Water susceptibility and mechanical properties of thermoplastic starch-pectin blends reactively extruded with edible citric acid

Pectin and starch are edible, non-toxic, biodegradable and obtained from renewable sources. Also have the benefit to be easily cross-linked producing hydrogels. Reactive extrusion with edible citric acid and cross linking interactions was evaluated on extruded thermoplastic in natura and cationic st...

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Autores: Da Roz, Alessandra Luzia, Veiga-Santos, Pricila [UNESP], Ferreira, Adriane Medeiros, Antunes, Thais Cristina Ribeiro, De Lima Leite, Fabio, Yamaji, Fabio Minoru, De Carvalho, Antonio Jose Felix
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/168570
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1980-5373-MR-2015-0215
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/168570
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Bio-based products
Biodegradable packaging
Extrusion
Pectin
Starch
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Sumario:Pectin and starch are edible, non-toxic, biodegradable and obtained from renewable sources. Also have the benefit to be easily cross-linked producing hydrogels. Reactive extrusion with edible citric acid and cross linking interactions was evaluated on extruded thermoplastic in natura and cationic starch-pectin blends. Materials water susceptibility and mechanical properties were characterised. Reactive extrusion decreased (up to 75% in natura starch) mechanical properties. Also have decreased (up to 32.4%) both starch polymers water absorption, indicating the possibility of increasing materials water barrier properties but had the opposite effect on the pectin-TPS material, probably related to a cationic-anionic cross linking, resulting in a hydrogel polymer. Reactive extrusion also have negatively affected mechanical properties of both starch polymers, however increased pectin-TPS blends stress and strain at rupture.