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Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of lignin and lignin-based composites for active food packaging applications

  • Due to the use of fossil fuel resources, many environmental problems have been increasingly growing. Thus, the recent research focuses on the use of environment friendly materials from sustainable feedstocks for future fuels, chemicals, fibers and polymers. Lignocellulosic biomass has become the raw material of choice for these new materials. Recently, the research has focused on using lignin as a substitute material in many industrial applications. The antiradical and antimicrobial activity of lignin and lignin-based films are both of great interest for applications such as food packaging additives. DPPH assay was used to determine the antioxidant activity of Kraft lignin compared to Organosolv lignins from different biomasses. The purification procedure of Kraft lignin showed that double-fold selective extraction is the most efficient confirmed by UV-Vis, FTIR, HSQC, 31PNMR, SEC, and XRD. The antioxidant capacity was discussed regarding the biomass source, pulping process, and degree of purification. Lignin obtained from industrial black liquor are compared with beech wood samples: Biomass source influences the DPPH inhibition (softwood > grass) and the TPC (softwood < grass). DPPH inhibition affected by the polarity of the extraction solvent. Following the trend: ethanol > diethylether > acetone. Reduced polydispersity has positive influence on the DPPH inhibition. Storage decreased the DPPH inhibition but increased the TPC values. The DPPH assay was also used to discuss the antiradical activity of HPMC/lignin and HPMC/lignin/chitosan films. In both binary (HPMC/lignin) and ternary (HPMC/lignin/chitosan) systems the 5% addition showed the highest activity and the highest addition had the lowest. Both scavenging activity and antimicrobial activity are dependent on the biomass source; Organosolv of softwood > Kraft of softwood > Organosolv of grass. 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 leaching in the produced films affected the activity positively and the chitosan addition enhances the activity for both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Testing the films against food 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 food spoilage bacteria.

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Document Type:Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Author:Abla Al-Zagameem
Title translated (German):Antioxidative und antimikrobielle Eigenschaften von Lignin und Lignin-basierten Verbundwerkstoffen für aktive Lebensmittelverpackungsanwendungen
Number of pages:97
URL:https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-53024
Referee:Thomas Fischer, Margit Schulze, Judith Kreyenschmidt
Publisher:BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg
Place of publication:Cottbus
Date of exam:2020/11/06
Contributing Corporation:Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg
Date of first publication:2020/11/25
Keyword:Antioxidans; Bioactivity; Bioaktive Verbindung; Bioaktivität; Food packaging; Kunststoffverpackung; Lebensmittelverpackungen; Lignin
Departments, institutes and facilities:Fachbereich Angewandte Naturwissenschaften
Graduierteninstitut
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC):6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 66 Chemische Verfahrenstechnik / 664 Lebensmitteltechnologie
Entry in this database:2021/01/14