Table 7–

Diffusion coefficient (D) of nisin incorporated in different active food packagings.

Polymeric matrix	Food simulant	T (°c)	D (×10−12 m2· s−1)	Reference
Paper coated with EVA	Emulsion (distilled water and paraffin oil)	10	11.3	Ho Lee and others (2004)
HPMC films	Agarose gel	10	12.4	Sebti and others (2003)
Paper coated with acrylic polymer and EVA	Distilled water	10	9.3	Kim and others (2002)
	2% NaCl		6.0
	2% Sucrose		11.3
	2% Citric acid		12.2
Corn zein films	Distilled water	5	0.00065	Teerakarn and others (2002)
		25	0.00770
		35	0.03100
		45	0.06400
Wheat gluten films	Distilled water	5	0.00510	Teerakarn and others (2002)
		25	0.03500
		35	0.07500
		45	0.13000
PE/PA/PE films coated with HPMC	Agarose gel (5% fat)	25	65	Chollet and others (2009)
	Agarose gel (30% fat)		181
EC/HPMC/EC films	0.8% NaCl	28	0.0254	Guiga and others (2010)
		5.6	93	Bastarrachea and others (2010)
PBTA films	Distilled water	22	472
		40	578