Evaluation of the Properties of Cellulose Ester Films that Incorporate Essential Oils

Table 5

Water vapor permeability data (in units of mg-m-kPa-h-m²) for cellulose ester-EO films.

Additive	CA	CAP	CAB
None (control)	2.69 a	2.74 a, b, c	1.87 a, b, c, d
Lime	1.97 b	2.62 a, b, c, d	2.04 a, b
Nutmeg	1.82 b, c	2.53 b, c, d, e	1.91 a, b, c
Eugenol	1.17 d	2.28 c, d, e	1.29 e
Pimenta berry	1.27 d	2.25 d, e	1.42 d, e
Rosemary	2.44 a	3.03 a	2.15 a, b
Petitgrain	1.88 b, c	2.8 a, b	2.16 a
Coffee	2.49 a	2.33 c, d, e	1.47 c, d, e
Anise	1.53 b, c, d	2.48 b, c, d, e	1.53 c, d, e
Cinnamaldehyde	1.47 c, d	2.12 e	1.68 b, c, d, e
Average	1.87	2.52	1.75

Values within a column (for each cellulose ester) sharing the same letter(s) are not significantly different based on differences of least squares means at using a Bonferroni adjustment.