Table 1.

Electrospun plant-based proteins with antimicrobial activity.

Protein	Co-Polymer	Electrospinning Type	Solvent	Antimicrobial Agent	Tested Bacterial Strain	Reference
Pea	PVA, CA	Uniaxial	Water	CA	E. coli, L. monocytogenes	[43]
Soy	PEO	Uniaxial	NaOH	None	S. aureus, P. aeruginosa	[44]
Zein	None	Co-axial	AA	ATPPB	E. coli, S. aureus	[45]
Zein	PU/CA	Uniaxial	DMF, MEK	Streptomycin	E. coli, S. typhimurium, V. vulnificus, S. aureus, B. subtilis	[26]
Zein	HA	Uniaxial	TFE, AA	Salicylic acid	S. aureus	[46]
Zein	PU	Uniaxial	DMF, THF	Ag NPs	E. coli, S. aureus	[27]
Zein	PCL, GA	Uniaxial	FA, AA	GA	E. coli, S. aureus	[47]
Zein	PCL, GA	Uniaxial, multilayer	FA, AA	GA, C. officinalis	E. coli, S. aureus	[48]
Zein	PCL	Uniaxial	TFE, DCM	Tetracycline hydrochloride	MRSA	[49]
Zein	None	Uniaxial	EtOH, water	Ag NPs	E. coli, S. aureus	[50]
Zein	None	Uniaxial	EtOH, water	Gentamicin	E. coli, S. aureus	[51]
Zein	None	Uniaxial	EtOH, water	Ag NPs	E. coli, Bacillus	[52]
Zein	None	Co-axial	EtOH, water	OEO	E. coli	[53]
Zein	PEO	Co-axial	EtOH, water	Tetracycline hydrochloride	E. coli, S. aureus	[54]
Zein	GT, PLA	Uniaxial	EtOH, water, CHL	Tetracycline hydrochloride	S. aureus, P. aeruginosa	[55]

Key: AA, acetic acid; ATPPB, allyltriphenylphosphonium bromide; CA, cinnamaldehyde; CHL, chloroform; DCM, dichloromethane; DMF, N,N-dimethylformamide; EtOH, ethanol; FA, formic acid; GA, gum arabic; GT, gum tragacanth; HA, hyaluronic acid; MEK, methyl ethyl ketone; MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; NaOH, sodium hydroxide; OEO, orange essential oil; PLA, polylactic acid; PU, polyurethane; TFE, 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol; THF, tetrahydrofuran.