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JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Volume 68, Issue 19, Pages 5401-5410Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx272
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Agro-waste; biomass; bioplastics; cutin; fatty acids; raw material
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Cutin is the main component of plant cuticles constituting the framework that supports the rest of the cuticle components. This biopolymer is composed of esterified bi- and trifunctional fatty acids. Despite its ubiquity in terrestrial plants, it has been underutilized as raw material due to its insolubility and lack of melting point. However, in recent years, a few technologies have been developed to obtain cutin monomers from several agro-wastes at an industrial scale. This review is focused on the description of cutin properties, biodegradability, chemical composition, processability, abundance, and the state of art of the fabrication of cutin-based materials in order to evaluate whether this biopolymer can be considered a source for the production of renewable materials.
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