Aplicação de nanocápsulas de óleo de gengibre em substratos têxteis para tratamento de doenças reumáticas

Abstract

Nanotechnology has been establishing itself as one of the greatest advances of modern science, especially in the hospital area, where its development is boosting the search for cure and treatment of many diseases. The Textile Industry is one of the major explorers of this technology, seeking to develop textiles with functional feactures that contribute to the application of several hospital sectors. In this context, a space in nanotechnology’s progress opens up to help alleviate pain caused by rheumatic diseases, whereas this diseases affect thousands of people in the world and, until this days, its cure was not discovered. A strong candidate for this demand is ginger, due it has numerous medicinal properties, being highlighted the anti inflammatory property that shows great performance in the human organism, fact proved by several studies. This study aims to develop a functional bandage, 100% cotton, with ginger oil nanoencapsuled, obtained by ionic gelation with chitosan and sodium tripolyphosphate. Oil, nanocapsules and functionalized textiles were characterized by gas chromatography, thermogravimetry and gravimetry. As results, nanocapsules were efficiently obtained by the ionic gelation process, as well as deposition in the samples after functionalization.