Research progress in oral delivery systems with probiotics as carriers

Abstract:

With the increasing emphasis on health, probiotics have garnered increasing attention due to their safe and beneficial features for intestinal health and have become a hot spot in the fields of food and medicine. In terms of oral drug delivery, it is difficult to select a safe, convenient, and stable carrier. Probiotics can be used as carriers to deliver drugs through the complex in vivo environment without damage and have excellent safety and stability. This review describes the structures, advantages, and disadvantages of five common probiotic-based oral drug delivery approaches: display on spore surface, yeast microcapsules, recombinant probiotic expression, bacterium-like particles, and bacterial ghost, aiming to provide options for the application of oral delivery carriers.