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Sustainable Chemistry, Volume 4, Issue 1

2023 March - 9 articles

Cover Story: Herein, a greener extraction process of Greek propolis using ultrasound-assisted extraction in combination with task specific selection of natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) is presented. The screening study indicated the most effective NADES as a medium for raw propolis extraction and the extraction process was optimized with experimental design. The optimum NADES extract, as well as the extract obtained via extraction using a hydroethanolic solution, were further characterized by performing LC/MS/MS analysis. The results showed that the NADES extracts’ composition was similar or superior to the hydroethanolic extracts regarding the presence of valuable phytochemicals. The optimum NADES extract has been successfully incorporated as obtained in a cosmetic cream formulation, which showed desirable organoleptic and stability characteristics. View this paper
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Articles (9)

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
4,884 Views
17 Pages

15 March 2023

The current study examines the feasibility of recycling artificially polluted wastewater that contains crystal violet (CV) organic dye by using Azadirachta indica sawdust (AISD) waste as a highly cost-effective adsorbent. Different analytical techniq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,383 Views
15 Pages

Studies on Biobased Non-Isocyanate Polyurethane Coatings with Potential Corrosion Resistance

  • Nikhil Dhore,
  • Ermiya Prasad,
  • Ramanuj Narayan,
  • Chepuri R. K. Rao and
  • Aruna Palanisamy

This work deals with the development of non-isocyanate polyurethane (NIPU) composites with an aniline oligomer, viz., tetraniline (TANI) for corrosion-resistant coatings. Firstly, epoxidizedsoyabean oil was converted to carbonated oil by inserting CO...

  • Review
  • Open Access
48 Citations
7,841 Views
34 Pages

Owing to the unique property of large surface area/volume of nanoparticles, scientific developments have revolutionized the fields of nanotechnology. Nanoparticles can be synthesized through physical, chemical, and biological routes, where biological...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,028 Views
7 Pages

24 February 2023

Solvent-free mechanochemical reactions represent an important path towards sustainable chemistry. The preparation of Prussian blue from solid iron and hexacyanoferrate compounds by the simple use of a mortar and pestle is an easy, inexpensive, and fa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
10,138 Views
14 Pages

Innovative Green Approach for Extraction of Piperine from Black Pepper Based on Response Surface Methodology

  • Charles Lwamba,
  • Saied A. Aboushanab,
  • Ranga Rao Ambati and
  • Elena G. Kovaleva

24 January 2023

Bioactive compounds like piperine (alkaloids) offer a variety of health benefits due to their biological and pharmacological potential. Piperine has been revealed to have anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, anti-diabetes, anti-bacterial, anti-ulcer, and a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,641 Views
12 Pages

Metal Oxide Electrospun Nanofibrous Membranes for Effective Dye Degradation and Sustainable Photocatalysis

  • Veluru Jagadeesh Babu,
  • Syed Sulthan Alaudeen Abdul Haroon Rashid,
  • Subramanian Sundarrajan and
  • Seeram Ramakrishna

3 January 2023

The fabrication of metal oxide nanofibers using (titanium (IV) isopropoxide) and (tin (IV) tert-butoxide) of weight ratio 1:1 precursor in presence of poly (vinyl pyrrolidone) as a binder using a well-known electrospinning technique is reported. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,554 Views
18 Pages

Green Extraction of Greek Propolis Using Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) and Incorporation of the NADES-Extracts in Cosmetic Formulation

  • Andromachi Tzani,
  • Ioanna Pitterou,
  • Foteini Divani,
  • Thalia Tsiaka,
  • Georgios Sotiroudis,
  • Panagiotis Zoumpoulakis and
  • Anastasia Detsi

26 December 2022

In this work, a greener approach for the extraction of Greek propolis using ultrasound-assisted extraction method in combination with Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADES) is presented. Propolis is a natural material of outmost interest as it posses...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,967 Views
7 Pages

Recovery of Lac Resin from the Aqueous Effluent of Shellac Industry

  • Gaurav Badhani,
  • Shruti Yadav,
  • Elen Reji and
  • Subbarayappa Adimurthy

21 December 2022

Shellac and aleuritic acid manufacturing industries generate a lot of alkaline aqueous effluent during the process of manufacture of shellac and aleuritic acid from the seedlac/sticklac. The generated effluent contains lac resin, lac wax, lac dye and...

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