Regardless of the considerable progress in properties and versatility of synthetic polymers,
their low biodegradability and lack of environmentally-friendly character remains a critical …

The overwhelming use of plastic related to food packing is a major concern for governmental
institutions around the world that are developing new policies aimed at reducing it and …

Hydrogels-based systems (HBSs) for drug delivery are nowadays extensively used and the
interest in modeling their behavior is dramatically increasing. In this review a critical …

Pectin possesses a dual property of resistance and flexibility and thus has diverse
commercial value which has generated research interest on this versatile biopolymer …

The promising prospective in the use of natural extracts has encouraged researchers to
study techniques for its incorporation into polymers. This study has focused on supercritical …

Novel bioactive films based on pectin and cellulose (PC) with different loadings of tea
polyphenols and cinnamaldehyde were successfully prepared. A thermal stability was …

This study proposes efficient valorization of red pitahaya (Hylocereus sp.) peels by
separating and purifying their structural and bioactive fractions to produce bioactive films …

Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) is an essential nutrient that cannot be synthesized by the human
body. It is highly susceptible to degradation in presence of air, light, and moisture. Hence …

All kinds of hydrocolloids can be obtained from both renewable and non‐renewable
resources. This chapter highlights some aspects of the hydrocolloids including hydrocolloid …

The release of an encapsulated food active compound (model case: astaxanthin
encapsulated in alginate matrix) was described by simple mathematical models from the …