Extracción de un biopolímero a partir de la cáscara de banano (Cavendish valery L).

Abstract

Polymers are a source of production of products that are usually derived from petroleum and cause pollution to the environment, in recent years has been working in the development of biopolymer products derived from renewable resources. The creation of biopolymers is in order to give a potential use to the agroindustrial wastes giving an added value therefore the present work has the objective of obtaining a biopolymer from the banana peel. The extraction was done from fresh banana peel and green banana starch which were exposed to temperature, agitation and volume of water, glycerin and vinegar. The final product obtained for each was successful. The obtained membranes showed good color, Transparency, and firmness in addition chemical and physical tests were performed. These biopolymers obtained from agroindustrial waste will be a contribution to the future to avoid the use of polymers from petroleum that contaminate the environment.