Physical and chemical characterization of a biopolymer film made with corn starch and nopal xoconostle (opuntia joconostle) mucilague

Abstract

Modelado de la biodegradación en biorreactores de lodos de hidrocarburos totales del petróleo intemperizados en suelos y sedimentos (Biodegradation modeling of sludge bioreactors of total petroleum hydrocarbons weathering in soil and sediments)

Chemical Characterization of Different Products from the Tunisian Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.

“…The possibility of turning such wastes into high added-value by-products has implied not only a reduction in the crop management costs, but also income diversification for farmers. Indeed, nopal has already been reused in a variety of products, such as fortified food, cosmetics, biopolymers, and flocculating agents for treating water and wastewater [ 28 , 29 , 30 ]. Peels have been valorized by the production of fortified foods, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, natural colorants, and zinc oxide nanoparticles [ 27 , 31 , 32 , 33 ], while seeds have been reclaimed for the production of an edible oil with a high unsaturation degree [ 34 ], as well as a protein flour used to enrich bread and rice-based extrudates [ 35 , 36 , 37 ].…”

pH-indicating properties and storage stability of a smart edible film based on nopal-mucilage/gellan gum and red cabbage anthocyanins

“…The mucilage of nopal (Opuntia spp.) is a hetero-polysaccharide with interesting rheological properties due to its polymeric conformation and high capacity to absorb large amounts of water (Contreras-Padilla et al 2016;López-García et al 2017). Nopal is one of the most widespread and economically essential cactus crops, especially in Mexico, with more than 3 million Ha of wild species (Espino?Díaz et al 2010).…”

Effect of a Corn Starch Coating Obtained by the Combination of Extrusion Process and Casting Technique on the Postharvest Quality of Tomato

“…Polysaccharides-based coatings have low gases permeability, which could reduce the fruits respiration rate. The most important polysaccharide used in the formulation of EC is starch (Chiumarelli and Hubinger, 2014;López-García et al, 2017). Starchbased coatings are extensively used because they are odorless, tasteless, transparent, biodegradable and good gas (CO 2 and O 2 ) exchange barrier.…”