Natural Additives in Bioactive Edible Films and Coatings: Functionality and Applications in Foods

Food Engineering Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 200-216

  Silva Weiss, A ^a   Ihl, M ^a   Sobral, P J A ^b   Gomez Guillen M C ^c   Bifani, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF FOOD SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Biopolymers; Interactions; Plant based products; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PACKAGING SYSTEMS; ANTIBROWNING ACTIVITIES; BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; BIOACTIVE PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL ANTIOXIDANTS; PLANT-BASED PRODUCTS; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COATINGS; ESSENTIAL OILS; PLANT EXTRACTS; VITAMINS;

OILS AND FATS;

EID: 84886752047     PISSN: 18667910     EISSN: 18667929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12393-013-9072-5     Document Type: Review

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