Antimicrobial Bioplastics: Synthesis and Characterization of Thermally Stable Starch and Lysine-Based Polymeric Ligand and Its Transition Metals Incorporated Coordination Polymer

Table 5

% CO₂ mineralization of starch, SLys and its polymer metal complex.

Time (hrs)	% CO2 mineralization
	Starch	Polymeric resin	Polymer metal complex
24	—	5	4.1
44	1.6	7.5	5.6
68	2.2	10.30	8
92	3.7	13.5	9.35
110	5	18	12.8
136	9	22.80	13.5
160	15	25	16.2
187	18.5	26.4	16.3
200	18.6	28.8	16.5