Extraction and Separation of Bioactive Molecules from Marine Flora and Fauna and By-Products of Aquatic Industries
A special issue of Separations (ISSN 2297-8739). This special issue belongs to the section "Analysis of Natural Products and Pharmaceuticals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 May 2024 | Viewed by 153
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supercritical extraction
Interests: chemical engineering; supercritical fluids; antioxidants; thermodynamics; modelling; food technology
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Interests: food science and technology; bioactive compounds; novel and sustainable extraction technologies; green solvents; compressed fluids; fractionation, particle formation and nanoencapsulation processes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Traditional extraction technologies have several drawbacks mainly related to the consumption of hazardous organic solvents and the high temperatures maintained for long extraction periods, which cause the degradation of thermolabile compounds as well as the low extraction efficiency of desired compounds. In this context, new green technologies such as supercritical fluid extraction (SFE), with or without modifiers, microwaves, ultrasounds and others are fast growing in laboratories and industry as suitable technologies for the recovery of a broad range of bioactive compounds from different types of biomass, especially in food, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. With stricter international regulations, the use of these green technologies is expected to proliferate rapidly in many industrial sectors.
In recent years, research on added-value molecules, including fatty acids, sterols, pigments, carotenoids, flavonoids and phenolic compounds, has been gaining growing attention due to the increasing interest of consumers in food that can provide health benefits.
Marine flora and fauna constitute a vast source of potentially bioactive molecules, including microalgae, seaweeds, fisheries and by-products of aquatic industries, among others. In particular, the valorisation of by-products to produce value-added compounds is considered pivotal for sustainable growth based on a circular economy.
For this Special issue, we invite front-line researchers and authors to submit original research and review articles focused on the “Extraction and Separation of Bioactive Molecules from Marine Flora and Fauna and By-products of Aquatic Industries Using Green Technologies”, addressing, among others, principles, factors, and parameters affecting the extraction process, most recent applications for the extraction of valuable compounds from several marine sources, new technical and industrial challenges, economic viability and sustainability on different markets, perspectives about the potential applications of the marine bioactive extracts in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industry, experiments and modeling, new potential raw materials and residues, fractionation and purification processes.
Dr. José Paulo M. Sardinha
Dr. José P. Coelho
Dr. David Villanueva-Bermejo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supercritical extraction
- microwaves extraction
- ultrasounds extraction
- high-pressure extraction
- enzyme-assisted extraction
- green extraction
- marine by-products
- marine biomass
- bioactive molecules
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: Optimisation of ultrasound assisted extraction of polyphenols and proteins from Spirulina platensis
Authors: Blaženko Marjanović, Tea Sokač Cvetnić, Davor Valinger, Maja Benković, Tamara Jurina, Jasenka Gajdoš Kljusurić*, Ana Jurinjak Tušek (* corresponding author)
Affiliation: University of Zagreb Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology
Abstract: Optimisation of ultrasound assisted extraction of polyphenols and proteins from Spirulina platensis