Environmental and sustainability issues have received increasing attention in recent years.
As a natural biopolymer, chitosan has been developed as a sustainable alternative to …

The recent sharp increase of sensitivity towards environmental issues arising from plastic
packaging has boosted interest towards alternative sustainable packaging materials. This …

The ongoing worldwide pandemic due to COVID-19 has created awareness toward
ensuring best practices to avoid the spread of microorganisms. In this regard, the research …

Environmental pollution problems caused by plastic-based packaging promote alternative
sustainable solutions to be imminent. Chitosan and gelatin are attracting great attentions in …

The edible films were mainly made from oxidized hydroxypropyl cassava starch
incorporated with cinnamon essential oil (CEO). The effects of CEO amount on the physical …

This study aimed to develop an active edible film based on carboxymethyl chitosan (CMCS)
and pullulan (Pul) incorporated with galangal essential oil (GEO) by the casting method. And …

Gelatin is the product resulting from collagen denaturation, which, in addition to
conventional sources of extraction, can be recovered from wastes and byproducts rich in …

Bacterial cellulose nanowhiskers (BCNW) were synthesized from Komagataeibacter xylinus
(strain K2G30; UMCC 2756) using sulfuric acid hydrolysis and incorporated into a gelatin …

Chitosan/gelatin-based functional films were fabricated by incorporating cinnamon essential
oil (CEO) and rutin for active packaging application. The functional fillers were evenly …

Novel multifunctional food packaging was developed by incorporating blood orange
anthocyanins (BOA) and thyme oil (TO) emulsion into a chitosan-gum Arabic film matrix. The …