Valorization of Waste through Antioxidant Extraction and Utilization
A special issue of Antioxidants (ISSN 2076-3921). This special issue belongs to the section "Extraction and Industrial Applications of Antioxidants".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 February 2025 | Viewed by 21
Special Issue Editor
Interests: green chemistry; valorization of food waste; microwaves; waste management; RMN
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Dear Colleagues,
Valorization is the conversion of waste into useful materials with a particular focus on environmental indicators and sustainability goals. In the current era, wastes from different agricultural and food industries have created serious environmental issues. There are various types of food industries (meat, dairy products, baked, snack foods, beverages, and frozen foods) that produce a lot of waste. However, there are different types of waste including solids and liquids that are composed of a lot of bioactive compounds such as antioxidants, polyphenols, polysaccharides, peptides, and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the major sources of plant-based food wastes are peel, seeds, pomace, and leaves. Currently, researchers and industrialists have focused on managing waste in meaningful ways by recycling or developing composite materials. Recent technologies are used to make value-added by-products from different types of waste extracts. For this purpose, different techniques are used to extract, separate, and recover bioactive compounds, especially antioxidants. Furthermore, various advanced and conventional methods are used to extract antioxidants from food waste. However, currently, industrialists and researchers prefer to use green and eco-friendly techniques due to their increased yield and better efficiency.
We invite you to submit current research and review papers for this Special issue, which will cover the valorization of different types of waste, as waste can be used to extract antioxidants and utilized in different value-added products. This research can include both extraction and utilization relating to the following ideas: valorization of waste, eco-friendly green extraction techniques, innovative technologies, in vitro study of antioxidants, by-products, food products development, shelf stability, and biomass production.
Prof. Dr. Andrés Moreno
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- valorization
- waste management
- green extraction
- antioxidants
- value-added products
- by-products
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