As the name suggests, this research unit of IBET includes two different areas:
Nutraceuticals, related with natural bioactive ingredients and products with health benefits that are competitive key factors in agro–food, cosmetic or pharmaceutical industries, and
Controlled Delivery associated with the development of adequate and efficient systems to overcome barriers to drug’s usefulness, involving particle formation (micro and nano-scale), and incorporation of the active principles in biocompatible and biodegradable matrixes.
Most of the work related with Controlled Delivery is planned to have application in the pharmaceutical industry, as potential solutions to real problems or as alternatives to conventional methodologies.
The expertise in Controlled Delivery is also applied in the formulation of functionalized products or the production of natural bioactive ingredients, for the optimization of stability/shelf-life, solubility/ bioavailability and compatibility with target final products.