Probiotic incorporation in edible films and coatings: Bioactive solution for functional foods

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Pavli, Foteini ^a,b   Tassou, Chrysoula ^a   Nychas, George John E ^b   Chorianopoulos, Nikos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioactive packaging; Edible coatings; Edible films; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CASEIN; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; ETHYLENE; GELATIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTEN; GLYCEROL; GUM ARABIC; HYDROXYPROPYLMETHYLCELLULOSE; INSULIN; METHYLCELLULOSE; MINERAL; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; OXYGEN; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; STARCH; VEGETABLE OIL; VITAMIN; WHEY PROTEIN; ZEIN; BIOCOMPATIBLE COATED MATERIAL; PREBIOTIC AGENT;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY ASSAY; FILM COATING; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID; HYDROGEL; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LIPID OXIDATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MECHANICS; MICROENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WELLBEING; DRUG FORMULATION;

COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FOOD PACKAGING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 85042664744     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19010150     Document Type: Review

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