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FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2021.760941
Keywords
curcumin; palygorskite; metal ions; color tuning; antioxidant activity; stability
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- National Natural Science Foundation of Gansu, China [18JR4RA001]
- Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS [2017458]
- innovation fund of colleges and universities in Gansu Province [2021A-116]
- Hexi University [HXZX08]
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In this study, different metal ions were incorporated to enhance the stability, color, and antioxidant activity of curcumin. The interaction between the metal ions, curcumin, and palygorskite resulted in new composites with superior properties. The findings suggest the potential for developing multifunctional composites with different colors and good antioxidant activity based on curcumin and palygorskite.
Curcumin is one of the dietary dyes extracted from turmeric and used for prevention and treatment of various illnesses. However, the low bioavailability and poor stability of curcumin limits its relevant applications. Therefore, different metal ions including Cu2+, Zn2+, Mg2+, Al3+, or Fe3+ were incorporated to tune the color, enhance the environmental stability and antioxidant activity of curcumin in the presence of palygorskite in this study. The as-prepared samples were studied using X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Zeta potential, and transmission electron microscopy. In addition, the density functional theory calculation was also performed to explore the possible interaction among metal ions, curcumin and palygorskite. It was found that the color changing and stability enhancing were ascribed to the curcumin-metal ions coordination as well as chemical interactions between curcumin-metal complex and palygorskite. Moreover, the as-prepared composites showed more excellent color, thermal stability, antioxidant activity, and fluorescence properties than that of the curcumin/palygorskite composites due to the presence of metal ions. The finding of this investigation may contribute to developing the multifunctional composites with different colors and good antioxidant activity for relevant applications based on curcumin and palygorskite.
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