López de Dicastillo Bergamo, Ana Carolina; Gómez Estaca, Joaquin; Catala Moragrega, Ramón; GAVARA CLEMENTE, RAFAEL; Hernandez Muñoz, Maria Pilar(Elsevier, 2012-04-15)
[EN] Active antioxidant food packaging films were produced by the incorporation of ascorbic acid, ferulic acid, quercetin, and green tea extract into an ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) matrix. The characterisation ...
Gómez Estaca, Joaquin; López de Dicastillo Bergamo, Ana Carolina; Hernandez Muñoz, Maria Pilar; Catalá, Ramón; GAVARA CLEMENTE, RAFAEL(Elsevier, 2014-01)
[EN] Lipid oxidation is, together with microbial growth, the main cause of spoilage of a great variety of foods, such as nuts, fish, meats, whole milk powders, sauces and oils. It causes a loss of both sensorial and ...
Fajardo, Paula; Balaguer Grimaldo, María de la Paz; Gómez Estaca, Joaquin; Gavara Clemente, Rafael; Hernandez Muñoz, Maria Pilar(Elsevier, 2014-12)
[EN] The aim of this work has been to study the effectiveness of gliadin films cross-linked with cinnamaldehyde as systems for the release of the natural antimicrobial compound lysozyme. Prior to the incorporation of ...
[EN] Curcumin has uses as a food colorant and functional ingredient, these uses being restrained owing to its low solubility in water, which limits its dispersion in food matrices and its bioaccessibility. Curcumin-gelatin ...
Gómez Estaca, Joaquin; Balaguer Grimaldo, María de la Paz; GAVARA CLEMENTE, RAFAEL; Hernandez Muñoz, Maria Pilar(Elsevier, 2012)
Nanoparticles with a compact spherical structure and a narrow size distribution were prepared from a zein protein polymer by electrohydrodynamic atomization. The effects of key parameters of the process (polymer concentration, ...
Balaguer, Mari Pau; Fajardo, Paula; Gartner, Hunter; Gómez Estaca, Joaquin; GAVARA CLEMENTE, RAFAEL; Almenar, Eva; Hernandez Muñoz, Maria Pilar(Elsevier, 2014-03-03)
[EN] Gliadin films cross-linked with cinnamaldehyde (1.5, 3, and 5%) and incorporated with natamycin (0.5%) were prepared by casting, and their antifungal activity, water resistance, and barrier properties were characterized. ...