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VAZ, M. M. O. L. L. The employment of chemiluminescence to quantify the penetration of the açai extract antioxidant components in the skin. 2013. 77 f. Dissertation (Master). Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto – Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 2013. The excessive exposure to UV radiation is able to decrease the antioxidant defense systems in the skin leading to the oxidative stress. Thus, plant extracts, rich in antioxidant compounds, are strong candidates to be added in topical formulations for the prevention or treatment of UV radiation induced damages. Among the range of plant extracts with biological activity, the extract of açai, fruit of the Euterpe olerecea Mart. species has become known due to the considerable amount of antioxidants in its composition. Generally, the amount of active compounds that can penetrate in the skin is low requiring sensitive analytical methods. Thus, the present study aimed to evaluate the use of chemiluminescence assay for the quantification of the penetration of açai extract components in the skin by measuring the antioxidant activity. The results showed an IC50 value of 0.63 μg/mL for the antioxidant activity determined by chemiluminescence assay using the xanthine/luminol/xanthine oxidase system. Moreover, the quantification of acai extract using this method was possible for percentages of inhibition obtained until the 60% of inhibition value. Additionally, this method proved to be precise and accurate in determining the percentage of chemiluminescence inhibition of acai extract at concentrations values close to the IC50 value. Additionally, it was observed that the inhibition was not influenced by the different components of the formulations studied. However, the use of chemiluminescence assay to quantify the penetration of water-soluble extract antioxidant components makes the extraction process of these components from the skin an important step in which the selection of the extractor solvent is a critical point. In the present study it was selected methanol:water (80%) as an organic extractor solvent which was able to extract the antioxidant components of the acai extract without removing large amounts of inherent compounds of the skin with antioxidant activity. Finally, the determination of the chemiluminescence generated in the xanthine/luminol/xanthine oxidase system inhibition showed to be an important method for the measurement of the antioxidant activity of plant extracts in the skin. Still, this method was effective in quantifying the acai extract in cutaneous penetration/retention studies using vertical diffusion cells despite all the intrinsic errors of this used method.

A quimioluminescência na quantificação da penetração de componentes antioxidantes do extrato de açaí na pele