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Orientador: Jaime Amaya Farfan / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T23:27:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jackix_ElisadeAlmeida_D.pdf: 1472562 bytes, checksum: 8830780df24de0113cef22e1e18df981 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Diversos estudos têm sugerido que a ingestão frequente de vegetais reduz o risco de doenças crônicas não transmissíveis em função da presença de compostos como a fibra alimentar (FA) e demais substâncias bioativas associadas, os quais produzem efeitos positivos sobre a saúde humana. A FA inclui polissacarídeos não amiláceos, oligossacarídeos resistentes à digestão e lignina. Essas substâncias podem passar inalteradas pelo trato gastrintestinal ou serem fermentadas pela microbiota colônica, resultando em efeitos fisiológicos benéficos. A taioba (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) é uma arácea comestível originária da América tropical e possui considerável valor nutritivo. A porção tuberosa é consumida por diversas populações em todo mundo, no entanto, o consumo de suas folhas é menos difundido. O objetivo deste estudo foi caracterizar parcialmente a fração fibrosa da folha de taioba liofilizada (FTL), e avaliar possíveis efeitos fisiológicos in vivo em ratos Wistar machos alimentados com dieta AIN 93G, ou hiperlipídica. As folhas de taioba foram cozidas em água, liofilizadas e quimicamente caracterizadas. Por meio de ensaio biológico foram avaliados os efeitos da FTL sobre a produção de ácidos graxos de cadeia curta, sobre o metabolismo de ácidos biliares (AB) e indicadores bioquímicos. A FTL apresentou teores de fibra alimentar total, solúvel e insolúvel de 35,23 ± 0,26%, 6,82 ± 0,06% e 28,04 ± 0,21%, respectivamente. A análise da composição monossacarídica mostrou que a glicose é o monômero mais abundante (61%), sugerindo a presença de celulose em grandes quantidades. Os animais alimentados com dieta AIN 93G contendo taioba apresentaram maior peso e excreção de gordura fecal, e melhores perfis de ABs, por diminuir a proporção de ABs secundários. Nos ratos alimentados com dieta hiperlipídica a adição de FTL resultou em menor ganho de peso corporal e gordura hepática, e maior peso e conteúdo de gordura nas fezes; além disso, observaram-se maiores concentrações de ácidos graxos de cadeia curta e ABs fecais em comparação ao grupo controle, que recebeu baixos teores de fibra; também se observou menores concentrações de colesterol sérico e maior conteúdo de cinzas corporais nos grupos recebendo a FTL. Os resultados sugeriram que os componentes da folha de taioba possuem elevada capacidade de ligação com os ABs e alta fermentabilidade, indicando que a folha possui potencial para reduzir o risco de doenças cardiovasculares e câncer de cólon / Abstract: Several studies have suggested that frequent vegetable intake reduces the risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes, cancer and obesity due to the presence of compounds such as dietary fiber (DF) and other associated bioactive compounds, which exert positive effects on human health. DF includes non-starch polysaccharides, resistant oligosaccharides and lignin. These substances can pass unaltered through the gastrointestinal tract or be fermented by colonic microbiota, resulting in positive physiological effects. Taioba (Xanthosoma sagittifolium) is an edible aroid originated from tropical America that exhibits significant nutritive value. The tuberous portions are consumed by several populations worldwide, whereas the leafy portions of Taioba are generally discarded. The objective of this research was to partly characterize the DF of lyophilized taioba leaf (LTL), and to assess the possible in vivo physiological effects when fed to male Wistar rats receiving a normal AIN 93G diet, or a high-fat diet. Taioba leaves were boiled in water, lyophilized and chemically characterized. Biological evaluation was conducted to assess the effect of LTL on the intestinal short-chain fatty acid production, bile acid (BA) metabolism, and biochemical parameters. Total, soluble and insoluble dietary fiber contents in LTL were 35.23 ± 0.26%, 6.82 ± 0.06% and 28.04 ± 0.21%, respectively. Monosaccharide composition showed glucose as the main component (61%), suggesting the presence of cellulose. Animals fed the AIN 93G diets containing taioba leaf had increased fecal mass and fat excretion, in addition to improved BA profiles by diminishing the proportion of the secondary acids. In the rats fed the high-fat diet, the addition of LTL resulted in lower weight gain and liver fat concomitantly with higher fecal mass and lipids. Furthermore, these rats exhibited a higher fecal short chain fatty acid and bile salt concentration in the feces than the control group, which had a lower fiber intake. Additionally, lower serum cholesterol and higher body ash content were found in the groups receiving the leaf. The results suggested that taioba leaves have compounds with high BA binding capacity and high fermentability. These properties indicate that the leaf has the potential of lowering the risk of colon cancer and cardiovascular disease / Doutorado / Nutrição Experimental e Aplicada à Tecnologia de Alimentos / Mestre em Alimentos e Nutrição

<p>Surfaktanti imaju značajnu primenu u farmaciji i medicini. Ove supstance se primenjuju u farmakoterapiji, koriste se za solubilizaciju hidrofobnih lekova, a pojedina ispitivanja pokazuju da mogu unaprediti bioraspoloživost određenih aktivnih supstanci. U poslednje vreme se sve vi&scaron;e pažnje posvećuje ispitivanju sme&scaron;a surfaktanata, po&scaron;to je utvrđeno da sistemi dva ili vi&scaron;e surfaktanta često pokazuju poželjnija svojstva od pojedinačnih surfaktanata za aplikaciju u farmaciji i medicini. U ovoj disertaciji su ispitivani binarni sistemi osam anjona žučnih kiselina i dva nejonska surfaktanta (polisorbat 40 i polisorbat 80). Ciljevi su određivanje vrednosti kritičnih micelarnih koncentracija ispitivanih sme&scaron;a surfaktanta, utvrđivanje međudejstva između različitih surfaktanta u njihovim me&scaron;ovitim micelama, kao i ispitivanje uticaja stukture ispitivanih surfaktanata na fizičko-hemijske karakteristike me&scaron;ovitih micela. Rezultati pokazuju da ispitivane sme&scaron;e imaju znatno niže vrednosti kritičnih micelarnih koncentracija od anjona žučnih kiselina. Sme&scaron;e anjona žučnih kiselina i polisorbata 40 imaju manje vrednosti eksperimentalnih kritičnih micelarnih koncentracija, od izračunatih, idealnih, vrednosti, &scaron;to ukazuje na postojanje sinergističkih interakcija u me&scaron;ovitim micelama. Sme&scaron;e anjona žučnih kiselina i polisorbata 80 imaju uglavnom veće vrednosti kritičnih micelarnih koncentracija od idealnih vrednosti, &scaron;to može biti posledica postojanja antagonističkih interakcija između gradivnih jedinica me&scaron;ovitih micela. Vrednosti interakcija, koje dovode do neidealnog pona&scaron;anja sistema surfaktanata, su određene računanjem vrednosti interakcionog parametra, &beta;_1,2, prema regular solution theory. Sistemi anjona žučnih kiselina i polisorbata 40 imaju negativne vrednosti interakcionog parametra, dok sistemi anjona žučnih kiselina i polisorbata 80 imaju uglavnom pozitivne vrednosti interakcionog parametra. Poređenjem fizičko-hemijskih parametara me&scaron;ovitih micela je utvrđeno da postojanje privlačnih međudejstava između hidrofilnih delova različitih surfaktanata najverovatnije potiče od vodoničnih veza koje se formiraju između hidrofilnih grupa anjona žučnih kiselina i polioksietilenskih delova. Pozitivne vrednosti &beta;_1,2 parametra su najverovatnije posledica sterno krute cis dvostruke veze oleinske kiseline u molekulu polisorbata 80, usled čega se lipofilni deo ovog nejonskog surfaktanta teže pakuje u jezgru me&scaron;ovitih micela. Pretpostavlja se da zbog toga dolazi do formiranja dimera anjona žučnih kiselina u me&scaron;ovitim micelama u kojima se javljaju odbojne interakcije između negativno naelektrisanih karboksilatnih grupa.</p> / <p>Surfactants have important application in pharmacy and medicine. These substances are applied in pharmacotherapy, they are used for hydrophobic drug solubilisation, and certain investigations indicate they can improve bioavailability of certain active substances. Lately, investigations of surfactant mixtures have gained a lot of attention, since it was found that systems of two or more surfactants often show more desirable properties than the individual surfactants, for application in pharmacy and medicine. In this dissertation, binary systems of eight bile acid anions and two nonionic surfactants (polysorbate 40 and polysorbate 80) were investigated. The aims were to determine values of critical micelle concentrations of investigated surfactant mixtures, interactions between different surfactants in their mixed micelles, and to investigate the influence of the structure of investigated surfactants on physico-chemical characteristics of mixed micelles. The results indicate that investigated mixtures have significantly lower values of critical micelle concentrations than bile acid anions. Mixtures of bile acid anions and polysorbate 40 have&nbsp; lower values of experimentally obtained critical micelle concentrations than the calculated, ideal, values, indicating the existence of synergistic interactions in mixed micelles. Mixtures of bile acid anions and polysorbate 80 have mainly higher values of critical micelle concentrations than the ideal values, what could be due to the existence of antagonistic interactions between building units of mixed micelles. The values of the interactions, attributing to the nonideal behaviour of the surfactant systems were obtained by calculating the values of the interaction parameter, &beta;1,2 , according to the regular solution theory. Systems of bile acid anions and polysorbate 40 have negative values of the interaction parameter, while systems of bile acid anions and polysorbate 80 have mainly positive values of interaction parameter. By comparing the physico-chemical parameters of mixed micelles, it was determined that existence of attractive interactions between hydrophilic parts of different surfactants most probably originates from the hydrogen bonds, which are formed between hydrophilic groups of bile acid anions and polyoxyethylene parts. Positive values of &beta;1,2 parameter are most probably due to sterically rigid cis double bond of oleic acid in polysorbate 80 molecule, causing the lipophilic tail of this nonionic surfactant to pack less easily in the core of mixed micelles. It is hypothesised that this influences formation of dimers of bile acid anions in mixed micelles, where repulsive interactions emerge between negatively charged carboxylate groups.</p>