Table 1.

Barrier and mechanical properties of bioactive (BF) and control (CF) films

	CF	BF
Young’s modulus (MPa)	270.67 ± 15.99 a	73.66 ± 6.91 b
Elongation at break (%)	41.32 ± 1.44 a	36.73 ± 3.63 b
Stress at break (MPa)	27.01 ± 1.42 a	8.76 ± 0.67 b
WVP (× 10–10, g m Pa−1 s−1 m−2)	1.61 ± 0.14 a	1.41 ± 0.23 a
PO2 (× 10–12, g m Pa−1 s−1 m−2)	0.95 ± 0.14 b	3.44 ± 0.13 a

Mean values ± standard deviation. Different letters in the same row indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) between samples