Pectin based antimicrobial surface coating material
AssigneeYeditepe Universitesi
InventorsFikrettin Sahin, Zeynep Iyigundogdu, Okan Demir, Merve Gulerim, Sanem Argin
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a pectin based antimicrobial surface coating material. In the present invention, boron compounds are cross-linked with pectin and a surface coating material in the form of a film is obtained. The said coating material can be used in all packaging industry requiring hygiene particularly in food industry. The invention enables packages to be antifungal, anticandidal and antibacterial.
Claims9
A pectin-based antimicrobial surface coating material, comprising a pectin and a boron compound, the boron compound comprising sodium pentaborate or disodium octaborate, wherein the boron compound is cross-linked with the pectin, wherein the boron compound comprises 5% to 15% by mass of the coating material of sodium pentaborate or 5% to 15% by mass of the coating material of disodium octaborate, wherein the average thickness of the pectin-based antimicrobial surface coating material is 0.15 mm to 0.18 mm, and wherein the average tensile strength of the pectin-based antimicrobial surface coating material is 1070 g to 2170 g.
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