Active food packaging is currently of high demand in food industries to provide protections to food. Food packaging is not only used to store and protect food from the environment, but also to provide functional values with the incorporation of active agent. Essential oils (EOs) extracted from a variety of plants represent active ingredients of natural origin which provide numerous benefits to food, aromatherapy, pharmaceutical, and food packaging industries due to their functional properties. Numerous researches have been carried out in developing active food packaging such as insect repellent packaging containing essential oils. Insect repellent packaging could create safety measures by repelling insect from exterior environment or the inhibition of larvae from food within. In this paper, different application of EOs on different types of food packaging, applications, processing methods, migration of active compounds and performance of insect repellency are reviewed. Future perspectives and applications of insect repellence using safe, natural and more effective strategies are also discussed. EOs as the active insect repellent agents in food packaging offer great opportunities to protect the quality of food. Some important factors such as legislative concerns (e.g. toxicity test, migration of active substances from packaging materials), economics, and further study on the release period of active agent to the environment should be considered to successfully implement insect repellent agents in food packaging.

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精油作为食品包装中的驱虫剂：综述

当前，在食品工业中，对食品提供有效保护的有效食品包装需求很高。食品包装不仅用于存储和保护食品免受环境影响，而且通过掺入活性剂来提供功能性价值。从多种植物中提取的精油（EOs）代表天然来源的活性成分，由于其功能特性，它们为食品，芳香疗法，制药和食品包装行业提供了众多好处。在开发诸如含精油的驱虫包装的活性食品包装方面已经进行了许多研究。驱虫剂包装可以通过从外部环境驱除昆虫或抑制内部食物中的幼虫来制定安全措施。在本文中，综述了环氧乙烷在不同类型食品包装上的不同应用，应用，加工方法，活性化合物的迁移和驱虫性能。还讨论了使用安全，自然和更有效的策略进行驱虫的未来观点和应用。EOs作为食品包装中的有效驱虫剂，为保护食品质量提供了巨大的机会。为了成功地在食品包装中使用驱虫剂，应考虑一些重要因素，例如法律方面的考虑（例如毒性试验，活性物质从包装材料中的迁移），经济性以及对活性剂向环境中释放时间的进一步研究。还讨论了使用安全，自然和更有效的策略进行驱虫的未来观点和应用。EOs作为食品包装中的有效驱虫剂，为保护食品质量提供了巨大的机会。为了成功地在食品包装中使用驱虫剂，应考虑一些重要因素，例如法律问题（例如毒性试验，活性物质从包装材料中的迁移），经济性以及对活性剂向环境中释放时间的进一步研究。还讨论了使用安全，自然和更有效的策略进行驱虫的未来观点和应用。EOs作为食品包装中的有效驱虫剂，为保护食品质量提供了巨大的机会。为了成功地在食品包装中使用驱虫剂，应考虑一些重要因素，例如法律问题（例如毒性试验，活性物质从包装材料中的迁移），经济性以及对活性剂向环境中释放时间的进一步研究。