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Engineering polyphenols with biological functions via polyphenol-protein interactions as additives for functional foods

Background

As plant secondary metabolites, polyphenols have gained more attention with increasing market demand due to their potential benefit for health. However, the low uptake rate and target delivery efficiency of polyphenols towards target sites such as organs, tissues and cells limit their applications. Polyphenols possess binding affinities with proteins via non-covalent and (or) covalent interactions, which provide a strategy for engineering as polyphenol-protein complexes to protect them from oxidation and enzymatic hydrolysis during gastrointestinal digestion. Polyphenol engineering via polyphenol-protein interaction changes the physical and chemical characteristics of polyphenols, thereby protecting polyphenols from oxidation and enzymatic hydrolysis during gastrointestinal digestion and improving their uptake rate, target specific delivery and biological activity.

» Author: Yuting Li, Dong He, Bing Li, Marianne N. Lund, Yifan Xing, Yi Wang, Fuxiang Li, Xiao Cao, Yujia Liu, Xiangyu Chen, Jiamei Yu, Jie Zhu, Minlian Zhang, Qiang Wang, Yuhao Zhang, Bin Li, Jinshui Wang, Xinhui Xing, Lin Li

» Publication Date: 01/04/2021

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