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Antimicrobial electrospun ultrafine fibers from zein containing eucalyptus essential oil/cyclodextrin inclusion complex
- Source :
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 104:874-882
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2017.
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Abstract
- The aim of this study was to produce ultrafine fibers from zein incorporated with a complex of eucalyptus essential oil (EEO) and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) with antimicrobial properties by electrospinning technique. The EEO was characterized by chemical composition and antimicrobial tests against three Gram positive and four Gram negative bacteria. The inclusion complex (IC) was prepared with β-CD and EEO by co-precipitation technique and added at different concentrations in zein polymer solution using aqueous ethanol as solvent. The morphology, thermal properties, functional groups, and antimicrobial activity against L. monocytogenes and S. aureus of the ultrafine fibers were evaluated. The composite membranes containing 24% IC exhibited a greater reduction of growth as compared to the fibers without addition of IC. For L. monocytogenes the growth reduction was 28.5% and for S. aureus it was 24.3%. The electrospun IC-β-CD/EEO composite membranes are promising for use in antimicrobial applications, such as food packaging.
- Subjects :
- Staphylococcus aureus
Zein
Beta-Cyclodextrins
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
02 engineering and technology
medicine.disease_cause
Biochemistry
law.invention
0404 agricultural biotechnology
Anti-Infective Agents
Electricity
Structural Biology
law
Oils, Volatile
medicine
Molecular Biology
Essential oil
chemistry.chemical_classification
Eucalyptus
Cyclodextrin
business.industry
beta-Cyclodextrins
Membranes, Artificial
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
General Medicine
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
Antimicrobial
Listeria monocytogenes
040401 food science
Electrospinning
Biotechnology
Solvent
Food packaging
chemistry
0210 nano-technology
business
Nuclear chemistry
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01418130
- Volume :
- 104
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....17393666e75c5e319466accd33581cc5