Films and coating from vegetable proteins

ADRIANA N MAURI; PABLO SALGADO; M. CECILIA CONDES; M.CRISTINA AÑÓN

Edible Films and Coatings: Fundamentals and Applications

CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group

Año: 2016; p. 67 - 87

Plant proteins: their location and function in the plant. Structural, physicochemical and functional properties of storage proteins. Structure-function relation. Strategies to improve functional properties of plant proteins.Protein recovery from agroindustrial byproducts. Protein products usually used in films and coatings production: flours, protein concentrates and isolates. Characteristics of protein-based films. Effect of protein structural modification by chemical, physical and enzymatic treatments on the properties of the resulting materials. Effect of the processing method and conditions on the films functionality. Effect of the presence of non-protein compounds -which are extracted with proteins on the biological activity and coloration of films. Peptides and protein hydrolysates as a source of active compounds for films.Legislation . Trends and applications.