Green Extraction Techniques for Bioactive Products from Natural Sources
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Analysis of Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 25
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atmospheric pressure plasmas; pulsed electric fields (PEF); extraction techniques; marine organisms; biomass exploitation; blue bioeconomy; circular bioeconomy; primary and secondary metabolites; sustainability; green solvents
Interests: extraction, high voltage electrical discharges, pulsed electric fields, biomass valorization; extraction of high added-value compounds from food and by-products; intensification of mass transfer processes by innovative technologies (pulsed electric fields, high-voltage electrical discharges, ultrasounds and microwaves); delignification of biomass by physical and chemical processes: extraction of bio-polymers; physics of electrotechnologies
Interests: microalgae biorefinery; bioeconomy; pulsed electric fields; microalgae; protein and lipid extraction; cell death inducing factor; bacterial decontamination
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The demand for bioactive compounds from natural resources, e.g., microorganisms such as microalgae or yeast, is increasingly gaining more interest, but their extraction is still the bottleneck in broad industrial application. To make these products economically viable but also as sustainable as possible, novel extraction techniques are crucial. Common methods are often afflicted with disadvantages, especially high energy consumption or the necessity for polluting solvents. In contrast, many organisms comprise valuable compouds but are well protected by their rigid cell wall. Powerfull extraction techniques are needed to exploit the organisms for their economic viability. To overcome these differences, new ideas and methods are needed to broaden the field of natural products for industrial application, but to also keep the spirit of sustainability in the field of bioeconomy.
Therefore, this Special Issue aims to consolidate and distribute knowledge in this research field. We invite you to contribute your research article, communication, or review related to green extraction techniques for bioactive products from natural sources.
Dr. Katja Zocher
Dr. Nadia Boussetta
Dr. Christian Gusbeth
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- extraction
- disruption
- cell wall
- solvent-free
- sustainability
- bioeconomy
- natural products
- metabolites
- physical methods
- microorganisms
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