Bezerra Lima Verde, Isabel
- Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
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 (
Nyckelord
cashew gum; nanoparticles; tocopherol; resin; drug delivery; nanoprecipitation
Publicerad i
Applied Sciences
2021, volym: 11, nummer: 18, artikelnummer: 8467
Utgivare: MDPI
SLU författare
UKÄ forskningsämne
Nanoteknik
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/app11188467
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/113895