Affiliation:
1. Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering China Agricultural University Beijing 100083 China
2. Key Laboratory of Precision Nutrition and Food Quality Department of Nutrition and Health China Agricultural University Beijing 100089 China
3. Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety Ministry of Education College of Food Science and Engineering Tianjin University of Science and Technology Tianjin 300457 China
4. Food Laboratory of Zhongyuan Luohe 462300 China
Abstract
AbstractAlthough bioactive compounds (BCs) have many important functions, their applications are greatly limited due to their own defects. The development of nanocarriers (NCs) technology has gradually overcome the defects of BCs. NCs are equally important as BCs to some extent. Self‐assembly (SA) methods to build NCs have many advantages than chemical methods, and SA has significant impact on the structure and function of NCs. However, the relationship among SA mechanism, structure, and function has not been given enough attention. Therefore, from the perspective of bottom‐up building mechanism, the concept of SA‐structure‐function of NCs is emphasized to promote the development of SA‐based NCs. First, the conditions and forces for occurring SA are introduced, and then the SA basis and molecular mechanism of protein, polysaccharide, and lipid are summarized. Then, varieties of the structures formed based on SA are introduced in detail. Finally, facing the defects of BCs and how to be well solved by NCs are also elaborated. This review attempts to describe the great significance of constructing artificial NCs to deliver BCs from the aspects of SA‐structure‐function, so as to promote the development of SA‐based NCs and the wide application of BCs.
Funder
National Basic Research Program of China
Subject
Biomaterials,Biotechnology,General Materials Science,General Chemistry