In vitro digestibility of solid lipid microparticles containing babacu oil and determination of bioaccessibility of quercetin encapsulated

Author(s)

Caio Pianta Pereira

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Pirassununga.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Zootecnica e Engenharia de Alimentos (FZE/BT)
• Defense date: 2015-03-05

Examining board members

Samantha Cristina de Pinho; Rosiane Lopes da Cunha; Mario Roberto Marostica Junior

• Advisor: Samantha Cristina de Pinho

Abstract

Contemporary lifestyle has increased the demand for food products that provide health benefits as functional foods. However, the incorporation of bioactive compounds in food matrices is hampered by hydrophobic character of the majority of this compounds which also difficult the absorption in the intestine. This is the case of many flavonoids such as quercetin which has reduced bioactivity in plants. Encapsulation systems such as solid lipid microparticles are capable of solving these problems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the in vitro digestibility of solid lipid microparticles produced with babassu oil as a source of medium chain triacylglycerols (MCTs) and tristearin, besides the bioaccessibility of quercetin encapsulated in these lipid systems. Dispersions were produced by varying the surfactant (2.0 to 4.0%) and MCT (1.2, 2.0 and 2.8%) concentrations. The systems produced showed an average diameter ranging from 700 nm to 1800 nm for different formulations and colloidal stability for 30 days. The results obtained in the in vitro digestibility assays indicate a higher tendency to destabilization in gastric phase of the systems produced with more babassu oil. 30% of fatty acids were released in the intestinal phase for all formulations. The results indicated that bioaccessibility at low surfactant concentrations has the influence of the concentration of MCT in formulations. The highest results were obtained for particles containing 2.8% of babassu oil and 2.0% of surfactant. Thus, we can conclude that the systems produced in this work were efficient for preservation of quercetin, which allows its incorporation in food systems and also increased the bioaccessibility of this bioactive. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/21010-1 - In vitro digestibility of solid lipid microparticles containing babacu oil and bioavailability of encapsulated quercetin
• Grantee: Caio Pianta Pereira
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master