Perishable foods like fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, and dairy products have short shelf-
life that causes significant postharvest losses, which poses a major challenge for food …

Food packaging is an essential line to defend against the intrusion of undesirable external
factors to protect food. The antibacterial edible films are considered as promising food …

Pectic polysaccharides have long been a challenging subject of research in the field of
macromolecular science, given their complex structures and wide range of biological effects …

The world currently faces a looming crisis, with both energy production and packaging
manufacturing inextricably tied to the availability of oil. No biomaterial exists with sufficient …

An orally disintegrating film (ODF) was developed using hyaluronic acid as a base material,
along with incorporation of vitamin D and varying amounts of calcium citrate. Increasing …

This study focuses on developing a biodegradable film using a novel hybrid citrus peel
pectin. A bilayer approach with PLA was proposed and optimized using Response Surface …

Abstract Terminalia catappa Linn.(Indian almond) leaf epicuticular wax was extracted for the
first time and the presence of aliphatic alkane and ester chains was confirmed using Fourier …

Pectin-based edible films and coatings have witnessed significant application in fresh food
and processed food due to their functionalities as a carrier for active compounds and as a …

Castor oil (CO) and cocoa butter (CB) were studied as potential hydrophobic and plasticizer
additives for pectin biopolymer films. The optimum concentration of CO and CB additives …

The rate of plastic deterioration is currently significantly outpacing the rate at which plastic
waste is being produced, leading to a biome-wide imbalance. Biopolymers derived from …