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Bacterial Cellulose-Chitosan paper with antimicrobial and antioxidant activities

(c) American Chemical Society , 2020 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ;ISSN: 1525-7797 ;EISSN: 1526-4602 ;DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00127

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  • Title:
    Bacterial Cellulose-Chitosan paper with antimicrobial and antioxidant activities
  • Author: Cabañas-Romero, L. Veronica ; Valls Vidal, Cristina ; Valenzuela Mayorga, Susana Valeria ; Roncero, M. Blanca ; Pastor Blasco, Francisco I. Javier ; Díaz Lucea, Pilar ; Martínez Martínez, Josefina
  • Subjects: Cellulose chemistry ; Fabricació del paper ; Microbiologia ; Microbiology ; Papermaking ; Química de la cel·lulosa
  • Description: 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.
  • Publisher: American Chemical Society
  • Creation Date: 2020-03
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1525-7797
    EISSN: 1526-4602
    DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00127
  • Source: Diposit Digital de la Universitat de Barcelona
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