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Utilisation of agricultural residues for antioxidant exopolysaccharide production by Bacillus spp
Thipphiya Karirat1, Sirirat Deeseenthum1, Nyuk Ling Ma2
1Natural Antioxidant Innovation Research Unit, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Technology, Mahasarakham University, Maha Sarakham, Thailand.
Abstract:
This study tested the antioxidant activities of exopolysaccharides (EPSs) produced by eight Bacillus spp. from Thai milk kefir utilising four agricultural by-products in Thailand; copra meal, mangosteen peel, sorghum, and para rubber sawdust as carbon sources. Sorghum showed the highest starch and sugar content of 73.33% while copra meal showed the lowest (13.08%). B. tequilensis PS21 produced the highest dry weight EPS, followed by B. amyloliquefaciens KW1 and B. tequilensis PS22 from four substrates. B. tequilensis PS21 generated the most EPS with sorghum (0.75 ± 0.09 g DW/100 mL culture), followed by mangosteen peel (0.61 ± 0.07 g). EPS from B. amyloliquefaciens KW1 using copra meal displayed the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity of 33.39 ± 1.34% and EPS from the same bacteria using sorghum displayed the highest hydroxyl radical scavenging activity of 49.78 ± 0.86%. This approach demonstrated a bio-circular green economy paradigm in converting agricultural biowastes into valuable EPS biomaterials with potential applications.
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