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- Title
Effects of antimicrobial agents on the processing and performance properties of rubber material formulations with no cytotoxicity.
- Authors
El Nashar, Doaa E.; Helaly, Fahima M.; Khalaf, Aman I.; Rozik, Nehad N.; Kandil, Heba; Koriem, Adel A.; Ellaban, Ayman M.; Abd El‐Moez, Sherein I.; Soliman, Abdelmohsen M.
- Abstract
The present work aims to develop antimicrobial rubber for safe industrial toys. For this purpose, natural rubber (NR) and synthetic rubber as styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) and ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) were examined. Rubber and their ingredients as well as antimicrobial agents (doxycycline and cephalexin) were mixed in a rubber mixer. The rheological properties of compounded rubber were studied, and the curing time was determined. Mechanical properties and cytotoxicity were evaluated at optimally cured rubber compounds. Scanning electron micrographs of vulcanizates showed good dispersion of ingredients throughout the investigated matrices. Rheology study for the investigated vulcanizates in presence of tested antimicrobial species exhibited no significant change in their flow behaviors. It is significant to remember that the desired physical characteristics of rubber products, including their chemical and mechanical characteristics (elongation at break and tensile strength) enhanced when doxycycline and cephalexin are present, depending on their nature and concentration. Similar results were obtained for both the SBR and EPDM rubber vulcanizates. The cytotoxicity of the prepared vulcanizates towards human normal retina cell line (RPI‐1) indicated good safety of these rubber products. Furthermore, developed rubber vulcanizates showed good antimicrobial efficacy towards the test bacteria and fungi strains."
- Subjects
STYRENE-butadiene rubber; RUBBER; POLYBUTADIENE; RUBBER goods; ARTIFICIAL rubber; RHEOLOGY; ANTI-infective agents
- Publication
Journal of Vinyl & Additive Technology, 2023, Vol 29, Issue 4, p813
- ISSN
1083-5601
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/vnl.21970