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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Development and Evaluation of a Novel-Thymol@Natural-Zeolite/Low-Density-Polyethylene Active Packaging Film: Applications for Pork Fillets Preservation.

Constantinos E Salmas, Aris E Giannakas, Vassilios K Karabagias, Dimitrios Moschovas, Ioannis K Karabagias, Christina Gioti, Stavros Georgopoulos, Areti Leontiou, George Kehayias, Apostolos Avgeropoulos and 1 more

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Constantinos E SalmasDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-9475-9354
Aris E GiannakasDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-3585-9045
Vassilios K KarabagiasDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.
Dimitrios MoschovasDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Ioannis K KarabagiasDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3488-2684
Christina GiotiDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.
Stavros GeorgopoulosDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.
Areti LeontiouDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0918-7759
George KehayiasDepartment of Food Science and Technology, University of Patras, 30100 Agrinio, Greece.
Apostolos AvgeropoulosDepartment of Material Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6203-9942
Charalampos ProestosLaboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3450-5969
University of Patras · GRUniversity of Ioannina · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

University of Patras MEDICUS", Project F.K. 81541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sustainability, the circular economy, and the "greenhouse" effect have led the food packaging industry to use naturally available bio-compounds. The integration of such compounds in packaging films increases food safety and extends food shelf-life. The development of an active/antioxidant packaging film based on the widely commercially used low-density polyethylene, natural zeolite, and Thymol, a natural extract from thyme oil, is presented in this work. The obtained active films were characterized using X-Ray Diffraction, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and Differential Scanning Calorimetry techniques. The tensile strength, water-oxygen barrier properties, and total antioxidant activity were measured. Low-density polyethylene incorporated with Thymol@Natural Zeolite at a proportion of 15 wt% was the most promising material and was used as film to wrap-up pork fillets. The thiobarbituric acid (TBA) method and heme iron measurements indicated a delayed lipids oxidation using this film. A linear correlation between the TBA method and heme iron values seems to be established, which could result in a fast method to determine the degree of lipid oxidation in pork fillets. Finally, a two-stage diffusion process during Thymol release was observed, and the values of the diffusion coefficient was 2.09 × 10

Indexed as

antioxidant filmfood preservationheme ironlipid oxidationlow-density polyethylenenatural zeolitepork filletsTBARSthyme oilthymol

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PMID36830080
PMCPMC9952793
OpenAlexW4321372661

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