• International Journal of Technology (IJTech)
  • Vol 7, No 6 (2016)

Improving the Antimicrobial Activity of Bagasse Packaging Paper using Organophosphorus Dimers

Improving the Antimicrobial Activity of Bagasse Packaging Paper using Organophosphorus Dimers

Title: Improving the Antimicrobial Activity of Bagasse Packaging Paper using Organophosphorus Dimers
Mohamed El-Sakhawy, Hassan M. Awad, Hassan M.F. Madkour, Ahmed K. El-ziaty, Mona Abdelkader Nassar, Salah A. Mohamed

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Published at : 29 Oct 2016
Volume : IJtech Vol 7, No 6 (2016)
DOI : https://doi.org/10.14716/ijtech.v7i6.4008

Cite this article as:
El-Sakhawy, M., Awad, H.M., Madkour, H.M., El-ziaty, A.K., Nassar, M.A., Mohamed, S.A., 2016. Improving the Antimicrobial Activity of Bagasse Packaging Paper using Organophosphorus Dimers. International Journal of Technology, Volume 7(6), pp. 932-942

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Mohamed El-Sakhawy Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre,33 El-Bohouth St.(Former EL Tahrir St,), Dokki, P.O.12622, Giza, Egypt
Hassan M. Awad Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre,33 El-Bohouth St.(Former EL Tahrir St,), Dokki, P.O.12622, Giza, Egypt
Hassan M.F. Madkour Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre,33 El-Bohouth St.(Former EL Tahrir St,), Dokki, P.O.12622, Giza, Egypt
Ahmed K. El-ziaty Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre,33 El-Bohouth St.(Former EL Tahrir St,), Dokki, P.O.12622, Giza, Egypt
Mona Abdelkader Nassar Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre,33 El-Bohouth St.(Former EL Tahrir St,), Dokki, P.O.12622, Giza, Egypt
Salah A. Mohamed Cellulose and Paper Department, National Research Centre,33 El-Bohouth St.(Former EL Tahrir St,), Dokki, P.O.12622, Giza, Egypt
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Abstract
Improving the Antimicrobial Activity of Bagasse Packaging Paper using Organophosphorus Dimers

The antimicrobial properties of bagasse paper sheets coated with natural polymers (chitosan, different ratios of (gelatin/glycerol) + chitosan, hemicellulose, hemicellulose + glycerol, hemicellulose+chitosan) or synthetic organophosphorus dimer compounds were evaluated in this work. Hemicelluloses showed moderate activity against Bacillus subtilis and Candida albicans, while chitosan showed weak activity against B. subtilis. The condition that offered the highest inhibitory activity of bagasse paper was the one coated with 1,3-diaryl-2,2,2,4,4,4-hexachlorocyclodiphosph(V)azane (where aryl is p-chloroaniline or p-anisidine). The developed bagasse papers were evaluated against Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, yeasts, and fungi. The highest inhibitory activity was obtained at a concentration of 200 mg/mL for p-chloroaniline with an inhibition zone that varied for different microbes from 6.9 mm to 26 mm. The highest inhibitory activity was obtained at 300–250 mg/mL for p-anisidine against most of the pathogenic microorganisms with an inhibition zone that varied for different microbes from 8 mm to 14.75 mm. The observed antimicrobial and antifungal activity properties for bagasse paper coated with 1,3-diaryl 2,2,2,4,4,4-hexachlorocyclodiphosph(V)azane could be attributed to the presence of Cl, P atoms, and the lone pair of electrons on N atoms in the structure of the dimers.

Antimicrobial; Bagasse paper; Organophosphorus dimers; P-anisidine; P-chloroaniline