Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 59, Issue 23, Pages 12674-12682Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf203273y
Keywords
kafirin microparticles; thin cast kafirin films; transglutaminase; glutaraldehyde; water stability; tensile properties
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- University of Pretoria
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Improvement in the water stability and other related functional properties of thin (<50 mu m) kafirin protein films was investigated. Thin conventional kafirin films and kafirin microparticle films were prepared by casting in acetic acid solution. Thin kafirin films cast from microparticles were more stable in water than conventional cast kafirin films. Treatment of kafirin microparticles with heat and transglutaminase resulted in slightly thicker films with reduced tensile strength. In contrast, glutaraldehyde treatment resulted in up to a 43% increase in film tensile strength. The films prepared from rnicroparticles treated with glutaraldehyde were quite stable in ambient temperature water, despite the loss of plasticizer. This was probably due to the formation of covalent cross-linking between free amino groups of the kafirin polypeptides and carbonyl groups of the aldehyde. Thus, such thin glutaraldehyde-treated kafirin microparticle films appear to have good potential for use as biomaterials in aqueous applications.
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