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ArticlePolymers2025

Active Packaging Based on Hydroxypropyl Methyl Cellulose/Fungal Chitin Nanofibers Films for Controlled Release of Ferulic Acid.

Gustavo Cabrera-Barjas, Maricruz González, Sergio Benavides-Valenzuela, Ximena Preza, Yeni A Paredes-Padilla, Patricia Castaño-Rivera, Rodrigo Segura, Esteban F Durán-Lara, Aleksandra Nesic

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Gustavo Cabrera-BarjasFacultad de Ciencias de la Rehabilitación y Calidad de Vida, Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad San Sebastián Campus Las Tres Pascualas, Lientur 1457, Concepción 4080871, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-1850-0244
Maricruz GonzálezFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa 91000, Mexico.
Sergio Benavides-ValenzuelaFacultad de Ciencias de la Rehabilitación y Calidad de Vida, Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad San Sebastián Campus Las Tres Pascualas, Lientur 1457, Concepción 4080871, Chile.
Ximena PrezaFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa 91000, Mexico.
Yeni A Paredes-PadillaFacultad de Ciencias de la Rehabilitación y Calidad de Vida, Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad San Sebastián Campus Las Tres Pascualas, Lientur 1457, Concepción 4080871, Chile.
Patricia Castaño-RiveraUnidad de Desarrollo Tecnológico (UDT), Universidad de Concepción, Parque Industrial Coronel, Av. Cordillera 2634, Coronel 4191996, Chile.
Rodrigo SeguraInstituto de Química y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso 2362735, Chile.ORCID 0000-0003-0928-0021
Esteban F Durán-LaraLaboratory of Bio & Nano Materials, Drug Delivery and Controlled Release, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Talca, Talca 3460000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-8796-6830
Aleksandra NesicVinca Institute for Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovica Alasa 12-14, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0001-7971-7589

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Abstract

In recent years, active packaging has become a focal point of research and development in the food industry, driven by increasing consumer demand for safe, high-quality, and sustainable food products. In this work, solvent casting processed an active antibacterial multicomponent film based on hydroxypropyl methylcellulose incorporated with ferulic acid and chitin nanofibers. The influences of ferulic acid and different content of chitin nanofibers on the structure, thermal, mechanical, and water vapor stability and antioxidant and antibacterial efficiency of films were studied. It was shown that the inclusion of only ferulic acid did not significantly influence the mechanical, water vapor, and thermal stability of films. In addition, films containing only ferulic acid did not display antibacterial activity. The optimal concentration of chitin nanofibers in hydroxypropyl methylcellulose-ferulic acid films was 5 wt%, providing a tensile strength of 15 MPa, plasticity of 52%, and water vapor permeability of 0.94 × 10

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active packagingantimicrobial activitycellulose filmsfungal chitin nanofibers

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PMID40808162
PMCPMC12349318

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