Emerging Food Processing and Novel Approaches for Extraction and Application of Bioactive Compounds
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2023) | Viewed by 19163
Special Issue Editors
Interests: emerging food processing technologies; extraction; ohmic heating; ultrasound; cold plasma; bioactive compounds; waste valorization
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Interests: pulsed electric fields; cold plasma; high voltage electric field; extraction; food processing; high-pressure processing; supercritical fluids
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recent trends based on 21st Century consumer demands for healthy and functional foods boosted the application of naturally occurring bioactive compounds (e.g., polyphenols, phytosterols, fatty acids, flavonoids, caffeine, carotenoids, essential oils, etc.)
In this sense, extraction, stability during the process, and applications of these valuable molecules have attracted attention in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Research showed that conventional extraction and processing technologies have several limitations such as low efficiency and degradation of bioactive compounds due to long processing time. Therefore, emerging food processing technologies and innovative approaches for the extraction and application of bioactive compounds, including phytochemicals, have been recently explored in various regions of the world.
These attractive technologies include extractions based on ohmic, microwave, radiofrequency, infrared, pulsed electric fields, moderate electric fields, ultrasound, high voltage electrical fields, high-pressure processing, combined technologies, and other innovative approaches.
The journal Molecules is inviting researchers to submit original research, critical reviews, and short communications to be reviewed for publication in a Special Issue on “Emerging food processing and novel approaches for extraction and application of bioactive compounds”.
This special issue covers papers related to this topic, that is included (but not limited to):
- Application of emerging technologies (thermal and non-thermal), to extract bioactive compounds.
- Effects of pretreatments based on emerging technologies, such as cold plasma, on bioactive compounds in the extracts
- Development of new extraction processes based on emerging technologies
- Development of new products based on the application of bioactive compounds from extracts
- Effects of food processing technologies on bioactive compounds
- Design and development of innovative systems for extraction of bioactive compounds
- Process analysis for extraction of bioactive compounds
- Combined technologies to obtain bioactive compounds
- Increasing the stability of bioactive compounds through innovative approaches
Dr. Mohsen Gavahian
Dr. Changwei Hsieh
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- emerging food processing technologies
- ohmic-assisted extraction
- microwave-assisted extraction
- radiofrequency-assisted extraction
- infrared-assisted extraction
- ultrasound-assisted extraction
- pulsed electric fields
- cold plasma treatment
- novel extraction techniques
- bioactive compounds
- phenolic compounds
- antioxidants
- polyphenols
- phytosterols
- flavonoids
- carotenoids
- phytochemicals
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