Eutectic Solvents as Alternatives for Extracting Biologically Active Compounds from Marine Natural Products
A special issue of Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2025) | Viewed by 432
Special Issue Editors
Interests: deep eutectic solvents; microalgae; process optimization; centrifugal partition chromatography; biorefinery
Interests: green chemistry; deep eutectic systems; drug discovery; pharmaceuticals; extraction
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Dear Colleagues,
Marine biomasses are a significant source of new molecules for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmetic applications. However, their extraction, formulation, or stabilization can cause environmental issues. To address this, deep eutectic solvents (DES) and low transition temperature mixtures (LTTM) offer a promising alternative for the valorization of marine molecules of interest. These new multifunctional solvents can offer significant benefits for pre-treating biomass, extracting or purifying molecules of interest, and stabilizing or formulating them.
For this Special Issue, we invite academic and industrial scientists to submit original research articles and conceptual reviews that highlight the use of DES or LTTM for the valorization of metabolites of marine origin.
Prof. Dr. Leslie Boudesocque-Delaye
Dr. Ana Rita Xavier De Jesus Gameiro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- eutectic solvents
- marine biomasses
- nutraceutics
- cosmetics
- health
- biorefinery
- extraction processes
- formulations processes
- metabolite stabilization
- by-product valorization
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