Abstract
Sustainable antibacterial–antioxidant films were prepared using in situ graftings of silica nanoparticle (SNP) precursors with covalently attached bioactive agents benzoic acid (ba) or curcu-min (cur) on polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The modified PVA-SNP, PVA-SNP-ba and PVA-SNP-cur films were characterized using spectroscopic, physicochemical and microscopic methods. The prepared films showed excellent antibacterial and antioxidant activity, and increased hydrophobicity providing protection from undesired moisture. The PVA-SNP-ba films completely prevented the growth of the foodborne human pathogen Listeria innocua, whereas PVA-SNP-cur resulted in a 2.5 log reduction of this bacteria. The PVA-SNP-cur and PVA-SNP-ba films showed high antioxidant activity of 15.9 and 14.7 Mm/g TEAC, respectively. The described approach can serve as a generic platform for the formation of PVA-based packaging materials with tailor-made activity tuned by active substituents on silica precursors. Application of such biodegradable films bearing safe bioac-tive agents can be particularly valuable for advanced sustainable packaging materials in food and medicine.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2889 |
Journal | Polymers |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 27 Aug 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Funding
Funding: This research was funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, grant number 421034517.
Funders | Funder number |
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Ministry of science and technology, Israel | 421034517 |
Keywords
- Active package
- Antimicrobial
- Antioxidant
- Polyvinyl alcohol
- Silica nanoparticle