Producción y sanidad vegetal

Protein functional properties are related to physical and chemical parameters that influence protein behavior in food systems during processing, storage and consumption. The structural and rheological properties of three quinoa hyperprotein flours (without defatting, WD, chemically defatted, CD, and mechanically defatted, MD) were evaluated. The values of the fluidity index (n) were significantly different (p < 0.05), which was associated with changes in protein or starch structures due to solvent treatments or heating of the flour during pressing. In addition, a strong dependence of the consistency index (k) on the shear rate was observed. For dispersions with a concentration of 12% (w/v), CD and WD had a significantly lower setback value than MD. The viscosity peak was affected by the presence of lipid molecules. Greater changes were evident in the β-sheet (1,610 and 1,625 cm−1) and β-spin (1,685 and 1,695 cm−1) structures. The changes identified in these structures were associ...

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TPS/MA/PLA is a blend of thermoplastic starch (TPS) and polylactic acid (PLA) compatibilized by maleic anhydride (MA) that can be a substitute for petro-based plastics in certain applications. At the end of its life, this material must be properly disposed in treatment systems such as composting or anaerobic digestion. The biodegradability of TPS/MA/PLA, PLA, TPS and the non-compatible mixture (TPS/PLA) was evaluated in a slurry thermophilic anaerobic digestion system (STAD) according to ISO 13975-2012 standard. The anaerobic inoculum was prepared from cow manure and the organic fraction of municipal solid waste. After 31 days of incubation, the pure PLA exhibited a 12-day lag phase and 40.41% of biodegradability. TPS, TPS/PLA and TPS/MA/PLA did not exhibit lag phase and reached 92.11%, 65.48% and 64.82% of biodegradation respectively. The slow degradation rate of PLA is attributed to its high glass transition temperature and crystallinity. In TPS/MA/PLA and TPS/PLA, about 50% of PLA and 13% to 10% of the TPS remains undegraded and MA did not affect the biodegradation of TPS/MA/ PLA compared to TPS/PLA. Results suggest that, in very short retention times STAD systems, PLA based materials could not exhibit enough biodegradability.

Biogenerated polymers are of great interest in industry in general, due to the trend of reduced use of petroleum-derived materials. However, their development costs are high and the benefit is still low. Currently, biodegradable alternatives are available from biogenerated polymers approximately 10% of the plastics market. Its consumption is estimated at 50,000 tons/year in Europe, with a share of less than 1%. In this order of ideas, the objective of this revision is to show the importance of the production of biogenerated polymers in the manufacture of biodegradable materials, from their formulation that contains macromolecules of natural origin such as oligomers or monomers. To this purpose, we will discuss topics related to several types of biogenerated polymers, such as chitosan, starch, polybutylene succyanate and polylactic acid, which have been used for the development of biogenerated polymeric materials by different research groups.

This study evaluated bio-based blended films produced from polylactic acid (PLA) and thermoplastic starch (TPS) under soil conditions for four weeks (W). The degradation of the film was evaluated in addition to thermal, structural, and morphological changes on the surface of the material. There were evident structural changes; the TPS present in the film degraded from weeks 0 to 4, exhibiting a loss of mass between 350 and 365 °C in the TGA test. This behavior was attributed to the condensation of hydroxyl groups of the cassava starch as well as to a loss of mass corresponding to the degradation of PLA between 340 and 350 °C. The addition of TPS in the PLA-containing matrix resulted in a decrease in the Tg of the PLA/TPS blends. The increase in crystallinity improved the water vapor permeability in the structure. Consequently, the incorporation of starch in these blends not only reduces the cost of the material, but it also contributes to its rapid biodegradation (68%). These result...