New Trends in the Valorization of Bioactive Compounds from Agri-Food Waste
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 736
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Interests: bio-based material; circular economy; green chemistry
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Interests: heterogeneous non-toxic and non-noble catalysts; solid catalysts; agri-food waste valorization
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Dear Colleagues,
The recovery of bioactive compounds from agri-food waste has become a hot topic that has seen creative applications in the framework of the circular economy. The most popular examples of agri-food waste valorization involve the energetic sector, with the production of biofuels from biomass through eco-sustainable processes. On the other hand, several classes of compounds such as oils, polyphenols, flavonoids, carotenoids, and polysaccharides, have been engaged in new nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and food scopes, different from the original fate of the corresponding vegetal matrix. This valorisation trial is accompanied by promising “greener” methodologies and biotechnological processes to suggest new solutions and to delineate a pioneering and sustainable industrial short-chain.
The present Special Issue is dedicated to the brand-new use of bioactive compounds derived from agri-food waste to do the following:
- make innovative bio-based products;
- be employed as building blocks to design new compounds;
- be involved in new tailor-made applications sectors.
Moreover, the authors are encouraged to describe green alternative syntheses and procedures.
Dr. Rita Nasti
Dr. Nicoletta Ravasio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- green chemistry
- bioactive compounds
- agro-food waste valorisation
- green extraction
- sustainable processes
- natural products
- phytochemistry
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