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T1 Metal-free organic polymer for the preparation of a reusable antimicrobial material with real-life application as an absorbent food pad
A1 González Ceballos, Lara
A1 Guirado Moreno, José Carlos
A1 Guembe García, Marta
A1 Rovira Carballido, Jordi
A1 Melero Gil, Beatriz
A1 Arnáiz Alonso, Ana
A1 Diez Mate, Ana Mª
A1 García Pérez, José Miguel
A1 Vallejos Calzada, Saúl
K1 Antimicrobial polymers
K1 Vanillin
K1 Azo-coupling
K1 Recyclable polymers
K1 Reusable polymers
K1 Packaged meat
K1 Food quality
K1 Shelf life
K1 Absorbent pads
K1 Food packaging
K1 Nutrición
K1 Nutrition
K1 Química
K1 Chemistry
AB There is a strong need to reduce food waste while maintaining the quality of packaged food. Thus, we haveprepared a new fully organic and metal-free antimicrobial polymer, with the aim of increasing both the shelf lifeand safety of packaged meat. This antimicrobial polymer is based on widely available commercial acrylicmonomers with covalently linked vanillin motifs, which are naturally occurring essential oils with antimicrobialcharacteristics. The film-shaped antibacterial polymeric material shows antibacterial activity for Escherichia coli,Staphylococcus aureus, and Listeria monocytogenes with an R parameter of up to 3.18, 3.37 and 2.00 and inhibition% of up to 99.95%, 99.96%, and 99.02%, respectively. To show the potential of these materials, we conducted aproof of concept experiment in which the antimicrobial polymer film was used as an absorbent food pad. Theresults show that the use of the antimicrobial polymer film can increase the shelf life of a packaged meat productby 50%. Since the antimicrobial activity is based on a covalently anchored group, there is no antimicrobial agentdiffusion, and the antimicrobial activity persists beyond the first use because it is easily washable and reusablefor at least 10 cycles.
PB Elsevier
SN 2214-2894
YR 2022
FD 2022-09
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7446
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/7446
LA eng
NO We gratefully acknowledge the financial support provided by FEDER (Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional), the Spanish Agencia Estatal de Investigacion ´ (PID2020–113264RB-I00/AEI/10.13039/50110001 1033) and "La Caixa" Foundation (the project leading to these results has received funding from the "La Caixa" Foundation, under agreement LCF/ PR/PR18/51130007).
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 08-may-2024