Uso combinado de técnicas não convencionais na recuperação de astaxantina do coproduto gerado no processamento de camarão-rosa (farfantepenaeus subtilis)

Abstract

The large amount of co-products generated in the production chain of shrimp processing has created a discussion about their use for the manufacture of high-added value ingredients. Regarding this subject, the use is both an attempt to minimize the pollution caused by the inadequate disposal of industrial waste in nature, and a way to generate income through the extraction of substances of economic interest. For this, knowing the amount of carotenoids and polyunsaturated fatty acids of the pink shrimp (Farfantepenaeus subtilis), which is the main species of marine shrimp produced by capture fisheries in the state of Pará, is essential since it is recognized as a source of these substances by the specialized literature. In the present work, two ways of using the pink shrimp co-product were studied, the first through drying in a spouted fluidized bed and the second through the extraction of the astaxanthin (ASX) carotenoid through enzymatic hydrolysis combined with ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE). For drying the co-product, the spouted bed is a good alternative due to its low operating cost and high efficiency in removing moisture from the material. The co-product (pink shrimp cephalothorax) was ground in a food processor and then dehydrated at temperatures of 70, 80 and 90 °C, and later, conducted to an ASX extraction step using palm olein as a solvent at temperatures of 50, 60 and 70 °C. In carrying out the ASX extraction with enzymatic hydrolysis and UAE, the effects of the enzyme type (alcalase, flavourzyme and a mixture of alcalase and flavourzyme in a ratio of 1:1, v/v), enzyme concentration (0.2; 0.4; 0.6 and 0.8 % relative to the sample mass) and hydrolysis time (0, 60, 90 and 120 minutes). Alcalase was the most efficient enzyme, whose action culminated in the extraction of almost 70 % of the relative content of ASX of the sample. The ASX content was significantly and positively affected by the enzyme concentration (p<0.05) for all the enzymes, but the hydrolysis time was only partially significant.