<i>Clitoria ternatea</i> Flower and Its Bioactive Compounds: Potential Use as Microencapsulated Ingredient for Functional Foods

Abstract

Due to the beneficial health effects of polyphenolics and their limited stability during inadequate processing conditions, there is an increasing interest in their microencapsulation in order to improve the stability. As previous publications do not include a substantive review focusing on these topics, in the present work, we focused on recent reports on the topic of Clitoria ternatea flower bioactive components and the conditions under which they are microencapsulated for subsequent use in food and nutraceuticals. Our findings highlighted the importance of optimizing the variables of the microencapsulation process for optimal application.

Keywords

• <i>Clitoria ternatea</i>
• microencapsulation
• bioactive compounds
• functional food