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Table 2.

Physicochemical and mechanical properties of WPC films incorporated with NAT or nanoemulsions of α-TOC, or both. F0: Film without active compounds (Control film); F1: 2% α-TOC – 0 ppm NAT; F2: 0% α-TOC – 300 ppm NAT; F3: 2% α-TOC – 300 ppm NAT.

Film	Thickness	Moisture	Solubility in	TS	EB	EM
Film	(mm)	content (%)	water (%)	(MPa)	(%)	(MPa)
n	10	3	3	10	10	10
F0	0.122 ± 0.017^a	28.3 ± 2.3^a	58.9 ± 0.7^a	10.8 ± 0.6^a	29.4 ± 10.2^a	2.4 ± 0.4^a
F1	0.119 ± 0.037^a	28.3 ± 2.0^a	55.4 ± 1.1^b	3.3 ± 0.6^b	48.6 ± 14.9^b	0.8 ± 0.2^b
F2	0.124 ± 0.010^a	31.3 ± 5.7^b	58.8 ± 0.8^a	6.4 ± 0.9^c	45.6 ± 9.2^b	1.5 ± 0.3^c
F3	0.139 ± 0.020^a	29.5 ± 3.2^a	55.3 ± 1.5^b	5.9 ± 0.7^c	46.4 ± 11.5^b	1.3 ± 0.2^c

Mean values ± standard deviation. Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) among the average values obtained by application of Duncans test. TS: Tensile strength; EB: Elongation at break; EM: Elastic modulus.