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Can dynamic in vitro digestion systems mimic the physiological reality?

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Dupont, D., Alric, M., Blanquet-Diot, S., Bornhorst, G., Cueva, C., Deglaire, A., Denis, S., Ferrua, M. +9 more·2019·Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Abstract

During the last decade, there has been a growing interest in understanding the fate of food during digestion in the gastrointestinal tract in order to strengthen the possible effects of food on human health. Ideally, food digestion should be studied in vivo on humans but this is not always ethically and financially possible. Therefore simple static in vitro digestion models mimicking the gastrointestinal tract have been proposed as alternatives to in vivo experiments but these models are quite basic and hardly recreate the complexity of the digestive tract. In contrast, dynamic models that allow pH regulation, flow of the food and injection in real time of digestive enzymes in the different compartments of the gastrointestinal tract are more promising to accurately mimic the digestive process. Most of the systems developed so far have been compared for their performances to in vivo data obtained on animals and/or humans. The objective of this article is to review the validation towards in vivo data of some of the dynamic digestion systems currently available in order to determine what aspects of food digestion they are able to mimic. Eight dynamic digestion systems are presented as well as their validation towards in vivo data. Advantages and limits of each simulator is discussed. This is the result of a cooperative international effort made by some of the scientists involved in Infogest, an international network on food digestion

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  • In vitro digestion methods have been widely applied.

    “Thus, in vitro digestion methods have been widely applied (Dupont et al. 2019; S. Lee et al. 2023; Qazi et al. 2025).”

    From Designing Protein Gels for Nutrient Delivery: From Formulation to Digestion (2026) · cites this paper as Dupont et al. 2019

  • Dynamic in vitro digestion systems mimic closely the physiological conditions of the human digestion tract compared to the in vitro static method.

    “Dynamic in vitro digestion systems mimic closely the physiological conditions of human digestion tract compared to that of in vitro static method.”

    From Designing Protein Gels for Nutrient Delivery: From Formulation to Digestion (2026) · cites this paper as Dupont et al. 2019

  • In vitro dynamic models have more physiologically complex simulations, such as the gradual addition of digestive juices, gastric emptying, gastrointestinal motility, or morphology.

    “while in vitro dynamic models have more physiologically complex simulations, such as the gradual addition of digestive juices, gastric emptying, gastrointestinal motility, or morphology (Dupont et al. 2019).”

    From Designing Protein Gels for Nutrient Delivery: From Formulation to Digestion (2026) · cites this paper as Dupont et al. 2019

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Dupont, D., Alric, M., Blanquet-Diot, S., Bornhorst, G., Cueva, C., Deglaire, A., Denis, S., Ferrua, M., Havenaar, R., Lelieveld, J., Mackie, A. R., Marzorati, M., Menard, O., Minekus, M., Miralles, B., Recio, I., & Van den Abbeele, P.
Affiliations
  • Institut Agro Rennes-Angers (FR)
  • Université Clermont Auvergne (FR)
  • Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (ES)
  • Fonterra (New Zealand) (NZ)
  • Triskelion, Zeist, The Netherlands
  • University of Leeds (GB)
  • Ghent University (BE)
  • INRA Agrocampus Ouest, STLO, Rennes, France
  • ProDigest BVBA, Gent, Belgium
Corresponding author
Dupont, D.
Venue
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition
Published
2018-01-23
Volume
59
Issue
10
Pages
1546-1562
ISSN
  • 1040-8398 (ISSN-L)
  • 1549-7852
OpenAlex
W2789386374
Cited by
345
References
100
Citations by year
2026: 29 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 48 · 2023: 48 · 2022: 57 · 2021: 57 · 2020: 40 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 5
FWCI
3.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Licence
other-oa
Locations
  • Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Food composition and properties
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Digestive system and related health
Keywords
gastrointestinal tract simulation, food digestion, digestive enzymes, pH control, food flows
MeSH terms
Nutrients, Animals, Digestion, Fermentation, Food, Humans, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Models, Biological, Biomimetics, Gastrointestinal Tract, In Vitro Techniques

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