Corn arabinoxylan biopolymers as materials for biodegradable films for food packaging

Corn fiber is a by-product of the starch industry, currently used as animal feed. It contains in its composition arabinoxylan, with film-forming properties, thus this material has a great interest in being valorized. Arabinoxylan was extracted with an alkaline solution and centrifuged. The resulting...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weng, Verónica Lee (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/109081
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/109081