Identification of natural antioxidants in agro-industrial residues: isolation and technological application in lipid-based food matrix

• Grant number: 11/12640-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): April 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Science
• Principal Investigator: Severino Matias de Alencar
• Grantee: Priscilla Siqueira Melo
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 14/17786-0 - Antioxidant interaction between agroindustrial residues extracts and alfa-tocopherol against lipid peroxidation in soybean oil and colloidal systems, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The solid waste generation by agro-industrial activities, especially in Brazil with its economy heavily based on agribusiness, has created a demand for economically viable technologies and reuse of these materials. Is believed that the reuse will result in the consequent reduction of the impact of disposal of these wastes to the environment, and to reinsert them in the industry, in increasing the efficiency of industrial production chain, being also crucial for the sustainability of agro-industrial activity. Allied to this, the growing demand of the consumer market for natural products linked to the evidence on the possible toxicity of synthetic antioxidants increase research on natural products. Thus, the objective of this study will evaluate the bioactive and technological potential of agro-industrial residues as sources of antioxidant compounds for food and beverage industries. For this will be examined winery residues (pomace and stems), agro-industrial residues from industries producing frozen fruit pulps (caja, cupuaçu, soursop and umbu) and from processing of coffee. First, will be analyzed the chemical composition and screening based on the antioxidant activity of hydroalcoholic extracts of these residues. The residue(s) with greater antioxidant power follow for bio-guided isolating. Extract the residue, fractions and isolated compounds will be applied in soybean and linseed oils and its effectiveness as an antioxidant in the lipid matrix will be compared to synthetic antioxidants. From the information generated is expected to create subsidies to rehabilitate the agro-industrial by-products across of bioactive extracts or by extraction of natural antioxidants for use by pharmaceutical and/or food industries.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

MELO, PRISCILLA SIQUEIRA; MASSARIOLI, ADNA PRADO; DENNY, CARINA; DOS SANTOS, LUCIANA FERRACINI; FRANCHIN, MARCELO; PEREIRA, GIULIANO ELIAS; FERREIRA DE SOUZA VIEIRA, THAIS MARIA; ROSALEN, PEDRO LUIZ; DE ALENCAR, SEVERINO MATIAS. Winery by-products: Extraction optimization, phenolic composition and cytotoxic evaluation to act as a new source of scavenging of reactive oxygen species. Food Chemistry, v. 181, p. 160-169, AUG 15 2015. (11/12640-9)

MELO, PRISCILLA SIQUEIRA; MASSARIOLI, ADNA PRADO; LAZARINI, JOSY GOLDONI; SOARES, JACKELINE CINTRA; FRANCHIN, MARCELO; ROSALEN, PEDRO LUIZ; DE ALENCAR, SEVERINO MATIAS. Simulated gastrointestinal digestion of Brazilian acai seeds affects the content of flavan-3-ol derivatives, and their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. HELIYON, v. 6, n. 10, OCT 2020. (11/12640-9)

DENNY, C.; LAZARINI, J. G.; FRANCHIN, M.; MELO, P. S.; PEREIRA, G. E.; MASSARIOLI, A. P.; MORENO, I. A. M.; PASCHOAL, J. A. R.; ALENCAR, S. M.; ROSALEN, P. L.. Bioprospection of Petit Verdot grape pomace as a source of anti-inflammatory compounds. Journal of Functional Foods, v. 8, p. 292-300, MAY 2014. (11/12640-9)

BRAGA, GILBERTO COSTA; MELO, PRISCILLA SIQUEIRA; BERGAMASCHI, KEITYANE BOONE; TIVERON, ANA PAULA; MASSARIOLI, ADNA PRADO; DE ALENCAR, SEVERINO MATIAS. Rendimento de extração, atividade antioxidante e compostos fenólicos dos subprodutos agro industriais de uva, manga e amendoim. Ciência Rural, v. 46, n. 8, p. 1498-1504, AUG 2016. (11/12640-9)

MELO, PRISCILLA SIQUEIRA; RODRIGUES ARRIVETTI, LEANDRO DE OLIVEIRA; DE ALENCAR, SEVERINO MATIAS; SKIBSTED, LEIF H.. Antioxidative and prooxidative effects in food lipids and synergism with alpha-tocopherol of acai seed extracts and grape rachis extracts. Food Chemistry, v. 213, p. 440-449, DEC 15 2016. (11/12640-9, 14/17786-0, 09/54040-8)

MELO, PRISCILLA SIQUEIRA; SELANI, MIRIAM MABEL; GONCALVES, REGINA HELENA; PAULINO, JENNIFER DE OLIVEIRA; MASSARIOLI, ADNA PRADO; DE ALENCAR, SEVERINO MATIAS. Acai seeds: An unexplored agro-industrial residue as a potential source of lipids, fibers, and antioxidant phenolic compounds. INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS, v. 161, MAR 2021. (11/12640-9)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

MELO, Priscilla Siqueira. Phenolic compounds of agroindustrial residues: identification, biological properties and application in lipid-based food matrix. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.