Antimicrobial Activity of Lignin and Lignin-Derived Cellulose and Chitosan Composites against Selected Pathogenic and Spoilage Microorganisms

Polymers

Abla Alzagameem¹  XuanTung Do¹  Michel Bergs¹  Margit Schulze¹  StephanieElisabeth Klein¹  Michael Larkins¹  Birgit Kamm²  Carina Hüwe³  Imke Korte³  Sophia Dohlen³  Judith Kreyenschmidt³ 

[1] Department of Natural Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, von-Liebig-Str. 20, D-53359 Rheinbach, Germany;Faculty of Environment and Natural Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, Platz der Deutschen Einheit 1, D-03046 Cottbus, Germany;Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms-University Bonn, Katzenburgweg 7-9, D-53115 Bonn, Germany;

关键词: antimicrobial activity;    antiradical activity;    chitosan;    hydroxypropylmethylcellulose;    lignin;    pathogenic microorganisms;    organosolv;   

DOI  :  10.3390/polym11040670

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The antiradical and antimicrobial activity of lignin and lignin-based films are both of great interest for applications such as food packaging additives. The polyphenolic structure of lignin in addition to the presence of O-containing functional groups is potentially responsible for these activities. This study used DPPH assays to discuss the antiradical activity of HPMC/lignin and HPMC/lignin/chitosan films. The scavenging activity (SA) of both binary (HPMC/lignin) and ternary (HPMC/lignin/chitosan) systems was affected by the percentage of the added lignin: the 5% addition showed the highest activity and the 30% addition had the lowest. Both scavenging activity and antimicrobial activity are dependent on the biomass source showing the following trend: organosolv of softwood > kraft of softwood > organosolv of grass. Testing the antimicrobial activities of lignins and lignin-containing films showed high antimicrobial activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria at 35 °C and at low temperatures (0–7 °C). Purification of kraft lignin has a negative effect on the antimicrobial activity while storage has positive effect. The lignin release in the produced films affected the activity positively and the chitosan addition enhances the activity even more for both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Testing the films against spoilage bacteria that grow at low temperatures revealed the activity of the 30% addition on HPMC/L1 film against both B. thermosphacta and P. fluorescens while L5 was active only against B. thermosphacta. In HPMC/lignin/chitosan films, the 5% addition exhibited activity against both B. thermosphacta and P. fluorescens.

【 授权许可】

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