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Antioxidant Valorization of PLE Extracts from Macroalgae (<i>Cladophora glomerata</i>): In Vitro Assessment of Nanoemulsions Against Oxidative Stress

Driven by a growing global interest in natural products, macroalgae have emerged as a prime source for nutraceuticals and pharmaceutical applications. In the current research, the effect of oven-drying (OD) and freeze-drying (FD), as well as the pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) conditions, were i...

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Main Authors: Lucía Sáez-González (Author), Marcos Carreño-Díaz (Author), Gema Blázquez-Abellán (Author), Manuel J. Santander-Ortega (Author), Rosa M. Martínez-García (Author), Luis A. Martínez (Author), Jose A. Carbajal (Author), Lucía Castro-Vázquez (Author)
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Published: MDPI AG, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Summary:Driven by a growing global interest in natural products, macroalgae have emerged as a prime source for nutraceuticals and pharmaceutical applications. In the current research, the effect of oven-drying (OD) and freeze-drying (FD), as well as the pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) conditions, were investigated in relation to the polyphenols, flavonoids, carotenoids, chlorophylls, and tocochromanols levels in <i>Cladophora glomerata</i> extracts. The ethanol-water extracts (1:1) obtained with PLE-150 °C from macroalgae oven-dried (OD)-80 °C displayed the highest total polyphenol content (TPC) and total flavonoid contents (TFCs), reaching 29.62 mg GAE/g and 5.92 mg QE/g. Aqueous extracts using PLE-200 °C were also an excellent environmentally friendly option for TPC and TFC isolation, which were the main factors accounting for the ABTS, DPPH, and FRAP antioxidant activity of the extracts. The remarkable effects of drying conditions positively affect the carotenoids, chlorophyll α-tocopherol, and α-tocotrienol levels from extracts showing 1.3-6 times higher amounts in extracts of <i>Cladophora glomerata</i> OD at 80 °C compared with other research approaches. Nanotechnology approaches allowed the formulation of antioxidant-loaded nanoemulsions from <i>Cladophora glomerata</i> extracts, providing stability and a great internalization rate that ameliorates to 85% the ROS levels, attenuating the oxidative stress induced by H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> in J774.1 macrophage cell line.
Item Description:10.3390/antiox13111370
2076-3921

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