TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and characterization of novel biopolymer derived from abelmoschus esculentus l. Extract and its antidiabetic potential
AU - Elkhalifa, Abd Elmoneim O.
AU - Al-Shammari, Eyad
AU - Adnan, Mohd
AU - Alcantara, Jerold C.
AU - Mehmood, Khalid
AU - Eltoum, Nagat Elzein
AU - Awadelkareem, Amir Mahgoub
AU - Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad
AU - Ashraf, Syed Amir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/6/2
Y1 - 2021/6/2
N2 - Abelmoschus esculentus (Okra) is an important vegetable crop, widely cultivated around the world due to its high nutritional significance along with several health benefits. Different parts of okra including its mucilage have been currently studied for its role in various therapeutic applications. Therefore, we aimed to develop and characterize the okra mucilage biopolymer (OMB) for its physicochemical properties as well as to evaluate its in vitro antidiabetic activity. The characterization of OMB using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) revealed that okra mucilage containing polysaccharides lies in the bandwidth of 3279 and 1030 cm−1, which constitutes the fingerprint region of the spectrum. In addition, physicochemical parameters such as percentage yield, percentage solubility, and swelling index were found to be 2.66%, 96.9%, and 5, respectively. A mineral analysis of newly developed biopolymers showed a substantial amount of calcium (412 mg/100 g), potassium (418 mg/100 g), phosphorus (60 mg/100 g), iron (47 mg/100 g), zinc (16 mg/100 g), and sodium (9 mg/100 g). The significant antidiabetic potential of OMB was demonstrated using α-amylase and α-glucosidase enzyme inhibitory assay. Further investigations are required to explore the newly developed biopolymer for its toxicity, efficacy, and its possible utilization in food, nutraceutical, as well as pharmaceutical industries.
AB - Abelmoschus esculentus (Okra) is an important vegetable crop, widely cultivated around the world due to its high nutritional significance along with several health benefits. Different parts of okra including its mucilage have been currently studied for its role in various therapeutic applications. Therefore, we aimed to develop and characterize the okra mucilage biopolymer (OMB) for its physicochemical properties as well as to evaluate its in vitro antidiabetic activity. The characterization of OMB using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) revealed that okra mucilage containing polysaccharides lies in the bandwidth of 3279 and 1030 cm−1, which constitutes the fingerprint region of the spectrum. In addition, physicochemical parameters such as percentage yield, percentage solubility, and swelling index were found to be 2.66%, 96.9%, and 5, respectively. A mineral analysis of newly developed biopolymers showed a substantial amount of calcium (412 mg/100 g), potassium (418 mg/100 g), phosphorus (60 mg/100 g), iron (47 mg/100 g), zinc (16 mg/100 g), and sodium (9 mg/100 g). The significant antidiabetic potential of OMB was demonstrated using α-amylase and α-glucosidase enzyme inhibitory assay. Further investigations are required to explore the newly developed biopolymer for its toxicity, efficacy, and its possible utilization in food, nutraceutical, as well as pharmaceutical industries.
KW - Antidiabetic activity
KW - Biopolymer
KW - Nutraceuticals
KW - Okra mucilage
KW - Okra polysaccharides
KW - α-amylase activity
KW - α-glucosidase activity
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U2 - 10.3390/molecules26123609
DO - 10.3390/molecules26123609
M3 - Article
C2 - 34204669
AN - SCOPUS:85108627829
SN - 1420-3049
VL - 26
JO - Molecules
JF - Molecules
IS - 12
M1 - 3609
ER -