Author(s):
Ramos, Igor F. S. ; Dias, Samuel C. ; Lopes, Talissa B. C. ; Júnior, Francisco T. dos S. Silva ; Araújo, Ricardo de ; Gutierrez, Stanley J. C. ; Pessoa, Claudia ; Osajima, Josy A. ; Rizzo, Marcia S. ; Silva-Filho, Edson C. ; Amorim, Manuela ; Ramos, Óscar ; Ribeiro, Alessandra B. ; Costa, Marcilia P.
Date: 2024
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/47921
Origin: Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Subject(s): Annonaceae; Industrial waste; Polysaccharide; Vegetable residues
Description
Annona muricata is a fruit species belonging to the Annonaceae family, which is native to the warmer tropical areas of North and South America. A large amount of discarded residue from A. muricata is of interest for obtaining new industrial inputs. To propose the applications of the biopolymer from A. muricata residues (Biop_AmRs), this study aimed to characterize this input chemically and functionally, as well as to evaluate its potential for hemocompatibility and cytotoxicity activity in vitro. Biop_AmRs is an anionic heteropolysaccharide composed of glucose, arabinose, xylose, galactose, mannose, uronic acid, and proteins. This biopolymer exhibited a semicrystalline structure and good thermal stability. Biop_AmRs exhibited excellent water holding capacity, emulsifying properties, and mucoadhesiviness and demonstrated hemocompatibility and cytocompatibility on the L929 cell line. These results indicate possible applications for this biopolymer as a potential environmentally friendly raw material in the food, pharmaceutical, biomedical, and cosmetic industries.
