for Improving Oral Bioavailability of Bioactives
Laura Salvia-Trujillo 1, Olga Martín-Belloso 2 and David Julian McClements 1,3,*
Received: 9 November 2015; Accepted: 12 January 2016; Published: 14 January 2016
Academic Editors: Andrea Danani and Thomas Nann
1 Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA;
laura@foodsci.umass.edu
2 Department of Food Technology, University of Lleida, Lleida 25193, Spain; omartin@tecal.udl.cat
3 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203,
Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
* Correspondence: mcclements@foodsci.umass.edu; Tel.: +1-413-545-1019; Fax: +1-413-545-1262
Abstract: The oral bioavailability of many hydrophobic bioactive compounds found in natural
Received: 9 November 2015; Accepted: 12 January 2016; Published: 14 January 2016
Academic Editors: Andrea Danani and Thomas Nann
1 Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA;
laura@foodsci.umass.edu
2 Department of Food Technology, University of Lleida, Lleida 25193, Spain; omartin@tecal.udl.cat
3 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203,
Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
* Correspondence: mcclements@foodsci.umass.edu; Tel.: +1-413-545-1019; Fax: +1-413-545-1262
Abstract: The oral bioavailability of many hydrophobic bioactive compounds found in natural