Extraction of Gum From Abelmoschus Esculentus: Physicochemical Peculiarity and Antioxidant Prepatent

Abstract

Objective: This study is aimed to extract gum from Abelmoschus esculentus using ultrasonic assisted method and exploring physicochemical, functional, and antioxidant potential of gum for food and pharmaceuticals. Materials and Methods:The extraction of gum from okra was done employing ultrasound-assisted method to improvise the yield. The extracted gum was further characterized for physical properties including swelling index, solubility, water sorption time, packing and flow properties, electrical properties, zeta potential, scanning electron microscopy, and antioxidant activity. Results:The extraction yield of okra fruit gum (OFG) was found to be 31.52%±0.22% (n=3). The OFG powder obtained after lyophilization showed good flow properties as determined from the results of angle of repose (34.21°), Hausner ratio (1.14), and % compressibility (12.5%). An increase in solubility and swelling index of OFG with increase in pH of buffer from 2.0 to 7.4 was observed. The freeze dried OFG possess rough surface and zeta potential of −9.85 mV. Application of derivatized/interacted OFG gum for modification of drug release profiles is concluded from high degree of esterification of 7.8. Conclusion:The result suggest that the antioxidant activity of OFG was higher compared to corn flour gum. Thus, OFG could be utilized as natural antioxidant food ingredients and also for application in medicine and health-care products.

Medicinally Important Plant Cleome Gynandra: A Phytochemical and Pharmacological Explanation

“…Hemoglobin, red blood cell, white blood cell, and lymphocyte count returned to the normal level in treated mice. Result reveals the extract has potent dose-dependent anticancer activity [36].…”

Processing of Banana Peel - Power-full Booster for Health

“…The results obtained were expressed in percent of dry material. [2] : Swelling index test is a suitable method for predicting flour quality in early generation of breeding programme. It is determined by amount of liquid material that can be absorbed by substances.…”

“…Swelling Capacity = Weight of pellet Weight of dried flour. [2] : Gelation is the process of formation of gel. Gel is a material which is solid, jelly like and can have wide range of properties like hard, weak, tough and soft.…”

“…Sterols and Stanols of plants are absorbed in less extent as it is seen that for campestanols and campesterols, sitostanol, and stigmasterol and sitosterol the absorption is 10-15%, 1% and 3-5% respectively. 2 The optimal daily dose which can be considered to help in lowering the LDL levels are 2g to 3g of either phytosterol or phytostanols, which gets translated into its ester form of 3.4g to 5.2g. This recommended daily dose can be typically divided in 1-3 portions of food providing 1.7-5.2 g ester, which equals 1-3 g phytostanol and/or phytosterol equivalents.…”

Okra Fruit Gum-Chitosan Impregnated Polymer Network Films: Formulation and Substantial Depiction

“…The method used for extraction of the gum was amended as given by Nagpal et al [13]. In brief, a slurry of cleaned, sliced fruits were prepared by mixing in 3% v/v glacial acetic acid solution, and gum was extracted in 1000 ml beaker by addition of appropriate amount of distilled water Nagpal et al…”