HYDRODYNAMIC EXTRACTION OF LYCOPENE – NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOAVAILABILITY PERSPECTIVE

Extraction of bioactive Phytopharma compounds from various herbs, fruits and vegetables is getting importance due to the life style changes and market demands. Pharmaceutical industries start focusing on the development of biomolecules based drug targets and delivery systems. But, the bioavailability of these phytomolecules is of great concern in the development of new drug molecules. Though there are many extraction methods available, almost none of them address the bioavailability. This book “Hydrodynamic Extraction of Lycopene-Nanotechnology and Bioavailability Perspective’ presents a method of extracting a highly bioavailable lycopene from tomato and formulating the biomolecule, lycopene into a nano emulsion and encapsulating it. A complete extraction method using a patented extraction system is well narrated. Also formulation, encapsulation, characterization and bioavailability is explained in different chapters. We hope, this monograph is of great use for the Phytopharma industries, research institutes and food processing industries.