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Leonor Zavaleta-Avejar
Researcher at Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Publications - 3
Citations - 45
Leonor Zavaleta-Avejar is an academic researcher from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chitosan & Alkyl. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 37 citations.
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Rheological and antioxidant power studies of enzymatically grafted chitosan with a hydrophobic alkyl side chain
Leonor Zavaleta-Avejar,Elsa Bosquez-Molina,Miquel Gimeno,Juan Pablo Pérez-Orozco,Keiko Shirai +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the enzyme-mediated grafting of hydrophobic alkyl side chains onto Chitosan (Ch) has been successfully achieved using octyl gallate and horseradish peroxidase.
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New Bioactive Biomaterials Based on Chitosan
TL;DR: This chapter addresses the scope of current functional chitosan derivatives and explains the relationship between chitOSan structure and its modifications and the specific properties in the final product as well as its potential applications, particularly in the agricultural and food sectors.
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Anthracnose Disease Control and Postharvest Quality of Hass Avocado Stored in Biobased PLA/PBAT/Pine Essential Oil/Chitosan Active Packaging Nets
Zormy Nacary Correa-Pacheco,Rosa Isela Ventura-Aguilar,Leonor Zavaleta-Avejar,Laura Leticia Barrera-Necha,Mónica Hernández-López,Silvia Bautista-Baños +5 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors evaluated the effect of polylactic acid (PLA)/poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) 60/40 biodegradable blends added with pine essential oil (PEO) at 10, 12, 14, and 20% and coated with 1% chitosan (CH).