The fabrication of a novel film based on polycaprolactone incorporated with chitosan and rutin: potential as an antibacterial carrier for rainbow trout packaging

Homeyra Piri; Salar Moradi; Roonak Amiri

doi:10.1007/s10068-021-00898-9

The fabrication of a novel film based on polycaprolactone incorporated with chitosan and rutin: potential as an antibacterial carrier for rainbow trout packaging

Food Sci Biotechnol. 2021 Mar 20;30(5):683-690. doi: 10.1007/s10068-021-00898-9. eCollection 2021 May.

Authors

Homeyra Piri¹, Salar Moradi², Roonak Amiri¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
² Department of Chemical Engineering, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran.

Abstract

Abstract: Rutin and chitosan could be utilized in the food industry owing to their antioxidant and antibacterial properties. This study was carried out to fabricate novel films using polycaprolactone (PCL-sole), PCL and chitosan (PCL-CS), PCL and rutin (PCL-R), and PCL, chitosan, and rutin (PCL-CS-R) through electros pinning method. Physical properties, in vitro antibacterial and antioxidant properties of the films, and their antibacterial activity on rainbow trout were further investigated. The PCL-CS, PCL-R, and PCL-CS-R had smaller fiber diameter and film thickness and lower viscosity while they showed higher surface tension, water contact angle, and conductivity and better antibacterial and antioxidant properties compared with PCL-sole film (P < 0.05). The PCL-CS-R film respectively decreased 17.45%, 19.27%, and 18.39% more populations of L. monocytogenes, S. aureus, and E. coli compared to PCL-sole film in the fish samples. Therefore, the PCL-CS-R film can be potentially used in active packaging because of its antioxidant and antibacterial activities.

Keywords: Antibacterial property; Electrospinning; Physical property; Rainbow trout; Rutin.