Eco-Friendly Food Packaging Films Based on Moringa Gum Reinforced with Essential Oil

Moringa Gum was blend with two different essential oil (clove oil and cinnamon oil) to get a thin composite film by solution cast method. The morphology of the films was studied using scanning electron microscope. Physio-mechanical properties were analysed and compared with the pristine film. From the obtained results, it was found that the water solubility, thickness, transparency, mechanical strength, antibacterial activity of the prepared composite films showed better improvement when compared to the parent film. On exact comparison, clove oil – moringa gum composite film gave overall best result that was followed by cinnamon oil-moringa gum composite film and pure moringa gum film due to the interaction of their functional groups. Thus, the synthesised films will act as an ideal material for food packaging application.