Green, environment-friendly and sustainable techniques for extraction of food bioactive compounds and waste valorization

PR More, AR Jambrak, SS Arya - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Fruits and vegetables are rich sources of highly beneficial bioactive compounds
traditionally used for healing purposes. These bioactives are recently being used for large …

Nutrition, phytochemical profile, bioactivities and applications in food industry of pitaya (Hylocereus spp.) peels: A comprehensive review

H Jiang, W Zhang, X Li, C Shu, W Jiang… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background In the last decade, the sharply increasing population has fueled the
development of food industry to fulfill the demand of daily consumption. The processing of …

Bridge between mass transfer behavior and properties of bubbles under two-stage ultrasound-assisted physisorption of polyphenols using macroporous resin

Y Tao, P Wu, Y Dai, X Luo, S Manickam, D Li… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultrasound is efficient to enhance various mass transfer processes. This study demonstrates
that both ultrasound pretreatment and ultrasonication during adsorption promote the …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated ultrasound-assisted liquid biphasic flotation for efficient extraction of astaxanthin from Haematococcus pluvialis

KS Khoo, KW Chew, GY Yew, S Manickam… - Ultrasonics …, 2020 - Elsevier
The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate the implementation of ultrasound-assisted
liquid biphasic flotation (LBF) system for the recovery of natural astaxanthin from …

Microalgae cultivation in wastewater and potential processing strategies using solvent and membrane separation technologies

NSM Aron, KS Khoo, KW Chew, A Veeramuthu… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microalgae has been utilised in various applications ranging from pharmaceuticals,
cosmetics, supplements, liquid fuels as well as food source for human and animals. The …

Recent advances in algae biodiesel production: from upstream cultivation to downstream processing

GY Yew, SY Lee, PL Show, Y Tao, CL Law… - Bioresource Technology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Excess carbon footprint is one of the major environmental issues of this decade. Microalgae
have emerged as promising biomass feedstock for carbon-neutral fuels as a replacement of …

[HTML][HTML] Fucoxanthin production of microalgae under different culture factors: a systematic review

YS Khaw, FM Yusoff, HT Tan, NAI Noor Mazli… - Marine drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fucoxanthin is one of the light-harvesting pigments in brown microalgae, which is
increasingly gaining attention due to its numerous health-promoting properties. Currently …

Sustainable smart photobioreactor for continuous cultivation of microalgae embedded with Internet of Things

PE Tham, YJ Ng, N Vadivelu, HR Lim, KS Khoo… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
This research work aims to fabricate an optimized up-scaled photobioreactor and extraction
tank which incorporates the Internet of Things (IoT) for remote monitoring of selected …

An updated review of recent applications and future perspectives on the sustainable valorization of pitaya (Hylocereus spp.) by-products

VC Ferreira, LC Ampese, WG Sganzerla… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pitaya (Hylocereus spp.) is a fruit with high potential to produce jams, jelly, yogurt, and wine.
However, the by-products generated during agro-industrial processing of pitaya can …

[HTML][HTML] Dragon fruits as a reservoir of natural polyphenolics with chemopreventive properties

P Paśko, A Galanty, P Zagrodzki, P Luksirikul… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dragon fruits are a valued source of bioactive compounds with high potential to become a
functional food. The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the chemopreventive …