Bioactive Molecules from Agri-Food Waste: Value-Added Resources in Cosmetics, Nutraceutics and Biomedicine
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioactives and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 2584
Special Issue Editors
Interests: contaminants of emerging concern (CECs); organic dyes adsorption; adsorption processes; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); water remediation technologies; upcycling; circular economy; green chemistry; nanotechnology; physical chemistry; photochemical processes; photodynamic therapy (PDT); fluorescence spectroscopy; UV-Vis spectroscopy; FTIR-spectroscopy; photophysics; bio-polymers; waste management
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Interests: contaminants of emerging concern (CECs); organic dyes adsorption; adsorption processes; advanced oxidation processes (AOPs); water remediation technologies; upcycling; circular Economy; green chemistry; nanotechnology; physical chemistry; photochemical processes; photodynamic therapy (PDT); bio-polymers; food packaging; fluorescence spectroscopy; UV-Vis spectroscopy; ATR-FTIR-spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction (XRD); cosmetics; neurocosmetics; cosmetic chemistry; cosmetic formulation; cosmetic dermatology; pharmaceuticals; waste management
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Each year, around 20% of food produced in the European Union (EU) is wasted, worsening our social, environmental, and economic problems. For these reasons, the EU is trying to solve the problem by incentivizing food waste management for the development of sustainable paths for innovative recycling approaches. In particular, food waste is a well-known source of bioactive compounds that are potentially useful in cosmetics, nutraceutics, and biomedicine. On this ground, and in accordance with the circular economy principles, this Special Issue is aimed at presenting an alternative and innovative use of food/agricultural waste from which, by means of mild and environmentally friendly approaches, interesting biomolecules can be extracted. Therefore, authors are invited to submit original research and review articles that focus on the topics of cosmetics, nutraceutics, and biomedicine, incentivizing the use of green approaches. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Green chemistry and extraction techniques of biomolecules from waste;
- Reuse of waste, upcycling, and circular paths to obtain bioactive compounds;
- Green synthesis of nanomaterials;
- Evaluation of antioxidant, anticancer, and antimicrobial activity of biomolecules from waste;
- Supramolecular assemblies and drug delivery systems;
- Photosensitizer extraction and application in photodynamic therapy (PDT).
Prof. Dr. Vito Rizzi
Dr. Jennifer Gubitosa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- waste upcycling
- waste management
- circular economy
- green chemistry
- cosmetics
- nutraceutics
- biomedicine
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