Using ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy To Design Active Antimicrobial Food Packaging Structures Based on High Molecular Weight Chitosan Polysaccharide
- 14 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
- Vol. 55 (7), 2554-2562
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jf063110j
Abstract
ATR-FTIR spectroscopy has been used in this study to characterize the molecular mechanisms and kinetic processes that take place when a chitosonium acetate thin coating is put in contact with water solutions, Staphylococcus aureus solutions, microbial nutrient solutions, and with a high water activity TSA hydrogel medium to simulate the effect of direct contact with high moisture foods such as fresh meats, fish, and seafood products or beverages. The results of this work suggest that the biocide carboxylate groups that form when chitosan is cast from acetic acid solutions are being continuously evaporated from the formed film in the form of acetic acid (mechanism I) in the presence of environmental humidity, rendering weak biocide film systems. On the other hand, upon direct contact of the cast chitosonium acetate film with liquid water, water solutions, or the high moisture TSA hydrogel, a positive rapid migration, with a diffusion coefficient faster than 3.7 × 10-12 m2/s, of protonated glucosamine water soluble molecular fractions (mechanism II) takes place from the film into the liquid phase, yielding strong antimicrobial performance and leaving in the remaining cast film only the non-water soluble chitosan fractions. Finally, this study describes a refined spectroscopic methodology to predict the antimicrobial properties of chitosan and gives insight into the capacity of chitosan as a natural biocide agent. Keywords: Chitosan; active packaging; antimicrobial packaging; FTIRKeywords
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