Study on the Effect of Blending Ratios on the Antibacterial Activities of Chitosan/Gelatin Blend Solutions
2005
Kim, B.H. (Ottogi Co., Ltd., Anyang, Republic of Korea) | Park, J.W. (Hankyong National University, Ansung, Republic of Korea), E-mail: [email protected] | Hong, J.H. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea)
Chitosan, second largest biomass after cellulose on earth, has potential for use as functional food package due to its antibacterial activity. However, due to high melting temperature of chitosan, chitosan films have been made by casting method. Because gelatin has relatively low melting temperature depending upon amount of plasticizer added, it was added to chitosan to produce commercially feasible film. The objective of the current study was to determine optimum blend ratio and amount of chitosan/gelatin blend solutions against antibacterial activities for extruder resin.
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