Abstract
The purpose of this study was to estimate the antibacterial properties of aqueous suspensions of dialdehyde microcrystalline cellulose (DAMC), and a model of the observed antibacterial kinetics was proposed and validated. The DAMC was prepared from microcrystalline cellulose by periodate oxidation. The bacterial inactivation kinetics of aqueous suspensions of DAMC was investigated by measuring the bactericidal effect after different contact times. The results indicated that with a DAMC aldehyde content of 6.34 mmol/g, the MICs for S. aureus, E. coli, B. subtilis and S. typhimurium were 15, 15, 15 and 30 mg/mL, respectively. This research thus establishes an antibacterial kinetics model of DAMC with 6.34 mmol/g of aldehyde content. At 37 °C and atmospheric pressure, the bacterial inactivation kinetic conformed to the equation: Log reduction of bacteria = − k [DAMC] t.
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