TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and characteristics of biodegradable Aloe-gel/egg white films
AU - López-Mata, Marco Antonio
AU - García-González, Gerardo
AU - Valbuena-Gregorio, Edith
AU - Ruiz-Cruz, Saúl
AU - Zamudio-Flores, Paul Baruk
AU - Burruel-Ibarra, Silvia Elena
AU - Morales-Figueroa, Gloria Guadalupe
AU - Quihui-Cota, Luis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
PY - 2016/10/20
Y1 - 2016/10/20
N2 - The use of synthetic nonbiodegradable polymers has led to environmental damage. This has encouraged the interest to the development of new renewable and biodegradable matrices. The potential of egg white (EW) protein for the development of bioplastic materials has been published. However, the mixture of EW with Aloe-gel (AG) for film formation has not been documented. In this study, films with different EW and AG combinations are manufactured and their properties are analyzed. In general, the AG/EW films are homogeneous, smooth, with no pores and with cumulus of protein on the surface with better extensibility, plasticity, and low tensile strength. In addition, they are yellow colored, UV-light blocker, with high solubility (2.2 times) and high Water Vapor Permeability (4.17 times) compared with the control (EW film). The AG/EW films showed higher percentage of soluble protein and antibacterial activity than the control.
AB - The use of synthetic nonbiodegradable polymers has led to environmental damage. This has encouraged the interest to the development of new renewable and biodegradable matrices. The potential of egg white (EW) protein for the development of bioplastic materials has been published. However, the mixture of EW with Aloe-gel (AG) for film formation has not been documented. In this study, films with different EW and AG combinations are manufactured and their properties are analyzed. In general, the AG/EW films are homogeneous, smooth, with no pores and with cumulus of protein on the surface with better extensibility, plasticity, and low tensile strength. In addition, they are yellow colored, UV-light blocker, with high solubility (2.2 times) and high Water Vapor Permeability (4.17 times) compared with the control (EW film). The AG/EW films showed higher percentage of soluble protein and antibacterial activity than the control.
KW - biodegradable
KW - biopolymers and renewable polymers
KW - films
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U2 - 10.1002/app.44067
DO - 10.1002/app.44067
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0021-8995
VL - 133
JO - Journal of Applied Polymer Science
JF - Journal of Applied Polymer Science
IS - 40
M1 - APP44067
ER -