
Rev. Téc. Ing. Univ. Zulia. Vol. 44, No. 1, 2021, January-April, pp. 04-58
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Introduction
in the various value chains. For this reason, this sector
[1].
different industrial sectors, such as the food industry. In
materials are paper, cardboard, plastics, metal and glass
hundred years for their degradation and, therefore,
cause environmental pollution; the main ones being
polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene [5,6].
and biological compatibility; moreover, they constitute a
The main biopolymers used for this purpose are obtained
materials such as lipids, plasticizers, active agents and
solvents are added [7–10]. Among the biopolymers from
protein sources, those obtained from dairy products such
as casein stand out [11,12].
dairy, meat, fruit and vegetables, among others processed
microbial count reduction and, in general, the
improvement of foodstuff shelf life from the interaction of
secondary metabolites) from essential oils (EA), in free
or microencapsulated form [18–21]. Of the active agents
(AA), menthol, geraniol, thymol, eugenol, carvacrol, citral,
among others, stand out [22–25]. From the formers, citral
(3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadienal) is an acyclic monoterpene
(citral A in its cis form) and neral (citral B in its trans form)
[28].
microbial reduction from thein vitro tests. On the other
of AA in free form, such as carvacrol [14,15], maize germ
EA [29]ortung oil EA [30]. Most of the aforementioned
Therefore, the present study aimed to
evaluate the effect of sodium caseinate, sorbitol and
citralmicroparticles on the optical and mechanical
Experimental
Reagents
require: sodium caseinate, sorbitol (Sigma-Aldrich,
Germany) and citralmicroparticles (average size of 7.08
citral and soy lecithin (Sigma-Aldrich, Germany) and
methodology proposed by Arrieta et al. [15
continuous stirring at 1000 rpm on a magnetic stirrer
°C,and then cooled to room temperature. The average