Conversion of waste parasitic insect (Hylobius abietis L.) into antioxidative, antimicrobial and biodegradable films
Author | Affiliation | |
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Kaya, Murat | ||
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2019 |
Hylobius abietis is a plant parasitic insect belonging to the order Coleoptera and which causes severe damages to coniferous forests in Northern and Eastern Europe. This current study is aimed to provide a new viewpoint into the waste of this insect by producing chitosan. Dry insect corpses consisted of 27.9% chitin and 86.2% of the chitin was converted into the chitosan. FT-IR spectra analyses confirmed the purity and the deacetylation degree of the produced chitosan (molecular weight of chitosan; 7.3 kDa). This chitosan exhibited antimicrobial activity against 18 bacterial strains. Further, biodegradable chitosan composite films with β-carotene were produced. Antioxidant activity of chitosan films were found to be higher than chitosan gels; and β-carotene incorporation further increased the antioxidative properties of the chitosan films. This study demonstrated that the waste of parasitic insect like H. abietis can be evaluated as a source for production of biodegradable and edible chitosan-based films for applications in food coating.
Journal | IF | AIF | AIF (min) | AIF (max) | Cat | AV | Year | Quartile |
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Journal of Renewable Materials | 1.341 | 4.677 | 3.752 | 5.779 | 3 | 0.315 | 2019 | Q3 |
Journal | IF | AIF | AIF (min) | AIF (max) | Cat | AV | Year | Quartile |
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Journal of Renewable Materials | 1.341 | 4.677 | 3.752 | 5.779 | 3 | 0.315 | 2019 | Q3 |
Journal | Cite Score | SNIP | SJR | Year | Quartile |
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Journal of Renewable Materials | 1.7 | 0.469 | 0.298 | 2019 | Q2 |