Hand-made paper obtained by green procedure of cladode waste of Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill. from Sicily

Cellulosic fibres have been obtained by green procedures from the cladodes of Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill., constituting a large agro industrial waste in our territory. The materials have been analysed for its relative composition, applying, IR and TG methodologies and it was characterised by the...

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Published in:Natural product research 2021-02, Vol.35 (3), p.359-368
Main Authors: Sottile, Francesco, Modica, Aurora, Rosselli, Sergio, Catania, C. Anna, Cavallaro, Giuseppe, Lazzara, Giuseppe, Bruno, Maurizio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural wastes
Cactaceae
cellulose
Cellulose fibers
Fibers
Hemicellulose
Industrial wastes
Lignin
Lignin - chemistry
Opuntia - chemistry
Opuntia ficus indica
Packaging
Polysaccharides - chemistry
Sicily
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
Thermogravimetry
Waste Products
Water treatment
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Summary:Cellulosic fibres have been obtained by green procedures from the cladodes of Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill., constituting a large agro industrial waste in our territory. The materials have been analysed for its relative composition, applying, IR and TG methodologies and it was characterised by the absence of lignin. The fibrous material allowed the manufacture of a handmade paper obtaining an ecological material suitable for packaging purposes. The authors evidenced that the simple protocol based on hot water treatment was able to decrease the amount of hemicellulose in the final material.
ISSN:1478-6419
1478-6427
DOI:10.1080/14786419.2019.1631820