Active biodegradable packaging are being developed from biodegradable biopolymers
which may solve the environmental problems caused by petroleum-based materials …

Background The ever-growing world population results in the ineluctable increase of food
demand which translates in the augment of the global market of packaging materials …

Food corruption and spoilage caused by food-borne pathogens and microorganisms is a
serious problem. As a result, the demand for antibacterial drugs in food packaging is …

Biopolymers have generated mounting interest among researchers and industrialists over
the recent past. Rising consciousness on the use of eco-friendly materials as green …

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

Human safety and well-being is threatened by microbes causing numerous infectious
diseases resulting in a large number of deaths every year. Despite substantial progress in …

Probiotics have gained increasing attention due to several health benefits related to the
human digestive and immune systems. Pediococcus spp. are lactic acid bacteria (LAB) that …

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen causing serious public health problems.
Nisin is a natural antimicrobial agent produced by Lactococcus lactis and widely used in the …

There is an urgent need to develop biodegradable and nontoxic materials from biopolymers
and nature-derived antimicrobials to enhance food safety and quality. In this study …

The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of the addition of carboxymethyl
chitosan on the structural properties and antilisterial activity of nisin-incorporated chitosan …