Table 4.

Antimicrobial properties of biopolymers incorporated with essential oils

Biopolymer film material	Properties	Source of essential oils	References
Cassava starch	Antimicrobial	Cinnamon and clove	Souza et al. (2013)
Chitosan	Antifungal	Lemon	Perdones et al. (2016)
Corn starch	Antimicrobial	Soyabean oil	Gao et al. (2020)
Milk protein	Antimicrobial	Nigella sativa	Ghamari et al. (2021)
Millet starch	Antimicrobial	Clove	Al-Hashimi et al. (2020)
Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate	Antifungal	Vanillin	Xavier et al. (2015)
Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate	Antifungal	Eugenol	Garrido-Miranda et al. (2018)
Starch-Farcelleran-gelatin	Antimicrobial	Lavender	Jamróz et al. (2018b)
Zein	Antibacterial	Cinnamon and mustard	Yun et al. (2015)