Use of Soy Protein‐Based Carriers for Encapsulating Bioactive Ingredients

Self-assembled proteins for food applications: A review

“…β-conglycinin (SC) and glycinin (SG) are the main soy globulins, which are known as 7S and 11S, respectively. Some reviews have addressed the SC and SG structure and physicochemical properties, as well as soy protein isolate (SPI), which is an important soy protein product (Nishinari, Fang, Guo, & Phillips, 2014;Tang, 2017).…”

“…In addition to their health benefits, which include lowering cholesterol, protective effects against diabetes, obesity, and kidney diseases, and anticarcinogenic activity, soy proteins have demonstrated other functionalities, such as their ability to aggregate, and their gelling and emulsifying properties. Currently, many studies have focused on the development of novel nanostructures based on soy proteins for the delivery of bioactive compounds, especially those with reduced bioavailability or low water solubility (Abaee et al, 2017;Chen, Ou, & Tang, 2016;Pereira Souza, Deyse Gurak, & Damasceno Ferreira Marczak, 2017;Tang & Liang, 2017). Tang (2019) has extensively reviewed different methods to develop varied nanostructures from soy proteins, including the self-assembly mechanism.…”

Soy Protein-Based Hydrogel under Microwave-Induced Grafting of Acrylic Acid and 4-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)butanoic Acid: A Potential Vehicle for Controlled Drug Delivery in Oral Cavity Bacterial Infections

“…SPI, being the major coproduct of soybean oil, is one of the cheapest proteins existing in nature with excellent processability − and hence has a promising potential to be developed into a cost-effective hydrogel for industry-scale production. Given its low cost, emulsifying properties, gelling capacity, and nutritional and technological properties, SPI is one of the most frequently studied plant proteins and is already widely used as a carrier for food and nutraceutical applications. − However, their brittle nature, poor physicomechanical strength, water-holding capacity, and moisture sensitivity have limited their applications . Only a few studies have focused on their use for biomedical applications and its chemical modifications to modulate its functional properties …”

Soy Protein Microparticles for Enhanced Oral Ibuprofen Delivery: Preparation, Characterization, and In Vitro Release Evaluation

“…However, given the increasing numbers of vegetarians and people avoiding dietary lactose, together with the need to prevent potential health problems due to contamination (e.g., bovine spongiform encephalopathy), plant proteins appear to be a more appropriate alternative (11)(12)(13), although their potential for use in pharmaceutical applications has yet to be explored. Given its low cost, emulsifying properties, gelling capacity, nutritional and technological properties, soy protein isolate (SPI) is one of the most frequently studied plant proteins and is already widely used as a carrier for food and nutraceutical applications (14)(15)(16)(17)(18). However, only a few studies have focused on the use of SPI for API encapsulation and pharmaceutical applications, and even fewer have considered chemical modifications to the protein to modulate its functional properties (19).…”