masterThesis
Quintosana e seus derivados conjugados com ácido gálico: avaliação de seu potencial antioxidante e de interferência na formação de cristais de oxalato de cálcio
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QUEIROZ NETO, Moacir Fernandes de. Quintosana e seus derivados conjugados com ácido gálico: avaliação de seu potencial antioxidante e de interferência na formação de cristais de oxalato de cálcio. 2014. 76f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Bioquímica) - Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2014.
Autor
Queiroz Neto, Moacir Fernandes de
Resumen
Chitin is the second most abundant polysaccharide in nature and its derivative
chitosan has been widely studied due to its unique chemical and pharmacological
properties. However, studies show that when this molecule is used as food, drug, etc.
it tends to accumulate in renal tissue and promotes an increase in calcium excretion.
Nevertheless, the effect of chitosan on the formation of calcium oxalate (OxCa)
crystals has never been evaluated. The formation of kidney stones (urolithiasis) is the
disease that most often affects the kidneys and the urinary system. In addition, this is
a disease with high prevalence and recurrence. Many molecules with antioxidant
activity have been shown to decrease the potential for in vitro OxCa crystals
formation. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of low molecular
weight chitosan and its derivatives conjugated to gallic acid (AG) as antioxidant and
inhibitor of OxCa crystals formation. The physico-chemical analysis confirmed the
identity of chitosan. This molecule was subjected to five antioxidant tests and showed
an excellent copper chelating activity. However, chitosan did not show other
significant antioxidant activity. When chitosan was subjected to in vitro crystal
formation tests, it increased the number of OxCa monohydrate crystals, modified the
morphology of the crystals, modified the proportions between populations of crystals
in solution and increased the zeta potential of these crystals formed. Four molecules
of chitosan conjugated with GA were obtained. The physico-chemical analysis
confirmed that chitosan and AG were covalently bonded. However, the amount of GA
liked to chitosan did not increase even when 10 times more GA was used in
experiment. When these derivatives were subjected to antioxidant tests, all chitosan
conjugates showed higher antioxidant potential than their precursors. However, they
showed different activity between them, which indicating that the position where AG
is conjugated is an important factor for chitosan-GA activity. When conjugated
chitosans were submitted to in vitro crystal formation tests, a reduction in the crystals
number was observed when compared with those formed in the presence of
unconjugated chitosan. Chitosan has a strong capacity for inducing OxCa
monohydrate crystal formation, as well as modify their morphology and zeta
potential. Over all, the process of conjugating AG to chitosan led to an increase in
antioxidant potential of this molecule and was also able to decrease its capacity of
inducing in vitro crystal formation