Green method for obtaining standardized ora-pro-nobis extract (OPN) for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical use

• Grant number: 23/10357-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Innovative Research in Small Business - PIPE
• Start date: March 01, 2024
• End date: November 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry
• Agreement: SEBRAE-SP
• Principal Investigator: Regina Mara Silva Pereira
• Grantee: Regina Mara Silva Pereira
• Company: Regina Mara Silva Pereira
• CNAE: Pesquisa e desenvolvimento experimental em ciências físicas e naturais
• Associated researchers: Alexandra Christine Helena Frankland Sawaya ; Hernane da Silva Barud ; Márcio Luiz dos Santos ; Mary Ann Foglio
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/06846-3 - Green method for obtaining standardized extract of Ora-Pro-Nobis (OPN) for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical use, BP.PIPE

Abstract

The technological solution of this proposal is to increase the supply of quality raw material for use in the food, cosmetic and or herbal medicine sector from the native Brazilian plant, ora-pro-nobis (OPN). Our technological differential is the use of a green extraction methodology, microwave-assisted extraction, which allows the use of non-polluting solvents, with less time, solvent volume and extraction temperatures, resulting in a more efficient, economical methodology and with less residual volume, when compared to the techniques most used by companies supplying dry extracts, such as maceration and percolation. (AU)