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Development and Characterization of an Active Chitosan-Based Film Containing Quercetin

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This work aims at developing an active chitosan film through the incorporation of quercetin and the evaluation of physical and functional properties of the films made thereof. The addition of quercetin showed to influence films’ properties in terms of surface morphology, tensile strength, and opacity while elongation-at-break, thickness, water vapor, and oxygen permeability were not significantly affected with incorporation of quercetin. The color parameters of chitosan films were affected by quercetin incorporation with a decrease of the values of L* and a*. The film exhibited a high free-radical scavenging activity, showing antioxidant activity. The film-forming solutions of chitosan with or without quercetin showed antibacterial activity against four Gram-negative and three Gram-positive bacteria. These results showed that quercetin incorporation in chitosan-based films has potential to be used as a solution for active food packaging.

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Author Marthyna Pessoa de Souza thanks the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES/PDEE-Brazil) and Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE, Brazil) for fellowships. Miguel A. Cerqueira and Hélder D. Silva (SFRH/BPD/72753/2010 and SFRH/BD/81288/2011, respectively) are recipients of a fellowship from the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, POPH-QREN and FSE Portugal). This research was financially supported by research grants and fellowships from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), as well as the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco (FACEPE). The authors also thank the FCT Strategic Project of UID/BIO/04469/2013 unit, the project RECI/BBB-EBI/0179/2012 (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-027462), and the project “BioInd - Biotechnology and Bioengineering for improved Industrial and Agro-Food processes,” REF. NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000028 Co-funded by the Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (ON.2–O Novo Norte), QREN, FEDER

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  1. Biochemistry Department/Laboratory of Immunopathology Keizo Asami (LIKA), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego s/n, CEP 50.670-420, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Marthyna P. Souza & Maria G. Carneiro-da-Cunha

  2. Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057, Braga, Portugal

    Marthyna P. Souza, Hélder D. Silva, Miguel A. Cerqueira & António A. Vicente

  3. Unidade Acadêmica de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, CEP 58.7000-970, Patos, PB, Brazil

    Antônio F. M. Vaz

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Souza, M.P., Vaz, A.F.M., Silva, H.D. et al. Development and Characterization of an Active Chitosan-Based Film Containing Quercetin. Food Bioprocess Technol 8, 2183–2191 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-015-1580-2

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