Synthesis, characterization and application of novel aminated gelatin hydrolysate

Gelatin is biocompatible with body and does not harm the health, so it can be used as environmental friendly formaldehyde scavenger. The aminated gelatin with many amiqogen, carboxyl and amide functional group was synthesized by using diethylene triamine and gelatin hydrolysate, and then it was characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR) and gel penetrating chromatogram (GPC) testing. The results showed that the amidogen content increased to nearly double and the acylation reaction had occurred. Moreover, the prepared aminated gelatin was used to remove free formaldehyde in simulating air test. The application results indicated that when the dosage of aminated gelatin was 7.5g and reaction time was 20min, the percentage of formaldehyde removal reached 94 %. (author)