Novel Inulin Electrospun Composite Nanofibers: Prebiotic and Antibacterial Activities.

ABSTRACT: Inspired by the rampant digestive disorders and the vast bacterial infections, this study aimed at fabricating nanofibers made of inulin/polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) composite nanofibers (CNFs) using the electrospinning technique and testing their prebiotic and antibacterial activities. The inulin/PVA CNFs were tested for prebiotic activity with Lactobacillus species while Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) were used to assess the antibacterial potentiality. During the fabrication of the CNFs, different electrospinning parameters have been carefully controlled, in order to produce nanofibers with relatively uniform diameter, fewer beads, and high integrity. The different parameters included variable solution concentration (materia

SUBMITTER: Wahbi W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7033966 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature