ReviewJournal of the science of food and agriculture2023
The use of essential oils in chitosan or cellulose-based materials for the production of active food packaging solutions: a review.
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- Spices and Essential Oils in Food Preservation: From Natural Additives to Active Packaging Systems.Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2026Review
- Recent Advances in Lemongrass Essential Oil: Food Safety, Preservation, and Bioactivity in Food Systems.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2026Review
- Multi-component chitosan-pectin films reinforced withFood chemistry: X · 2026Article
- Lights and Shadows of Essential Oil-Derived Compounds: Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Eugenol, Thymol, Cinnamaldehyde, and Carvacrol.Current issues in molecular biology · 2025Review
- A Review of Chitosan-Based Electrospun Nanofibers for Food Packaging: From Fabrication to Function and Modeling Insights.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Agricultural Waste-Derived Biopolymers for Sustainable Food Packaging: Challenges and Future Prospects.Polymers · 2025Review
- Bioactive preservative nano-packaging films based on food wastes of orange peels and Shrimp for apple (Malus domestica var. Anna) fruit quality and storage.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2025Article
- Blackseed Oil Supplemented Caseinate-Carboxymethyl Chitosan Film Membrane for Improving Shelf Life of Grape Tomato.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Recent Advances in Functional Biopolymer Films with Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Properties for Enhanced Food Packaging.Polymers · 2025Review
- Synthesis and optimization of biobased carbon adsorbent monoliths from chitosan-polybenzoxazine for efficient CORSC advances · 2025Article
- Demystifying the power of essential oils: a review of their antibacterial properties and potential as natural food preservatives.EXCLI journal · 2025Review
- Bioactive compound encapsulation: Characteristics, applications in food systems, and implications for human health.Food chemistry: X · 2024Review
- Improving the antibacterial properties of polyethylene food packaging films with Ajwain essential oil adsorbed on chitosan particles.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Biopolymers as Sustainable and Active Packaging Materials: Fundamentals and Mechanisms of Antifungal Activities.Biomolecules · 2024Review
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- Biological Activity and Phytochemical Characteristics of Star Anise (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Pectin Hydrogels: Gel-Forming Behaviors, Mechanisms, and Food Applications.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Physicochemical and Functional Properties and Storage Stability of Chitosan-Starch Films Containing Micellar Nano/Microstructures with Turmeric and Hibiscus Extracts.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
In recent decades, interest in sustainable food packaging systems with additional functionality, able to increase the shelf life of products, has grown steadily. Following this trend, the present review analyzes the state of the art of this active renewable packaging. The focus is on antimicrobial systems containing nanocellulose and chitosan, as support for the incorporation of essential oils. These are the most sustainable and readily available options to produce completely natural active packaging materials. After a brief overview of the different active packaging technologies, the main features of nanocellulose, chitosan, and of the different essential oils used in the field of active packaging are introduced and described. The latest findings about the nanocellulose- and chitosan-based active packaging are then presented. The antimicrobial effectiveness of the different solutions is discussed, focusing on their effect on other material properties. The effect of the different inclusion strategies is also reviewed considering both in vivo and in vitro studies, in an attempt to understand more promising solutions and possible pathways for further development. In general, essential oils are very successful in exerting antimicrobial effects against the most diffused gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and affecting other material properties (tensile strength, water vapor transmission rate) positively. Due to the wide variety of biopolymer matrices and essential oils available, it is difficult to create general guidelines for the development of active packaging systems. However, more attention should be dedicated to sensory analysis, release kinetics, and synergetic action of different essential oils to optimize the active packaging on different food products. © 2022 The Authors. Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
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