Separation and purification of curcumin using novel aqueous two-phase micellar systems composed of amphiphilic copolymer and cholinium ionic liquids

• Autor(a) principal: Kurnik, Isabelle S. [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Noronha, Mariana A., Câmara, Mayra C.C., Mazzola, Priscila G., Vicente, António A., Pereira, Jorge F.B. [UNESP], Lopes, André M.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117262; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/199026
• topic: aqueous two-phase micellar systems (ATPMS); curcumin (CCM); ionic liquids (ILs); Pluronic F68; polymeric micelles (PMs); separation

Novel aqueous two-phase micellar systems (ATPMS) composed of Pluronic F68, a triblock amphiphilic copolymer, and cholinium-based ionic liquids (ILs) were formulated and applied for separation/purification of curcumin (CCM). CCM stability in the presence of ATPMS components was also evaluated. CCM is stable up to 24 h in copolymer (1.0 – 10.0 wt%) and ILs (0.1 – 3.0 M) aqueous solutions. Very mild phase separation conditions (close to room temperature) were achieved by adding cholinium ILs to the Pluronic F68 + McIlvaine buffer at pH 6.0 solution. The decrease of cloud-point temperature is dependent on the relative hydrophobicity of IL anion, [Hex]− > [But]− > [Pro]− > [Ac]− > Cl−. ATPMS composed of more hydrophobic ILs ([Ch][Hex] > [Ch][But] > [Ch][Pro]) are most efficient in the partition of commercial CCM into polymeric micelles (PMs)-rich phase. The best ATPMS (0.70 M [Ch][But] and 0.60 M [Ch][Hex]-based ATPMS) were then used to purify CCM from a crude extract of Curcuma longa L. Both systems were very selective to separate CCM from protein-based contaminants (selectivity values ≥ 25; purification yields ≥ 12-fold). Pluronic F68-based ATPMS are promising for selective separation of hydrophobic biomolecules by using cholinium-based ILs as adjuvants to adjust phase separation temperatures and biomolecules’ partition.