The preservation of food represents one of the greatest challenges in the food industry.
Active packaging materials are obtained through the incorporation of antimicrobial and/or …

Background The use of natural antimicrobial agents is attracting much consideration for
improving food safety. Reduced efficiency of antimicrobial compounds during their …

Nisin is the only bacteriocin approved as a food preservative because of its antibacterial
effectiveness and its negligible toxicity for humans. Typical problems encountered when …

Aims: To determine the effectiveness of a packaging film coated with nisin to inhibit
Micrococcus luteus ATCC 10240 in tryptone soya broth (TSB) and the microbiota of raw milk …

Antimicrobial peptides are protein fragments present in the innate immune systems of
invertebrates and vertebrates as host defense molecules. Due to their unique properties …

Nisin and/or chitosan were coated, in 3% concentrations, onto paper with a binder medium
of vinyl acetate–ethylene co‐polymer to provide antimicrobial activity for use in food …

Nisin is a natural preservative for many food products. This bacteriocin is mainly used in
dairy and meat products. Nisin inhibits pathogenic food borne bacteria such as Listeria …

Nisin was incorporated into binder solutions of acrylic polymer and vinyl acetate‐ethylene co‐
polymer, and then coated on to paper. Diffusive migration of incorporated nisin and the …

Dairy product safety is a global public health issue that demands new approaches and
technologies to control foodborne pathogenic microorganisms. Natural antimicrobial agents …

Plastic films were coated with a cellulose-based carrier solution containing nisin, a natural
antimicrobial peptide with the potential to inhibit growth of food spoilage and pathogenic …