Yeast cell as a potential microcapsule of bioactive compounds: an overview

Bioactiv compounds have long been noted for their positive benefits to human health. They have antioxidant properties, provide several essential nutrients that help maintain a healthy body, and even aid in the treatment of diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, anti-inflammatory, chronic diseases, etc. However, the amount of bioactive compounds that get into the body is low due to their poor water solubility, heat sensitivity, light, oxygen, pH, storage, etc. Therefore, to limit the above problems, the microencapsulation method has been a remarkable application with many development potentials. Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells have been considered a potential wall material for bioactive compound microencapsulation. There are many approaches to the microencapsulation of bioactive compounds by yeast cells. Each method has different principles and impacts. These features make yeast cell microencapsulation a potential way to bring bio-based food products closer to the consumer. In this review, the structure characteristic of S. cerevisiae was mentioned to show microencapsulation potential and microencapsulation techniques of bioactive compounds by yeast cells. Besides, potential applications, limited challenges, and potential methods were also mentioned in this review.