A cost-effective polyethylene glycol-based method for the isolation of functional edible nanoparticles from ginger rhizomes

Scientific Reports
Sreeram Peringattu KalarikkalGopinath M Sundaram

Abstract

Edible nanoparticles (ENPs) are nano-sized vesicles derived from edible plants. These ENPs are loaded with plant derived microRNAs, protein, lipids and phytochemicals. Recently, ginger derived ENPs was shown to prevent inflammatory bowel diseases and colon cancer, in vivo, highlighting their therapeutic potential. Conventionally, differential centrifugation with an ultra-centrifugation step is employed to purify these ENPs which imposes limitation on the cost-effectiveness of their purification. Herein, we developed polyethylene glycol-6000 (PEG6000) based ginger ENP purification (PEG-ENPs) method, which eliminates the need for expensive ultracentrifugation. Using different PEG6000 concentrations, we could recover between 60% to 90% of ENPs compared to ultracentrifugation method. PEG-ENPs exhibit near identical size and zeta potential similar to ultra-ENPs. The biochemical composition of PEG-ENPs, such as proteins, lipids, small RNAs and bioactive content is comparable to that of ultra-ENPs. In addition, similar to ultra-ENPs, PEG-ENPs are efficiently taken up by the murine macrophages and protects cells from hydrogen peroxide induced oxidative stress. Since PEG has been approved as food additive, the PEG method described here ...Continue Reading

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Dec 17, 2020·Foods·Ramesh BokkaGabriella Pocsfalvi
Feb 1, 2021·Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology·Sreeram Peringattu Kalarikkal, Gopinath M Sundaram
Dec 19, 2020·Open Medicine·Sante Di GioiaMassimo Conese
Feb 26, 2021·Immunological Investigations·Parisa SarvarianMehdi Yousefi
May 1, 2021·Pharmaceutics·Mariaevelina AlfieriAlfredo Ambrosone

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