Montmorillonite with essential oils as antimicrobial agents, packaging, repellents, and insecticides: an overview
| Autor: | Luís H. de Oliveira, Maria G. Fonseca, Edson C. Silva-Filho, Josy Anteveli Osajima, João Sammy Nery de Souza, Marinaldo S. de Carvalho, Pollyana Trigueiro |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Biocide
Insecticides Chemistry Antiparasitic medicine.drug_class Active packaging New materials Surfaces and Interfaces General Medicine Antimicrobial Biocompatible material complex mixtures chemistry.chemical_compound Colloid and Surface Chemistry Montmorillonite Anti-Infective Agents Insect Repellents medicine Bentonite Oils Volatile Organic chemistry Humans Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Clay minerals Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces. 209(Pt 2) |
| ISSN: | 1873-4367 |
| Popis: | Essential oils (EOs) are complex natural mixtures of secondary plant metabolites that function as biocides and therapeutic agents. They are extensively used in bactericidal, virucidal, fungicidal, antiparasitic, insecticidal, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic products. However, certain characteristics, such as the volatility of EOs, hinder their widespread use. To mitigate this limitation, several studies have investigated combinations of EOs with natural materials, including clay minerals. Clay minerals are abundant in nature, biocompatible, and non-toxic to the environment and humans. Clay minerals such as montmorillonite possess available sites where EO molecules can interact. The combination of EOs with clay minerals produces new materials for various applications including antibacterial, antifungal, insecticidal/repellent, and active packaging materials. Therefore, this review focuses on the immobilization of several types of EOs in raw and modified montmorillonites. The applications of the described systems were evaluated and demonstrated the synergism of the properties of the isolated components as a function of different EOs incorporated in the silicate matrix. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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