Monitoramento tecnológico, usos potenciais e perspectivas de negócios com o sururu das Alagoas

Abstract

The Sururu is a Bivalve clam, popularly known as “Capote Sururu”; belongs to the family of the Mytilids. It is a highlight in Alagoas gastronomy, but its potential market extends beyond the food sector. The sururu production chain in Alagoas State has in each of its stages harmful and chronic situations. The extraction is done by rudimentary and unhealthy way fishermen, endangering their lives, pollution of Mundaú lagoon waters is also a problem for many decades, the irregular disposal of daily tons of shells on the street of the lagoon edge, lack of Personal protective equipment and child labor are some of the many problems arising from the sururu trade in our state. It is notorious the need for studies, technological research and public policies that can give this production chain a different reality in the use of this culturally important raw material that has also been presenting social and environmental appeal. The technological prospecting research Sururu found that the protein of this clam has biological and medicinal properties and has been applied as a raw material for drugs worldwide since the 1980s; the shells, rich in calcium, magnesium, phosphorum, iron and other minerals, also has commercial value and applications in different areas. The methodology consisted of data collection in the INPI, LENS, Espacenet, WIPO and Orbit patent databases. The scientific articles were searched in Scopus and Scielo databases. The surveys evidenced a vast economic potential in the drug sector using the protein of this clam for wound healing and other lesions, use in cosmetic and antibacterial compositions, herpes virus, anti-malarial, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory skin, bone grafts and cartilage regeneration, antihypertensive peptides, among others. Sururu shells have been applied in the área of nanoparticulate material chemistry, raw material for construction, animal feed, water purification process and environmental pollution control. Another byproduct, bivalve bisso also demonstrated applicability in the areas of arts and crafts. In order to provide greater scope and possibilities for innovation, we also carried out a survey of patents in the public domain of the sururu, and raised the main possibilities for new business in this production chain from the perspective of Frugal Innovation and Circular Economy, which allowed us to follow related directions evaluations linked to sustainable development.For this, the methodology was made by collecting data in the Lens database. The results also presented great prospects in the trade of this clam. This work of technological exploration of Sururu demonstrated economic potentialities of development of new medical therapeutic technology products and environmental control devices contributing to the sustainable development in traditional communities of the fishing sector.