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  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
2,695 Views
25 Pages

Bioremediation of Textile Industrial Effluents Using Nutraceutical Industrial Spent: Laboratory-Scale Demonstration of Circular Economy

  • Syed Noeman Taqui,
  • Usman Taqui Syed,
  • Raihan Taqui Syed,
  • Mohammed Saeed Alqahtani,
  • Mohamed Abbas and
  • Akheel Ahmed Syed

15 May 2022

This research reports the first-ever study on abundantly available, environmentally friendly, low-cost and ready-for-use Nutraceutical Industrial Cumin Seed Spent (NICUS) as an innovative adsorbent for bioremediation of a bisazo Acid Red 119 (AR119)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,455 Views
15 Pages

Sustainable Adsorption Method for the Remediation of Crystal Violet Dye Using Nutraceutical Industrial Fenugreek Seed Spent

  • Syed Noeman Taqui,
  • Mohan C.S.,
  • Mohammad Shahab Goodarzi,
  • Mohamed Abdelghany Elkotb,
  • Bibi Ahmadi Khatoon,
  • Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar,
  • Isa Baba Koki,
  • Ashraf Elfasakhany,
  • Amany Salah Khalifa and
  • C. Ahamed Saleel
  • + 4 authors

19 August 2021

Nutraceutical industrial fenugreek seed spent (NIFGS), a relatively low-cost material abundantly available with little toxicity is used in crystal violet (CV) dye remediation from aqueous media and reported in the present study. To access the adsorpt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,009 Views
12 Pages

Spent Yeast Valorization for Food Applications: Effect of Different Extraction Methodologies

  • Ana Sofia Oliveira,
  • Joana Odila Pereira,
  • Carlos Ferreira,
  • Margarida Faustino,
  • Joana Durão,
  • Ana Margarida Pereira,
  • Carla Maria Oliveira,
  • Manuela E. Pintado and
  • Ana P. Carvalho

10 December 2022

Over the years, synthetic biology has been growing with the use of engineered yeast strains for the production of sustainable ingredients to meet global healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing and environmental challenges. However, as seen from the br...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
20,202 Views
69 Pages

Upcycling Coffee Waste: Key Industrial Activities for Advancing Circular Economy and Overcoming Commercialization Challenges

  • Kanokthip Pongsiriyakul,
  • Peerawat Wongsurakul,
  • Worapon Kiatkittipong,
  • Aerwadee Premashthira,
  • Kulapa Kuldilok,
  • Vesna Najdanovic-Visak,
  • Sushil Adhikari,
  • Patrick Cognet,
  • Tetsuya Kida and
  • Suttichai Assabumrungrat
Processes2024, 12(12), 2851;https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12122851 
(registering DOI)

12 December 2024

The valorization of coffee waste has gained traction due to its potential to generate valuable products, lessen its impact on the environment, and promote sustainability. This review examines the diverse range of coffee waste, including pulp, husk, m...

  • Review
  • Open Access
179 Citations
13,925 Views
19 Pages

20 October 2016

Industrial microalgae, as a big family of promising producers of renewable biomass feedstock, have been commercially exploited for functional food, living feed and feed additives, high-value chemicals in nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, and chemical r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
88 Citations
10,855 Views
13 Pages

Conventional coffee brewing techniques generate vast quantities of spent espresso grounds (SEGs) rich in lignocellulose and valuable bioactives. These bioactive compounds can be exploited as a nutraceutical or used in a range of food products, while...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,113 Views
21 Pages

A Review of Chemical and Physical Analysis, Processing, and Repurposing of Brewers’ Spent Grain

  • Joshua M. Henkin,
  • Kalidas Mainali,
  • Brajendra K. Sharma,
  • Madhav P. Yadav,
  • Helen Ngo and
  • Majher I. Sarker

16 July 2025

Beer production produces significant amounts of brewers’ spent grain (BSG), a lignocellulosic by-product with important environmental and economic impacts. Despite its high moisture content and rapid microbial breakdown, BSG has a stable, nutri...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,115 Views
27 Pages

Functional Bread Produced in a Circular Economy Perspective: The Use of Brewers’ Spent Grain

  • Antonietta Baiano,
  • Barbara la Gatta,
  • Mariacinzia Rutigliano and
  • Anna Fiore

15 February 2023

Brewers’ spent grain (BSG) is the main by-product of the brewing industry, corresponding to ~85% of its solid residues. The attention of food technologists towards BSG is due to its content in nutraceutical compounds and its suitability to be d...

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
4,559 Views
19 Pages

Subcritical and Supercritical Fluids to Valorize Industrial Fruit and Vegetable Waste

  • Muhammad Talha Afraz,
  • Xindong Xu,
  • Muhammad Adil,
  • Muhammad Faisal Manzoor,
  • Xin-An Zeng,
  • Zhong Han and
  • Rana Muhammad Aadil

20 June 2023

The valorization of industrial fruit and vegetable waste has gained significant attention due to the environmental concerns and economic opportunities associated with its effective utilization. This review article comprehensively discusses the applic...

  • Review
  • Open Access
110 Citations
11,261 Views
28 Pages

Advances on the Valorisation and Functionalization of By-Products and Wastes from Cereal-Based Processing Industry

  • Adriana Skendi,
  • Kyriaki G. Zinoviadou,
  • Maria Papageorgiou and
  • João M. Rocha

5 September 2020

Cereals have been one of the major food resources for human diets and animal feed for thousands of years, and a large quantity of by-products is generated throughout the entire processing food chain, from farm to fork. These by-products mostly consis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
6,172 Views
18 Pages

Valorisation of Brewer’s Spent Yeasts’ Hydrolysates as High-Value Bioactive Molecules

  • David San Martin,
  • Jone Ibarruri,
  • Bruno Iñarra,
  • Nagore Luengo,
  • Jorge Ferrer,
  • Carmen Alvarez-Ossorio,
  • Carlos Bald,
  • Monica Gutierrez and
  • Jaime Zufía

8 June 2021

Brewer’s spent yeast (BSY) is produced by the beer industry and has high nutritional value and great potential for producing high-value molecules, such as peptides, for nutraceutical, food and feed applications. In the present research, Flavourzyme®...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,710 Views
18 Pages

Coffee and Cocoa By-Products as Valuable Sources of Bioactive Compounds: The Influence of Ethanol on Extraction

  • Blanca Martínez-Inda,
  • Nerea Jiménez-Moreno,
  • Irene Esparza and
  • Carmen Ancín-Azpilicueta

Cocoa and coffee are two of the world’s most important crops. Therefore, their by-products are generated in large quantities. This work proposes a simple method for the valorization of these residues by obtaining phenolic compounds and melanoid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,141 Views
17 Pages

12 March 2025

In parallel with the worldwide issues of malnutrition and food waste, society at large focuses on the advantages of ‘recycling’ food waste. Brewer’s spent grain (BSG), a primary byproduct of the brewing industry, is produced in larg...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,125 Views
12 Pages

Improving Effect of the Policosanol from Ericerus pela Wax on Learning and Memory Impairment Caused by Scopolamine in Mice

  • Long Sun,
  • Xian Li,
  • Chenjing Ma,
  • Zhao He,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Chengye Wang,
  • Min Zhao,
  • Jin Gan and
  • Ying Feng

14 July 2022

Policosanol (PC) is a mixture of long-chain fatty alcohols that exhibits multiple biological activities, such as reducing blood lipid and cholesterol levels, lowering blood pressure, and extenuating liver inflammation. To assess PC’s impact on...