The Potential of Environmental-Friendly Biopolymers as an Alternative to Conventional Petroleum-Based Polymers

Al-Jahwari, Farooq S.; Pervez, Tasneem

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-803581-8.11295-0

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“…Nowadays, there has been several concerns towards the alarming natural resources lessening, health and environmental hitches of petroleum-based synthetic polymers, traditionally and massively used in medical and food industries (Al Jahwari and Pervez, 2019;Liu et al, 2019;Sponchioni, Palmiero and Moscatelli, 2019). Therefore, intensive researches, in the field of food protection, has focused on the conception of a natural and non-toxic coating material, able of effectively enhancing the shelf-life of fresh or packaged commercialized food, as alternative to synthetic films (Assadpour and Jafari, 2019;Galiano et al, 2018).…”

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Conception of novel blue crab chitosan films crosslinked with different saccharides via the Maillard reaction with improved functional and biological properties

Hamdi

Nasri

Azaza

et al. 2020

Carbohydrate Polymers

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This work aimed to modify blue crab chitosan-based films through the Maillard reaction (MR) as a novel alternative to improve their functional and biological properties. To this end, different saccharides (glucose (aldohexose), fructose (ketohexose), xylose (aldopentose) and arabinose (aldopentose)), at different weight ratios 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0% (g/100 g polymer), were studied, and films were heated at 90 °C for 24 h. Based on color changes and browning index measurements, the extent of MR was the highest with aldopentoses, whereas hexoses and particularly ketohexoses, exhibited a relative crosslinking rate. These findings were further reflected with an improvement in treated films mechanical properties and thermal degradation temperatures, and advantageously, barrier properties against UV light and water. In addition, the MR-modified Cs-based films antioxidant activity was interestingly enhanced with mainly aldopentoses. Consequently, MR crosslinked chitosan-based films are promising alternative for active and functional packaging able of food oxidation hindering, especially using aldopentoses.

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confidence: 99%

Conception of novel blue crab chitosan films crosslinked with different saccharides via the Maillard reaction with improved functional and biological properties

Hamdi

Nasri

Azaza

et al. 2020

Carbohydrate Polymers

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“…Also, petroleum is nonrenewable and is being depleted worldwide. 33 To cope with these problems, we should incorporate biobased polymers into the membrane preparation process. Some biobased polymers are found naturally, such as cellulose and chitin, while biosynthetic routes may be pursued to obtain many others.…”

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“…The exploitation, transportation, and refining processes of crude oil may cause marine pollution and air pollution, as well as an increase in the carbon footprint. Also, petroleum is nonrenewable and is being depleted worldwide …”

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Toward the Next Generation of Sustainable Membranes from Green Chemistry Principles

Xie

Tiraferri

et al. 2020

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng.

138

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Large-scale membrane technology has been widely implemented and rapidly growing for roughly 40 years. However, considering its entire life cycle, there are aspects being characterized by low sustainability, and this industry certainly cannot be defined as green. In the membrane manufacturing process, raw materials mainly rely on nonbiodegradable petroleum-based polymers and hazardous solvents. These materials are thus associated with the energy crisis and with disposal burdens at the end of their lifetime, and they pose risks to workers and the environment. Therefore, biobased polymers and green solvents should be employed within the membrane preparation process and replace traditional ones. Moreover, the wastewater generated from membrane fabrication processes contains an important amount of organic solvents and should be efficiently treated or recycled before discharge. The application of artificial intelligence in membrane manufacturing and use processes can also improve efficiency significantly. Finally, a large number of spent membrane elements should also be reused and recovered, rather than landfilled. This review critically evaluates the recent advances in methods to improve the sustainability of membrane technology, specifically emphasizing the progresses made, with regard to the above aspects. This review thus analyzes the needs for membrane industry transformations in the light of circular economy.

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“…An example are biodegradable polymers/biopolymers, which consist of materials that can be consumed spontaneously, through the action of microorganisms such as naturally occurring bacteria, fungi and algae, along with other processes such as photodegradation, oxidation and hydrolysis, providing a reduction in the accumulation of solid waste in ecosystems (Zhong et al, 2019). Most of these materials use renewable natural biomass as a raw resource for obtaining them, as they have the advantage of reducing the impact on the environment, especially carbon dioxide emissions (Al-Jahwari & Pervez, 2020).…”

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Antimicrobial cellulose acetate films by incorporation of geranyl acetate for active food packaging application

Celuppi

Capelezzo

Cima

et al. 2022

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The development of new antimicrobial polymeric materials is in prominence due to its versatility of applications, especially for the manufacture of active packaging food. Cellulose acetate is an example of polymeric material used to this purpose, due to its characteristics of biodegradability and easy processing, in addition its natural origin and no toxicity. Geranyl acetate is an ester derived from geraniol, which has good antimicrobial properties and good thermal stability, which makes it interesting to be applied as an antimicrobial agent, avoiding the trivial and often problematic metallic nanoparticles and also volatile essential oils. In this work, antibacterial and antifungal cellulose acetate films were obtained through the incorporation of geranyl acetate ester (in concentrations of 0.5 and 1.0% v/v), by using the casting technique. This new material was tested against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and fungi. Results showed that it is possible to obtain antibacterial and antifungal cellulose acetate films with the incorporation of geranyl acetate ester, with excellent antibacterial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and good antifungal activity.

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The Potential of Environmental-Friendly Biopolymers as an Alternative to Conventional Petroleum-Based Polymers

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Conception of novel blue crab chitosan films crosslinked with different saccharides via the Maillard reaction with improved functional and biological properties

Conception of novel blue crab chitosan films crosslinked with different saccharides via the Maillard reaction with improved functional and biological properties

Toward the Next Generation of Sustainable Membranes from Green Chemistry Principles

Antimicrobial cellulose acetate films by incorporation of geranyl acetate for active food packaging application

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