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NANOFIBERS LOADED WITH NANOCHITOSAN OF FUNGAL ORIGIN: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF NANOCHITOSAN FROM Aspergillus niger

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Abstract

Natural biopolymers are attracting the researcher's attention because of their magnificent properties and various biological activities. Among them, chitosan is the deacetylated form of chitin which is present in the fungal cell wall. In the present study, chitosan was extracted from Aspergillus niger on malt yeast broth (MYB) with yield 8%, degree of acetylation 69.5 % and molecular weight 2223.11 Da. Nano-chitosan was prepared through ionic gelation method then characterized through dynamic light scattering which revealed that the zeta potential was 37 mV and polydispersity index (PDI) reached 0.48 while transmission electron microscope (TEM) showed the spherically shaped prepared nanoparticles had particle size ranged from 1.77 to 8.17 nm. Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) fibers loaded with chitosan and nano-chitosan were synthesized through electrospinning then morphologically characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) showing that chitosan loaded TPU fibers were comparatively rougher than that of nano-chitosan loaded TPU fibers which were quite smooth. The Limiting oxygen index (LOI) value of chitosan loaded TPU fibers was only 20.8% and the UL-94 resulted in V-1. However, the LOI value of nano-chitosan loaded TPU fibers increased up to 26.6% and the UL-94 result achieved V-0 rating. Moreover, the tensile strength of the chitosan loaded TPU fibers was 12.3 ± 0.2 MPa, while the nano-chitosan loaded TPU fibers was 17.9 ± 0.5 MPa. Finally, nano-chitosan loaded TPU fibers showed the maximum antibacterial activity with inhibition zone diameter reached 40 mm and MIC value 15.6 µg/mL.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2023.208437.1202

Keywords

Fungal chitosan, Nanoparticles, Nanofibers, Physical properties, antimicrobial activity

Authors

First Name

Bassma

Last Name

Elwakil

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Med. Lab. Dep., Fac. Appl. Health Sci. Technol., Pharos University in Alexandria, Egypt.

Email

bassma.hassan@pua.edu.eg

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000-0001-6596-3156

First Name

Mohab

Last Name

Elsabrouty

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Dept. Bot. and Microbiol., Fac. Sci., Alex. Univ., Egypt.

Email

mohab.sabrouty@alexu.edu.eg

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000-0001-7715-0566

First Name

Reem

Last Name

Elnahas

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Bot. and Microbiol., Fac. Sci., Alex. Univ., Egypt.

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reemashraf14@gmail.com

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-

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First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

El-Khatib

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-

Affiliation

Dept. Basic Sci., Fac. Eng., Pharos Univ., Alexandria, Egypt.

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mostafa.elkhatib@pua.edu.eg

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Volume

12

Article Issue

3

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41277

Issue Date

2023-05-01

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2023-05-06

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2023-05-01

Page Start

389

Page End

398

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2314-6079

Online ISSN

2682-3527

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2,342

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Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

NANOFIBERS LOADED WITH NANOCHITOSAN OF FUNGAL ORIGIN: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF NANOCHITOSAN FROM Aspergillus niger

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25 Dec 2024