Machado Noelia D, Cejudo-Bastante Cristina, Goñi María L, Gañán Nicolás A, Casas-Cardoso Lourdes, Mantell-Serrano Casimiro
Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ingeniería de Procesos y Química Aplicada (IPQA-UNC-CONICET), Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, X5016GCA Córdoba, Argentina.
Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (ICTA-FCEFyN-UNC), Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, X5016GCA Córdoba, Argentina.
Antioxidants (Basel). 2022 Jun 14;11(6):1170. doi: 10.3390/antiox11061170.
The leaves of as agricultural waste represent a convenient source of antioxidants. In combination with supercritical CO (scCO), assisted impregnation is an interesting strategy for the preparation of biomedical devices with specific bioactivity. For this purpose, 3D-printable filaments of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and polylactic acid (PLA) were employed for the supercritical impregnation of ethanolic olive leaves extract (OLE) for biomedical application. The extraction of OLE was performed using pressurized liquids. The effect of pressure (100-400 bar), temperature (35-55 °C), and the polymer type on the OLE impregnation and the swelling degree were studied including a morphological analysis and the measurement of the final antioxidant activity. All the studied variables as well as their interactions showed significant effects on the OLE loading. Higher temperatures favored the OLE loading while the pressure presented opposite effects at values higher than 250 bar. Thus, the highest OLE loadings were achieved at 250 bar and 55 °C for both polymers. However, TPU showed c.a. 4 times higher OLE loading and antioxidant activity in comparison with PLA at the optimal conditions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report using TPU for the supercritical impregnation of a natural extract with bioactivity.
作为农业废弃物的树叶是抗氧化剂的便捷来源。与超临界CO(scCO)相结合,辅助浸渍是制备具有特定生物活性的生物医学装置的一种有趣策略。为此,采用热塑性聚氨酯(TPU)和聚乳酸(PLA)的3D可打印长丝对乙醇橄榄叶提取物(OLE)进行超临界浸渍以用于生物医学应用。OLE的提取使用加压液体进行。研究了压力(100 - 400 bar)、温度(35 - 55°C)和聚合物类型对OLE浸渍和溶胀度的影响,包括形态分析和最终抗氧化活性的测量。所有研究变量及其相互作用对OLE负载均有显著影响。较高温度有利于OLE负载,而压力在高于250 bar时呈现相反作用。因此,两种聚合物在250 bar和55°C时均实现了最高的OLE负载。然而,在最佳条件下,TPU的OLE负载和抗氧化活性比PLA高约4倍。据我们所知,这是首次报道使用TPU对具有生物活性的天然提取物进行超临界浸渍。