Browsing by Author "Jafari, Seid Mahdi"
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Caffeine-loaded nano/micro-carriers: Techniques, bioavailability, and applications
Shaddela, Rezvan; Akbari-Alavijeh, Safoura; Cacciotti, Ilaria; Yousefi, Shima; Tomaş, Merve; Çapanoğlu, Esra; Tarhan, Özgür; Rashidinejad, Ali; Rezaei, Atefe; Bhia, Mohammed; Jafari, Seid Mahdi (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2024)Caffeine, as one of the most consumed bioactive compounds globally, has gained considerable attention during the last years. Considering the bitter taste and adverse effects of high levels of caffeine consumption, it is ... -
The direct and indirect effects of bioactive compounds against coronavirus
Tomaş, Merve; Çapanoğlu, Esra; Bahrami, Akbar; Hosseini, Hamed; Akbari-Alavijeh, Safoura; Shaddel, Rezvan; Rehman, Abdur; Rezaei, Atefe; Rashidinejad, Ali; Garavand, Farhad; Goudarzi, Mostafa; Jafari, Seid Mahdi (John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2022)Emerging viruses are known to pose a threat to humans in the world. COVID-19, a newly emerging viral respiratory disease, can spread quickly from people to people via respiratory droplets, cough, sneeze, or exhale. Up to ... -
Optical analysis of nanoencapsulated food ingredients by color measurement
Lee, Chi Ching; Tomaş, Merve; Jafari, Seid Mahdi (ACADEMIC PRESS LTD-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2020)Nanoencapsulation is widely used in the food industry and the currently there is a focus on the processing and formulation of food ingredients to form nanostructures. For example, nanocarriers can deliver functional food ... -
Phycocyanin, a super functional ingredient from algae; properties, purification characterization, and applications
Ashaolu, Tolulope Joshua; Samborska, Katarzyna; Lee, Chi Ching; Tomas, Merve; Capanoglu, Esra; Tarhan, Ozgur; Jafari, Seid Mahdi (Elsevier, 2021)Phycocyanins (PCYs) are a group of luxuriant bioactive compounds found in blue-green algae with an estimated global market of about US$250 million within this decade. The multifarious markets of PCYs noted by form (e.g. ... -
Possible health risks associated with nanostructures in food
Rezaei, Atefe; Daeihamed, Marjan; Capanoglu, Esra; Tomaş, Merve; Akbari-Alavijeh, Safoura; Shaddel, Rezvan; Khoshnoudi-Nia, Sara; Boostani, Sareh; Rostamabadi, Hadis; Falsafi, Seid Reza; Jafari, Seid Mahdi (Elsevier, 2021)Both organic and inorganic nanostructures have the potential to improve the quality, nutritional values, and safety of food. However, nanostructures have unique properties that induce potential health risks. Nanostructures ... -
Recent progresses in the delivery of β-carotene: From nano/microencapsulation to bioaccessibility
Jalali-Jivan, Mehdi; Rostamabadi, Hadis; Assadpour, Elham; Tomaş, Merve; Çapanoğlu, Esra; Alizadeh Sani, Mahmood; Kharazmi, Mohammad Saeed; Jafari, Seid Mahdi (Elsevier B.V., 2022)Beta-carotene (BC) as an efficient pro-vitamin is effective in improving vision, immune system and cognitive function as well as preventing coronary diseases and cancer. However, besides its poor chemical stability, the ... -
The Role of Probiotics in Improving Food Safety: Inactivation of Pathogens and Biological Toxins
Ansari, Fereshteh; Lee, Chi-Ching; Rashidimehr, Azadeh; Eskandari, Soheyl; Ashaolu, Tolulope Joshua; Mirzakhani, Esmaeel; Pourjafar, Hadi; Jafari, Seid Mahdi (Bentham Science Publ Ltd, 2024)Various studies have shown that different types of probiotics as healthy gut microbes, in addition to having beneficial effects on the host’s health, have an excellent ability to eliminate and neutralize chemical toxins ... -
Targeting foodborne pathogens via surface-functionalized nano-antimicrobials
Bahrami, Akbar; Delshadi, Rana; Cacciotti, Ilaria; Esfanjani, Afshin Faridi; Rezaei, Atefe; Tarhan, Özgür; Lee, Chi-Ching; Assadpour, Elham; Tomaş, Merve; Vahapoğlu, Beyza; Güven Çapanoğlu, Esra; Williams, Leonard; Jafari, Seid Mahdi (Elsevier B.V., 2022)The incorporation of antibiotics and bioactive compounds into non-toxic nanoparticles has been popularly used to produce effective antimicrobial nanocarriers against foodborne pathogens. These systems can protect antimicrobials ...
