Review

Production of protein nanoparticles for food and drug delivery system

M. Rahimnejad¹*, N. Mokhtarian² and M. Ghasemi²

¹Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Noshirvani University of Technology, Babol, Iran.

²Islamic Azad University, Shahreza Branch, Shahreza, Isfahan, Iran.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: Rahimnejad_mostafa@yahoo.com.

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Accepted 25 August, 2009

Proteins nanoparticles are one of the new methods for food delivery systems. The protein nanoparticles which represent promising carriers for delivery are fabricated based on different methods. Synthetic protein nanostructure acts as surrogate mimics such as viruses and plasmid for food and drug delivery system. The benefits of protein nanoparticles include non-toxicity, stability for long duration, nonantigenicity and biodegradability. The purpose of this paper was to explain different ways of fabrication of nanoparticles in the unique range which is suitable for the food and drug delivery system

Key words: Biological nanoparticles, food and drug delivery, coacervation method, drug loading.