Qualidade da matéria-prima, microbiota fermentativa e produção de etanol sob ataque de Mahanarva fimbriolata em cana-de-açúcar

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Caracterização farmacognóstica, físico-química e microbiológica das folhas de anani (Symphonia globulifera Linn. f., Clusiaceae)

Symphonia globulifera Linn. f., popularmente comumente conhecida como anani, citada em relatos de utilização popular em diferentes países, como Camarões, e em várias regiões do Brasil, principalmente na Amazônia, no tratamento de inflamações na pele, tônico geral e laxante para mulheres grávidas, além de sua seiva/látex ser empregada contra reumatismo e tumores. Embora alguns trabalhos tenham descrito o perfil fitoquímico de S. globulifera, não existem estudos, até o presente, avaliando as propriedades botânicas, químicas (análise térmica) e farmacêutica (spray dryer) desta planta. Assim, foram utilizadas metodologias clássicas contidas em farmacopéias e métodos analíticos mais modernos. Os resultados obtidos para a caracterização botânica são: as células epidérmicas de ambas as faces da folha são heterodimensionais. O complexo estomático é do tipo anomocítico encontrado apenas na face abaxial. O pecíolo apresenta-se plano-convexo revestido por células quadrangulares e espessa cutinização. A caracterização do pó são: a análise granulométrica classifica-o como sendo grosso. Na perda por dessecação foi de 9%; no teor de cinzas totais foi de 4,3%; com a análise térmica foi possível verificar em TG entre 31 a 100°C a primeira perda de massa de 7,8%, em DTA a 64°C um evento endotérmico e em DSC a 84°C um evento endotérmico de 169 J/g; o perfil espectroscópico na região do IV sugere a presença de compostos fenólicos. Enquanto os resultados para a tintura e extrato liofilizado são: densidade aparente de 0,97%g/mL; pH de 6; percentual de resíduo seco de 9%; na prospecção química verificou-se a presença de saponinas, açúcares redutores e fenóis e taninos para o extrato e algumas frações; na análise térmica em TG foi encontrado uma perda de massa de 6,55% entre 28 a 100°C, em DSC somente um evento exotérmico a 169°C; o perfil espectroscópico na região do IV apresentou bandas de absorção forte características de alcoóis e fenóis. No processo de secagem, os excipientes que apresentaram os melhores resultados foram aerosil 40% e celulose microcristalina mais aerosil na proporção de 35:5. O extrato apresentou características antioxidantes. A matéria-prima vegetal também foi ii testada quanto a sua atividade antimicrobiana e antifúngica, fornecendo resultados positivos para algumas cepas testadas e apresentado atividade bactericida para frações acetato de etila e hexânica. O extrato e a fração hexânica apresentaram atividade fungistática,Todos esses resultados contribuem para futuros estudos com essa planta, aumentando assim seu valor agregado.

Efeito antioxidante de extrato de pimenta em óleo de soja sob diferentes condições de estocagem

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)

Home Cooking and Phenolics: Effect of Thermal Treatment and Addition of Extra Virgin Olive Oil on the Phenolic Profile of Tomato Sauces

Tomato products are a key component of the Mediterranean diet, which is strongly related to a reduced risk of cardiovascular events. The effect of cooking time (15, 30, 45, and 60 min) and the addition of extra virgin olive oil (5 and 10%) on the phenolic content of tomato sauces was monitored using liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry. Concentration of phenolics in the tomato sauces decreased during the cooking process, with the exception of caffeic acid and tyrosol. The main degradation observed was the oxidation of quercetin, since the hydroxy-function at the C-ring of this flavonoid is not blocked by a sugar moiety, unlike rutin. Higher levels of virgin olive oil in tomato sauce seemed to enhance the extraction of phenolic compounds from the tomato, leading to higher phenolic contents in the sauces. Thus, the food matrix containing the phenolic compounds plays a crucial role in determining their accessibility.

Bioactive compounds of the lipid fractions of agro-industrial waste

This study aimed at evaluating the oils extracted from seeds originating from agro-industrial waste, in order to identify the presence of bioactive compounds. Therefore, determinations of fatty acid profile, triacylglycerols, tocopherol composition, phytosterols, phenolic compounds, total carotenoids, and antioxidant capacity were performed in the oils of grape, guava, melon, passion fruit, pumpkin, soursop, and tomato seeds. Antioxidant capacity analysis was performed by the methods DPPH• , ABTS•+, FRAP, and β-carotene/linoleic acid, besides measure of oxidative stability in the oils. The oils showed to be predominantly unsaturated with high percentage of linoleic essential fatty acid (38.8 to 79.4%), besides presenting significant quantities of tocopherols, phytosterols, and phenolic compounds. Tomato and guava oils showed better results in the antioxidant capacity tests and pumpkin oil had higher induction period in the oxidative stability test (65.3 h). The results obtained in this study collect information that enables the use of new alternative sources of vegetable oils, obtained from agroindustrial waste, which may serve as raw material for food, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries.

Qualidade nutricional e aceitabilidade da geleia convencional e light de maná cubiu

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Improved pretreatments applied to the sugarcane bagasse and release of lignin and hemicellulose from the cellulose-enriched fractions by sulfuric acid hydrolysis

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

Influência do desponte de panículas de sorgo sacarino sobre a qualidade da matéria-prima e produção de bioetanol

Pós-graduação em Microbiologia Agropecuária - FCAV

Aceitabilidade e qualidade nutricional de beterrabas in natura e pré-processadas submetidas a diferentes métodos de cocção

Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Energia na Agricultura) - FCA

Compostos fenólicos e capacidade antioxidante em frutos de tomateiros mutantes fotomorfogenéticos

Phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity are defense mechanisms of plants against the oxidative stress damage. Phenolic compounds are synthesized through the phenylpropanoid pathway, where the enzyme phenylalanine-ammonia-lyase plays a key role and it is influenced by light and photoreceptors such as phytochromes. The present research aims to evaluate the phenolic compounds content and antioxidant capacity of the wild Micro-Tom (MT) cultivar tomato fruits and its photomorphogenic mutant tomato plants high pigment 1 (hp1), super responsive to events mediated by light, and aurea (au), quantitative phytochrome deficient. Twenty mature fruits of each genotype (MT, hp1, au) were used in triplicate for analyses. To quantify the total phenolic compounds the Folin-Ciocalteu method was used and the antioxidant capacity was analyzed by Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power (FRAP) and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) methods. The hp1 mutant presented the highest total phenolic compounds content and higher antioxidant capacity than wild cultivar (MT) and au mutant, which did not differ significantly from MT cultivar.

Avaliação da influência da fermentação fúngica em estado sólido na obtenção de compostos fenólicos a partir de resíduos de café

Pós-graduação em Engenharia e Ciência de Alimentos - IBILCE

Characterization of the phenolic and antioxidant profiles of selected culinary herbs and spices: caraway, turmeric, dill, marjoram and nutmeg

Culinary herbs and spices have long been considered essentially as flavor enhancers or preservatives, with little attention given to their potential health-promoting properties. Nevertheless, recent research has shown them to be significant dietary sources of bioactive phenolic compounds. Despite noteworthy efforts performed in recent years to improve our knowledge of their chemical composition, a detailed phenolic profile of these plant-based products is still lacking. In the present work, antioxidant activities and phenolic composition of five herbs and spices, namely caraway, turmeric, dill, marjoram and nutmeg, have been studied. The use of liquid chromatography coupled to LTQ-Orbitrap mass spectrometry enabled the identification of up to 42 phenolic compounds. To the best of our knowledge, two of them, apigenin-C-hexoside-C-pentoside and apigenin-C-hexoside-C-hexoside have not been previously reported in turmeric. Qualitative and quantitative differences were observed in polyphenol profiles, with the highest phenolic content found in caraway. Multivariate statistical treatment of the results allowed the detection of distinctive features among the studied herbs and spices.

Magnetic Purification of Curcumin from Curcuma longa Rhizome by Novel Naked Maghemite Nanoparticles

Naked maghemite nanoparticles, namely, surface active maghemite nanoparticles (SAMNs), characterized by a diameter of about 10 nm, possessing peculiar colloidal stability, surface chemistry, and superparamagnetism, present fundamental requisites for the development of effective magnetic purification processes for biomolecules in complex matrices. Polyphenolic molecules presenting functionalities with different proclivities toward iron chelation were studied as probes for testing SAMN suitability for magnetic purification. Thus, the binding efficiency and reversibility on SAMNs of phenolic compounds of interest in the pharmaceutical and food industries, namely, catechin, tyrosine, hydroxytyrosine, ferulic acid, coumaric acid, rosmarinic acid, naringenin, curcumin, and cyanidin-3-glucoside, were evaluated. Curcumin emerged as an elective compound, suitable for magnetic purification by SAMNs from complex matrices. A combination of curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, and bis-demethoxycurcumin was recovered by a single magnetic purification step from extracts of Curcuma longa rhizomes, with a purity >98% and a purification yield of 45%, curcumin being >80% of the total purified curcuminoids.

Solid-state compounds of 2-methoxybenzylidenepyruvate with some bivalent metal ions - Synthesis, characterization and thermal behavior studies

Solid-state M-2-MeO-BP compounds, where M represents bivalent Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and 2-MeO-BP is 2-methoxybenzylidenepyruvate have been synthesized. Simultaneous thermogravinietry-differential thermal analysis (TG-DTA), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray powder diffractometry, infrared spectroscopy, elemental analysis and complexometry were used to characterize and to study the thermal stability and thermal decomposition of these compounds. The results led to information about the composition, dehydration, crystallinity and thermal decomposition of the isolated compounds.

Chemico-technological parameters and maturation curves of sweet sorghum genotypes for bioethanol production

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)