Authors
Abubakar Shuaibu, Yuanyuan Zhang, Kunpeng Zhao, Lawrence A Limjuco, Jing Xie, Zhaoyang Ding
Published in
Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.). Volume 242. Issue Pt 1. Pages 119767. Oct 31, 2026. Epub Jun 15, 2026.
Abstract
Global food spoilage and contamination challenge food security and supply-chain sustainability, while antimicrobial resistance drives antibiotic-free preservation strategies. Essential Oils (EOs) are attractive natural antimicrobials and antioxidants for active packaging, yet their use is constrained by volatility, chemical instability, poor dispersibility, and sensory intensity. Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) offer a tunable host-guest platform to stabilize EOs and modulate their delivery via pore confinement and tailored surface chemistry, enabling sustained or stimuli-responsive release in packaging environments. This review advances a mechanism-to-application framework that links MOF-EO interactions to release behavior and preservation outcomes, while highlighting broader controlled-release principles relevant to volatile bioactive delivery. This review distinguishes true synergy performance exceeding the sum of MOF-only and EO-only contributions under dose-normalized conditions from additive/enabling effects arising primarily from EO retention and controlled release. Preservation performance is compared across food matrices using standardized endpoints, and key design trade-offs governing efficacy, sensory acceptance, and stability under realistic storage conditions are highlighted. This review provides actionable design rules and reporting recommendations to accelerate development of food-relevant MOF-EO active packaging systems.
PMID:
42629019
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