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Review
. 2024 Feb 7:11:1334247.
doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1334247. eCollection 2024.

Unveiling the potential of linseed mucilage, its health benefits, and applications in food packaging

Monika Chand  1 , Rajni Chopra  1 , Binanshu Talwar  1 , Snigdha Homroy  1 , Priyanka Kumari Singh  2 , Aishwarya Dhiman  1 , Abdul Wahid Payyunni  1
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Review

Unveiling the potential of linseed mucilage, its health benefits, and applications in food packaging

Monika Chand et al. Front Nutr. .

Abstract

Industrial waste products derived from the oil industry often contain valuable substances and elements with great potential. These by-products can be used for various purposes, including as nutrients, bioactive compounds, fuels, and polymers. Linseed mucilage (LM) is one such example of a beneficial by-product obtained from linseed. It possesses favorable chemical and functional properties, depending on its method of extraction. Different pretreatments, such as enzymatic extraction, microwave-assisted extraction, pulse electric field, and ultrasound-assisted extraction, have been explored by various researchers to enhance both the yield and quality of mucilage. Furthermore, LM has exhibited therapeutic effects in the treatment of obesity, diabetes, constipation, hyperlipidemia, cancer, and other lifestyle diseases. Additionally, it demonstrates favorable functional characteristics that make it suitable to be used in bioplastic production. These properties preserve food quality, prolong shelf life, and confer antimicrobial activity. It also has the potential to be used as a packaging material, especially considering the increasing demand for sustainable and biodegradable alternatives to plastics because of their detrimental impact on environmental health. This review primarily focuses on different extraction techniques used for linseed mucilage, its mechanism of action in terms of health benefits, and potential applications in food packaging.

Keywords: by-product; coatings; edible films; extraction; health; linseed mucilage.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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VOSviewer diagram with the analysis of co-occurrence of keywords indicating the publication trends on linseed mucilage (2000–December 2023).
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Schematic diagram for extraction of flaxseed mucilage and pretreatments.
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Mechanism action of linseed mucilage in the prevention of diseases.
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Application of LM in the food industry (86, 90, 139, 146, 151, 157).
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