Table 1.

Polymers used in microencapsulation [21,22,23,24,25,26,27].

Source	Polymer
Natural Polysaccharides	Starch, cellulose, chitosan, gum arabic, and alginate
Modified Polysaccharides	Dextrins, carboxymethylcellulose, ethylcellulose, methylcellulose, acetylcellulose, and nitrocellulose
Proteins	Gluten, casein, gelatin, and albumin
Waxes and lipids	Paraffin, tristearine, stearic acid, monoacyl, and diacyl