{"title":"Green synthesized gum Arabic nano-biopolymer encapsulating Saraca asoca leaf essential oil accelerates wound healing","authors":"Soumya Ranjan Jena , Ganeswar Dalei , Subhraseema Das , Anwesha Pradhan , Sajan Sahoo , Darshni Mohanty , Swagatika Biswal , Debasis Jena , Luna Samanta","doi":"10.1016/j.susmat.2025.e01532","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Plant essential oils (EO) has demonstrated remarkable bio-efficacies throughout. Yet, they are highly prone to environmental stimuli leading to their degradation. Nanoencapsulation has blossomed as a promising technology to preserve the inherent bioactivities of the EOs. Thus, in this study, EO of <em>Saraca asoca</em> leaves have been encapsulated in gum Arabic (GA) biopolymer. The leaf EO was accomplished by the ultrasound-assisted hydrodistillation method. The synthesis of nano-GA and EO-encapsulated GA nanoparticles was followed <em>via</em> the green route using <em>A. marmelos</em> leaf extract. The pristine GA nanoparticles demonstrated a mean diameter of 175.2 nm which further increased with increase in EO content. The encapsulation of EO onto the GA nanoparticles slightly enhanced their thermal stability. The <em>in vitro</em> EO release profiles in SGF and SIF accorded to colonic delivery. The GA nanoparticles effectually preserved the TPC and TFC of the encapsulated <em>S. asoca</em> leaf EO. The antioxidant activity of encapsulated EO in terms of DPPH and superoxide radical scavenging was found to be higher than the pure EO. The samples exhibited good antibacterial and antiobiofilm activities against <em>E. coli</em> and <em>E. faecalis</em>. The scratch assay on 3 T3 cells revealed the wound closure was prominent in GA/ EO<sub>1:1</sub> with cellular migration of 90 % in 48 h. The <em>in vivo</em> CAM assay also pointed to the fast angiogenesis and neovascularization occurring in GA/ EO<sub>1:1</sub> in 48 h, thus highly recommending its applicability in wound healing. Furthermore, the effective skin irritation index zero confirms GA/ EO<sub>1:1</sub> as a safe candidate for transdermal application.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":22097,"journal":{"name":"Sustainable Materials and Technologies","volume":"45 ","pages":"Article e01532"},"PeriodicalIF":9.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Sustainable Materials and Technologies","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214993725003008","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ENERGY & FUELS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Plant essential oils (EO) has demonstrated remarkable bio-efficacies throughout. Yet, they are highly prone to environmental stimuli leading to their degradation. Nanoencapsulation has blossomed as a promising technology to preserve the inherent bioactivities of the EOs. Thus, in this study, EO of Saraca asoca leaves have been encapsulated in gum Arabic (GA) biopolymer. The leaf EO was accomplished by the ultrasound-assisted hydrodistillation method. The synthesis of nano-GA and EO-encapsulated GA nanoparticles was followed via the green route using A. marmelos leaf extract. The pristine GA nanoparticles demonstrated a mean diameter of 175.2 nm which further increased with increase in EO content. The encapsulation of EO onto the GA nanoparticles slightly enhanced their thermal stability. The in vitro EO release profiles in SGF and SIF accorded to colonic delivery. The GA nanoparticles effectually preserved the TPC and TFC of the encapsulated S. asoca leaf EO. The antioxidant activity of encapsulated EO in terms of DPPH and superoxide radical scavenging was found to be higher than the pure EO. The samples exhibited good antibacterial and antiobiofilm activities against E. coli and E. faecalis. The scratch assay on 3 T3 cells revealed the wound closure was prominent in GA/ EO1:1 with cellular migration of 90 % in 48 h. The in vivo CAM assay also pointed to the fast angiogenesis and neovascularization occurring in GA/ EO1:1 in 48 h, thus highly recommending its applicability in wound healing. Furthermore, the effective skin irritation index zero confirms GA/ EO1:1 as a safe candidate for transdermal application.
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Sustainable Materials and Technologies (SM&T), an international, cross-disciplinary, fully open access journal published by Elsevier, focuses on original full-length research articles and reviews. It covers applied or fundamental science of nano-, micro-, meso-, and macro-scale aspects of materials and technologies for sustainable development. SM&T gives special attention to contributions that bridge the knowledge gap between materials and system designs.