General Objective: Develop an eco-friendly food packaging material with antioxidant capacity from capouli extract (Prunus serotina).
Specific objectives:
- Obtain extracts from the capulí fruit through a solid-liquid extraction using alcoholic, hydroalcoholic and aqueous solvents.
- Determine the total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity of capulí extracts.
- Prepare an eco-friendly polymeric packaging material with antioxidant capacity using the casting technique.
- Evaluate the activity of the eco-friendly packaging material through release tests of antioxidant compounds towards different food simulants.
- Evaluate the morphological, optical, structural and thermal properties of food packaging material.
Participating Institutions:
UNACH, ESPOCH, ESPE.
Participants:
Project Director Cristian Javier Patiño Vidal
- Cristina Alejandra Muñoz Shugulí
- Marcelo de Jesús Patiño Cabrera
- Monica Lilian Andrade Avalos
- Ana Carolina López de Dicastillo Bergamo
Awarded budget: $27613,00
Project status: In process
