Biodegradable antimicrobial food packaging: Trends and perspectives

L Motelica, D Ficai, A Ficai, OC Oprea, DA Kaya… - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
This review presents a perspective on the research trends and solutions from recent years in
the domain of antimicrobial packaging materials. The antibacterial, antifungal, and …

Innovations in smart packaging concepts for food: An extensive review

E Drago, R Campardelli, M Pettinato, P Perego - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Innovation in food packaging is mainly represented by the development of active and
intelligent packing technologies, which offer to deliver safer and high-quality food products …

Bioactive and intelligent starch-based films: A review

C Cui, N Ji, Y Wang, L Xiong, Q Sun - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Starch-based films are degradable, renewable, cost effective, and can be used
as a foodstuff packaging material. Functional starch-based films have attracted extensive …

Antimicrobial activities of starch-based biopolymers and biocomposites incorporated with plant essential oils: A review

R Syafiq, SM Sapuan, MYM Zuhri, RA Ilyas, A Nazrin… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recently, many scientists and polymer engineers have been working on eco-friendly
materials for starch-based food packaging purposes, which are based on biopolymers, due …

Essential oils as additives in active starch-based food packaging films: A review

TC Vianna, CO Marinho, LM Júnior, SA Ibrahim… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The production of sustainable food packaging from renewable sources represents a
prominent alternative to the use of petrochemical-based plastics. For example, starch …

Starch-based films enriched with nanocellulose-stabilized Pickering emulsions containing different essential oils for possible applications in food packaging

AG Souza, RR Ferreira, LC Paula, SK Mitra… - Food Packaging and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Consumers are increasingly demanding biodegradable food packaging with a minimal
amount of synthetic preservatives and, at the same time, worried about potential …

Synergic antimicrobial properties of Carvacrol essential oil and montmorillonite in biodegradable starch films

AG de Souza, NMA Dos Santos… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This work evaluated the synergic effect of carvacrol essential oil (EO) and montmorillonite
(MMT)(named hybrid compound), incorporated in thermoplastic starch (TPS) films in …

Study on hydroxypropyl corn starch/alkyl ketene dimer composite film with enhanced water resistance and mechanical properties

Q Duan, X Bao, L Yu, F Cui, N Zahid, F Liu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aimed to address the limited applicability of starch-based films in food packaging
due to their inherent hydrophilicity, by developing a highly hydrophobic and mechanically …

Coagulative removal of microplastics from aqueous matrices: recent progresses and future perspectives

N Girish, N Parashar, S Hait - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Coagulation-flocculation-sedimentation (CFS) system has been identified as one of
the favored treatment technique in water/wastewater treatment systems and hence, it is …

[HTML][HTML] Intensification of yam-starch based biodegradable bioplastic film with bentonite for food packaging application

L Behera, M Mohanta, A Thirugnanam - Environmental Technology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioplastics are gaining more attention over synthetic plastics owing to their non-hazardous
properties. Earlier studies had reported the biodegradation and solubility properties of yam …