Rafael Gavara

TL;DR: Cross-linked films showed high transparency, maintained their integrity after immersion, and displayed significant improvements in tensile strength and Young's modulus without impairment of their elongation properties, highlighting the possible formation of intermolecular covalent bonds between "monomeric" gliadins, leading to a polymerized network.

TL;DR: Antimicrobial films for active packaging applications containing the natural antimicrobial compound LAE in EVOH copolymers with different mol % ethylene contents were developed and tested in vitro against Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, and Salmonella enterica.

TL;DR: In this article, β-cyclodextrin (βCD) was successfully immobilized in an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer with a 44% molar percentage of ethylene (EVOH44) by using regular extrusion with glycerol as an adjuvant.

TL;DR: The result showed that the 10% CO2/11% O2 combination can efficiently prolong the shelf life of wild strawberries by maintaining the quality parameters within acceptable values, through inhibiting the development of Botrytis cinerea, without significantly modifying consumer acceptance.

TL;DR: Tests showed that it was possible to reduce microorganism growth in cooked frankfurters inoculated with S. aureus and L. monocytogenes by covering them with sodium magnesium chlorophyllin-gelatin films and coatings based on gelatin as the polymer matrix.