Current status and opportunities for fruit processing waste biorefineries

TT Manhongo, AFA Chimphango, P Thornley… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The composition of fruit processing waste presents opportunities for its utilization as
biorefinery feedstock in the production of renewable energy, biofuels, and high-value …

Agro-industrial waste enzymes: Perspectives in circular economy

LF Rojas, P Zapata, L Ruiz-Tirado - Current Opinion in Green and …, 2022 - Elsevier
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, approximately 1.3
billion tons of food is wasted each year, equivalent to approximately one-third of world …

Agro-industrial waste: a cost-effective and eco-friendly substrate to produce amylase

B Naik, V Kumar, S Rizwanuddin, M Chauhan… - … Processing and Nutrition, 2023 - Springer
The increase in the global population has led to a substantial increase in the demand for
food supply as well as food manufacturing industries that regularly produce large amounts of …

Biochemical prospects of various microbial pectinase and pectin: an approachable concept in pharmaceutical bioprocessing

S Satapathy, JR Rout, RG Kerry, H Thatoi… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Both pectin and pectinase are vitally imperative biomolecules in the biotechnological sector.
These molecules are a feasible non-toxic contrivance of nature with extensive applicative …

Cellulolytic and xylanolytic enzymes from yeasts: Properties and industrial applications

M Sohail, N Barzkar, P Michaud, S Tamadoni Jahromi… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lignocellulose, the main component of plant cell walls, comprises polyaromatic lignin and
fermentable materials, cellulose and hemicellulose. It is a plentiful and renewable feedstock …

Tropical agroindustrial biowaste revalorization through integrative biorefineries—review part II: pineapple, sugarcane and banana by-products in Costa Rica

D Eixenberger, AF Carballo-Arce… - Biomass conversion and …, 2024 - Springer
Biorefineries are a model for greener production processes, based on the concept of
bioeconomy. Instead of targeting first-generation biofuels—that compete with food supply …

Microbial enzyme systems in the production of second generation bioethanol

SK Soni, A Sharma, R Soni - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The primary contributor to global warming has been the careless usage of fossil fuels.
Urbanization's threat to the depletion of these resources has made it necessary to find …

Production of thermal and acid-stable pectinase from Bacillus subtilis strain BK-3: Optimization, characterization, and application for fruit juice clarification

J Prajapati, P Dudhagara, K Patel - Biocatalysis and Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Clarification of fruit juice is a pivotal step in the juice and beverages industries which
enhance appearance and marketability. In the present study, a pectinolytic enzyme …

Valorization of banana peel into α-amylase using one factor at a time (OFAT) assisted artificial neural network (ANN) and its partial purification, characterization, and …

SP Saha, S Ghosh, D Mazumdar, S Ghosh, D Ghosh… - Food Bioscience, 2023 - Elsevier
In this present study α-amylase producing bacteria were isolated from the soil near North
Bengal University canteen on an amylase agar medium. Primary screening of the isolates …

Enzyme cocktail with hyperactive lipase through solid-state fermentation by the novel strain Penicillium sp. Y-21

Y Cai, G Yang - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Lipase is a kind of industrial enzyme preparation with various catalytic abilities and is widely
used in food, energy, medicine and other fields. To increase lipase and enzyme cocktail …