Stability improvement of algal-alginate beads by zeolite molecular sieves 13X

Seyed Amirebrahim Emami Moghaddam; Razif Harun; Mohd Noriznan Mokhtar; Rabitah Zakaria

doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.03.191

Stability improvement of algal-alginate beads by zeolite molecular sieves 13X

Int J Biol Macromol. 2019 Jul 1:132:592-599. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.03.191. Epub 2019 Mar 26.

Authors

Seyed Amirebrahim Emami Moghaddam¹, Razif Harun², Mohd Noriznan Mokhtar³, Rabitah Zakaria³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
² Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. Electronic address: mh_razif@upm.edu.my.
³ Department of Process and Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

PMID: 30922914
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.03.191

Abstract

This research aimed to improve the stability of Chlorella-Alginate Beads (CABs) by zeolite molecular sieves 13X. Dissolution time of synthesized Zeolite-Algal-Alginate Beads (ZABs) in a chelating agent revealed a significant improvement on the beads stability (78.5 ± 0.5 min) compared to the control beads (51.5 ± 0.5 min) under the optimum conditions of zeolite/alginate (1.5:1), pH 5 and 2% of beads. Monitoring cell growth during 5 days of incubation showed good biocompatibility of zeolite 13X. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) indicated rough surface and spherical shapes of ZABs. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) of ZABs confirmed the presence of zeolite 13X within the matrix. The zeta potential value of ZABs indicated that the beads were relatively stable. The findings of this research showed that zeolite molecular sieves 13X have the potential to improve the stability of algal-alginate beads compared to common beads.

Keywords: Chlorella-Alginate Beads; Stability; Zeolite molecular sieves 13X.

MeSH terms

Alginates / chemistry*
Chlorella / chemistry*
Drug Stability
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Materials Testing
Microspheres*
Zeolites / chemistry*

Substances

Alginates
Zeolites