期刊
FOODS
卷 11, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods11050745
关键词
Aloe vera; acemannan; cytotoxicity; acetylation
资金
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACyT) [887258, 969463]
- PRODEP-SEP [251268]
- CONACyT
- [568483]
Aloe vera products are popular due to their beneficial effects, mainly attributed to the active compound acemannan. High temperatures during the drying process have advantages but can also lead to structural changes and increased cytotoxicity. It is recommended to use suitable temperatures to preserve the structure and activity of aloe vera products.
Aloe vera products, both in food and cosmetics, are becoming increasingly popular due to their claimed beneficial effects, which are mainly attributed to the active compound acemannan. Usually, these end products are based on powdered starting materials. High temperatures during the drying process to obtain the starting materials have several advantages, like shortening the drying time, eliminating toxic aloin and reducing bacterial contamination. Nevertheless, there are two major drawbacks: first, at temperatures of 80 degrees C or higher, structural changes in acemannan, especially its deacetylation (>46%), are triggered, which does not happen at lower temperatures (14% at 60 degrees C); secondly, a toxic principle is formed at higher temperatures, resulting in a higher cytotoxicity. Thus, two temperature-dependent but opposing effects cause with a median cytotoxic concentration of CC50 = 0.4x a peak of cytotoxicity at 80 degrees C; at 60 degrees C this cytotoxic substance is not formed and at 100 degrees C aloin is more readily eliminated, resulting in a CC50 = 1.1x and CC50 = 1.4x, respectively. The cytotoxic substance generated by dry heat at 80 degrees C is not a modified polysaccharide because its polysaccharide-enriched alcohol-insoluble fraction is with CC50 = 0.9x less cytotoxic. Moreover, this substance is polar enough to be washed away with ethanol. Additionally, when Aloe gel is heated at 80 degrees C under humid conditions (pasteurization), the cytotoxicity does not increase (CC50 = 1.6x). Finally, to produce powdered starting materials from Aloe gel, it is recommended to use temperatures of around 60 degrees C in order to preserve the acemannan structure (and thus biological activity) and the low cytotoxicity.
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