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Partition coefficients in food/packaging systems: a review.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15799564     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Food contamination can result from various interactions between food and packaging materials. Migration of volatiles, additives, monomers and oligomers from packaging materials into food or adsorption of volatile compounds from the food by the polymer are important considerations from safety, hygienic and economic points of view. The term 'migration' includes two phenomena (partition and diffusion) that can be important in determining the concentration of contaminants in a food system at any time. An estimation of the partition coefficient, K, in food/packaging systems has been the major objective of numerous different studies. Various parameters can influence K such as temperature, pH, the chemical structure of the migrant, molecular size and structure, fat content, and degrees of crystallinity. Some theoretical approaches such as the quantitative structure-property relationship method could be of interest in the near future.
Authors:
E A Tehrany; S Desobry
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Food additives and contaminants     Volume:  21     ISSN:  0265-203X     ISO Abbreviation:  Food Addit Contam     Publication Date:  2004 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-03-31     Completed Date:  2005-06-21     Revised Date:  2005-11-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8500474     Medline TA:  Food Addit Contam     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1186-202     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Laboratoire de physicochimie & génie alimentaires, ENSAIA, F-54505 Vandoeuvre les Nancy Cedex, France. Elmira.Arab-Therany@ensaia.inpl-nancy.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Dietary Fats / analysis
Diffusion
Food Analysis / methods
Food Contamination / analysis*
Food Packaging*
Humans
Molecular Weight
Plastics / chemistry*
Structure-Activity Relationship
Temperature
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Dietary Fats; 0/Plastics

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