Extraction process intensification of saponins from brazilian ginseng (Pfaffia glomerata) using ultrasound and hyphenized processes for integral use of the plant

• Grant number: 13/17260-5
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): November 01, 2013
• Effective date (End): February 29, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology - Food Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Maria Angela de Almeida Meireles Petenate
• Grantee: Renata Vardanega
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos (FEA). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Brazilian ginseng roots (Pfaffia glomerata) are commercialized as substitute to ginseng (Panax) due its similar morpholy and terapeutic effects. The Brazilian ginseng roots shows considerable saponins content, which can be used as natural surfactant. Moreover, the residues from extraction process has high polissacharides content, that can be used to produce several molecules, among them, second generation ethanol. Considering the potential of this plant and, the new trends on development of green technologies to production of different products from the same plant, the integral use of Brazilian ginseng with pressurized fluids technology becomes very interisting. The objetive of this project is develop an intensificated method that include sequential extractions to obtain distinct products of high value in each step and hydrolysis of residue to production of fermetable sugars. This process must be economically feasible. To evaluate the economic viability of the process, will be used the commercial software SuperPro Designer, that allows to simulate process in industrial scale and estime the costs of production, besides predict the possible increase on yield and productivity of process due ultrasound utilization. Furthermore, will be evaluated the possibility of coupling purification process, as supercritical anti-solvent extraction, to obtain extracts with high quality using fewer steps than conventional processes.

Scientific publications

(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)

PRADO, JULIANA M.; VARDANEGA, RENATA; NOGUEIRA, GISLAINE C.; FORSTER-CARNEIRO, TANIA; ROSTAGNO, MAURICIO A.; MAUGERI FILHO, FRANCISCO; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. Valorization of Residual Biomasses from the Agri-Food Industry by Subcritical Water Hydrolysis Assisted by CO2. ENERGY & FUELS, v. 31, n. 3, p. 2838-2846, MAR 2017. Web of Science Citations: 4.

VARDANEGA, RENATA; SANTOS, DIEGO T.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. Proposal for fractionating Brazilian ginseng extracts: Process intensification approach. Journal of Food Engineering, v. 196, p. 73-80, MAR 2017. Web of Science Citations: 3.

VARDANEGA, RENATA; PRADO, JULIANA M.; MEIRELES, M. ANGELA A. Adding value to agri-food residues by means of supercritical technology. JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, v. 96, n. SI, p. 217-227, JAN 2015. Web of Science Citations: 26.

Academic Publications

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

VARDANEGA, Renata. Uso de tecnologias limpas para a obtenção de biosurfactantes e carboidratos prebióticos a partir do Ginseng brasileiro (Pfaffia glomerata). 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos.