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Chia seed mucilage (Salvia hispanica L.): an emerging biopolymer for industrial...
Ramos, Igor Frederico da Silveira; Lima Fernandes, Valesca; Lucena, Monalisa de Alencar; Geronço, Maurycyo Silva; Costa, Marcília Pinheiro daBiopolymers are widely distributed in nature and have a wide variety of biological properties and applications. Chia (Salvia hispanica L.) is an herbaceous plant that belongs to the Lamiaceae family, which when in contact with water exude the fraction of soluble fiber in the form of mucilage. In view of the above, this study aims to provide an overview of the characteristics and applications of chia mucilage th...
Biopolymer from water kefir as a potential clean-label ingredient for health ap...
Lucena, Monalisa de Alencar; Ramos, Igor Frederico da Silveira; Geronço, Maurycyo Silva; Araújo, Ricardo de; Filho, Francisco Lopes da SilvaThe present work aimed to characterize the exopolysaccharide obtained from water kefir grains (EPSwk), a symbiotic association of probiotic microorganisms. New findings of the technological, mechanical, and biological properties of the sample were studied. The EPSwk polymer presented an Mw of 6.35 x 10(5) Da. The biopolymer also showed microcrystalline structure and characteristic thermal stability with maximum...
Plant-based essential oils in the treatment of microbial infections
Rolim, Hercília Maria Lins; Ribeiro, Alessandra Braga; Lucena, Monalisa de Alencar; Ibiapina, Andressa Barros; Ramalho, Thais CruzThere is a growing demand for bioactive compounds from the great diversity of native plants, which have biological activities that are important for their application in the development of drugs and in the biomedical field. Among these bioactive compounds, essential oils have received great interest from researchers because they have numerous important biological properties for application in the pharmaceutical...