BIODEGRADABILITY BEHAVIOR OF CROSS-LINKED CALCIUM CASEINATE FILMS

Authors
MEZGHENI E VACHON C LACROIX M
Citation
E. Mezgheni et al., BIODEGRADABILITY BEHAVIOR OF CROSS-LINKED CALCIUM CASEINATE FILMS, Biotechnology progress, 14(3), 1998, pp. 534-536
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Biotechnology progress → ACNP
ISSN journal
87567938
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
534 - 536
Database
ISI
SICI code
8756-7938(1998)14:3<534:BBOCCC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
gamma-Irradiation was used to produce free-standing biodegradable case inate films. The effect of the irradiation dose (i.e., the number of c ross-links) on the biodegradability behavior of these films using a st rain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was investigated. Results showed that t he overall degradation processes were similar for both types of films (4 or 64 kGy). The main difference was observed in terms of the period of degradation which was delayed 8 days for the film containing the h ighest extent of cross-linking (64 kGy).