- Title
- Impact of Various Essential Oils and Plant Extracts on the Characterization of the Composite Seaweed Hydrocolloid and Gac Pulp (Momordica cochinchinensis) Edible Film
- Creator
- Tran, Thuy Thi Bich; Vu, Boi Ngoc; Saifullah, Md; Nguyen, Minh Huu; Pristijono, Penta; Kirkman, Timothy; Vuong, Quan Van
- Relation
- Processes Vol. 9, Issue 11, no. 2038
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr9112038
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Edible films and coatings have currently received increasing interest because of their potential in food applications. This study examined the effect of incorporated essential oils and natural plant extracts on the characteristics of the composite seaweed hydrocolloid and gac pulp films. Films were prepared by a casting technique, followed by measurement of physical, optical, barrier, mechanical, and structural properties. The results showed that adding plant oils and extracts significantly affected the physical, optical, mechanical, and structural properties of the composite films. Incorporation of the essential oils resulted in a reduction in moisture content and opacity while increasing values for Hue angle and elongation at break of the composite films. Besides, incorporation of the plant extracts showed increases in thickness, opacity, ΔE, Chroma, and elongation at the break, while there is a decrease in the Hue angle values of the composite films. In conclusion, incorporating plant essential oils and extracts into composite seaweed hydrocolloid and gac pulp films can enhance film properties, which can potentially be applied in food products.
- Subject
- edible film; essential oils; plant extracts; characterization
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1472764
- Identifier
- uon:48911
- Identifier
- ISSN:2227-9717
- Rights
- © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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