Novel Green Solvents for the Separation and Purification of Valuable Natural Ingredients
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 June 2025 | Viewed by 41
Special Issue Editor
Interests: separation and analysis of natural products; molecularly imprinted materials; nanotoxicology
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Dear Colleagues,
Natural plants contain countless ingredients, and many of them are pharmacologically active. These useful compounds could be used to cure diseases, become construction materials, inspire researchers, and much more. To obtain these valuable natural ingredients, many technologies have been developed over a long history. Specifically, solvents play an important role in their separation. Traditional solvents, such as methanol, ethanol, and petroleum ether, have the disadvantages of polluting the environment, a high toxicity, and the inability to regenerate. Thus, seeking alternative solvents has sparked the interest of researchers. Ionic liquids, called "solvents of the future", have a diverse composition of organic cations and inorganic anions. Moreover, deep eutectic solvents are a new type of green mixed solvent that has rapidly developed in recent years. These novel solvents have broad application prospects due to their advantages, which include low volatility, low vapor pressure, strong thermal stability, and molecular designability. Considering the diversity of natural ingredients, more research on this topic is still warranted.
Dr. Liangliang Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- ionic liquids
- deep eutectic solvents
- liquid–liquid separation
- separation and purification
- natural materials
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