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ArticlePolymers2022

Preparation, Characterization and Evaluation of Antibacterial Properties of Polylactide-Polyethylene Glycol-Chitosan Active Composite Films.

Rómulo Salazar, Veronica Salas-Gomez, Adriana A Alvarado, Haci Baykara

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Article in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rómulo SalazarEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ingeniería en Mecánica y Ciencias de la Producción, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. BOX 09-01-5863, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-0172-839X
Veronica Salas-GomezEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ingeniería en Mecánica y Ciencias de la Producción, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. BOX 09-01-5863, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-6350-6178
Adriana A AlvaradoEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Departamento de Química y Ciencias Ambientales, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador.
Haci BaykaraEscuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ingeniería en Mecánica y Ciencias de la Producción, Campus Gustavo Galindo, Km 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. BOX 09-01-5863, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-8319-0836
Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral · EC

Funding

Secretaría de Educación Superior, Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación PIC-18-INE-ESPOL-004
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitin is a natural biopolymer obtained from the exoskeleton of crustaceans. Chitosan is a derivative of chitin, which has antimicrobial properties and potential applications in several industries. Moreover, the composites of chitosan with other biodegradable polymers, such as polylactide (PLA) as packaging film, have shown promising results. In this study, chitosan was obtained and characterized from shrimp shells. Then, polylactide-chitosan composite films were prepared by a solvent casting technique using various amounts of chitosan (0.5-2%

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antibacterial propertiesbiodegradable filmschitosanpolylactide (PLA)solvent casting

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PMID35683938
PMCPMC9183075
OpenAlexW4281727345

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