Publications by authors named "Monika Basiura-Cembala"
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- Curcumin was incorporated into various binary blend films made from polysaccharides and gelatin, with the GAR-based films being the most transparent and least rough.
- The CMC75/GEL25 film showed strong mechanical properties and quick release of curcumin, while the OSA75/GEL25 film displayed slower release behavior.
- Despite physical aging symptoms, the addition of curcumin improved UV protection and the films maintained comparable antiradical activity against DPPH scavenging.
The properties of edible films derived from corn starch (CS) and methylcellulose (MC) supplemented with fireweed extract (FE; 0.0125-0.05% w/w) were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe purpose of this study was to compare the effects of increasing concentrations of ascorbate ions (AIs, 0-100mM) in the form of ascorbic acid (AA) and sodium ascorbate (SA) on the properties of edible oxidized potato starch films. The browning reactions were faster in the SA-added films than in those of AA-added. In, turn, AA recrystallized faster than its sodium salt.
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