Antioxidant, antibacterial and antitumoural activities of kraft lignin from hardwood fractionated by acid precipitation

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2021-01-01

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Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems

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8

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International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume 166, pp. 1535-1542

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Kraft lignin, so far useful for energy generation, has been gathering considerable attention as an alternative material to replace fossil-based resources mainly due to its high phenolic content. However, the wide molecular weight distribution and chemical composition heterogeneity led to the development of fractionation methods. Herein, to narrow such characteristics we used eucalypt kraft lignin fractionated at pH's 9, 7, 5 and 3 by sequential acid precipitation. These lignin fractions were first characterised by simultaneous pyrolysis and trimethylsilylation (SPyT) with N-Methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide with posterior tests of antioxidant, antibacterial, and antitumour activities. We observed higher ratio of syringyl/guaiacyl groups and increase in antioxidant activity in those fractions with lower molecular weight (precipitated at lower pH's). Fractions precipitated at pH's 9 and 7 have shown an outstanding antibacterial activity against five bacteria. Moreover, fractions 7 and 5 presented at cytotoxicity tests higher ability to inhibit the growth of U87MG and T98G glioma cells, while only a slight inhibition of adult human fibroblasts (non-tumour cells) was detected.

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IC50, technical lignin, radical scavenging, antibacterial, antitumoural, hardwood lignin

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10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.11.033

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Vergara Lourencon, T, de Lima, G G, Ribeiro, C S P, Hansel, F A, Maciel, G M, da Silva, K, Winnischofer, S M B, de Muniz, G I B & Magalhães, W L E 2021, 'Antioxidant, antibacterial and antitumoural activities of kraft lignin from hardwood fractionated by acid precipitation', International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol. 166, pp. 1535-1542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.11.033

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