Sustainable Use of Bioactive Compounds: Green Approaches Towards Healthier Outcomes
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Chemical Engineering and Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 714
Special Issue Editors
Interests: green pharmaceutical chemistry; natural products analysis; environmental chemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Bioactive compounds possess significant therapeutic and nutritional potential with various pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic applications. Sustainable use of bioactive compounds ensures a positive impact on the environment and, at the same time, on health outcomes. The United Nations’ primary sustainable goals have made green extraction techniques more and more relevant in promoting ecologically acceptable activities that do little or no harm to humans. Employing and optimizing green extraction techniques can maximize the yield of bioactive compounds while making the process more efficient, faster, energy-saving, and free from toxic organic solvents, resulting in bioactive compounds that are safer for consumption. By-products from plant processing, usually discarded as waste, represent promising sources of valuable bioactive compounds. Their utilization can minimize environmental impact while enhancing resource efficiency. In this context, this Special Issue aims to gather high-quality original research articles and review papers that contribute to understanding and advancing sustainable approaches in bioactive compounds. Papers including different research areas are welcome:
- Green extraction technologies applied for the extraction of bioactive compounds from various matrices;
- QSAR analysis of green solvents;
- Impact of green solvents on nature and environmental risk assessment;
- Pharmacological activity of green extracts;
- Application of green extracts in the food and pharmaceutical industry.
Dr. Nevena Grujić-Letić
Dr. Emilia I. Gligoric
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- green chemistry
- bioactive compounds
- sustainability
- environmental chemistry
- molecular docking
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