New Trends and Perspectives on In Vitro Digestion Processes and Applications
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 April 2024) | Viewed by 2700
Special Issue Editors
2. Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
Interests: bioactive substances; proteins; lipids; water soluble substances; dietary fibre; carbohydrates; faecal bacteria; in vitro digestion; bioavailability; digestibility
Interests: rheology; proteins; emulsions; foams; gels; polysaccharides; 3D printing
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Interests: gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; multivariate analysis; cereals, pseudocereals and industrial plants; functional food; authenticity; food 3D printing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The bioavailability of food intake is assessed using indicators of intake of nutrients, and has an impact on human health. Due to the difficulties in accessing intestinal contents in vivo, in vitro food absorption performance models were developed.
Most of the models used comprise two or three stages, and include stomach–intestine systems, thin oral cavity–stomach–small intestine systems, or stomach–small intestine–large intestine systems. In in vitro gastrointestinal tract models, different volume (weight) ratios between intestinal fluids can be recommended. Dialysis systems, ultrafiltration, or in vitro intestinal epithelial cell culture models are used as models for nutrient absorption studies. The most popular cell line used to study food absorption is the Caco-2 line. Its morphology and physiology are very similar to natural human enterocytes in vivo. The Caco-2 model is used to study the absorption of proteins, lipids, sugars, vitamins, antioxidants, mycotoxins and other food ingredients.
This Special Issue on “New Trends and Perspectives on In Vitro Digestion Processes and Applications” aims to further the innovative application of the in vitro digestion of food ingredients.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Presentation of novel in vitro digestion models;
- Digestibility and bioavailability of nutrients: proteins, lipids, carbohydrates;
- Digestibility and bioavailability of other bioactive substances: lipid and water soluble;
- Transformation and interactions between components of food during in vitro digestion;
- Changes in numbers and activity of faecal bacteria during in vitro digestion;
- Simulation of small-intestinal epithelium.
Dr. Krzysztof Dziedzic
Prof. Dr. Anabela Raymundo
Dr. Kristian Pastor
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive substances
- lipid-soluble substances
- water soluble substances
- dietary fibre
- carbohydrates
- faecal bacteria
- in vitro digestion
- bioavailability
- digestibility
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