Mejía-Jaramillo Ana María, Gómez-Hoyos Catalina, Cañas Gutierrez Ana Isabel, Correa-Hincapié Natalia, Zuluaga Gallego Robin, Triana-Chávez Omar
Grupo Biología y Control de Enfermedades Infecciosas - BCEI, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, 050010, Colombia.
Facultad de Ingeniería Agroindustrial, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Circular 1_N_70-01, Medellín, 050031, Colombia.
Heliyon. 2023 Oct 25;9(11):e21560. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21560. eCollection 2023 Nov.
Cellulose nanofibrils from the banana rachis are a good alternative as packaging materials, food packaging, stabilizing agents, and functional food ingredients. To address the potential effects of ingested banana rachis cellulose nanofibrils (BR-CNFs), their toxicity and was evaluated using Caco-2 intestinal cells and mice, respectively. The results showed that BR-CNFs did not cause cytotoxic effects at the concentrations evaluated on Caco-2 cells. In addition to cytotoxicity tests, genotoxicity assays using comet assay indicated that Caco-2 cells showed no DNA damage at the concentrations of CNFs tested. Finally, acute cytotoxicity assays indicated that mice showed no sign of pathogenesis or lesions in the liver, kidney, or small intestine when treated with a single dose of BR-CNFs. Moreover, when the mice were treated daily for a month with BR-CNFs no hyperplasia or hypertrophy was observed in any of the organs evaluated. Additionally, biochemical parameters such as blood chemistry, creatinine, liver enzymes, and renal function showed that the BR-CNFs do not cause organ damage. Overall, this study shows that BR-CNFs are neither cytotoxic nor genotoxic. In conclusion, these studies are essential to guarantee the safety of this high value-added product in the food industry.
来自香蕉叶轴的纤维素纳米纤维是作为包装材料、食品包装、稳定剂和功能性食品成分的良好替代品。为了研究摄入香蕉叶轴纤维素纳米纤维(BR-CNFs)的潜在影响,分别使用Caco-2肠细胞和小鼠对其毒性进行了评估。结果表明,在对Caco-2细胞评估的浓度下,BR-CNFs不会引起细胞毒性作用。除了细胞毒性测试外,使用彗星试验的遗传毒性分析表明,在测试的CNFs浓度下,Caco-2细胞没有显示出DNA损伤。最后,急性细胞毒性试验表明,用单剂量的BR-CNFs处理小鼠时,小鼠的肝脏、肾脏或小肠没有出现发病或损伤的迹象。此外,当小鼠每天用BR-CNFs处理一个月时,在评估的任何器官中都没有观察到增生或肥大。此外,血液化学、肌酐、肝酶和肾功能等生化参数表明,BR-CNFs不会造成器官损伤。总体而言,这项研究表明BR-CNFs既没有细胞毒性也没有遗传毒性。总之,这些研究对于保证这种高附加值产品在食品工业中的安全性至关重要。