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Bioconversão e bioatividade de limonóides em citrinos

Authors: Clemente, Ana Mendes Martins;

Bioconversão e bioatividade de limonóides em citrinos

Abstract

Os citrinos são consumidos em todo o mundo em grandes quantidades, sob variadas formas. O seu consumo deve-se em grande parte aos benefícios que apresentam para a saúde. Para além disso, o seu custo é relativamente baixo. É um fruto produzido em quase todo o mundo e existe uma grande variedade de citrinos. Os benefícios para a saúde resultado do consumo de citrinos são vários. Estudos demonstraram já o seu efeito anti-tumoral, anti-inflamatório e anti-viral, entre outros. Durante o processamento dos sumos de citrinos ocorrem transformações que fazem com que o sumo fique com um sabor amargo. Este sabor amargo é devido, principalmente, à presença de 2 compostos, a limonina e a naringina. O aparecimento deste sabor diminui o valor comercial dos citrinos, bem como o seu consumo. Neste trabalho procedeu-se à quantificação de limonina presente no sumo de vários citrinos e no sumo de laranjas de diferentes proveniências. Foi possível verificar que a quantidade de limonina varia não só consoante o citrino, como entre diferentes espécies do mesmo citrino, neste caso de laranjas diferentes. Recorreu-se ao uso de resinas aprovadas para o uso alimentar (XAD-18, XAD-16N e XAD-1600N) e ciclodextrinas (α e β) para reduzir o sabor amargo e aumentar o valor comercial dos citrinos. Pretendeu-se que as propriedades biológicas benéficas conferidas pela presença da limonina se mantenham. A redução da concentração de limonina através da sua adsorção por resinas pode ser total. O seu decréscimo ao longo do tempo mostrou-se menos acentuado para temperaturas mais altas. Verificou-se ainda que as ciclodextrinas são capazes, mesmo em pequenas quantidades, de provocar uma diminuição de 80% da limonina. Finalmente, utilizando um modelo animal, estudou-se um dos possíveis efeitos biológicos dos citrinos, na artrite reumatoide. Foi verificada uma diminuição bastante significativa no volume do edema da pata, ou seja, da inflamação, quer pela administração de sumo de laranja, quer pela administração de limonina. A diminuição de inflamação utilizando o sumo de laranja ou o padrão de limonina é bastante semelhante.

The citrus are consumed worldwide in great quantities, and in various ways. The reason it's consumption is so spread out, are the health benefits the fruit brings along, just as it is also relatively low priced and yet another reason is that it's a fruit that is produced almost everywhere in the world, hence its big variety. Considering the health benefits, there are already a lot of studies about this topic that show its effects on anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory and antiviral, among other. When a citrus fruit is processed into a juice, its composition creates a bitter taste. This bitter taste is the primary result of the presence of 2 compounds, limonin and naringin. Because of this taste the commercial value and its consumption decrease. In this study one quantified the quantity of the limonin present in various citrus juices, just as in oranges from different provenances. It was possible to verify that the limonin quantity changes not only from one citrine to another, as it also changes throughout different species of the same citrine, which in this case are different oranges. During the study approved resins were made use of to feed (XAD-18, XAD-16N and XAD-1600N) and cyclodextrins (α and β) to reduce the bitter taste and to raise the commercial value of the citrine. The great challenge of this exercise is to be able to change it without losing its biologically benefiting properties. Through resins one can reduce the total amount of the limonin concentration. The higher the temperature the longer it takes to reduce it. Cyclodextrins are able, even in small quantities, to cause an 80% reduction of the limonin. Last but not the least, using an animal model, one studied one of the possible biological effects of the citrus juice on the rheumatoid arthritis. One was able to verify a rather significant reduction of the volume of the paw edema, so of the inflammation, whether by administrating the orange juice, or by administrating the limonin. The inflammation reductions were very similar in the case of the use of orange juice or limonin standard.

Tese de mestrado, Controlo da Qualidade e Toxicologia dos Alimentos, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Farmácia, 2014

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Adsorção, Teses de mestrado - 2014, Artrite reumatóide, Ciclodextrinas, Sumo de laranja, Limonina, Resinas

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