Thermoplastic Starch: A Possible Biodegradable Food Packaging Material—A Review

Journal of Food Process Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Khan, Bahram ^a   Bilal Khan Niazi, Muhammad ^a   Samin, Ghufrana ^b   Jahan, Zaib ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONSUMER PROTECTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FOOD PRESERVATION; GLASS TRANSITION; HYDROGEN BONDS; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MACHINES; PETROLEUM RESEARCH; PLASTICIZERS; PLASTICS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOLVENTS; STARCH;

BIODEGRA-DABLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADABLE FOOD PACKAGING; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; FOOD-PACKAGING MATERIALS; HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY; INTER-MOLECULAR FORCES; THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS;

PACKAGING MATERIALS;

EID: 84978080436     PISSN: 01458876     EISSN: 17454530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfpe.12447     Document Type: Review

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