Karaula Ivona, Vasung Emma, Damjanović Anja, Panić Manuela, Radović Mia, Radošević Kristina, Bagović Kolić Martina, Cvjetko Bubalo Marina, Radojčić Redovniković Ivana
Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Molecules. 2024 Dec 7;29(23):5794. doi: 10.3390/molecules29235794.
Broccoli is rich in biologically active compounds, especially polyphenols and glucosinolates, known for their health benefits. Traditional extraction methods have limitations, leading to a shift towards using natural deep eutectic solvents (NADESs) to create high-quality extracts with enhanced biological activity. This study focuses on preparing broccoli extracts in NADES, enriched with polyphenols and glucosinolates, without additional purification steps. Using the COSMOtherm software, the solubility of polyphenols and glucosinolates in NADESs was predicted, and five biocompatible betaine-based NADESs were prepared with glucose (B:Glc and B:Glc), sucrose (B:Suc), glycerol (B:Gly), and malic acid (B:MA) as hydrogen bond donors. The resulting extracts were assessed for total polyphenol and glucosinolate content, along with antioxidant capacity, using the ORAC assay. The results demonstrated that NADES extracts contained higher polyphenol content and exhibited enhanced antioxidant effects compared to the reference ethanol extract, with B:Glc extract showing the highest performance among all the extracts tested. On the other hand, the extract based on B:MA exhibited nearly six times higher total glucosinolate content compared to the ethanol extract. Additionally, polyphenols and glucosinolates were generally more stable in NADES extracts than in the reference solvent. Finally, the B:Glc extract, identified as optimal in terms of polyphenol and glucosinolate content and stability, exhibited mild stimulation of HaCaT cells growth and facilitated the wound-healing process. Through green chemistry parameter calculations, we demonstrated that the extraction of broccoli bioactives using B:Glc can be considered sustainable, underscoring the potential of NADESs for producing ready-to-use plant extracts.
西兰花富含生物活性化合物,尤其是多酚和硫代葡萄糖苷,它们对健康有益。传统提取方法存在局限性,这使得人们转而使用天然低共熔溶剂(NADESs)来制备具有增强生物活性的高质量提取物。本研究重点在于在NADES中制备西兰花提取物,该提取物富含多酚和硫代葡萄糖苷,无需额外的纯化步骤。使用COSMOtherm软件预测了多酚和硫代葡萄糖苷在NADESs中的溶解度,并制备了五种基于生物相容性甜菜碱的NADESs,分别以葡萄糖(B:Glc和B:Glc)、蔗糖(B:Suc)、甘油(B:Gly)和苹果酸(B:MA)作为氢键供体。使用ORAC分析法对所得提取物的总多酚和硫代葡萄糖苷含量以及抗氧化能力进行了评估。结果表明,与参比乙醇提取物相比,NADES提取物含有更高的多酚含量并表现出增强的抗氧化效果,其中B:Glc提取物在所有测试提取物中表现最佳。另一方面,基于B:MA的提取物的总硫代葡萄糖苷含量比乙醇提取物高出近六倍。此外,多酚和硫代葡萄糖苷在NADES提取物中通常比在参比溶剂中更稳定。最后,被确定在多酚和硫代葡萄糖苷含量及稳定性方面最佳的B:Glc提取物对HaCaT细胞的生长具有轻度刺激作用,并促进了伤口愈合过程。通过绿色化学参数计算,我们证明使用B:Glc提取西兰花生物活性成分可被认为是可持续的,这突出了NADESs在生产即用型植物提取物方面的潜力。