Nano Colloidal Selenium Produced in Iran for Food, Pharmaceutical Applications
‘Arman Jostojogaran Energy Noor’ company has made the product which is a uniform and stable colloid of selenium nanoparticles with a high purity (99.9%).
The concentration of nanoparticles in this colloid is less than 800 ppm and can serve as a strong antioxidant.
The nanoscale size of particles floating in the colloid has resulted in high surface-area-to-volume ratio, reduced toxicity compared to selenium, high capacity of removing free radicals and emergence of antibacterial and antioxidation properties.
The product can be used in food and pharmaceutical industries and cosmetics areas.
In a relevant development last year, four young Iranian researchers had also cooperated in finding and patenting the formulation of herbal nano antioxidant which can be used as a natural preservative in different industries.
The young scientists named Shahab Ojani, Nasser Montazeri, Massoud Mohammadi Zeidi and Massoud Qan’e patented their invention under the name of ‘herbal nano antioxidant formulation as a natural preservative’.
“The natural preservative can be used in various industries and ultimately leads to avoidance in using synthetic antioxidants, including TBHQ, BHT and BHA,” Ojani, one of the researchers, told ANA on the sidelines of IRANANO 2022 exhibition in Tehran.
“Given the fact that synthetic antioxidants have different side effects, including mutagenesis and cancer, in the human body, they should be gradually removed from the list of consumed antioxidants; therefore, production of natural antioxidants as a substitute is necessary,” he added.
“Due to the existence of the secondary metabolites in medicinal plants, specially the plants grown in Iran and the synthesized nanoparticles, benefiting from their extracts is possible which leads to the effective prevention of different diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer's, diabetes and rheumatism,” Ojani said.
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