Separations, Volume 10, Issue 7

This study focused on the clarification of real blanching wastewaters from the industrial processing of cardoon, a plant rich in polyphenols and belonging to the artichoke family (Cynara cardunculus). The aim of this study was to evaluate the perform...

The enantioselective separation of synthetic cathinones via capillary electrophoresis with ultraviolet detection (CE-UV) was successfully achieved using an acidic formate buffer with the ionic liquid tetrabutylammonium chloride (TBAC) and beta-cyclod...

The new scheme of the rapid preconcentration of volatile organic substances followed by the thermodesorption and gas chromatographic determination by using a flame ionization detector is proposed for the analysis of air. The scheme implies a change i...

CO₂ capture from air is crucial in achieving negative emissions. Based on conventional or newly developed high-enriching processes, we investigated the rough enrichment of CO₂ from air via an externally heated or cooled adsorber (temperature-swing ad...

Recent years have witnessed remarkable progress in the field of drug delivery driven by the pursuit of efficient and targeted delivery systems [...]

Brain doping is a novel form of doping that involves stimulating specific brain regions to enhance sports performance. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is currently no established provision or detection method for it. As brain stimulation...

Maize (Zea mays L.), a food crop cultivated worldwide, is renowned for its nutritional and economic value. However, its quality can be significantly affected by various storage conditions, leading to changes in its nutritional composition and potenti...

Sanjoin-tang (SJIT) is an ancient oriental medicine prescription listed in the Jinguiyaolue that is mainly used for the treatment of primary insomnia. This study was conducted to develop and validate an ultra-performance liquid chromatography with ta...

The pitch-diameter ratio is an important design indicator affecting the separation performance of spirals. Based on the numerical simulation method, this paper systematically investigated the variation of flow hydrodynamic parameters in the spiral co...

A simple and sensitive liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method has been developed for the simultaneous determination of atorvastatin (ATOR), ezetimibe (EZM), and their three metabolites, including o-hydroxyl atorvastati...

Dissolved black carbon (DBC), the particular component of black carbon that can be dissolved in the water, which accounts for ~10% of the organic carbon cycle in the earth’s water body, is an essential member of the dissolved organic matter (DOM) poo...

Phosvitin is the most phosphorylated naturally occurring protein and it is concentrated in the granular fraction of egg yolk. It has interesting antioxidant and cation chelating properties that can be used to preserve food and cosmetics, but its indu...

Gymnosperma glutinosum is a plant popularly known as “popote”, “tatalencho”, “tezozotla” or “pegajosa”, and it is used in traditional medicine in the region of Tehuacán, Puebla (Mexico), for the...

There is an urgent need to develop new and improved oil-water separation materials with high stability and reusability for the cleanup of oily environmental pollutants. Here, fluorinated poly(ionic liquid)s were synthesized and their structure and pr...

Microdevices have been actively implemented in chemical processes, such as in mixing and reactions. However, microseparation devices, excluding extraction devices, are still under development. In distillation, the use of microdevices has been expecte...

The transition towards a CO₂ neutral industry is currently spurring many new developments regarding processes for the conversion of CO₂, or CO₂-rich streams, into platform molecules such as methanol and dimethyl ether (DME). New processes give rise t...

Seven commercial hop (Humulus lupulus L.) oils originating from a selection of North American hop varieties (Amarillo, Azacca, Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Saaz, and Ahhhroma) and six homemade hop oils hydrodistilled from the same commercial hop pel...

Hydroxyapatite (HAP) coupled with its two modifications HAP P123 and HAP F127 were applied for indium removal from aqueous solutions. Adsorbents’ abilities to remove indium ions were assessed in relation to pH, time of contact, indium concentra...

In view of the current situation wherein acid resources and valuable components in titanium dioxide waste acid cannot be effectively extracted and are prone to secondary pollution, our research team proposed a new technique consisting of step extract...

Lichens are composite organisms that produce a wide variety of secondary metabolites; many of the compounds have a high potential as bioactive compounds. The major limitations of using bioactive compounds from lichens is their slow growth rate and th...

The increase in the production and use of disinfectants containing silver atoms (in both its ionic and nanomeric forms) in their formulation, due to the global pandemic situation caused by COVID-19, has increased the presence of silver species in was...

The disastrous consequences for society—economically, environmentally, and socially—caused by oil spills encouraged us to treat this problem. The target of this work is to synthesize new amphiphilic dicationic ionic liquids (Ia, Ib, and I...

This article is part of the contribution to the development of two medicinal plants widely used by the Moroccan population: white wormwood (Artemisia herba-alba) andArâr (Juniperus phoenicea), species belonging to the Asteraceae and Cupressacea...

Rosmarinus officinalis or Rosemary is a highly valued medicinal vegetal, owing to its notable antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, and antibacterial properties. In the current work, we aimed to identify the chemical components of the essential oil (EO)...

Bacterial endophytes reside within the tissues of living plant species without causing any harm or disease to their hosts. Bacterial endophytes have produced a variety of bioactive compounds that can be used for different biomedical applications. In...

Traditional freshwater sources have been over-abstracted in the worldwide crisis of water scarcity. Effluents have extremely high amounts of Zn²⁺ and Pb²⁺, according to an investigation of wastewater samples taken from several industrial zones. Howev...

Amitriptyline residue released into the aquatic ecosystem can have detrimental consequences on marine organisms and human wellbeing via consumption of polluted water. With a uniquely large surface area and abundant functionalities, graphene oxide ads...

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can be assured to be safe and effective with the help of stability-indicating procedures. An accurate comparison comprising the utilization of capillary zone electrophoresis (CZE) and ultra-performance liquid...

Cork-based adsorbents have been gathering interest from the research community since the 1990s. A first review was published on this topic in 2012. Still, in the last decade, novel activated carbons and biochars, in multiple applications, have been p...

Heavy metal toxicity in water is a serious problem that may have harmful effects on human health and the ecosystem. Lead [Pb(II)] and cadmium [Cd(II)] are two such heavy metal ions, present in water, whose severity is well-known and well-studied. In...

Breast cancer is among the most problematic diseases and a leading cause of death in women. The methods of therapy widely used, so far, are often with many side effects, seriously hampering patients’ quality of life. To overcome these constrain...

A novel method utilizing non-aqueous capillary electrophoresis (NACE) with indirect ultraviolet detection (IUD) has been developed for the analysis of five quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs). The QACs analyzed in this study include dodecyl trimethy...

The main objective of the present research project was to investigate the possibility of using low cost, eco-friendly, and easily available adsorbents, such as mint biomass and marble stone waste, for the removal of dyes, DRIM blue HS-RL and DRIM bla...

Water is widely recognized as a fundamental factor in ecosystems and environments, playing a crucial role in human life and health [...]

This article will focus on the alkaline leaching of gold-bearing tetrahedrite concentrate in a solution containing sodium sulfide and sodium hydroxide. This selective leaching is followed by the leaching of heavy and waste metals into the solution, w...

The extraction of active ingredients from vegetable matter is one of the most attractive research fields in the literature [...]

α-Pinene is an intriguing monoterpene as it has been reported to undergo the self-disproportionation of enantiomers (SDE) phenomenon via gas chromatography (GC), the only compound to decisively demonstrate this. Examples of the SDE involving th...

Furfural is an intermediary and aldehyde compound degraded from paper insulation, which is used with liquid fluid in power transformers. It can be utilized as an important indicator to evaluate the degradation degree of the paper insulation and the c...

The present investigation delves into the potential of vertical zone refining as an effective purification technique for achieving high-purity tin (Sn) metal. The utilization of vertical zone refining offers distinct advantages over traditional horiz...

Umifenovir is one of the most often prescribed antiviral medications for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and other viral infections. Herein, a UPLC-MS/MS method is developed through using ibrutinib as an internal standard (IS) for quantifyin...

Due to its excellent properties, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) foam has recently attracted significant academic and industrial attention. In this study, a facile and green method was developed for PDMS foam synthesis. The PDMS foam was prepared by usin...

In this study, iron oxalate dihydrate (FOD-ore) was produced from iron ore by the process using oxalic acid to extract iron, followed by photo-reduction. Several techniques, such as X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman, scanning electron microscopy...

Different types of agro-waste provide potential substrates for the extraction of bioactive compounds. Mango waste (e.g., peels and seeds) is one such example and may serve as a source of gallic acid, a well-known bioactive compound classified as a se...

Disodium carboxymethyl trithiocarbonate (DCMT) is considered to have the potential to replace sulfide and cyanide as a new chalcopyrite inhibitor. However, the effect of its application in the industrial field is often not ideal, mainly because the f...

Al-Li alloys are ideal structural materials for the aerospace industry. However, an increasing number of Al-Li alloys have reached the end of their service life and must be recycled. Unfortunately, when vacuum distillation is used to separate Al-Li a...

This study examined five species of the Lamiaceae family, Origanum vulgare L., Origanum dictamnus L., Origanum majorana L., Mentha spicata L. and Lavandula angustifolia L., and one species of the Hypericaceae family, Hypericum perforatum L., for thei...

Honey intake is advantageous to human health due to its antioxidant, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties, all of which are attributed to the rich bioactive compound contents. Moreover, hepatoprotective, wound healing, and gast...

Since Yarrowia lipolytica, an oily yeast, contains many valuable products as biomass, to increase its widespread use, it is very important to develop a sustainable production model. In this study, the production of high acid hydrolysate from sawdust...

In this work, a novel silane coupled cationic precursor (SAGS) was synthesized by 3-glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane and sodium 2-((2-aminorthyl)amino) ethanesulfonate. A series of cation exchange membranes were prepared with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PV...

Numerous strategies have been suggested to reduce dependence on synthetic products, such as physical, microbial, and natural methods. Among the natural remedies, plant extracts have emerged as a popular option owing to their eco-friendly character, e...