Extraction and Application Process of Bioactive Substances
A Special Issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717) belonging to the section "Pharmaceutical Processes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 September 2026 | Viewed by 1543
Editors
Interests: biomolecules; bioprocessing; solid-state fermentation
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Interests: hydrogels; microencapsulation; nanoencapsulation; biological efficacy
Interests: Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Characterization; galactomannans
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
At present, increasingly diverse methods are needed to improve the quality of life in our population, and once again, we are turning our attention to natural options. A wide range of alternatives are available to us in plants and microbes that can be obtained and extracted without posing a threat to our environment. Biotechnological processing and green extraction methods for bioactive substances are being researched and developed to assess their application in areas such as food, feed, agriculture, biomedicine, biofuels, and bioenergy, among others.
By researching the biosynthetic potential of living tissues or microorganisms, biomolecules can be obtained, induced, produced, and recovered; many may also have significant roles in allelopathic interactions in agriculture, in the proliferation or antiproliferation of cell lines, or the (bio)processing of molecules for biotransformation into high-value-added products such as biofuels or biomaterial precursors. Several assays and tests can evaluate the beneficial effects of these molecules for a variety of purposes, leading to the development of innovative bioactive prototypes.
This Special Issue includes the following topics:
- The extraction of biosynthetic products from plants and/or microorganisms;
- Bioactivities in tests related to their application in areas such as food, feed, pharmaceutical, biomedical, agricultural, and biofuel production;
- The encapsulation of bioactive compounds in hydrogels to enhance biological efficacy;
- Conventional vs. emergent extraction technologies, bioaugmentation, biotransformation, enzymatic conversion, and other extraction strategies;
- Experimental design, statistical optimization, and validation processes;
- Encapsulation techniques, including microencapsulation and nanoencapsulation.
Dr. Miguel Á. Medina Morales
Dr. Jesús Alejandro Claudio-Rizo
Dr. Priscilla Barbosa Sales De Albuquerque
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomolecules
- bioprocessing
- green processes
- bioactivities
- extraction strategies
- biorefinery
- hydrogel encapsulation
- microencapsulation
- nanoencapsulation
- biological efficacy
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