Orientador: Fernanda Paula Collares / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T15:44:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 UclesSantos_JoseRicardo_M.pdf: 2719947 bytes, checksum: c27f8219ba712b28246c216abd73b478 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: O pão de queijo, um produto tipicamente brasileiro, é considerado um produto de panificação que não contém glúten, pois em sua formulação não é utilizada farinha de trigo e sim fécula nativa de mandioca ou fécula de mandioca fermentada naturalmente e/ou modificada. Devido ao seu alto teor de carboidratos, possui grande aceitabilidade e pode ser utilizado por pessoas portadoras de doença celíaca. O alto consumo deste produto no Brasil e a procura crescente dos consumidores por produtos alimentícios não somente nutritivos e saborosos, mas que também tragam benefício à saúde, estimula o estudo da incorporação de ingredientes nutricionais e funcionais à massa de pão de queijo que não afetem suas propriedades reológicas, físicas e sensoriais. O objetivo deste trabalho, portanto, foi avaliar o efeito da incorporação de componentes nutricionais e funcionais, como o isolado protéico de soja e a polidextrose, na qualidade da massa e do pão de queijo assado, com e sem adição de fécula de mandioca pré-gelatinizada, visando determinar quais dos teores adicionados de cada um destes ingredientes conferem as melhores características físicas e sensoriais ao pão de queijo. Para atingir este objetivo, o trabalho foi dividido em três etapas: (i) avaliação do teor adequado de fécula de mandioca e polvilho azedo adicionado à formulação de pão de queijo, através da determinação de suas propriedades físicas, reológicas e sensoriais; (ii) análise do efeito combinado dos ingredientes nutricionais e funcionais incorporados à massa de pão de queijo com diferentes teores de fécula de mandioca e polvilho azedo, com e sem a etapa de escaldamento, nas suas propriedades reológicas, físicas e sensoriais, utilizando a metodologia de superfície de resposta; (iii) caracterização física, química, reológica e sensorial das formulações de pão de queijo, com e sem a adição de fécula de mandioca pré-gelatinizada, escolhidas no item anterior. Na primeira etapa do trabalho, massas elaboradas com teores de 70% e 100% de fécula de mandioca apresentaram maiores consistências em U.F. em relação às massas elaboradas com altos teores de polvilho azedo, durante o processo de mistura similado no farinógrafo Brabender. Os pães de queijo elaborados com altos teores de polvilho azedo apresentam coeficientes de expansão de até 80,00%, sendo que os pães elaborados com fécula de mandioca apresentaram valor máximo de expansão de 66,67%. Devido a este poder de expansão apresentado pelos pães de queijo elaborados com polvilho azedo, a força de compressão (textura dos pães) obtida foi de 7,85% a 28,40% menor à reportada para pães de queijo elaborados com fécula de mandioca. Sensorialmente, os pães de queijo elaborados com altos teores de fécula de mandioca apresentaram as maiores médias em relação aos atributos de aceitação geral, textura, cor e sabor em comparação com os pães de queijo com altos teores de polvilho azedo, que segundo os provadores lembra o biscoito de polvilho. Na segunda etapa do trabalho, foi possível a determinação de um modelo matemático para o volume específico dos pães de queijo elaborados com adição de fécula de mandioca pré-gelatinizada, e para o ângulo de tonalidade do miolo (h) de pães de queijo elaborados sem adição de fécula de mandioca prégelatinizada, explicando a interação que existe entre as variáveis (fécula de mandioca, polvilho azedo, isolado protéico de soja e polidextrose). O modelo matemático do volume mostra que a utilização de teores entre 79,76% e 100% de polvilho azedo, 5,50% de isolado protéico de soja e teores abaixo de 1,03% de polidextrose confere grandes volumes ao pão de queijo, assim como teores de 0,00% de polvilho azedo, 5,50% de isolado protéico de soja e teores de polidextrose acima de 5,07%. Para o ângulo de tonalidade (h), o modelo matemático determinou que a utilização dos valores extremos, teores mínimo e máximo, de polvilho azedo (0,00% e 100,00%) com teores de 0,00% a 9,00% de isolado protéico de soja e teores médios de polidextrose (2,21%) na formulação de pão de queijo, conferiu altos ângulos de tonalidade do miolo. Os parâmetros de textura, luminosidade e saturação da cor da crosta e do miolo dos pães de queijo, com e sem a adição de fécula de mandioca prégelatinizada, não apresentaram diferença significativa (p=0,05), sendo que a elaboração de pães de queijo utilizando concentrações na faixa estudada não produz alterações na qualidade do produto. Na última etapa do trabalho, duas formulações de pão de queijo, selecionadas na 2a etapa considerando os escores sensoriais de aparência geral, textura, aroma e sabor, foram caracterizadas física, química, reológica e sensorialmente, sendo que as duas formulações apresentaram diferença significativa (p=0,05) no perfil reológico da massa, no volume, textura e cor dos pães de queijo assados, mas sensorialmente foram igualmente aceitas pelos consumidores, quanto à aparência geral, cor do miolo, textura, aroma e sabor / Abstract: ¿Pao de queijo¿ (cheese bread), a typically Brazilian product, is considered a gluten-free bakery product, as its formulation does not contain wheat flour but native cassava starch, naturally fermented and/or modified. Due to its high content of carbohydrates, it has great acceptance and can be consumed by individuals who suffer from celiac disease. The high consumption of this product in Brazil and the growing demand, by consumers, of food products that are not only nutritious and tasty, but also bring health benefits, stimulates the study of the incorporation of nutritional and functional ingredients to cheese bread doughs, which do not affect its rheological, physical and sensorial properties. The objective of this study, therefore, was to evaluate the effect of the incorporation of the nutritional and functional components, such as soy protein isolate and the polydextrose, on the quality of cheese bread dough and of baked cheese bread, with or without the addition of pre-gelatinized cassava starch, with the objective of determining the contents of each of these ingredients that confer the best physical and sensorial characteristics to cheese bread. In order to achieve this objective, the study was divided in three phases: (i) evaluation of the appropriate content of cassava starch and sour cassava starch added to the formulation, by determining physical, rheological and sensorial properties; (ii) analysis of the combined effect of functional and nutritional ingredients incorporated to the cheese bread dough with different contents of cassava starch and sour cassava starch, with and without the scalding process, on rheological, physical and sensorial properties, using the response surface methodology; (iii) physical, chemical and rheological characterization of the cheese bread formulations, with or without the addition of pre-gelatinized cassava starch, chosen in the previous stage/step. In the first phase of the study, doughs elaborated with 70% and 100% of cassava starch presented greater consistency profiles when compared to high contents of sour cassava starch, during the mixing process simulated in the Brabender farinograph. The cheese breads elaborated with high contents of sour cassava starch presented expansion coefficients of up to 80.00%, while the cheese breads elaborated with cassava starch presented a maximum value of expansion of 66.67%. Due to this power of expansion presented by the cheese breads elaborated with sour cassava starch, the force of compression (texture of breads) obtained was 7.85% to 28.40% lower than that of those reported for cheese breads elaborated with cassava starch. Sensorially, the cheese breads produced with high contents of cassava starch presented the highest scores with respect to the attributes general acceptance, texture, color and flavor, in comparison to the cheese breads with high contents of sour cassava starch, which according to the panelists resembled the sour cassava starch biscuits (¿biscoito de polvilho¿). In the second phase of the study, it was possible to determine a mathematical model for the specific volume of cheese breads elaborated with the addition of pre-gelatinized cassava starch, and for the shade angle (h) of cheese breads elaborated without the addition of pre-gelatinized cassava starch, explaining the interaction between the variables (cassava starch, sour cassava starch, soy protein isolate and polydextrose). The mathematical model showed that the use of contents between 79.76% and 100% of sour cassava starch, 5.50 % of soy protein isolate and contents below 1.03% of polydextrose confers great volumes to cheese bread, as well as contents of 0.00% of sour cassava starch, 5.50% of soy protein isolate and contents of polydextrose above 5.07%. For the shade angle (h), the mathematical model determined that the use of extreme values, minimum and maximum contents, of sour cassava starch (0.00% and 100.0%) with contents of 0.00% to 9.00% of soy protein isolate and intermediate contents of polydextrose (2.21%) in the formulation of cheese bread conferred high shade angles to the crumb. The parameters of texture, luminescence (L*) and color saturation (C*) of the crust and crumb of the cheese breads, with and without the addition of pregelatinized cassava starch, did not present significant difference (p=0.05), indicating that the elaboration of cheese breads using the concentrations in the range studied for the different variables does not produce alterations in the quality of the product. In the last phase of the study, two formulations of cheese bread, selected in the second phase considering the sensorial scores of general appearance, aroma and flavor, were characterized physically, sensorially, rheologically and chemically. These two formulations presented significant differences (p=0.05) in the rheological profile of the dough, specific volume, texture and color of the baked cheese breads, but were equally accepted by consumers, as to general appearance, color of the cr8umb, texture, aroma and flavor / Mestrado / Mestre em Tecnologia de Alimentos

Os ensaios microbiológicos são utilizados para avaliar a atividade antimicrobiana desde a descoberta do uso dos antibióticos. Apesar dos ensaios microbiológicos serem amplamente empregados para determinação da potência de antibióticos em formas farmacêuticas, uma vez que fornecem a medida da atividade biológica, apresentam limitações quanto a baixa reprodutibilidade e tempo de análise. O objetivo deste trabalho foi desenvolver, otimizar e validar ensaio colorimétrico rápido em microplaca para determinar a potência da neomicina e bacitracina em produtos farmacêuticos. Metodologias de análise fatorial e análise de superfície de resposta foram utilizadas no desenvolvimento e otimização da escolha do microrganismo, da composição do meio de cultura, da proporção de inóculo, e das concentrações de cloreto de trifeniltetrazólio e dos antibióticos. Os métodos otimizados foram validados pela avaliação da linearidade, precisão, exatidão e robustez. Análise estatística mostrou equivalência entre o método de difusão em ágar e o método colorimétrico rápido em microplaca para ambos antibióticos. Além disso, o ensaio em microplaca apresentou vantagens em relação à reprodutibilidade, sensibilidade, tempo de incubação e quantidades necessárias de meio de cultura e soluções para ambos os antibióticos. / Microbiological assays have been used to evaluate antimicrobial activity since the discovery of the first antibiotics. Despite of microbiological assays have been widely employed to determine antibiotic potency of pharmaceutical dosage forms, once they provide a measure of biological activity, they have limitations regarding the low reproducibility and increased time of analysis. The aim of this work is to develop, optimize and validate a rapid colorimetric microplate bioassay for the potency of neomycin and bacitracin in pharmaceutical drug products. Factorial and response surface methodologies were used in the development and optimization of the choice of microorganism, culture medium composition, amount of inoculum, triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) concentration and antibiotic concentration. The optimized bioassays methods were validated by the assessment of linearity, precision, accuracy, and robustness. Statistical analysis showed equivalency between agar diffusion microbiological assays and rapid colorimetric microplate bioassays. In addition, microplate bioassay had advantages concerning the reproducibility, sensitivity of response, time of incubation, and amount of culture medium and solutions required.

Experimentos industriais são realizados pelas empresas no intuito de melhorar as características de qualidade dos produtos e processos de fabricação. Nesse sentido, esta dissertação tem como objetivo estudar e aplicar as técnicas de planejamento e análise de experimentos na melhoria da qualidade industrial. Como parte do objetivo, desenvolve-se uma aplicação com as técnicas de planejamento fatorial fracionado '2POT. K-P', metodologia de superfície de resposta e análise de variância, em um processo de moldagem por injeção, utilizado por uma indústria que fabrica e comercializa componentes plásticos usados na construção civil. Com essa pesquisa experimental identificam-se os parâmetros mais importantes da injeção plástica: temperatura da máquina e pressão de injeção. Ao mesmo tempo, determinam-se os níveis ótimos de regulagem desses parâmetros. Assim, com esse estudo, avalia-se o procedimento de implantação das técnicas de experimentação e as dificuldades práticas encontradas, bem como busca-se contribuir na integração entre universidade e empresa. / Industrial experiments are made by companies in order to improve the quality characteristics of products and production processes. In this sense, the objective of this dissertation is to study and apply the design of experiments in the industrial quality improvement. In addition, as a part of the objective, an application of the techniques of design Fractional Factorial '2POT. K-P', Analysis of Variance and Response Surface Methodology is done. It is focused in an injection molding process applied by a company, that makes and trades plastic products for the civil construction. Using this experimental study, the most important parameters of plastic injection are identified: melt temperature and injection pressure. At the same time, the optimal levels of adjustment of these parameters are determined. From this study, it is evaluated both the implantation procedures of the designs of experiments as well as the difficulties faced. Also, this study tries to contribute to the university-company relationship.

Nessa pesquisa avaliou-se a produção fermentativa de hidrogênio e ácidos orgânicos a partir do bagaço de cana-de-açúcar (BCA) usado como substrato em reatores em batelada. Três condições de pré-tratamento (hidrotérmico, autoclave e hidrotérmico mais autoclave) do BCA e condição in natura foram avaliadas a fim de favorecer a produção de hidrogênio. Verificou-se produção molar de hidrogênio de 3,79 mmol/L, 3,47 mmol/L, 1,67 mmol/L e 1,01 mmol/L para BCA autoclavado, BCA in natura, BCA pré-tratado em sistema hidrotérmico e BCA pré-tratado em sistema hidrotérmico seguido de autoclave, respectivamente. A partir desses valores, optou-se por usar o BCA autoclavado como substrato para otimização da produção de hidrogênio e ácidos orgânicos a partir de metodologias de delineamento do composto central e superfície de resposta. Foram monitorados 10 reatores em batelada (R1 a R10), em triplicatas, com diferentes concentrações de substrato (0,8 a 9,2 g/L) e pH (de 4,6 a 7,4). A maior produção de hidrogênio (24,1 mmol/L) e 6,4 g/L de ácidos orgânicos foram obtidos em R4 (8,0 g BCA/L e pH 7,0). Os açúcares glicose, arabinose, xilose, manose e galactose foram observados ao longo do tempo de operação em todos os reatores, sendo arabinose observado em maior concentração nas condições dos reatores R3 (8,0 g BCA/L e pH 5,0) e R8 (5,0 g BCA/L e pH 7,4), respectivamente, 1.415,3 e 1.372,5 mg/L. A produção de hidrogênio foi concomitante à formação de ácidos orgânicos, principalmente butírico (de 14,6 a 33,8% em R1 e R6, respectivamente) e succínico (de 19,5 a 26,4% em R3 e R9, respectivamente). Os dois fatores analisados, concentração de substrato e pH, exerceram efeitos significativos na produção de hidrogênio, ácido butírico e succínico. A partir dos resultados obtidos com o planejamento fatorial, foi possível verificar que o valor máximo de produção de hidrogênio estimado pelo modelo foi de 23,10 mmol/L, para 7,0 g BCA/L e pH 7,2. O valor obtido no experimento de otimização (Rotm) foi de 19,84 mmol/L, com grau de precisão do modelo de 85,9% para produção de hidrogênio a partir de BCA autoclavado. Sequenciamento massivo via plataforma Illumina (Miseq) foi realizado para a identificação de bactérias do reator do ponto central, (R9, 5,0 g BCA/L e pH 6,0), do reator otimizado (Rotm, 7,0 g BCA/L e pH 7,2), de amostras do BCA autoclavado e inóculo. No inóculo foram identificadas principalmente bactérias semelhantes a Clostridium bifermentans (62,69% de abundância relativa), Bacillus coagulans (31,67%) e Enterobacter aerogenes (2,72%). No BCA foram identificadas bactérias semelhantes a C. bifermentans (31,91%), C. cellobioparum (32,29%), C. cellulolyticum (5,69%), C. sartagoforme (14,63%) e Paenibacillus spp. (11,67%). Estas bactérias não foram favorecidas sob as condições impostas em R9 (5,0 g BCA/L e pH 6,0) e Rotm (7,0 g BCA/L e pH 7,2), uma vez que a abundância relativa das bactérias nas amostras dos reatores foram completamente diferentes. Em R9, bactérias semelhantes a Lactobacillus paracasei e Escherichia hermannii foram as principais identificas com 37,50 e 34,32% de abundância relativa, respectivamente. Em Rotm, as principais bactérias identificadas foram semelhantes a Bacteroides sp. e Enterobacter aerogenes, com 37,35 e 27,72% de abundância relativa, respectivamente. Assim, as populações bacterianas, bem como a produção de metabólitos, foram alteradas em função das condições impostas; ou seja, concentração de BCA, pH em reatores em batelada com BCA autoclavado como substrato. / This study evaluated the hydrogen and organic acids fermentative productions from sugarcane bagasse (SCB) as substrate in batch reactors. Three pre-treatment conditions (hydrothermal, autoclave and hydrothermal plus autoclave) of BCA and the in natura condition were evaluated in order to favor the hydrogen production. Hydrogen molar productions of 3.79 mmol/L, 3.47 mmol/L, 1.67 mmol/L and 1.01 mmol/L was found for SCB pretreated in autoclave, BCA in natura, SCB pretreated in hydrothermal system and SCB pretreated in hydrothermal system followed by autoclaving, respectively. From these values, it was decided to use autoclaved BCA as a substrate for optimization of hydrogen and organic acids productions from the design methodologies of the central compound and response surface. Ten batch reactors (R1 to R10) were monitored in triplicates with different substrate concentrations (0.8 to 9.2 g/L) and pH (4.6 to 7.4). The highest production of hydrogen (24.06 mmol/L) and 6.42 g/L of organic acids were obtained in R4 (8.0 g BCA/L and pH 7.0). Glucose, arabinose, xylose, mannose and galactose were produced and consumed throughout the operating time of all reactors, and arabinose was observed at higher concentration, 1,415.26 and 1,372.45 mg/L in R3 (8.0 g BCA/L and pH 5.0) and R8 (5.0 g BCA/L and pH 7.4), respectively. The production of hydrogen was concomitant to the formation of organic acids, mainly butyric (from 14.6 to 33.8% in R1 and R6, respectively) and succinic (from 19.5 to 26.4% in R3 and R9, respectively). The two factors analyzed, substrate concentration and pH, had significant effects on the production of hydrogen, butyric acid and succinic acid. From the results obtained with the factorial design, it was possible to verify that the maximum value of hydrogen production estimated by the model was 23.10 mmol/L, to 7.0 g BCA L and pH 7.2. The value obtained in the optimization experiment (Rotm) was 19.84 mmol/L, with an accuracy of 85.9% for hydrogen production from autoclaved BCA. Sequencing by the Illumina platform (Miseq) was performed for the identification of bacteria from the central point reactor (R9, 5.0 g BCA/L and pH 6.0), optimized reactor (Rotm, 7.0 g BCA/L and pH 7.2), autoclaved BCA and inoculum samples. In the inoculum were identified mainly bacteria similar to Clostridium bifermentans (62,69% of relative abundance), Bacillus coagulans (31,67%) and Enterobacter aerogenes (2,72%). Bacteria similar to C. bifermentans (31.91%), C. cellobioparum (32.29%), C. cellulolyticum (5.69%), C. sartagoforme (14.63%) and Paenibacillus spp. (11.67%). These bacteria were not favored under the conditions imposed on R9 (5.0 g BCA/L and pH 6.0) and Rotm (7.0 g BCA/L and pH 7.2), since the relative abundance of the bacteria in the reactor samples were completely different. In R9, bacteria similar to Lactobacillus paracasei and Escherichia hermannii were the main identified with 37.50 and 34.32% of relative abundance, respectively. In Rotm, the main bacteria identified were similar to Bacteroides sp. and Enterobacter aerogenes, with 37.35 and 27.72% relative abundance, respectively. Thus, bacterial populations, as well as the production of metabolites, were altered as a function of the imposed conditions; ie, BCA concentration, pH in batch reactors with autoclaved BCA as substrate.

In Canada, about 60% of contaminated sites involve petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) contamination and most of these sites have been abandoned due to contamination. Among current technologies used for soil remediation, supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) is a relatively recent and potentially viable method. The main aim of this research was to investigate the application of SFE for removal of PHCs from contaminated soils. In the first phase, the effects of SFE operational parameters including fluid pressure, fluid temperature, time duration and mode of extraction on the removal efficiency of PHCs from a spiked sandy soil (with diesel fuel with a ratio of 5 wt%) were investigated. SFE experiments were performed at different pressures (15, 33 and 50 MPa) and temperatures (30, 75 and 120 °C). The combination of 10 min static mode followed by 10 min dynamic mode, repeated for 3 cycles (60 min in total) led to the highest PHC removal percentage. According to response surface methodology (RSM), the optimum pressure and temperature were found to be 50 MPa and 69.3 °C, respectively. According to experimental results, the optimum combination of pressure and temperature determined to be 33 MPa and 75 °C; which resulted in the extraction percentages of 99.2%, 91.7% and 86.1% for PHC F2, F3 and F4 fractions, respectively. In the second phase, the influence of several parameters including soil water content, soil pH and addition of modifier on PHCs removals from a field-contaminated sandy soil using SFE were experimentally investigated. SFE experiments were performed at 33 MPa pressure and temperatures of 45 and 75 °C. Three water content levels of 8%, 14% and 20% at two levels of pH 6.5 and 7.5 were investigated. The extraction of total petroleum hydrocarbon fractions (TPHF), the sum of F2, F3, and F4 fractions, decreased due to the increase in the water content from 8% to 20% at both pH 6.5 and 7.5. The difference of extractions of all PHC fractions at pH values of 6.5 and 7.5 were not statistically significant (at p < 0.05 confidence level) at all three water content levels and pH did not have a significant influence on the PHC removal efficiency. Addition of acetone as a modifier (33.7% TPHF removal) was more effective than hexanes (24.3% TPHF removal) to decrease the concentrations of PHCs for the field contaminated soil. In the third phase, the influence of soil texture and grain size on the extraction of PHC fractions was investigated. SFE experiments were performed at 33 MPa pressure and 75 °C temperature. Three types of soils (soil A, B and C) were spiked with diesel fuel with a ratio of 5 wt%. Soil A, B and C had different particle sizes and were categorized as sand, silt loam and clay, respectively. Soil A (sand) which had the largest particle size resulted in the highest TPHF removal percentage while soil C (clay) with the smallest particle size led to the lowest TPHF removal percentage. A higher clay content in soil C resulted in a lower extraction of PHCs. In the fourth phase, the effects of pressure and temperature on the extraction of PHC fractions from a clay soil spiked with diesel fuel with a ratio of 5 wt% were investigated. SFE experiments were performed at three pressures (15, 33 and 50 MPa) and temperatures (30, 75 and 120 °C). According to the statistical analysis including factorial design and RSM, the optimized combination of pressure and temperature was selected at 42.8 MPa and 120 °C; which resulted in the removal percentages of 74.9% and 65.6% for PHC F2 and F3 fractions, respectively. The optimum combination of pressure and temperature based on the experimental results was selected at 33 MPa and 120 °C that led to 70.3%, 58.4% and 32.6% removal of PHC F2, F3 and F4 fractions, respectively.

O setor agroindustrial tem se expandido muito nos últimos anos, levando o país a um aumento na geração de resíduos agroindustriais, sendo que a maior parte deles ainda é descartada no meio ambiente, sem tratamento adequado, ou utilizada na alimentação animal, destinos que a priori, não geram ganhos econômicos para a agroindústria além de representarem gargalos logísticos e ambientais na sua disposição. Nesse sentido, o presente trabalho teve como objetivos otimizar o processo de extração de compostos bioativos, avaliar in vitro as atividades antioxidante, por meio da desativação de espécies reativas de oxigênio, e anti-inflamatória, bem como determinar a composição fenólica dos resíduos agroindustriais a saber: película de amendoim (Arachis hypogaea) (cultivares IAC886 e IAC505), pimenta-rosa (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi) e pimenta-do-reino (Piper Nigrum L). O processo de otimização da extração de compostos antioxidantes foi realizado utilizando dois processos de extração, extração convencional e subcrítica, em delineamento composto central rotacional, utilizando como variáveis a temperatura e tempo e a pressão e temperatura, respectivamente, com os solventes etanol 80%, água e propilenoglicol 80%. Durante o processo de otimização a atividade antioxidante foi avaliada pelo método de sequestro do radical ABTS. Os melhores resultados foram obtidos para a extração convencional com os solventes etanol 80%, água e propilenoglicol 80%. A película de amendoim (IAC505) apresentou as maiores atividades antioxidantes (1.396,67, 580,44 e 859,89 &mu;mol.g-1 em equivalentes de trolox, para os solventes etanol 80%, água e propilenoglicol 80%, respectivamente). A partir dos resultados obtidos para os solventes testados, utilizando a extração convencional, foram feitas outras análises de atividade antioxidante considerando o tempo e temperatura ideal de extração. Foram realizadas análises de avaliação da capacidade de redução de Folin-Ciocalteau e potencial de desativação dos radicais livres sintéticos (DPPH e ABTS) e espécies reativas de oxigênio (radicais peroxila, superóxido e ácido hipocloroso). O solvente de extração que apresentou melhores resultados em todos os ensaios foi o etanol 80%, sendo, portanto o solvente utilizado nas análises subsequentes. A partir da definição do melhor sistema extrator foram realizadas análises da composição fenólica, por meio das técnicas de cromatografia líquida de alta eficiência em modo analítico (HPLC-RP), cromatografia gasosa acoplada com espectrometria de massas (GC-MS), e avaliação in vitro da atividade anti-inflamatória. Foram identificados nos resíduos estudados procianidinas B1 e B2, ácido p-cumárico, miricetina, ácido ferúlico, ácido siríngico, ácido sinápico, epicatequina e catequina. A pimenta-do-reino diminui significativamente os níveis de TNF-&alpha; e nitritos, reduzindo assim o processo inflamatório gerado. Os resultados obtidos neste trabalho demonstram que estes resíduos agroindústrias possuem grande potencial biológico, podendo assim ser melhores aproveitados tanto pela indústria de alimentos quanto pela indústria farmacêutica. / The agribusiness sector has expanded greatly in recent years, leading the country to an increase in the generation of agro-industrial residues, even though most of them are still discarded in the environment without proper treatment, or used in animal feed, destinations that a priori do not generate economic gains for agribusiness besides representing logistical and environmental bottlenecks at your disposal. In this sense, the present study aimed to optimize the bioactive compounds extraction process, to evaluate in vitro the antioxidant activities, through the deactivation of reactive oxygen species, and anti-inflammatory as well as determine the phenolic composition of agro-industrial residues namely peanut skin (Arachis hypogaea) (IAC886 and IAC505 cultivars), pink pepper (Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi) and black pepper (Piper nigrum L). The optimization process of extraction of antioxidants was performed using two extraction processes, conventional extraction and subcritical on central composite design, using as variable temperature and time and the pressure and temperature, respectively, with solvents ethanol 80%, water and propyleneglycol 80%. During the optimization process the antioxidant activity was evaluated for the kidnapping method of ABTS radical. The best results were obtained for the conventional extraction with solvents ethanol 80%, water and propyleneglycol 80%. Peanut skin (IAC505) showed the highest antioxidant activity (1,396.67, 580.44 and 859.89 &mu;mol.g-1 in Trolox equivalents, for solvents ethanol 80%, water and propyleneglycol 80%, respectively). From the results obtained for the solvents tested, using conventional extraction, other analyzes were done considering the antioxidant activity optimum time and temperature of extraction. Valuation analyzes were carried out of the Folin-Ciocalteau reduction capability and potential disabling of synthetic free radical (DPPH and ABTS) and reactive oxygen species (peroxyl radicals, superoxide and hypochlorous acid). The extraction solvent that showed better results in all tests was ethanol 80%, and therefore the solvent used in subsequent analyzes. From the definition of the best extraction system analyzes were made of phenolic composition by means of liquid chromatography techniques of high efficiency in analytic way (HPLC-RP), gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS), and reviewed in vitro anti-inflammatory activity. They were identified at residues studied procyanidins B1 and B2, p-coumaric acid, myricetin, ferulic acid, syringic acid, sinapic acid, epicatechin, and catechin. The black pepper significantly reduces TNF-&alpha; and nitrite levels, thereby reducing the inflammatory process generated. The results of this study demonstrate that these agribusinesses waste have great biological potential, and thus can be best availed by both the food industry and the pharmaceutical industry.

Natural bioactive compounds have drawn the interest of many researchers worldwide in their effort to find novel treatments, including prostate cancer (PC) treatment which is estimated to be 13.1% of all new cancer cases in the U.S. in 2021. Many of these bioactive compounds have been identified from treatments in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), that often have multiple bioactive compounds present. However, in vitro studies frequently focus on the compounds in isolation, or in simple combinations of two compounds. We used mixture design response surface methodology (MDRSM) to assess changes in PC cell viability after 48 hours of treatment to identify the optimal mixture of all 35 three-compound combinations of seven bioactive compounds from TCM. We used Berberine, Wogonin, Shikonin, Curcumin, Triptolide, Emodin, and Silybin to treat PC-3, DU145, and LNCaP human PC cells, and a drug-resistant PC-3 cell line. Berberine and Wogonin most frequently contributed to the optimal combination to reduce cell viability in PC-3 and LNCaP cells; DU145 cells more frequently responded best to a single compound.

[pt] O objetivo desta dissertação é propor critérios de aceitação da calibração individual de transmissores secundários de pressão estática, pressão diferencial e temperatura como dados de entrada da calibração final do sistema de medição de vazão de gás natural por placa de orifício. A motivação que norteou o desenvolvimento deste trabalho resultou do fato de o recém-introduzido Regulamento Técnico de Medição de Petróleo e Gás Natural (RTM) não definir as tolerâncias aplicáveis aos instrumentos associados a este tipo de sistema de medição, deixando esta decisão a cargo do usuário. Nesse sentido, o trabalho visa contribuir para a melhoria do controle metrológico do medidor de vazão por placa de orifício vis-à-vis o que determina o RTM, i.e.: incerteza expandida limitada a 1,5 porcento em medições fiscais e 2 porcento em medições de apropriação. A metodologia utilizada é a do planejamento experimental e de superfície de resposta, que permitiu otimizar os critérios de aceitação da incerteza associada a cada um dos três instrumentos que interferem no sistema de medição. Os resultados obtidos definem valores critérios-limites para a calibração de cada um dos transmissores secundários, de pressão estática, pressão diferencial e temperatura. Dentre as conclusões destaca-se a validação da metodologia proposta, que permitiu definir os critérios de aceitação da calibração pela análise da calibração individual de cada instrumento que integra o sistema global do medidor por placa de orifício. Finalizando, o trabalho encaminha recomendações para a melhoria da estrutura laboratorial da Unidade Operacional da Petrobras, no Espírito Santo (UO-ES), visando assegurar atendimento aos requisitos do regulamento técnico de medição de petróleo e gás natural. / [en] The aim of this dissertation is to propose individual acceptance criteria calibration of secondary transmitters of static pressure, differential pressure and temperature as the final calibration input data of the natural gas flow measurement system by orifice plate. The motivation that guided the development of this work resulted from the fact that the newly introduced technical regulation of Petroleum and Natural Gas measurement (RTM) does not define the applicable tolerances to associated instruments with this type of measurement system, leaving this decision in charge of user. In this sense, the work aims to contribute to the improvement of the metrological control of the flowmeter by orifice plate vis-à-vis what determines the RTM, e.g.: expanded uncertainty limited to 1.5 percent on fiscal measurements and 2 percent on measurements appropriation. The methodology used is the experimental design and response surface witch allowed to optimize the acceptance criteria of uncertainty associated each of the three instruments that interfere in the measurement system. The obtained results define the limits criteria values for each calibration of secondary transmitters, static pressure, differential pressure and temperature. Among the conclusions stands out the validation of proposal methodology, which allowed to define the acceptance criteria of calibration for analysis of individual calibration of each instrument that integrates global system for measuring orifice plate. Finally, the work forward recommendations for the improvement of laboratory structure of Petrobras Operation, in the Espírito Santo (UO-ES) in order to ensure compliance with the requirements of the technical regulation of oil and natural gas measurement.

M.Tech. (Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology), Vaal University of Technology. / The generation of waste tires is one of the most serious environmental problems in the modern world due to the increased use of auto mobiles all over the world. Currently there is a problem with the disposal of waste tires generated since there are strict regulations concerning their disposal through landfill sites. Therefore, there is a need to find ways of disposing these waste tires which pose serious health and environmental problem. The pyrolysis of the waste tires has been recognised as the most promising method to dispose the waste tires because it can reduce the weight of the waste tires to 10% of its original weight and produce products such as pyrolysis oil, pyrolysis char, and pyrolysis char. These products can be further processed to produce value added products. The char produced from the pyrolysis of waste tires can be further activated to produce activated carbon. This study is based on the chemical activation of waste tire pyrolysis char to produce activated carbon for the removal of lead ions from aqueous solution. This was done by impregnating the waste tire pyrolysis char with Potassium hydroxide and activating it inside a tube furnace under inert conditions to produce waste tire activated carbon. Adsorbent characterisation techniques (SEM, FTIR, TGA, XRF, XRD, BET, and Proximate analysis) were performed on the waste tire pyrolysis char and the activated carbon produced to make a comparison between the two samples. The results showed that the waste tire activated carbon produced has better physical and chemical properties compared to the raw waste tire pyrolysis char. Adsorption results revealed that waste tire activated carbon achieves higher removal percentages of lead ions from aqueous solution compared to waste tire pyrolysis char. The results also showed the effect of various process variables on the adsorption process. Adsorption isotherms, kinetics, and thermodynamics were also studied. The adsorption of lead ions agreed with the Freundlich isotherm model for both the waste tire pyrolysis char and waste tire activated carbon. In terms of adsorption kinetics, the experimental data provided best fits for the pseudo-first order kinetic model for both the waste tire pyrolysis char and the waste tire activated carbon. The adsorption thermodynamics study revealed that the process is an exothermic process and spontaneous in nature. Response surface methodology was used to determine the combined effect of process variables on the adsorption of lead ions onto waste tire activated carbon and to optimise the process using numerical optimisation. The optimum conditions were found to be adsorbent dosage = 1g/100ml, pH = 7, contact time = 115.2 min, initial meta concentration = 100 mg/l, and temperature = 25°C to achieve a maximum adsorption capacity of 93.176 mg/l.

Peanut skins are a low-value byproduct of peanut blanching operations. They have been shown to contain significant levels of phenolic compounds with demonstrated antioxidant properties. The effects of two types of extraction methods: solid-liquid extraction (SLE) and microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) on the recovery of phenolic compounds from peanut skins were investigated. Response surface methodology was used to optimize extraction conditions based on total phenolic content (TPC), ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) activity and <i>trans</i>-resveratrol content. The protective effect of peanut skin extracts (PSE) against hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂)-induced oxidative stress in human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) and the effect of PSE on lipid oxidation in commercial peanut butter were also evaluated. In the SLE method, EtOH was found to be the most efficient extraction solvent followed by MeOH, water and EA. Despite EtOH extracts having a higher TPC, samples extracted with MeOH demonstrated slightly higher ORAC activity. Resveratrol was identified in MeOH extracts but was not found in EtOH, water or EA extracts. In the MAE procedure, the maximum predicted TPC under the optimized conditions was 144 mg phenols/g skins compared to 118 mg/g with SLE. The maximum predicted ORAC activity was 2789 μmol TE/g as opposed to 2149 μmol TE/g with the SLE method. MAE was able to extract more phenolic compounds (with higher antioxidant activity) in a faster time than the SLE procedure. In addition, resveratrol was identified in PSE derived from MAE although at relatively low levels. PSE were found to have some protective effects against oxidative stress in HBMEC. Higher doses of PSE appeared to have a slightly cytotoxic effect. However, the data were highly variable which made it difficult to arrive at any definitive conclusions regarding the potential benefits of PSE in preventing oxidative damage to cells. In the PB experiment, hexanal levels over the storage period were not high enough for the samples to be considered oxidized. However, hexanal values of PB samples treated with PSE were lower than the control throughout storage, which suggests that PSE may provide some protection against oxidation of PB. / Ph. D.