Antimicrobial Potential of Plastic Films Incorporated with Sage Extract on Chicken Meat.

The function of packaging is crucial in the maintenance of fresh meat product quality. This study aimed to assess the efficiency of six films added with coatings 2379L/220 and 2379L/221 (containing sage extracts) to inhibit , and which showed that two of the six films had a significant effect. Additionally, the effects of the films on refrigerated skinless chicken breast meat were evaluated based on microbiological content, colour, weight loss, texture and pH.

A nine carbon homologating system for skip-conjugated polyenes.

Ozonolysis of Z,Z,Z-cylonona-1,4,7-triene leads to a 1,9-difunctionalised Z,Z-3,6-nonadiene which is readily converted into a range of polyunsaturated pheromones and fatty acids.

Diastereomeric cyclic tris-allenes.

Both diastereomers of the tris-allene, cyclododeca-1,2,5,6,9,10-hexaene have been obtained using a triple cyclopropylidene-allene rearrangement. On the NMR timescale, one has D3 symmetry, and is the smallest hydrocarbon synthesised to have this symmetry, and the second has C2 symmetry.