Recovery of Polyphenol-Rich Bioactive Compounds from Food Processing Industry Wastes/by-Products

Dear Colleagues,

The food processing industry is a potential producer of bioactive compound-rich waste. Recovery of polyphenol-rich extracts from these wastes will contribute to both bioeconomy and waste management. Although bioactive compounds have the potential to be used in pharmacology, they can also be evaluated as alternative disinfectants or food preservatives in the food industry due to their antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities. Therefore, new strategies are urgently needed to identify and develop potential uses of bioactive compounds. This Special Issue plans to provide an overview of the latest developments in the recovery of bioactive compounds with strong biological properties and their applications in various industries. The main goal is to cover the most applied extraction technologies applied to food waste to recover added-value molecules with potential industrial applications, acting as antibacterial, antifungal, or antibiofilm agents. It is also intended to provide information regarding the characterization, cataloguing, and industrial usability of these extracts.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

• Valorization of food industry wastes through innovative green extraction processes;
• Extraction of food-based wastes to obtain valuable bioactive compounds;
• Determination of antimicrobial, anticancer, antimalarial, antiviral, and insecticidal activities of the extracts;
• Antibiofilm properties of natural extracts;
• Antioxidant activities of extracts and their health benefits;
• Effects of extracts on microbial processes to produce biometabolites.

Dr. Taner Sar
Dr. Sandrina A. Heleno
Prof. Dr. Rúbia Carvalho Gomes Corrêa
Guest Editors

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