Search Results - "Bioresources and bioprocessing"

Recent updates on different methods of pretreatment of lignocellulosic feedstocks: a review by Kumar, Adepu Kiran, Sharma, Shaishav

“…Lignocellulosic feedstock materials are the most abundant renewable bioresource material available on earth. It is primarily composed of cellulose,…”
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Agro-industrial wastes and their utilization using solid state fermentation: a review by Sadh, Pardeep Kumar, Duhan, Surekha, Duhan, Joginder Singh

“…Agricultural residues are rich in bioactive compounds. These residues can be used as an alternate source for the production of different products like biogas,…”
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Seafood waste: a source for preparation of commercially employable chitin/chitosan materials by Yadav, Monika, Goswami, Priynshi, Paritosh, Kunwar, Kumar, Manish, Pareek, Nidhi, Vivekanand, Vivekanand

“…Modern seafood processing practices result in amassment of a large volume of waste products, i.e., skin, head, tails, shells, scales, backbones, etc. These…”
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A detailed overview of xylanases: an emerging biomolecule for current and future prospective by Bhardwaj, Nisha, Kumar, Bikash, Verma, Pradeep

“…Xylan is the second most abundant naturally occurring renewable polysaccharide available on earth. It is a complex heteropolysaccharide consisting of different…”
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Food waste: a potential bioresource for extraction of nutraceuticals and bioactive compounds by Kumar, Krishan, Yadav, Ajar Nath, Kumar, Vinod, Vyas, Pritesh, Dhaliwal, Harcharan Singh

“…Food waste, a by-product of various industrial, agricultural, household and other food sector activities, is rising continuously due to increase in such…”
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Biodegradation of plastic polymers by fungi: a brief review by Srikanth, Munuru, Sandeep, T. S. R. S., Sucharitha, Kuvala, Godi, Sudhakar

“…Plastic polymers are non-degradable solid wastes that have become a great threat to the whole world and degradation of these plastics would take a few decades…”
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Leaf extract mediated green synthesis of silver nanoparticles from widely available Indian plants: synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial property and toxicity analysis by Banerjee, Priya, Satapathy, Mantosh, Mukhopahayay, Aniruddha, Das, Papita

“…Background In recent years, green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) has gained much interest from chemists and researchers. In this concern, Indian…”
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Recent progress on deep eutectic solvents in biocatalysis by Xu, Pei, Zheng, Gao-Wei, Zong, Min-Hua, Li, Ning, Lou, Wen-Yong

“…Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are eutectic mixtures of salts and hydrogen bond donors with melting points low enough to be used as solvents. DESs have proved…”
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Valorization of fruits and vegetables waste through green extraction of bioactive compounds and their nanoemulsions-based delivery system by Saini, Anuradha, Panesar, Parmjit Singh, Bera, Manab Bandhu

“…Fruits and vegetables, a significant segment of food sector, generate large volume of wastes annually. They constitute an excellent source of several valuable…”
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Sugarcane bagasse: a biomass sufficiently applied for improving global energy, environment and economic sustainability by Ajala, E. O., Ighalo, J. O., Ajala, M. A., Adeniyi, A. G., Ayanshola, A. M.

“…Sugarcane ( Saccharum officinarum ) bagasse (SCB) is a biomass of agricultural waste obtained from sugarcane processing that has been found in abundance…”
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Review on the current status of polymer degradation: a microbial approach by Pathak, Vinay Mohan, Navneet

“…Inertness and the indiscriminate use of synthetic polymers leading to increased land and water pollution are of great concern. Plastic is the most useful…”
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Pulp and paper mill wastes: utilizations and prospects for high value-added biomaterials by Haile, Adane, Gelebo, Gemeda Gebino, Tesfaye, Tamrat, Mengie, Wassie, Mebrate, Million Ayele, Abuhay, Amare, Limeneh, Derseh Yilie

“…A wide variety of biomass is available all around the world. Most of the biomass exists as a by-product from manufacturing industries. Pulp and paper mills…”
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Fungal laccase discovered but yet undiscovered by Agrawal, Komal, Chaturvedi, Venkatesh, Verma, Pradeep

“…Laccases belongs to multinuclear copper-containing oxidase and can act on a variety of aromatic and non-aromatic compounds. Due to their broad substrate…”
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Current perspective on production and applications of microbial cellulases: a review by Bhardwaj, Nisha, Kumar, Bikash, Agrawal, Komal, Verma, Pradeep

“…The potential of cellulolytic enzymes has been widely studied and explored for bioconversion processes and plays a key role in various industrial applications…”
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Biosynthesis of nanoparticles and silver nanoparticles by Keat, Cheah Liang, Aziz, Azila, Eid, Ahmad M, Elmarzugi, Nagib A.

“…In this century, the development of nanotechnology is projected to be the establishment of a technological evolutionary of this modern era. Recently,…”
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Pomegranate variety and pomegranate plant part, relevance from bioactive point of view: a review by Melgarejo-Sánchez, Pablo, Núñez-Gómez, Dámaris, Martínez-Nicolás, Juan J., Hernández, Francisca, Legua, Pilar, Melgarejo, Pablo

“…Pomegranate ( Punica granatum L.) belongs to the Punicaceae plant family. It is an important fruit due to its nutritional and medicinal properties…”
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Novel application and industrial exploitation of winery by-products by Kalli, Efstathia, Lappa, Iliada, Bouchagier, Pavlos, Tarantilis, Petros A., Skotti, Efstathia

“…Grape is the largest fruit crop worldwide and the grape pomace is an important solid waste generated from pressing and fermentation processes in wine…”
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Concentration and characterization of microalgae proteins from Chlorella pyrenoidosa by Waghmare, Ashish G., Salve, Manoj K., LeBlanc, Jean Guy, Arya, Shalini S.

“…Background Many methods are available for the concentration of proteins; however, most are not easily scalable due to costs, the need of specialized…”
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Review on the extraction of bioactive compounds and characterization of fruit industry by-products by Patra, Abhipriya, Abdullah, S., Pradhan, Rama Chandra

“…The by-products produced from fruit processing industries could be a potential hazard to environmental pollution. However, these by-products contain several…”
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Microbial mutagenesis by atmospheric and room-temperature plasma (ARTP): the latest development by Ottenheim, Christoph, Nawrath, Margarete, Wu, Jin Chuan

“…Although rational genetic engineering is nowadays the favored method for microbial strain improvement, random mutagenesis is still in many cases the only…”
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