Tyagi Taniya, Garlapati Phani Kumar, Yadav Pooja, Naika Mahadeva, Mallya Ambreesh, Kandangath Raghavan Anilakumar
Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysuru, India.
Defence R&D Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior, India.
J Food Biochem. 2021 Nov;45(11):e13951. doi: 10.1111/jfbc.13951. Epub 2021 Sep 26.
Green tea (Camelia sinesis) has been acknowledged for plethora of pharmacological activities attributed by green tea catechins (GTC), however, poor bioavailability, short half-life and stability issues hamper its use as a therapeutic agent. Chitosan and sodium -tripolyphosphate were used to encapsulate GTC, which reduced its degradation in gastro-intestinal tract. The average size, zeta potential, and encapsulation efficiency of nano-encapsulated epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) rich GTC were observed as 250 nm, +49.8 mV, and 87%, respectively. The morphological and physico-chemical characterizations affirmed the size, stability, and encapsulation efficacy of nano-encapsulated green tea catechins. The In-vitro simulated release model showed the release of GTC in the intestinal phase via zero order kinetics. Cell viability studies were conducted on PC12 cell line to validate safety efficacy of nanoencapsulated GTC. Moreover, the study concluded that stability, bioavailability and bioactivity of EGCG was improved by nanoencapsulation of GTC, thereby rendering it a potent nanoceutical for clinical implications. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Green tea catechin has enormous health endorsing activities. One of the major potentials of GTC is its antioxidant activity that plays a promising role in the prevention of various lethal disorders. In the present study, nanoencapsulation is used as a potential approach to improve the low bioavailability of green tea catechin. The results enlightened that nanoencapsulation of green tea catechin could be useful for improving the stability of green tea catechin in the GI tract as well as its bioaccessibility. Henceforth, this strategy restores the stability and bioavailability of green tea catechin that could be practically implied as a nutraceutical in the food and pharmaceutical industry as it can enhance the biological activity of catechins in catechin rich green tea-related products.
绿茶(茶树)因其所含的绿茶儿茶素(GTC)具有多种药理活性而得到认可,然而,其生物利用度低、半衰期短以及稳定性问题阻碍了它作为治疗剂的应用。壳聚糖和三聚磷酸钠被用于封装GTC,这降低了其在胃肠道中的降解。纳米封装的富含表没食子儿茶素-3-没食子酸酯(EGCG)的GTC的平均尺寸、zeta电位和封装效率分别为250纳米、+49.8毫伏和87%。形态学和物理化学表征证实了纳米封装的绿茶儿茶素的尺寸、稳定性和封装效果。体外模拟释放模型显示GTC在肠道阶段通过零级动力学释放。对PC12细胞系进行了细胞活力研究,以验证纳米封装的GTC的安全性和有效性。此外,该研究得出结论,通过对GTC进行纳米封装提高了EGCG的稳定性、生物利用度和生物活性,从而使其成为一种具有临床应用潜力的纳米药物。实际应用:绿茶儿茶素具有巨大的有益健康的活性。GTC的主要潜力之一是其抗氧化活性,在预防各种致命疾病方面发挥着重要作用。在本研究中,纳米封装被用作提高绿茶儿茶素低生物利用度的一种潜在方法。结果表明,绿茶儿茶素的纳米封装有助于提高其在胃肠道中的稳定性及其生物可及性。因此,这种策略恢复了绿茶儿茶素的稳定性和生物利用度,实际上可作为营养保健品应用于食品和制药行业,因为它可以增强富含儿茶素的绿茶相关产品中儿茶素的生物活性。
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