Differential scanning calorimetry evaluation of oxidation stability of docosahexaenoic acid in microalgae cells and their extracts |
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Authors: | Patricio Santagapita Silvina Rosa María Florencia Mazzobre Mario Cueto María de Pilar Buera Miguel Galvagno |
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Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Industrias y Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires (FCEyN‐UBA) & Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), Intendente Güiraldes 2160, CP 1428, , Buenos Aires, Argentina;2. INGEBI‐(CONICET), Vuelta de Obligado 2490, CP 1428, , Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina;3. Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Lab. Microbiolog_ia Industrial, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, , Argentina;4. Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas (IIB‐CONICET), , Avda. 25 de Mayo y Francia, CP 1650, San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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Abstract: | The aim of this work was to evaluate the oxidative stability of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) from Aurantiochytrium limacinum SR21 microalgae cells and in their lipidic extract by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Besides, freezing was evaluated as a strategy for microalgal DHA long‐term conservation by analysing changes in their thermal properties. As a first approach, mixtures of the most representative A. limacinum SR21‐fatty acids were evaluated in model systems. DHA and palmitic acid were the major polyunsaturated and saturated fatty acids produced by the microalgae cells, respectively. Changes in DHA/palmitic acid ratio in model systems, in cells and their lipidic extracts, were detected by DSC through shifts in the oxidation onset temperature (OOT) values. However, OOT values of cells and lipidic extracts could be also influenced by cellular compartmentalisation, carotenoids and other components presence. Freezing was not a good strategy for DHA long‐term conservation, as revealed by OOT values and thermal properties, which reflected the extensive changes that occurred during storage. |
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Keywords: | Carotenoids
DHA
differential scanning calorimetry freezing microalgae |
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