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. 2023 Oct 4;12(19):3662. doi: 10.3390/foods12193662

Table 1.

Application of essential oil, oleoresin, metal, metal oxide, and their nanocarriers in active packaging for muscle foods.

Meat/Meat Products Essential Oil and Metal-Oxide Polymeric Matrix Inhibitory Effect Against Reference
Lamb meat TiO2 NPs-rosemary essential oil Whey protein isolate film Lipid oxidation, protein degradation, and PTC [27]
Minced pork meat Rosemary oleoresin Coating of PET film Lipid oxidation and protein degradation [35]
Shrimp Ginger essential oil PBAT/PLA film TVC, Bacillus cereus [36]
Chicken sausage Ag NPs PVA/MMT film TVC [45]
Ready-to-eat Yao pork meat Star anise essential oil and antimicrobial mixture NEs Artemisia sphaerocephala Krasch. gum coating Protein degradation, TVC and Escherichia coli [47]
Chicken meat ZnO NPs Carboxymethyl cellulose film Lipid oxidation, protein degradation, TVC, LABC, and Staphylococcus aureus [48]
Pork meat Thyme essential oil Curdlan and PVA film Lipid oxidation, protein degradation, and TVC, and Escherichia coli [62]
Chicken nugget Nutmeg essential oil Manihot esculenta starch/carrageenan film Lipid oxidation, TVC, PPC, and YMC [63]
Salmon fillets Cinnamon leaf essential oil Bombacaceae gum film Primary oxidative products [64]
Fish burger Sage essential oil Chitosan film TVC, PTC, Pseudomonas spp., and Shewanella spp [66]
Poultry meat Rosemary essential oil Chitosan/MMT film Lipid oxidation, TVC, and TCB [68]
Poultry meat Ginger essential oil Chitosan/MMT film Lipid oxidation, TVC, and TCB [68]
Chicken meat Zataria multiflora essential oil Chitosan coating Lipid oxidation, protein degradation, TVC, PPC, LABC, and Pseudomonas spp. [71]
Chicken meat Black cumin essential oil Chitosan/alginate multilayer film TVC and PTC [72]
Shrimp Cinnamon essential oil NPhs PVA/boric acid film TBC, Pseudomonas aeruginosa [73]
Lamb meat Satureja plant essential oil NLs Chitosan coating Lipid oxidation, TVC, LABC, and Pseudomonas spp. [74]
Cooked sausage Garlic essential oil NLs Chitosan or whey protein film Lipid oxidation, APC, PTC, and LABC [75]
Beef TiO2 NTs Whey protein nanofibrils film Lipid oxidation and TVC [76]
Pork meat ZnO NPs Chitosan film TBC [77]
Pork meat Ag NPs-laurel essential oil NLs PE/chitosan coating Protein degradation [78]
Smoked salmon ZnO NPs Gracilaria vermiculophylla agar film Salmonella Typhimurium [79]

APC, aerobic plate count; LABC, lactic acid bacteria count; MMT, montmorillonite; NEs, nanoemulsions; NLs, nanoliposomes; NPs, nanoparticles; NPhs, nanophytosome; NTs, nanotubes; PE, polyethylene; PET, polyethylene terephthalate; PPC, psychrophilic count; PTC, psychrotrophic count; PVA, polyvinyl alcohol; TBC, total bacterial count; TCB, total coliform bacteria; TVC, total viable count; YMC, yeast and mold count.