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MATERIALS
Volume 5, Issue 12, Pages 2903-2916Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ma5122903
Keywords
wheat gluten; electrospinning; prolonged-release system; urea
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- PROMEP [103.5/11/4462]
- University of Sonora
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Homogeneous and thin porous membranes composed of oriented fibers were obtained from wheat gluten (WG) using the electrospinning technique. SEM micrographs showed an asymmetric structure and some porosity, which, in addition to a small thickness of 40 mu m, are desirable characteristics for the membranes' potential application in release systems. The membranes were loaded with urea to obtain pastilles. FT-IR and DSC studies confirmed the existence of interactions via hydrogen bonding between urea and WG proteins. The pastilles were studied as prolonged-released systems of urea in water. The release of urea during the first 10 min was very fast; then, the rate of release decreased as it reached equilibrium at 300 min, with a total of approximate to 98% urea released. TGA analysis showed that the release system obtained is thermally stable up to a temperature of 117 degrees C. It was concluded that a prolonged-release system of urea could be satisfactorily produced using WG fibers obtained by electrospinning for potential application in agricultural crops.
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