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Farhad Garavand
Researcher at Teagasc
Publications - 45
Citations - 1574
Farhad Garavand is an academic researcher from Teagasc. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemistry & Food packaging. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 29 publications receiving 731 citations. Previous affiliations of Farhad Garavand include Aja University of Medical Sciences & University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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Improving the integrity of natural biopolymer films used in food packaging by crosslinking approach: A review.
TL;DR: This review provides a brief description of film-forming biopolymers followed by a detailed introduction to definition and classification of various crosslinkers, the effect of crosslinking on emerging attributes of biopolymer films including physical, mechanical and thermal properties.
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Biodegradable zein film composites reinforced with chitosan nanoparticles and cinnamon essential oil: Physical, mechanical, structural and antimicrobial attributes.
Nooshin Vahedikia,Farhad Garavand,Behjat Tajeddin,Ilaria Cacciotti,Seid Mahdi Jafari,Tayebeh Omidi,Zahra Zahedi +6 more
TL;DR: The reinforced zein based composites could be suggested as potential degradable film-forming materials for food packaging applications because of their mechanical and antimicrobial properties.
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Different techniques for extraction and micro/nanoencapsulation of saffron bioactive ingredients
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present recent advances on the extraction and encapsulation of saffron bioactive components which could result in value-added products from the so-called red gold (saffron) as the most expensive spice in the world for different purposes such as food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic formulations.
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A comprehensive review on the nanocomposites loaded with chitosan nanoparticles for food packaging.
Farhad Garavand,Ilaria Cacciotti,Nooshin Vahedikia,Abdur Rehman,Özgür Tarhan,Safoura Akbari-Alavijeh,Rezvan Shaddel,Ali Rashidinejad,Mohammad Nejatian,Shima Jafarzadeh,Maryam Azizi-Lalabadi,Sara Khoshnoudi-Nia,Seid Mahdi Jafari +12 more
TL;DR: It can be concluded that regardless of a few drawbacks, CNPs are promising nanomaterials to improve various operational, structural and antimicrobial properties of biocomposites for various applications in food packaging, delivery systems and biomedical uses.
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Plant protein-based food packaging films; recent advances in fabrication, characterization, and applications
Milad Hadidi,Sh. Jafarzadeh,Mehrdad Forough,Farhad Garavand,Saeid Alizadeh,Ali Salehabadi,Amin Mousavi Khaneghah,Seid Mahdi Jafari +7 more
TL;DR: In this article , the importance, sources, and techno-functional properties of plant-derived proteins for food packaging are discussed, and the impact of different additives on the functionality of plant protein-based biodegradable materials is also investigated.