Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
Volume 133, Issue -, Pages 190-201Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.04.062
Keywords
Antioxidant; Antiproliferative; Bioactivity; Isabgol; Polysaccharide
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Polysaccharides extracted from seeds and husk of psyllium were characterized for different physicochemical characteristics, and bioactivities. Extracted polysaccharides are comprised of a-xylose, L-arabinose, a-glucose, D-galactose, and L-rhamnose. Crude husk-polysaccharide was crystalline, whereas rest was amorphous in nature. Husk-polysaccharide was structurally stable, and purified fractions were thermostable. Crude polysaccharides were irregular in shape with non-porous smooth-surface, however purified husk-polysaccharides showed some porosity, and fibrous nature. Husk-polysaccharide showed higher viscosity compared to seed polysaccharide, but viscosity decreased with the purification. Crude polysaccharides contained hydrogel-like behavior compared to corresponding purified fractions. The purified fractions of seed-polysaccharide showed the utmost antioxidant and scavenging activities with a half-maximal effective concentration of 347.40 1.79 and 362.72 2.75 lug, respectively. Crude seed-polysaccharide showed about 34% anti-proliferation on Huh-7, whereas its purified fractions showed 42% anti-proliferation on HeLa cell line. The study confirms that psyllium polysaccharides are potential natural antioxidant and anti-carcinogenic agent; however a detailed study is needed to explore psyllium for nutraceutical applications. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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