Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties of Composite Polyethylene Materials Reinforced with Neem and Turmeric.

ABSTRACT: With the increased scientific interest in green technologies, many researches have been focused on the production of polymeric composites containing naturally occurring reinforcing particles. Apart from increasing mechanical properties, these additions can have a wide range of interesting effects, such as increasing the resistance to bacterial and fungal colonization. In this work, different amounts of two different natural products, namely neem and turmeric, were added to polyethylene to act as a natural antibacterial and antifungal product for food packaging applications. Microscopic and spectroscopic characterization showed that fractions of up to 5% of these products could be dispersed into low-molecular weight polyethylene, while higher amounts could not be properly dispersed and resu

SUBMITTER: Sunthar TPM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7760416 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature