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Cardioprotective Effects of Grapefruit Integropectin Extracted via Hydrodynamic Cavitation from By-Products of Citrus Fruits Industry: Role of Mitochondrial Potassium Channels

Lorenzo Flori
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Lorenzo Albanese
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Vincenzo Calderone
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Francesco Meneguzzo
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Mario Pagliaro
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Rosaria Ciriminna
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Federica Zabini
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Lara Testai
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Version 1 : Received: 16 August 2022 / Approved: 18 August 2022 / Online: 18 August 2022 (10:54:33 CEST)

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Flori, L.; Albanese, L.; Calderone, V.; Meneguzzo, F.; Pagliaro, M.; Ciriminna, R.; Zabini, F.; Testai, L. Cardioprotective Effects of Grapefruit IntegroPectin Extracted via Hydrodynamic Cavitation from By-Products of Citrus Fruits Industry: Role of Mitochondrial Potassium Channels. Foods 2022, 11, 2799. Flori, L.; Albanese, L.; Calderone, V.; Meneguzzo, F.; Pagliaro, M.; Ciriminna, R.; Zabini, F.; Testai, L. Cardioprotective Effects of Grapefruit IntegroPectin Extracted via Hydrodynamic Cavitation from By-Products of Citrus Fruits Industry: Role of Mitochondrial Potassium Channels. Foods 2022, 11, 2799.

Abstract

Citrus flavonoids are well-known for beneficial effects at the cardiovascular and cardio-metabolic level, but often the encouraging in vitro results are not confirmed by in vivo approaches; also clinical trials are inconsistent. The limited bioavailability of them can be, at least in part, the reason of these discrepancies. Therefore many efforts were performed towards the improvement of their bioavailability. Hydrodynamic cavitation methods were successfully applied to the extraction of byproducts of the Citrus fruits industry, showing high process yields and affording stable phytocomplexes, known as IntegroPectin, endowed with great amounts of bioactive compounds and high water solubility. Cardioprotective effects of grapefruit IntegroPectin were evaluated by an ex vivo ischemia/reperfusion protocol. A further pharmacological characterization was carried out to assess the involvement of mitochondrial potassium channels. Grapefruit IntegroPectin, where naringin represented 98% of flavonoids, showed anti-ischemic cardioprotective activity, better than pure naringenin (the bioactive aglycone of naringin). On cardiac isolated mitochondria, this extract confirmed that naringenin/naringin were involved in the activation of mitochondrial potassium channels. The hydrodynamic cavitation-based extraction confirmed a valuable opportunity for the exploitation of Citrus fruits waste, with the end product presenting high levels of Citrus flavonoids and an improved bioaccessibility that enhances its nutraceutical and economic value.

Keywords

Citrus flavonoids; naringin; naringenin; pectin; byproducts; anti-ischemic myocardial protection; hydrodynamic cavitation

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems

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