Bacterial Cellulose-Chitosan paper with antimicrobial and antioxidant activities
In: Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, 2020, S. 1568-1577
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The production of paper-based bacterial cellulose-chitosan (BC-Ch) nanocomposites was accomplished following two different approaches. In the first, BC paper sheets were produced and then immersed in an aqueous solution of chitosan (BC-ChI); in the second, BC pulp was impregnated with chitosan prior to the production of paper sheets (BC-ChM). BC-Ch nanocomposites were investigated in terms of physical characteristics, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, and the ability to inhibit the formation of biofilms on their surface. The two types of BC-Ch nanocomposites maintained the hydrophobic character, the air barrier properties, and the high crystallinity of the BC paper. However, BC-ChI showed a surface with a denser fiber network and with smaller pores than those of BC-ChM. Only 5% of the chitosan leached from the BC-Ch nanocomposites after 96 h of incubation in an aqueous medium, indicating that it was well retained by the BC paper matrix. BC-Ch nanocomposites displayed antimicrobial activity, inhibiting growth of and having a killing effect against bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa and yeast Candida albicans. Moreover, BC-Ch papers showed activity against the formation of a biofilm on their surface. The incorporation of chitosan increased the antioxidant activity of the BC paper. Paper-based BC-Ch nanocomposites combined the physical properties of BC paper and the antimicrobial, antibiofilm, and antioxidant activities of chitosan.
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Bacterial Cellulose-Chitosan paper with antimicrobial and antioxidant activities
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Cabañas Romero, Lourdes Verónica ; Valls Vidal, Cristina ; Valenzuela Mayorga, Susana Valeria ; Roncero, M. Blanca ; Pastor Blasco, Francisco I. Javier ; Díaz Lucea, Pilar ; Martínez Martínez, Josefina |
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Zeitschrift: | Articles publicats en revistes (Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, 2020, S. 1568-1577 |
Veröffentlichung: | American Chemical Society, 2020 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1525-7797 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00127 |
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