Subcritical Water Extraction of Bioactive Compounds
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Natural Products Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 26679
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Interests: extraction; medicinal plants; supercritical carbon dioxide; industrial design; phenolic compounds; response surface methodology
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Interests: Pharmaceutical technologies and chemistry, green extraction technologies (supercritical carbon dioxide, subcritical water, ultrasound- and microwave assisted extraction), production of dry extracts using spray drying technique, physical-chemical, biochemical, and pharmacological analyses of obtained extracts. Valorisation of (food, agricultural, industry, marine, communal) waste/by-products by applying green engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit original articles or reviews to the Special Issue of Molecules entitled “Subcritical Water Extraction of Bioactive Compounds”.
As a result of a large difference in the structure between different classes of target bioactive components and their natural sources, their physical and chemical properties differ. Therefore, it is very important and necessary to find the most efficient method of extracting selected bioactive components and to optimize the extraction procedure.
Subcritical water extraction (SWE) is currently an attractive research topic in the multidisciplinary areas of pharmaceuticals, food technology, applied chemistry, and biotechnology, as it has shown to be a cleaner, faster, and cheaper method in comparison to conventional extraction methods. SWE can be successfully applied for the extraction of various types of bioactive compounds from materials of different type and origin, and it also represents a way to valorize waste and by-products.
We believe that a Special Issue in the journal Molecules focused on the SWE of bioactives will provide an overview of the current status and future developments.
This Special Issue will cover the following scientific fields:
- Subcritical water extraction of bioactive compounds from different sources:
Medicinal plants • Food • Food/agricultural waste and by-products • Marine products • Environmental samples;
- Product characterization, stabilization, and application;
- Valorization of waste and/or by-products;
- Innovative extraction process design;
Optimization study • Intensification of extraction
- Industrial applications of subcritical water.
We would like kindly invite and encourage you to submit your original articles or reviews.
We look forward to receiving your works.
Yours sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Stela Jokić
Dr. Jelena Vladić
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Subcritical water extraction
- Bioactive compounds
- Bioactivity
- Valorization of waste and by-products
- Optimization
- Natural products
- Separation and purification
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