Title
Green and sustainable synthesis of oligorutin using an enzymatic membrane reactor: Process optimization
Date Issued
01 November 2020
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Muñiz-Mouro A.
Gullón B.
Eibes G.
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Publisher(s)
Institution of Chemical Engineers
Abstract
The enzymatic polymerization of rutin has been proved as an efficient method for obtaining products with enhanced properties, but toxic organic co-solvents are often involved in this process. In this work, the effect of temperature and enzyme activity were initially studied on 24 h batch oligomerization reactions in organic-free reaction media. The optimal conditions, 1000 U/L and 25 °C, were chosen to operate an ultrafiltration enzymatic membrane reactor (UF-EMR) during three consecutive oligorutin synthesis cycles of 6 and 24 h, with the objective of reusing the initial laccase activity. The use of this technology led to the design of a biocompatible and sustainable process with complete rutin conversion and remarkable laccase stability in at least three consecutive 24 h cycles with no further enzyme addition. Despite an approximately 80% lower ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), oligorutin displayed up to 1620-fold aqueous solubility and 24-fold iron chelating activity. Additionally, tests involving DNA degradation inhibition in exposure to biologically related radicals showed a better performance of oligorutin when compared to rutin.
Start page
434
End page
444
Volume
124
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Tecnología para la identificación y funcionamiento del ADN, proteínas y enzimas y como influencian la enfermedad)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85094952247
Source
Food and Bioproducts Processing
ISSN of the container
09603085
Sponsor(s)
Funding text 1 The authors thank the Spanish Government ( RTI2018-094482-J-I00 ), the Galician Competitive Research Group GRC-ED431 C 2017/29 and the CRETUS Strategic Partnership ED431E 2018/01 . All these programs are co-funded by FEDER. A.M-M thanks the “Programa de axudas á etapa predoutoral” from Xunta de Galicia for co-funding this work (ED481A-2018/023). B.G. and G.E. would like to express their gratitude to the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities for financial support (Grant reference RYC2018-026177-I and RYC2018-024846-I).
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