Jose Maria Rosales Sánchez

Mr. Jose Maria Rosales Sánchez


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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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28 June 2021 in Polymers
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JSJose Maria Rosales Sánchez
Jose Maria Rosales Sánchez
Cristina Cejudo BastanteCristina Cejudo Bastante
Cristina Cejudo Bastante
Lidia Verano-NaranjoLidia Verano-Naranjo
Lidia Verano-Naranjo
LCLourdes Casas Cardoso
Lourdes Casas Cardoso
Casimiro MantellCasimiro Mantell
Casimiro Mantell
EOEnrique José Martínez de la Ossa
Enrique José Martínez de la Ossa
Polylactic Acid (PLA) filaments impregnated with ethanolic mango leaves extract (MLE) with pharmacological properties were obtained by supercritical impregnation. The effects of pressure, temperature and amount of extract on the response variables, i.e., swelling, extract loading and bioactivity of the PLA filaments, were determined. The analysis of the filaments biocapacities revealed that impregnated PLA filaments showed 11.07% antidenaturant capacity and 88.13% antioxidant activity, which after a 9-day incubation shifted to 30.10% and 9.90%, respectively. Subsequently, the same tests were conducted on printed samples. Before their incubation, the printed samples showed 79.09% antioxidant activity and no antidenaturant capacity was detected. However, after their incubation, the antioxidant activity went down to only 2.50%, while the antidenaturant capacity raised up to 23.50%. The persistence of the bioactive properties after printing opens the possibility of using the functionalized PLA filaments as the feed for a three-dimensional (3D) printer.