TY - BOOK AU - Noore,Shaba AU - Pathania,Shivani AU - Fuciños,Pablo AU - O'Donnell,Colm P. AU - Tiwari,Brijesh K. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Nanocarriers for Controlled Release and Target Delivery of Bioactive Compounds T2 - SpringerBriefs in Food, Health, and Nutrition, SN - 9783031574887 AV - TX341-641 PY - 2024/// CY - Cham PB - Springer Nature Switzerland, Imprint: Springer KW - Food science KW - Food KW - Analysis KW - Chemistry KW - Food Science KW - Food Chemistry KW - Food Engineering N1 - Introduction -- Lipid-based nanocarriers (LNCs) -- Protein-Based nanocarriers -- Carbohydrate/ polymer-based nanocarriers -- Synthetic polymeric nanocarriers -- Quality parameters of nanoencapsulation -- Nanoencapsulation of bioactive compounds -- Controlled release and target delivery of nanoencapsulated compounds -- Future challenges and conclusions N2 - This brief provides a comprehensive overview of nanocarriers used for nanoencapsulation of bioactive compounds. It includes the basis of encapsulation mechanism, encapsulation efficiency, controlled release, target delivery, and its application in food, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals. UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57488-7 ER -