Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 26, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules26102869
Keywords
CVD; platelets; thrombosis; inflammation; polar lipids; apple pomace; PUFA; MUFA; PAF; ADP
Funding
- Enterprise Ireland [IP-2020-0926-Y]
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The valorization of food industry by-products as sources of bioactive compounds is an important area of research in functional foods and nutraceuticals. This study focused on the bioactives of apple cider by-products with potential cardio-protective properties. The study found highly bioactive compounds with strong anti-inflammatory and anti-platelet properties in apple cider by-products, which have potential applications in producing cardio-protective functional foods and nutraceuticals.
The valorization of food industry by-products as sources of bioactive compounds is at the forefront of research in functional foods and nutraceuticals. This study focuses on bioactives of apple cider by-products (ACBPs) with putative cardio-protective properties. Total lipids (TLs) were extracted from ACBPs of apple varieties that are low (ACBP1), medium (ACBP2), and high (ACBP3) in tannins and were further separated into polar lipids (PLs) and neutral lipids (NLs). The functionality of these lipid extracts and of their HPLC-derived lipid fractions/PL subclasses were assessed in vitro against human platelet aggregation induced by the thrombotic and inflammatory platelet agonists platelet-activating factor (PAF) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP). The fatty acid profile of PLs and their most bioactive lipid fractions were evaluated by GC-MS analysis. The PL extracts exhibited higher specificity against the PAF-induced platelet aggregation compared to their anti-ADP effects, while TL and NL showed lower bioactivities in all ACBPs. HPLC analysis unveiled that the most bioactive PL from all ACBPs were those in PL fraction 3 containing phosphatidylcholines (PCs). PLs from all ACBPs and their PC bioactives were rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and especially in the essential omega-6 (n-6) linoleic acid (LA) and omega-3 (n-3) alpha linolenic acid (ALA), with favorably low values of the n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio, thus providing a rationale for their higher anti-inflammatory bioactivities. Within this study, highly bioactive PL compounds with strong anti-inflammatory and anti-platelet properties were identified in ACBPs, which can be potentially utilized for producing cardio-protective functional foods and/or nutraceuticals.
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