Biopackaging

C. GÓMEZ HOYOS, A. SERPA, J. VELÁSQUEZ-COCK, C. CASTRO, B. GÓMEZ H, L. VÉLEZ, P. GAÑÁN, R. ZULUAGA; XIAOFENG CHEN, JUNLI REN, CHUANFU LIU, FENG PENG AND RUNCANG SUN; MENGXING LI, RAN YE; ARMIDA RODRÍGUEZ-FÉLIX, TOMÁS J. MADERA-SANTANA, YOLANDA FREILE-PELEGRÍN; MARIANA PEREDA, MARÍA R. ANSORENA, NORMA E. MARCOVICH; KATRIN JAMMERNEGG, FRANZ STELZER, STEFAN SPIRK; RICARDO STEFANI; CINTIA B. CONTRERAS, GERMAN CHARLES, RICARDO TOSELLI, MIRIAM C. STRUMIA; DELIA R. TAPIA-BLÁCIDO, BIANCA C. MANIGLIA, MILENA MARTELLI-TOSI, VINÍCIUS F. PASSOS; TOMY J. GUTIÉRREZ, M. PAULA GUARÁS, VERA A. ALVAREZ; TOMY J. GUTIÉRREZ, KELVIA ÁLVAREZ

CRC Press

Lugar: Miami; Año: 2017 p. 482

978-149-87-4968-8

The term biopackaging is related to biopolymer has been defined in a variety of ways by researchers in different disciplines. In strict analogy with the development of synthetic commercial polymers we might, for example, require that its use be limited to synthetic molecules fabricated from biological "monomer" units such as amino acids and monosaccharaides. The packaging is a container or wrapping which contains products temporarily for the purpose of grouping units of a product with a view to its handling, transport and storage. Other functions of the packaging are: to protect the contents, to facilitate the manipulation, to inform about its conditions of handling, legal requirements, composition, ingredients, etc. Within the commercial establishment, the packaging can help sell the merchandise through its graphic and structural design. Bio-packaging can be defined simply as an extrinsic element of the product that protects it, where the fundamental characteristic is that its matrix is not polymeric, on the contrary it is biopolymeric (proteins, polysaccharides, etc.). The main theme of this book is concentrated on the biopackaging and the principles which underly them. The book is directed to those who have relatively little background in the application of physical methods to the study of biological macromolecules familiarize himself (herself) with the area or the researcher who is faced with proceeding in a new direction. Thus, although much of the material is presented at an elementary level, an effort has been made to reference the more important aspects and to present a current account of the status of biopolymer-packaging research. We are pleased to acknowledge the assistance of our colleagues in providing useful suggestions and material and the many investigators who provided us with photographs, original figures, and tables, several of which have not previously been published. I am particularly grateful for the contribution of the authors of each chapter of this book for the diligent efforts, endless patience, help and joy brought to this project.