Bezerra Lima Verde, Isabel
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Every year, more than thirty thousand tons of Cashew gum (Anacardium occidentale, family: Anacardiaceae) are produced in Brazil; however, only a small amount is used for different applications in foodstuff and in pharmaceutical industries. As a raw material for the production of drug delivery systems, cashew gum is still regarded as an innovative compound worth to be exploited. In this work, cashew gum was extracted from the crude exudate of cashew tree employing four methodologies resulting in a light brown powder in different yields (40.61% to 58.40%). The total ashes (0.34% to 1.05%) and moisture (12.90% to 14.81%) were also dependent on the purification approach. FTIR spectra showed the typical bands of purified cashew gum samples, confirming their suitability for the development of a pharmaceutical product. Cashew gum nanoparticles were produced by nanoprecipitation resulting in particles of low polydispersity (
Keywords
cashew gum; nanoparticles; tocopherol; resin; drug delivery; nanoprecipitation
Published in
Applied Sciences
2021, volume: 11, number: 18, article number: 8467
Publisher: MDPI
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Nano Technology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11188467
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/113895