Alginate Biocomposite Films Incorporated with Cinnamon Essential Oil Nanoemulsions: Physical, Mechanical, and Antibacterial Properties

Table 2

Optical properties (, , , and ) and moisture content of the control and CEO-NE-alginate films. Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences at by the ANOVA test. The percentages indicate the amount of nanoemulsion incorporated into the films (%, v/w), based on total film-forming solution. Control = pure alginate film.

Films	Color				Moisture content (%)
	Control	^d	^d	^a		^a	^b
CEO-NE 20%	^c	^c	^a,b	^a,b	^a
CEO-NE 25%	^b	^b	^b,c	^b,c	^a
CEO-NE 30%	^a	^a,b	^c	^c,d	^b
CEO-NE 40%	^a	^a	^c,d	^d	^b