Green Compounds from Bio-Sources: Characterizations, Innovative Productions and Advanced Technological Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The production of value-added compounds from bio-sources is becoming a ground-breaking topic in both research and the industrial world because of the need to adapt the industrial sectors to sustainable, green, and source-saving production systems, as well as in the framework of the circular economy concept. The Special Issue “Green Compounds from Bio-Sources: Characterization, Innovative Production, and Advanced Technological Applications” focuses on the latest developments in the main aspects of the production of green molecules from bio and renewable sources, highlighting all the innovative technologies for their characterization, production, and sustainable application. The ambition of this Special Issue is to publish both reviews and research articles reporting and discussing modelling and experimental approaches on innovative applications for biomass valorisation, advanced technologies for the production of green by-products and value-added compounds, advanced analytical and characterization techniques of bio-molecules, biorefinery for biomass conversion and CO₂ capture, and extraction technologies and purification treatments, taking into account the concepts of circular economy and green and sustainable impacts. The production of green compounds can also lead to the formation of undesired by-products that have to be removed from the environment in order to avoid any potential contamination; therefore, this Special Issue is also presenting some advanced technologies for by-product treatment.

This Special Issue aims at providing key information for the industrial sectors in which the valorisation and use of green compounds and bio-sources are fundamental topics such as pharmaceutical production, animal foods, nutraceuticals, and cosmetics.

Prof. Dr. Dino Musmarra
Prof. Sante Capasso
Guest Editors

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