Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Antimicrobial Activity and Food Packaging Applications

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1447-1464

  Espitia, Paula Judith Perez ^a   Soares, Nilda de Fátima Ferreira ^a   Coimbra, Jane Sélia dos Reis ^a   de Andrade, Nélio José ^a   Cruz, Renato Souza ^b   Medeiros, Eber Antonio Alves ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Active packaging application; Antimicrobial activity; Food safety; Nanocomposite; Synthesis; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PACKAGING; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION; ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTY; CHARACTERISTICS AND MECHANISMS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD PACKAGING; NANO SCALE; POLYMERIC MATRICES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SAFETY ISSUES; SYNTHESIS METHOD; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SAFETY; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PACKAGING MATERIALS; ZINC OXIDE;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84862124190     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-012-0797-6     Document Type: Review

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