Citrus essential oils – Based nano-emulsions: Functional properties and potential applications
Mădălina Lorena Medeleanu, Anca Corina Fărcaș, Cristina Coman, Loredana Leopold, Zoriţa Diaconeasa, Sonia Socaci
Food Chemistry X
Abstract
Citrus essential oils are natural products with various bioactive properties (e.g., antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antimutagenic activities), that are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be used as flavorings and food additives. Nonetheless, due to their high volatility, low solubility in water, low thermal stability, susceptibility to oxidation, and strong flavor, their applications in the food industry are limited. Nanotechnology allows the incorporation of citrus essential oils into nano-emulsion systems, thus protecting them from the deterioration caused by external factors and maintaining or even improving their functional properties. This study aims to summarize the antioxidant, antimicrobial, and antimutagenic effects of the nano-emulsions based on essential oils from citrus peels with emphasis on their mechanisms of action and potential applications in, e.g., foods, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.
Extracted Claims
4 claims extracted from this paper into the knowledge graph
citrus essential oils exhibit antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antimutagenic activities
“Citrus essential oils are natural products with various bioactive properties (e.g., antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antimutagenic activities)”
nano-emulsion systems protect citrus essential oils
“Nanotechnology allows the incorporation of citrus essential oils into nano-emulsion systems, thus protecting them from the deterioration caused by external factors and maintaining or even improving th...”
citrus essential oils are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
“Citrus essential oils are natural products with various bioactive properties (e.g., antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antimutagenic activities), that are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by Food and ...”