Antimicrobial packaging based on linear low-density polyethylene compounded with potassium sorbate

LWT

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 278-286

  Kuplennik, Nataliya ^a   Tchoudakov, Roza ^a   Ben Barak Zelas, Zohar ^a   Sadovski, Arie ^b   Fishman, Ayelet ^a   Narkis, Moshe ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Plasto Sac Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antimicromial food packaging; Dispersant; Linear low density polyethylene; Potassium sorbate; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; DISPERSIONS; ETHYLENE; FILM PREPARATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYMER FILMS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM SORBATE; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; YEAST;

ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PACKAGING; DISPERSANTS; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATES; FOOD PACKAGING; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; UNIFORM DISPERSIONS; VISCOSITY REDUCTION;

POLYETHYLENES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84923126397     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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