Recent advances of antibacterial starch-based materials

Xiurong Hou; Huashan Wang; Yuting Shi; Zhouyao Yue

doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120392

Recent advances of antibacterial starch-based materials

Carbohydr Polym. 2023 Feb 15:302:120392. doi: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120392. Epub 2022 Nov 25.

Authors

Xiurong Hou¹, Huashan Wang², Yuting Shi¹, Zhouyao Yue¹

Affiliations

¹ College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, 300457 Tianjin, PR China.
² College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 29, 13th Avenue, TEDA, 300457 Tianjin, PR China. Electronic address: whs@tust.edu.cn.

PMID: 36604070
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120392

Abstract

Starch has attracted a lot of attention because it is biodegradable, renewable, nontoxic and low cost. By adding antibacterial substances to starch, starch-based materials have antibacterial properties. The composite with other materials can improve the comprehensive performance of starch-based materials, thus broadening the application field of the material. In this paper, we focus on antibacterial starch-based materials and review their preparation and applications. It was found that antibacterial starch-based materials were most widely used in packaging, followed by medicine, and the research on smart starch-based materials was relatively less. This review may provide some reference value for subsequent studies of starch-based materials.

Keywords: Antimicrobial starch; Applications; Biomedical; Packaging.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents* / pharmacology
Food Packaging
Starch*

Substances

Starch
Anti-Bacterial Agents