Effects of ingested nanocellulose and nanochitosan materials on carbohydrate digestion and absorption in an in vitro small intestinal epithelium model

• Main Authors: Guo, Zhongyuan, Deloid, Glen M., Cao, Xiaoqiong, Bitounis, Dimitrios, Sampathkumar, Kaarunya, Ng, Kee Woei, Loo, Joachim Say Chye, Demokritou, Philip
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Nanotechnology; Engineered Nanomaterials; Cellulose Nanocrystals; Gastrointestinal-tract
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/152170
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Nanoscale materials derived from natural biopolymers like cellulose and chitosan have many potentially useful agri-food and oral drug delivery applications. Because of their large and potentially bioactive surface areas and other unique physico-chemical properties, it is essential when evaluating th...