Encapsulation of Vitamin D in the Exine-Alginate-Chitosan Microcapsule System
Gülnur DUYSAK,
Idris SARGİN
Abstract:The insufficiency of vitamin D, resulting from inadequate exposure to sunlight and/or insufficient dietary intake, remains a major public health concern on a global scale. In this study, vitamin D2 and D3 were microencapsulated using sporopollenin exine microcapsules extracted from Cedrus libani pollens. After loading vitamin D into the microcapsules, they were coated with chitosan, an edible, biocompatible, and mucoadhesive polysaccharide, and alginate (a food additive agent coded E401). Exine microcapsules w… Show more
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