The reduce of water vapor permeability of polysaccharide-based films in food packaging: A comprehensive review

J Long, W Zhang, M Zhao, CQ Ruan - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Polysaccharide-based films are favored in the food packaging industry because of their
advantages of green and safe characters, as well as natural degradability, but due to the …

Recent trends on gellan gum blends with natural and synthetic polymers: A review

KM Zia, S Tabasum, MF Khan, N Akram… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Gellan gum (GG), a linear negatively charged exopolysaccharide, is biodegradable and non-
toxic in nature. It produces hard and translucent gel in the presence of metallic ions which is …

Dual-drug delivery system based on the hydrogels of alginate and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose for colorectal cancer treatment

Y Sheng, J Gao, ZZ Yin, J Kang, Y Kong - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
To improve the efficacy of chemotherapy and relieve the pain associated with colorectal
cancer, a dual-drug delivery system (DDDS) is proposed. In this system, methotrexate (MTX) …

[HTML][HTML] Sargassum inspired, optimized calcium alginate bioplastic composites for food packaging

A Mohammed, A Gaduan, P Chaitram, A Pooran… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution, more specifically from food packaging and containers which account for the
largest share of 36% of current plastic production, is one of the greatest threats to the natural …

Pullulan in pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical formulations: A review

RS Singh, N Kaur, D Singh, SS Purewal… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pullulan, an α-glucan polysaccharide, is colorless, odorless, non-toxic, non-carcinogenic,
highly biocompatible, edible and biodegradable in nature. The long chains of …

Preparation and characterization of multilayer films composed of chitosan, sodium alginate and carboxymethyl chitosan-ZnO nanoparticles

H Wang, X Gong, Y Miao, X Guo, C Liu, YY Fan… - Food Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
To deal with serious environmental pollution resulting from plastic packaging materials,
biodegradable films using chitosan (CS) are gaining considerable increase gradually …

Physical and bioactivities of biopolymeric films incorporated with cellulose, sodium alginate and copper oxide nanoparticles for food packaging application

K Saravanakumar, A Sathiyaseelan… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present work prepared the antibacterial polymeric film (APF) using the different
combination of sodium alginate (SA) and cellulose nano whisker (CNW) embedded with …

Pullulan: A novel molecule for biomedical applications

RS Singh, N Kaur, V Rana, JF Kennedy - Carbohydrate polymers, 2017 - Elsevier
Pullulan is an imperative natural polymer produced commercially by yeast like fungus
Aureobasidium pullulans. It is non-toxic, non-immunogenic, non-carcinogenic and non …

[HTML][HTML] Polysaccharide-based membranes in food packaging applications

ARV Ferreira, VD Alves, IM Coelhoso - Membranes, 2016 - mdpi.com
Plastic packaging is essential nowadays. However, the huge environmental problem caused
by landfill disposal of non-biodegradable polymers in the end of life has to be minimized and …

Physical and antimicrobial properties of sodium alginate/carboxymethyl cellulose films incorporated with cinnamon essential oil

Y Han, M Yu, L Wang - Food Packaging and Shelf Life, 2018 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial sodium alginate/carboxymethyl cellulose (SA/CMC) films were prepared by
using glycerol as plasticizer, cinnamon essential oil (CEO) as antimicrobial agent, and …