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- Chatterjee, Robin, et al.
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Evaluation of the potential of fungal and plant laccases for active-packaging applications
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Ingår i: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. - WASHINGTON : American Chemical Society. - 0021-8561 .- 1520-5118. ; 59:10, s. 5390-5395
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Laccases from Trametes versicolor (TvL), Myceliophthora thermophila (MtL), and Rhus vernicifera (RvL) were investigated with regard to their potential utilization as oxygen scavengers in active packages containing food susceptible to oxidation reactions. The substrate selectivity of the laccases was investigated with a set of 17 reducing substrates, mainly phenolic compounds. The temperature dependence of reactions performed at low temperatures (4-31 °C) was studied. Furthermore, the laccases were subjected to immobilization in a latex/clay matrix and drying procedures performed at temperatures up to 105 °C. The results show that it is possible to immobilize the laccases with retained activity after dispersion coating, drying at 75-105 °C, and subsequent storage of the enzyme-containing films at 4 °C. TvL and, to some extent, MtL were promiscuous with regard to their reducing substrate, in the sense that the difference in activity with the 17 substrates tested was relatively small. RvL, on the other hand, showed high selectivity, primarily toward substrates resembling its natural substrate urushiol. When tested at 7 °C, all three laccases retained >20% of the activity they had at 25 °C, which suggests that it would be possible to utilize the laccases also in refrigerated food packages. Coating and drying resulted in a remaining enzymatic activity ranging from 18 to 53%, depending on the drying conditions used. The results indicate that laccases are useful for active-packaging applications and that the selectivity for reducing substrates is an important characteristic of laccases from different sources.
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- De Magistris, Federica, et al.
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Effect of calendering on the compressibility of papers made with fibre of various properties
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- The surface and bulk compressibility of a given paper influence its calendering, coating, surface sizing and printing properties. This study aims at a deeper knowledge of which variable affects the compressibility of paper sheets and how calendering effect different sheet properties. The pulps were characterized by their chemical compositions and physical properties. The bulk compressibility, the surface compressibility and the thickness were evaluated both before and after calendering
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- Johansson, Kristin, 1983-, et al.
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Comparison of lignin derivatives as substrates for laccase-catalyzed scavenging of oxygen in coatings and films
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Ingår i: Journal of Biological Engineering. - : BioMed Central (BMC). - 1754-1611. ; 8
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: Lignin derivatives are phenylpropanoid biopolymers derived from pulping and biorefinery processes. The possibility to utilize lignin derivatives from different types of processes in advanced enzyme-catalyzed oxygen-scavenging systems intended for active packaging was explored. Laccase-catalyzed oxidation of alkali lignin (LA), hydrolytic lignin (LH), organosolv lignin (LO), and lignosulfonates (LS) was compared using oxygen-scavenging coatings and films in liquid and gas phase systems. Results: When coatings containing lignin derivatives and laccase were immersed in a buffered aqueous solution, the oxygen-scavenging capability increased in the order LO < LH < LA < LS. Experiments with coatings containing laccase and LO, LH or LA incubated in oxygen-containing gas in air-tight chambers and at a relative humidity (RH) of 100% showed that paperboard coated with LO and laccase reduced the oxygen content from 1.0% to 0.4% during a four-day period, which was far better than the results obtained with LA or LH. LO-containing coatings incubated at 92% RH also displayed activity, with a decrease in oxygen from 1.0% to 0.7% during a four-day period. The oxygen scavenging was not related to the content of free phenolic hydroxyl groups, which increased in the order LO < LS < LH < LA. LO and LS were selected for further studies and films containing starch, clay, glycerol, laccase and LO or LS were characterized using gel permeation chromatograpy, dynamic mechanical analysis, and wet stability. Conclusions: The investigation shows that different lignin derivatives exhibit widely different properties as a part of active coatings and films. Results indicate that LS and LO were most suitable for the application studied and differences between them were attributed to a higher degree of laccase-catalyzed cross-linking of LS than of LO. Inclusion in active-packaging systems offers a new way to utilize some types of lignin derivatives from biorefining processes.
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- Johansson, Kristin, et al.
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Effect of pigment volume concentration and drying aspects on the enzyme activity of clay coatings
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Ingår i: 11th Advanced Coating Fundamentals Symposium Proceedings. - : TAPPI Press. - 1595102035 - 9781595102034 ; , s. 129-143
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The oxygen content in food packaging may be reduced by attaching oxygen scavengers to the packaging material. The critical parameters that determine the oxygen scavenging ability of an enzyme-based coating i.e. pH, heat and coating color formulation were evaluated. Glucose oxidase, Catalase and glucose were added to latex dispersions in the preparation of the coating colors. The enzymes were entrapped in the coating layers after coating and drying. The clay concentration and drying conditions were varied and the enzymatic activity of the coated layer was evaluated. The need for a pH-buffered system was also studied and the results indicated that, when using a carboxylated latex of a standard coating grade, a buffered system was not needed. A rapid drying at a high temperature was preferred over a slow drying at a low temperature in order to prevent pre-oxidation of the substrate in the wet coating color. The scavenging capacity of the coating was dependent on the amount of substrate for the enzyme reaction left after complete drying. The concentration of clay in the coating formulation was shown to have a marked impact on the oxygen-scavenging ability of the coated layer. The enzyme activity was increased by the addition of clay up to a pigment volume concentration (PVC) of ca. 10%. At higher concentrations of clay, the enzyme activity decreased until the critical pigment volume concentration (CPVC) was reached, probably due to the prevention of diffusion of oxygen and consumption of glucose in the coating process before the layer was completely dried. Further additions of clay above the CPVC resulted in an increased enzyme activity, probably due to the creation of a porous structure.
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