Green Extraction of Natural Products
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2019) | Viewed by 90853
Special Issue Editors
Interests: food technologies; foods; olive oi; polyphenols; nutrition; diet
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Interests: natural product chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Green and sustainable extraction methods of natural products is currently a hot research topic in the multidisciplinary area of applied chemistry, biology and technology.
Therefore, we believe that a Special Issue in the journal Molecules focused on new and innovative technologies, process intensification, agro-solvents and energy saving will be strategic to give an overview of the current status and future perspectives.
Considering your significant research background in the following fields:
► Alternative solvents for green extraction
• Supercritical fluid extraction • Subcritical water extraction • Agrosolvents • Solvent free extraction • Green solvents: ionic liquids, micellar extraction, etc.
► Sustainable and clean extraction technologies • Ultrasound and microwave processes • High pressure assisted processes • Pulse Electric field processes • Extrusion • Enzymatic extraction
► Innovative extraction process design
• Experimental design • Optimal design • Intensification (mini, micro devices) • Reaction/separation coupling (Membrane reactors, Adsorptive reactors, Reactive distillation, Reactive extraction) • Cleaner production
► Valorization of by products and biorefinery
• Thermal processes • Innovative technologies • Product optimization, characterization, stabilization and applications • Industrial applications for the production of fuels, fine chemicals, flavoring agents and pharmaceuticals
► Industrial and case study applications
• Pharmaceutic • Food and nutrition • Cosmetic and perfume • Fuel and bio-energy enzymatic extraction • Fiscal and economic benefits of sustainable green processes
► New tools for green extraction education and operator training
We strongly believe that the main strength of this topic is the high value coming from the encounter between research and industry, in particular the research activities focused on the scale-up process, from the lab experiment to the full scale plant, moving up through technological readiness levels, so, from the invention to the market.
We cordially invite you to contribute the original research papers or reviews to this Special Issue of Molecules.
Prof. Maria Lisa Clodoveo
Prof. Filomena Corbo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Green extraction
- Separation and purification
- Intensification
- Enabling technologies
- Deep eutectic solvents
- Natural products
- Supercritical fluids
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