Marine Waste and By-Products as a Source of High Value Bioproducts
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397). This special issue belongs to the section "Marine-Derived Ingredients for Drugs, Cosmeceuticals and Nutraceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2026 | Viewed by 1714
Editors
Interests: marine biotechnology; functional foods; nutraceutical development; lipid chemistry; omega-3 and marine oils; sustainable bioproducts; bioactive extraction and characterization; marine biorefinery; food innovation and industrial translation
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Interests: food chemistry; functional foods; plant bioactives; food waste valorization; LC-MS/MS profiling; nutrition and health; sustainable food processing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Marine industries generate large volumes of wastes and by-products during processing, including shells, skins, viscera, seaweed residues, and microalgal biomass. These materials are increasingly recognized as valuable sources of bioactive compounds such as peptides, polyphenols, polysaccharides, lipids, pigments, and enzymes with significant potential for applications in pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, functional foods, and sustainable biomaterials.
Despite their potential, marine by-products remain underutilized globally. Their valorization offers substantial environmental and economic benefits while supporting circular bioeconomy and sustainable marine resource management.
This Special Issue aims to present recent advances in the recovery, characterization, and application of high-value compounds derived from marine wastes and by-products. Emphasis will be placed on innovative extraction technologies, bioactivity evaluation, sustainability considerations, and industrial translation.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Extraction and purification of marine bioactive compounds
- Identification and compositional analysis of marine wastes and by-products
- Marine peptides, polysaccharides, lipids, pigments, and enzymes
- Nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications
- Functional foods and food ingredient development
- Green extraction and sustainable processing technologies
- Fermentation and marine biotechnology approaches
- Bioactivity, bioavailability, and safety evaluation
- Circular bioeconomy and marine biorefinery systems
- Industrial scalability and commercialization pathways
We welcome original research articles, reviews, and communications addressing emerging developments in marine waste valorization and high-value compound development.
Prof. Dr. Colin Barrow
Dr. Hafiz Suleria
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- marine wastes
- marine by-products
- bioactive compounds
- marine peptides
- polysaccharides
- marine lipids
- pigments
- marine enzymes
- nutraceuticals
- functional foods
- marine biotechnology
- green extraction technologies
- marine biorefinery
- circular bioeconomy
- metabolomics
- bioavailability
- food processing
- sustainability
- industrial applications
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