Natural Products and Sustainable Bioresource Recovery
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 3291
Special Issue Editors
Interests: natural products chemistry; marine natural products; ethnopharmacology; nuclear magnetic resonance; structure elucidation
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Interests: metabolite profiling of natural matrices; natural agents for inflammation; neurodegenerative disorders
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Interests: narural products; primary and secondary metabolites; bioactivity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development stimulus through the setting of activities and ambitious outputs in order to promote the circular economy and an effective use of bio-based materials, researchers have been actively engaged in the integrated and sustainable processing of biomass into various marketable ingredients, chemicals, and biofuels. The increasing demand for environmental protection, together with the desire for bioresource conservation, are also encouraging the efficient valorization of biowastes and bio-based by-products to produce value-added products, mostly finding applications in the production of biofuels, animal feed, and fertilizers. However, a growing number of reports attest to the discovery of natural products obtained from these sources aiming to be used in the biomedical, cosmeceutical, pesticide, and pharmaceutical industries.
Therefore, we encourage scientists to submit their latest research findings and review articles focused on compounds obtained from bioresource-derived wastes and by-products, highlighting structural features and bioactivities, from in vitro studies to biotechnological applications.
The main foci of the current issue will cover (i) the identification and/or isolation of natural products from plant- and animal-derived wastes and byproducts, (ii) studies on their biological properties, and (iii) research on their application in the crop-protection, biomedical, and pharmaceutical sectors, and as natural ingredients for other fine chemical products (e.g., cosmetics).
Prof. Dr. Nelson G. M. Gomes
Prof. Dr. Paula B. Andrade
Prof. Dr. Patrícia Valentão
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agro-food byproducts
- bioactive compounds
- biowaste
- natural products
- waste recovery
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