Functional and antioxidant properties of protein-based films incorporated with mango kernel extract for active packaging

• Main Authors: Zainal Arifin, Maryam 'Adilah, Bakar, Jamilah, Zainal Abedin, Nur Hanani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72803/1/Functional%20and%20antioxidant%20properties%20of%20protein%20based%20films%20incorporated%20with%20mango%20kernel%20extract%20for%20active%20packaging.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/72803/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0268005X17307725
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This research is focused on developing active packaging by using food industries’ by-products. Soy protein isolate (SPI) and fish gelatin (FG) were used as the sources of biopolymers and different concentrations of mango kernel extracts (MKE) from 1 to 5% were added as natural antioxidants. Thicker and more translucent films (p < 0.05) were produced when a greater concentration of MKE was incorporated in both films. The mechanical test revealed that the addition of MKE increased the tensile strength of both films (p < 0.05), with higher tensile strength recorded in FG films than in SPI films. The incorporation of MKE significantly (p < 0.05) decreased the water solubility up to 22 and 33%, in FG and SPI films, respectively. The water vapor permeability (WVP) of SPI with the incorporation of MKE improved up to 10%. In contrast, FG films incorporated with MKE showed higher WVP in comparison with the control. The antioxidant activity increased with a greater concentration of MKE incorporated in both antioxidant films (p < 0.05) with more impact in SPI films compared to FG film in DPPH, FRAP and ABTS analysis. DPPH analysis on SPI films revealed the highest antioxidant activity (89%) with the inclusion of 5% MKE extract. Though both films were found to have the potential to be developed as antioxidant films, yet the overall observations revealed that SPI outperformed FG as active packaging films.