Alfonso  Jimenez
	
					    												
Spain						                            
                            
						
 Research Article
												Carvacrol and Thymol for Fresh Food Packaging 						
Author(s): Marina  Ramos, Ana  Beltran, Arancha  Valdes, Mercedes  A Peltzer, Alfonso  Jimenez, MarÃa  C Garrigos and Gennady  E ZaikovMarina  Ramos, Ana  Beltran, Arancha  Valdes, Mercedes  A Peltzer, Alfonso  Jimenez, María  C Garrigos and Gennady  E Zaikov             
						
												
				 Active packaging is becoming an emerging food technology to improve quality and safety of food products. One of the most common approaches is based on the release of antioxidant/antimicrobial compounds from the packaging material. In this work an antifungal active packaging system based on the release of carvacrol and thymol was optimized to increase the post-harvest shelf life of fresh strawberries and bread during storage. Thermal properties of the developed packaging material were determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Volatile compounds in food samples contained in active packaging systems were monitored by using headspace solid phase microextraction followed by gas chromatography analysis (HS-SPME- GC-MS) at controlled conditions. The obtained results provided evidences that exposure to carvacrol and thymol is an effective way .. View More»
				  
												DOI:
												 10.4172/jbb.1000151