Extraction of proteins and other functional components from red seaweed (Rhodophyta)

2021 ◽  
pp. 51-76
Author(s):  
Charlotte Jacobsen ◽  
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Alireza Naseri ◽  
Susan Løvstad Holdt ◽  
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Red seaweeds are a major industrial source of agar and carrageenan. They also contain high amounts of other polysaccharides and higher amounts of proteins than brown seaweeds. Some species of red seaweed also contain polyphenols with antioxidant activities as well as being a source of carotenoids and phycobiliproteins. However, there are currently no commercial-scale methods for extracting those bioactive compounds. This chapter provides an overview of various methods for extracting all these functional compounds from red seaweeds. Whereas the main emphasis is on the extractions of proteins, extractions of polysaccharides (carrageenan and agar) and antioxidants (phenolic compounds) are covered. Multi-extraction approaches for extractions of bioactive compounds from red seaweeds are also described.

Respuestas ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-48
Author(s):  
Viviana Andrea Velasco Arango ◽  
John Edwin Sotelo Barbosa ◽  
Luis Eduardo Ordoñez Santos ◽  
José Igor Hleap Zapata

Papaya (Carica papaya L) is some fruit rich in antioxidants and an important source for obtaining bioactive compounds. Its production, worldwide for the year 2017, was 13.3 million tons. In its industrial processing is obtained approximately between 15 and 20%, in relation to the weight of the fruit, of husks or epicarp, which are likely to be used in order to obtain organic compounds such as carotenoids and polyphenols, among others, contributing, in addition, to mitigate the effects on the environment, since generally, these shells are thrown into landfills of solid waste, generating serious problems of environmental pollution. The objective of this research was to characterize physicochemically the carotenoid pigments obtained from the papaya epicarp. A papaya epicarp flour was processed and it was determined, both in it and in the fresh epicarp, pH, titratable acidity, moisture content and dry matter. Likewise, the carotenoid content, the antioxidant activity and the content of phenolic compounds were determined. The results showed high values for physicochemical parameters. The content of carotenoid compounds for the fractions of β-carotene, α-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, Zeaxanthin and lycopene ranged between 8,587 and 4,070 mg/100g of epicarp, with the highest value corresponding to β-cryptoxanthin and the lowest value the lycopene fraction. The antioxidant activity, expressed as inhibition of the DPPH radical, gave a value of 58.77 ± 3.038 IC50 mg/ml. The content of phenolic compounds measured in mg of gallic acid equivalents/g gave a result of 24.948 ± 0.728. The data obtained allow us to conclude that said flour can be used as a source of bioactive compounds and natural pigments both in the food industry and in the technical and pharmaceutical industries.


2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e5510817024
Author(s):  
Vanessa Barbieri Bombana ◽  
Carolina Elisa Demaman Oro ◽  
Diane Rigo ◽  
Caroline Chies Polina ◽  
Andressa Franco Denti ◽  
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The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of temperature on the content of bioactive compounds of fruits of guabiju (Myrcianthes pungens (O. Berg) D. Legrand). The peel, pulp and seed of fresh guabiju were analyzed in relation to physical-chemical composition, metals, color, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, anthocyanins, vitamin C and antioxidant activity. On the dehydrated samples at temperature of 60 °C, where also determined the moisture and water activity. The fractions of the fruit showed high amounts of metals. After drying, moisture of 1.3, 1.0 and 0.9% were observed for peel, pulp and seed and water activity of 0.44 to 0.54. All the samples darkened, with less variation in the dehydrated peel (∆E 9.2). The samples showed high values of bioactive compounds, and in the fresh peel were observed higher levels of phenolic compounds (8459.8 mg EGA/100g dry extract), anthocyanins (152.0 mg/100 dry extract) and vitamin C (222.9 mg/100g) and on the dehydrated seed higher value of flavonoids (7480.7 mg EQ/100g dry extract). There was 86.3% degradation of anthocyanins in the dehydrated peel. The best values of antioxidant activities were obtained for the dehydrated peel (IC50 1.37 mg/mL), seed (IC50 1.49 mg/mL) and in the fresh peel (IC50 1.41 mg/mL).


Author(s):  
Yossarun Boonthatui ◽  
Rewadee Chongsuwat ◽  
Somchoke Kittisakulnam

Schizophyllum commune or split gill mushroom is a nutrient-rich natural food ingredient. Even during mycelium growth, S. commune could produce the bioactive compounds including phenolic and flavonoid compounds. The aim of this research was to characterize the production of bioactive compounds during mycelium growth period of S. commune cultured onto different eight edible cereal media (sorghum, corn, barley, wheat, oat, jasmine rice, Mun Poo rice and riceberry rice). The antioxidant activities and mycelial biomass were also observed during their growth. The results show that the highest mycelial growth rate was obtained onto barley and jasmine rice, while the lowest one was found in sorghum and corn. The concentration of phenolic compounds increased along with the mycelial growth. The fungal culture on wheat significantly exhibited the highest production of phenolic compounds which was 8.56 ± 1.09 mg GAE/g DW on day 8.The highest flavonoid production of 577.35 ± 29.93 μg CE/g DW, wasremarkably found onto barley from day 6. The degradation of certain flavonoidsin cereal materials by S. commune was also observed, particularly in riceberryrice. Antioxidant activity of cultured cereals was depended on the initial activitiesof materials and was mainly increased by S. commune metabolism. The DPPH•and ABTS•+ scavenging activities were sharply increased at day 4 which was earlystage of log phase of S. commune. At day 8, most of cereal media exhibited highDPPH• activity with a half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) range of 3.83-5.80 mg DW/mL, except jasmine rice. Only wheat and oat could significantly givethe highest ABTS•+ scavenging activity which was in an IC50 range of 2.38-3.27mg DW/mL. The highest FRAP activity with a median effective concentration (EC50)of 2.14 ± 0.23 mg DW/mL, was observed in barley which corresponded with itshighest flavonoid content. Antioxidant activities of S. commune culture onto cerealmedia were correspondent with their phenolic and flavonoid contents. Therefore,this study assured that several antioxidative substances were interestinglyproduced by using S. commune cultured onto the selected edible cereals, whichcould be possibly developed as a new supplement or active ingredient forpharmaceutical and food industries.


Author(s):  
Patricia Rosales-Martínez ◽  
Sofía Arellano-Cárdenas ◽  
Lidia Dorantes-Álvarez ◽  
Felipe García-Ochoa ◽  
Ma Del Socorro López-Cortez

Recently, several works have been done in order to study antioxidant compounds like resveratrol present in oilseeds since they are able to protect from cells damage related to heart disease and cancer. In the present research a chemical analysis and the identification of bioactive compounds of peanuts, nuts and pistachios varieties were carried out. The <strong>walnut</strong> variety showed the highest content of total phenolic compounds (1404 ± 23 mg GAE/100 g) and antioxidant capacity (191 ± 4.2 μmol TE/g). Phenolic compounds resveratrol, catechin, epicatechin and quercetin were identified in all samples.


Cabbage is known as a rich source of bioactive compounds including carotenoids and phenolic compounds which may have antibacterial and antioxidant properties. This investigation was undertaken to estimate the effect of using different organic solvents on the total polyphenols content, antibacterial and antioxidant capacities of red and white cabbage. Phenolic compounds analysis was performed by Reversed-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (RP-HPLC) and antioxidant activities of cabbage were evaluated using DPPH radical scavenging and β-carotene-linoleic acid bleaching.Methanol has the highest extraction yields of 23.83 and 22.05 %. Alcoholic extracts from red cabbage exhibit the highest content of total polyphenols (205.66-190.77 mg GAE/ 100g DW) and flavonoids (137.26-123.6 mg CE/100g DW) meanwhile; white cabbage had the highest content of β-carotene and chlorophyll. Red cabbage exhibited the highest DPPH scavenging value (IC50= 257, 80 μg/ml) and the highest β-carotene-linoleic acid bleaching (73.85%). Significant correlations were found between antioxidant activity of extracts from cabbage samples and the contents of polyphenols and flavonoids. The studied extracts didn’t show an antibacterial activity against tested germs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. e44991110192
Author(s):  
Angela Vacaro de Souza ◽  
Jéssica Marques de Mello ◽  
Vitória Ferreira da Silva Fávaro ◽  
Victória Farias da Silva ◽  
Diogo de Lucca Sartori ◽  
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of processing by cooking in natura fruits on the content of bioactive compounds - vitamin C and ascorbic acid, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, carotenoids and anthocyanins, lycopene and β-carotene - and on antioxidant activity - DPPH and FRAP - of 9 varieties of commercial and non-commercial tomatoes. The fruits were harvested when they reached the point of physiological maturation, selected and evaluated in natura, and after grinding and cooking for 30 minutes. At the end of the experiment it was found that all bioactive compounds analyzed showed quantitative reductions when the fruits were processed, with cherry cultivars - 7, 8 and 9 - those that showed superior results compared to different bioactive compounds evaluated, proving to be interesting to be better explored. Regarding the antioxidant activities, the processed fruits of these cultivars showed less losses showing potential to be submitted to processing.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Nadezhda Petkova ◽  
Manol Ognyanov ◽  
Blaga Inyutin ◽  
Petar Zhelev ◽  
Panteley Denev

Crab apple (Malus baccata (L.) Borkh.) was mainly distributed in Europe as an ornamental plant, but the nutritional properties of its edible fruits were not fully revealed. The aim of the current study was to characterize the phytochemical composition of ripen carb apple fruits and to evaluate their nutritional and antioxidant potentials. The fruits were assayed for moisture and ash content, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, titratable acidity (TA), pH, total phenolic compounds and natural pigments. Among the analyzed carbohydrates cellulose was found in the highest content (6% dw), followed by sugars (sucrose, glucose and fructose) and 1.8 % dw uronic acids. The total chlorophylls and carotenoids contents in their fruits were 6.51 and 4.80 μg/g fw, respectively. Total monomeric anthocyanins were not detected. The highest content of total phenolic compounds (2.67 mg GAE/g fw) was found in 95 % ethanol extract from fruits, while the total flavonoids were relatively low – 0.1 mg QE/g fw. DPPH assay (17.27 mM TE/g fw) and FRAP assay (14.34 mM TE/g fw) demonstrated in vitro antioxidant activities of crabapple. Malus baccata fruits were evaluated as a rich source of dietary fibers and phenolic compounds with significant antioxidant potential that could be used in human nutrition.


2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-348
Author(s):  
Bai Zhouya ◽  
Huang Xiaojun ◽  
Meng Jinxia ◽  
Kan Lijiao ◽  
Nie Shaoping

Distribution of phenolic compounds and antioxidant activities was surveyed in 24 varieties of Chinese cowpea from 4 provinces. Identity of phytochemicals were determined by UPLC-ESIQTOF-MS/MS and quantified by HPLC-ESI-QqQ-MS/MS. Seven phenolic acids, 16 flavonoids and 9 other compounds were identified and several of these were quantified. Quercetin-3-glucoside and kaempferol-glucoside were the major phenolic compounds. In addition, our study indicated that OJYDH cultivar from Jiangxi province had the highest total phenolic content, total flavonoid content and stronger antioxidant activities than other cowpea cultivars. This study made a comprehensive investigation on antioxidants from cowpea and provided the useful data to support its function.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasa P. Kalogiouri ◽  
Natalia Manousi ◽  
Erwin Rosenberg ◽  
George A. Zachariadis ◽  
Victoria F. Samanidou

Background:: Nuts have been incorporated into guidelines for healthy eating since they contain considerable amounts of antioxidants and their effects are related to health benefits since they contribute to the prevention of nutritional deficiencies. The micronutrient characterization is based mainly on the determination of phenolics which is the most abundant class of bioactive compounds in nuts. Terpenes constitute another class of bioactive compounds that are present in nuts and show high volatility. The analysis of phenolic compounds and terpenes are very demanding tasks that require optimization of the chromatographic conditions to improve the separation of the components. Moreover, nuts are rich in unsaturated fatty acids and they are therefore considered as cardioprotective. Gas chromatography is the predominant instrumental analytical technique for the determination of derivatized fatty acids and terpenes in food matrices, while high performance liquid chromatography is currently the most popular technique for the determination of phenolic compounds Objective:: This review summarizes all the recent advances in the optimization of the chromatographic conditions for the determination of phenolic compounds, fatty acids and terpenes in nuts Conclusion:: The state-of-the art in the technology available is critically discussed, exploring new analytical approaches to reduce the time of analysis and improve the performance of the chromatographic systems in terms of precision, reproducibility, limits of detection and quantification and overall quality of the results


2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (02) ◽  
pp. 138-144
Author(s):  
Lucas Petitemberte de Souza ◽  
Henrique Sarubbi Fillmann ◽  
Sandielly Rebeca Benitez da Fonseca ◽  
Marilda da Silva Brasil ◽  
Norma Anair Possa Marroni ◽  
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AbstractDue to the ethnopharmacological use of Campsiandra laurifolia (Fabaceae), popularly known as Acapurana, to treat wounds and ulcers, associated with the lack of alternative treatments for intestinal inflammations such as ulcerative colitis (UC), the present work sought to characterize its phytochemical and antioxidant activities, and to evaluate remedial action in experimental colitis with acetic acid. Phytochemical analyzes were performed through qualitative and quantitative colorimetric tests of the main secondary metabolites. In the colitis model, 24 male Wistar rats aged ± 60 days old were used, divided into 4 groups: Control (CO) control + aqueous extract of C. laurifolia 50 mg/kg (CO + A50); Colitis (CL); and Colitis + aqueous extract of C. laurifolia 50 mg/kg (CL + A50). Measurement of sphincter anal pressure and histological tests of the large intestine, lipoperoxidation (LPO), enzyme activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), and levels of glutathione (GSH) were performed. For statistical analysis, the oxidative stress (OS) results were expressed as means ± standard error, adopting a significance level of p < 0.05. The screening indicated the presence of flavonoids, saponins and tannins in the extract, with high levels of phenolic compounds and tannins, and was related to high antioxidant capacity. In the histological analysis, the CL group presented loss of the crypts, edema and inflammatory infiltrate. The use of C. laurifolia extract restructured the crypts, decreased edema and increased sphincter anal pressure, with a decrease in LPO, SOD, and an increase in GSH. It is suggested that the use of C. laurifolia extract reduces OS due to its antioxidant power conferred by the phenolic compounds present in the extract.


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