About this Research Topic
Due to the exponential growth of interest in natural extracts and their collateral effects, researchers have been working on different mechanisms to cope with and improve extraction processes with different approaches and perspectives. Our main interest for this Research Topic is to gather updated information and keep the conversation going within the research community which works day by day to develop new techniques for extraction optimization processes. With this in mind, we would like to invite submissions dealing with the consideration of the following points:
• Propose alternative waste recovery processes aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Recovery of rich bioactive compounds extracts through green extraction technologies
• Mathematical models and prediction algorithms
Currently, improvements from different research fields and perspectives are being considered with regard to the extraction of bioactive molecules. We are interested in gathering together all the related advances in the matter of optimizations of extraction technologies for the recovery of phytochemicals (natural ingredients). For instance, employing advanced technologies or improving current ones, reducing the energetic expenditure and/or effluents in the extraction processes, improving current methodologies via experimental design or in silico through the use of algorithms (such as Response Surface Methodologies, Artificial Neural Networks, etc.), alternative ways to recover bioactive molecules such a plant milking or other type of nondestructive recovery process. All this in regard to maximizing either single or group-targeted compounds, maximizing recovery yields, and minimizing waste of plant materials, energy, or other industrial inputs, with or without the use of in silico model predictors.
Keywords: Bioactive compounds, Bioaccesibility, Green extraction technologies, By-products, Exploratory data analysis
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