低分子量κ-卡拉胶马来酰基化衍生物的制备及抗氧化活性的研究

对κ-卡拉胶进行氧化降解,得到分子量不同的两种卡拉胶低聚糖,并分别制成四丁基铵盐,进而与马来酸酐进行酰化,制得两种不同分子量的卡拉胶马来酰基化衍生物.对产物进行IR表征,并对产物的抗氧化性能进行测试.结果表明:κ-卡拉胶在马来酰基化以后对超氧阴离子自由基O_2以及过氧化氢的清除能力都大大增强了.     

Fructose production by immobilizedArthrobacter cells

Summary ImmobilizedArthrobacter cells (NRRL-B-3728) were used for continuous isomerization of glucose to fructose in a bioreactor system. The system utilized stationary phase (55h) cells (2.2×10⁹ CFU/ml saline) immobilized onto K-carrageenan (3% w/v) beads [cells were heated at 65°C for 10 min to inactivate endogenous proteolytic enzymes]. Immobilized-cell preparations were hardened using three different glutaraldehyde systems. Glutaraldehyde (0.2 M) treated-immobilized cells (pH 7.0, 5°C for 30 min) exhibited good gel strength and high glucose isomerase activities. Maximal bioreactor isomerization of 44% was achieved when a buffered feedstock containing 40% glucose was fed into the column (60°C) at a flow rate of 0.2 ml/min. The biological half-life of glucose isomerase activities in this system was 400 h. Scanning electron microscopy revealed large numbers of cells distributed within the beads. A thin layer surrounding the beads following glutaraldehyde treatment was mainly due to cross-linking reactions between cell proteins and glutaraldehyde. This layer prevented leaking of cells during continuous isomerization reaction.     

卡拉胶包埋乳酸菌的研究

用5%K—卡拉胶包埋乳酸菌,经0.5％戊二醛和0.2M已二胺溶液加固处理,得到了一种较为满意的固定化乳酸菌。扫描电镜观察表明卡拉胶有效地包埋了大量乳酸菌,但固定化乳酸菌的产酸能力与游离乳酸菌的产酸能力无显著差异,同时温度、柠檬酸钠等因素对固定化乳酸菌产酸能力的影响小于对游离乳酸菌的影响。     

Entrapment of lipase into K-carrageenan beads and its use in hydrolysis of olive oil in biphasic system

The porcine pancrease lipase was immobilized by entrapment in the beads of K-carrageenan and cured by treatment with polyethyleneimine (PEI) in the phosphate buffer. The retention of hydrolytic activity of lipase and compressive strength of the beads were examined. The activity of free and immobilized lipase was assessed by using olive oil as the substrate. The immobilized enzyme exhibited a little shift towards acidic pH for its optimal activity and retained 50% of its activity after 5 cycles. When the enzyme concentration was kept constant and substrate concentration was varied the K_m and V_max were observed to be 0.18 × 10⁻² and 0.10, and 0.10 × 10⁻² and 0.09 respectively, for free and for entrapped enzymes. When the substrate concentration was kept constant and enzyme concentration was varied, the values of K_m and V_max were observed to be 0.19 × 10⁻⁷ and 0.41, and 0.18 × 10⁻⁷ and 0.41 for free and entrapped enzymes. Though this indicates that there is no conformational change during immobilization, it also shows that the reaction velocity depends on the concentration. Immobilized enzyme showed improved thermal and storage stability. Hydrolysis of olive oil in organic–aqueous two-phase system using fixed bed reactor was carried out and conditions were optimized. The enzyme in reactor retained 30% of its initial activity after 480 min (12 cycles).     

Relation between structural and release properties in a polysaccharide gel system

The potential utility of kappa-carrageenan gels for preparing drug release devices is here shown. Structural properties of kappa-carrageenan gels prepared with different salt composition and containing Ketoprofen sodium salt, as model drug, have been evaluated with static light scattering and rheological measurements. These properties have been correlated with release profiles in vitro at pH 5.5. Release properties from gelled matrices have been compared with those obtained by two commercial products containing the same drug. Results show that: i) in this system it is possible to easily control the gel texture by using different cationic concentration; ii) the kinetics of drug release by kappa-carrageenan gels are dependent on the structural properties of matrices; iii) in the typical interval time used in classical local applications, all gel samples release the loaded drug almost completely, at difference with the commercial products. All these findings can provide useful suggestions for the realization of classical topical release systems.