Water-Soluble Polymers and Their Polymer-Metal Ion-Complexes as Antibacterial Agents |
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| Authors: | Bernabé L Rivas Antonio Maureira N Catherine Guzmán S |
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| Institution: | 1. Polymer Department, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Concepción, Casilla 160-C, Concepción, Chile;2. Basic Sciences and Morphology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Casilla 297, Concepción, Chile |
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| Abstract: | Summary: Natural and synthetic polymers with heteroatom, such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or phosphorous, potentially can efficiently remove metal ions from aqueous solutions. The ability of synthetic polymers derived from imino diacetic acid, acrylamido glycolic copolymer, and the natural polymer alginic acid to remove metal ions from dilute solution in conjunction with ultrafiltration membranes was studied. The maximum retention capacity was determined and its polymer-metal ion-complexes were studied as possible antibacterial agents. |
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| Keywords: | alginic acid antibacterial metal ions ultrafiltration membrane water-soluble polymers |
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