Espessantes naturais a partir de matrizes vegetais do cerrado brasileiro
Data
2023-06-27
Autores
Silva, Lais da Rocha 
Ribeiro, Vitor Duarte
Orientadores
Bonsanto, Fabiana Perrechil
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Atualmente, existe uma busca dos consumidores brasileiros por produtos sustentáveis e que
apresentem boas qualidades sensoriais e promovam saúde e bem-estar. Com isso, nota-se a
busca de substitutos naturais para compostos sintéticos, sendo cada vez mais presente e atual
nos mais diversos mercados, como o alimentício, farmacêutico, além das indústrias cosméticas
e têxteis. No Brasil, as principais indústrias estão localizadas na região Sudeste, região cuja
predominância de bioma está dividida entre Mata Atlântica e Cerrado. Este último mostra-se
mais promissor na busca destes substitutos naturais, por possuir uma grande diversidade de
sementes e frutos, já que suas plantas são extremamente adaptáveis às diferentes condições
ambientais. Pelas informações aqui retratadas, encontra-se uma oportunidade de revisar a
literatura sobre substitutos naturais, mais especificamente, espessantes, cujas matrizes vegetais
são extraídas do Cerrado brasileiro e suas devidas aplicações, com foco nas indústrias
alimentícias, cosméticas e químicas. O trabalho visa abordar conceitos de mercado, matrizes
vegetais, métodos de extração, reologia e, sintetizar estudos já realizados, sobre as aplicações
destes espessantes naturais, extraídos a partir de três matrizes vegetais (Eucalipto, Manjericão
e Tamarindo) selecionadas como as mais promissoras no ponto de vista dos autores do presente
trabalho. Para isso, utilizou-se a base de dados Web of Science, a plataforma Google Scholar e
a biblioteca virtual Periódico Capes, onde pesquisou-se o termo thickener associado a diferentes
palavras, como por exemplo, thickener AND basil. A partir da análise realizada, confirma-se o
potencial de todas as três matrizes para extração de espessantes naturais e, a localização do
Cerrado, como sendo promissora, por sua proximidade às indústrias químicas, cosméticas e
alimentícias.
Nowadays, Brazilian consumers are searching for sustainable products that have good sensory qualities and can promote health and well-being. Thus, the search for natural substitutes for synthetic compounds is noticed, being increasingly present and current in the most diverse markets, such as food, and pharmaceutical, in addition to the cosmetics and textile industries. In Brazil, these main industries are located in the Southeast region, where Atlantic Forest and Cerrado are the main predominant biomes. The latter is more promising in the search for these natural substitutes, as it has a great diversity of seeds and fruits, since its plants are extremely adaptable to different environmental conditions. Based on the information presented here, there is an opportunity to review the literature on natural substitutes, more specifically, thickeners, extracted from the Brazilian Cerrado plant matrices, and their proper applications, focusing on food, cosmetic and chemical industries. The work aims to address market concepts, vegetal matrices, extraction methods, rheology and, synthesize studies already carried out on the applications of these natural thickeners, extracted from three vegetal matrices (Eucalyptus, Basil and Tamarindus), selected as the most promising in the point of view of these authors. For this, the Web of Science database, the Google Scholar platform and the Periódico Capes virtual library were used, where the term thickener associated with different words was searched, such as thickener AND basil. The analysis showed the potential of the three matrices for the extraction of natural thickeners, as well as Cerrado as a promising location, due to its proximity to the chemical, cosmetics, and food industries.
Nowadays, Brazilian consumers are searching for sustainable products that have good sensory qualities and can promote health and well-being. Thus, the search for natural substitutes for synthetic compounds is noticed, being increasingly present and current in the most diverse markets, such as food, and pharmaceutical, in addition to the cosmetics and textile industries. In Brazil, these main industries are located in the Southeast region, where Atlantic Forest and Cerrado are the main predominant biomes. The latter is more promising in the search for these natural substitutes, as it has a great diversity of seeds and fruits, since its plants are extremely adaptable to different environmental conditions. Based on the information presented here, there is an opportunity to review the literature on natural substitutes, more specifically, thickeners, extracted from the Brazilian Cerrado plant matrices, and their proper applications, focusing on food, cosmetic and chemical industries. The work aims to address market concepts, vegetal matrices, extraction methods, rheology and, synthesize studies already carried out on the applications of these natural thickeners, extracted from three vegetal matrices (Eucalyptus, Basil and Tamarindus), selected as the most promising in the point of view of these authors. For this, the Web of Science database, the Google Scholar platform and the Periódico Capes virtual library were used, where the term thickener associated with different words was searched, such as thickener AND basil. The analysis showed the potential of the three matrices for the extraction of natural thickeners, as well as Cerrado as a promising location, due to its proximity to the chemical, cosmetics, and food industries.