Development and characterization of bilayer chitosan/alginate cling film reinforced with essential oil based nanocomposite for red meat preservation.

With a goal to finding suitable alternatives to plastic packaging in the food industry, we developed a multifunctional bio-based active packaging film to enhance the shelf life of red meat. A chitosan/alginate (Chi + Alg) bilayer film was developed through layer-by-layer (LBL) assembly and an active material i.e.

Film Formation of Iodinated Latex Dispersions and Its Role in Their Antimicrobial Activity.

Waterborne coatings with intrinsic antibacterial attributes have attracted significant attention due to their potential in mitigating microbial contamination while simultaneously addressing the environmental drawbacks of their solvent-based counterparts. Typically, antimicrobial coatings are designed to resist and eliminate microbial threats, encompassing challenges such as biofilm formation, fungal contamination, and proliferation of black mold. Iodine, when solubilized using ethylene glycol and incorporated as a complex into waterborne latex dispersions, has shown remarkable antimicrobial activity.

Microfluidics Based Generation of Curcumin Loaded Microfibrous Mat against Biofilm by Photodynamic Therapy.

The rapid increase in multidrug resistant biofilm infections is a major concern for global health. A highly effective therapy is required for the treatment of biofilm related infections. In this study, curcumin loaded alginate microfibers were generated by using the microfluidic technique.

Impacts of hydrophobicity and ionicity of phendione-based cobalt(II)/(III) complexes on binding with bovine serum albumin.

For efficient designing of metallodrugs, it is imperative to analyse the binding affinity of those drugs with drug-carrying serum albumins to comprehend their structure-activity correlation for biomedical applications. Here, cobalt(II) and cobalt(III) complexes comprising three phendione ligands, [Co(phendione)]Cl () and [Co(phendione)]Cl (), where, phendione = 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione, has been chosen to contrast the impact of their hydrophobicity and ionicity on binding with bovine serum albumin (BSA) through spectrophotometric titrations. The attained hydrophobicity values using octanol/water partition coefficient method manifested that complex is more hydrophobic than complex , which could be attributed to lesser charge on its coordination sphere.