Polyvinyl alcohol/thymol film for food packaging application: preparation, characterization and in vitro evaluation

Gomaa El Fawal, Mohamed Shehata, Hongsheng Wang

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4

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29

Abstract

E VOLUTION of new materials that offer protection for active food ingredients is the focal point for food application research.Release of antimicrobial compounds from the packaging film is one of the common methods.In this research, an antimicrobial active packaging film based on poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and thymol was prepared via freezing/ thawing technique.The effect of thymol content on the p...

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Keywords

Polyvinyl alcohol

Thymol

Food packaging

Characterization (materials science)

Materials science

In vitro

Food science

Chemistry

Nanotechnology

Composite material

Biochemistry

Essential oil

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Zero hunger

2020

Article

Open Access

Institution

Key Laboratory of Science & Technology of Eco-Textile, Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China,

Food technology department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute. City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications (SRTA-City), New Borg El-Arab City, 21934, Alexandria, Egypt.

2-Y Citation Average

0.712

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21608/ejchem.2020.28916.2623

Language

en

Country

China,

Egypt