Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Stabilising Essential Oil-based 
Pickering Emulsions for Food Preservation: Potential, 
Safety and Challenges

Yu Zhang*

doi:10.70711/frim.v3i8.6947

Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Stabilising Essential Oil-based Pickering Emulsions for Food Preservation: Potential, Safety and Challenges

Yu Zhang*

Abstract

Metal oxide nanoparticle-stabilised essential oil-based Pickering emulsion have antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, and can be
applied as food preservatives in freshness preservation. This paper describes the possible mechanisms of action of metal oxide nanoparticlestabilised essential oil-based Pickering emulsion in food preservation and summarises the forms of action of such emulsions in food preservation, and analyses and summarises the potentials, safety and challenges of metal oxide nanoparticle-stabilised essential oil-based PE in their
application in food preservation.

Keywords

Metal oxide nanoparticles; Food preservation; Essential oil; Pickering emulsion

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/frim.v3i8.6947

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