Rosales-Murillo S S, Sánchez-Bodón Julia, Hernández Olmos S L, Ibarra-Vázquez M F, Guerrero-Ramírez L G, Pérez-Álvarez L, Vilas-Vilela J L
Chemistry Department, University Center of Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44430, Mexico.
Macromolecular Chemistry Group (LQM), Physical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Spain.
Polymers (Basel). 2024 Jan 4;16(1):163. doi: 10.3390/polym16010163.
Anthocyanins are a specific group of molecules found in nature that have recently received increasing attention due to their interesting biological and colorimetric properties that have been successfully applied in several fields such as food preservation and biomedicine. Consequently, reviews devoted to a general overview of these flavonoids have proliferated in recent years. Meanwhile, the incorporation of anthocyanins into polymeric systems has become an interesting strategy to widen the applicability of these molecules and develop new smart and functional polymers in the above cited areas. However, anthocyanin-based polymers have been scarcely reviewed in the literature. Accordingly, this review aims to be a systematic summary of the most recent approaches for the incorporation of anthocyanins into macro-, micro-, or nanostructured polymers. Moreover, this work describes the fundamentals of the applicability of smart anthocyanin-based polymers and offers an updated review of their most interesting applications as sensors, biological regulators, and active materials.
花青素是自然界中发现的一类特定分子，由于其有趣的生物学和比色特性，近年来受到越来越多的关注，这些特性已成功应用于食品保鲜和生物医学等多个领域。因此，近年来专门对这些黄酮类化合物进行总体概述的综述大量涌现。与此同时，将花青素纳入聚合物体系已成为一种有趣的策略，以扩大这些分子的适用性，并在上述领域开发新型智能功能聚合物。然而，基于花青素的聚合物在文献中很少被综述。因此，本综述旨在系统总结将花青素纳入宏观、微观或纳米结构聚合物的最新方法。此外，本文描述了基于花青素的智能聚合物适用性的基本原理，并对其作为传感器、生物调节剂和活性材料的最有趣应用进行了更新综述。
