New advances in active packaging incorporated with essential oils or their main components for food preservation

Food Reviews International

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 447-515

  Maisanaba, S ^a   Llana Ruiz Cabello, M ^a   Gutierrez Praena D ^a   Pichardo, S ^a   Puerto, M ^a   Prieto, A I ^a   Jos, A ^a   Camean A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active packaging; antimicrobial activity; antioxidant activity; cytotoxicity; essential oil

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; MICROORGANISMS; OILS AND FATS; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MACHINES;

ACTIVE FOOD PACKAGING; ACTIVE PACKAGING; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES; ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES; HUMAN CELL LINES; PACKAGING SYSTEM; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

EID: 85006059634     PISSN: 87559129     EISSN: 15256103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87559129.2016.1175010     Document Type: Review

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